ahhhhhhhhhh....Forgetting what Hosta cultivars I planted, and not being able to match plant ID tags, with plants...I have about 30 of them, even with the help of hostalibrary.org, I'm still not able to ID them...egad.
things we did wish we hadn't
Writing the namrs of my daylilies on plant tags sure that this ink won't fade in our Maine winters....WRONG! I have at least 100 I couldn't tell you what they are....I could make a great guess though!
THINKING that putting name tags on /with the plants wasn't that big of deal, "because I'm not that fussy". Well guess what... I'm becoming MORE interested in know EXACTLY what I have!!! Live and learn!
We fall into the trap of thinking that because we know it so well when we plant it that we will always remember it! How about the day when we will be able to walk up to a plant with a probe which tells us the ID from the DNA! Bring it on.
Sounds like it's a gizzmo that's right up your alley.
Get a patent and buy a summer home where you can make more gardens.
I was given some plants that the gardener did not know the name of... I'm beginning to worry EXACTLY what she gave me! WHAT if some of them are HIGHLY invasive??? The growth some of them put on since I planted them last fall has me a "little concerned!" I plant a LOT of plants that others would have considered invasive, Evening primrose, coreoptis, butterfly bush, Sweet Autumn Clematis...
I was impatient and planted my annuals too soon, the very cold nights for2 weeks has ruined the wishbone and newguini in this pot.
Oh yeah... I did the same thing with some tomatoes and a pepper plant I bought. Thought throwing plastic over them on a cold night would work. Wrong! They were glop the next day.
Also... I don't think this has been mentioned yet... how about working in the garden and knowing something is there but forgetting and stepping on it anyway?
Miss fabulous that is too funny,
I do it too often add to it the fact I am not well balanced due to hip replacements.
2 years ago I put down landscape fabric, cut holes and planted heuchera and tiarella. I decided to move the tiarella, should have never used the fabric, I'm surprised the plants looked as good as they did with the fabric preventing some growth and watering.
I pulled up all the fabric and replanted everything yesterday.
My sister had a swimming pool removed and put weed barrier cloth down over the filled pool. The grass came up thru it anyway, she has it stored in her garage and will sell it on craigslist.
I spent two weeks removing 75 feet of heavy plastic from under the pines where I wanted a shade garden. None of the plants that were in did well( thats three heuchera) The earth underneath was dry, no wonder the trees were dying.
I transplanted them and they are thriving.
I'm amazed that anyone uses the stuff.
Planting yarrow? That stuff seeds like dandelions. At first I thought it was cute that it was growing between the cracks of the patio on the other side of the house (in stone dust). I brought those to that Round Up at a couple DebiZ's years ago. Did boojum take them? But now, our whole front garden that used to be columbine at this time of year is ALL yarrow. It's OK, but not as the Mongol Horde.
Columbine likes to move also. It has seeded itself along the edges of our gravel driveway.
I LIKE the columbine, it's meant to be there, and it's easy to pull up. The yarrow needs DH on a day when his back doesn't hurt yet and with a shovel.
The yarrow i got from you in October is doing quite well in the land that destroyed all that have gone before... i can't wait to see what color it is.
From me? Honest? I bet it's white. Or pale yellow. It's good for a cruddy area. (No offense.)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/89587/
yay! i have an assortment of dreadful areas around here. i try to grow things that look at least potentially natural and uncultivated. i am just happy when something survives - so far, your achillea, and Dave47's black eyed susans are the big winners...
Do you mean to say Achllia is invasive?
or just some varieties?
KRUDDD. if so, why did I buy so many Terre cotas and Walter Funks then?
Anyone have any ideas what i could plant IN a couple of old stumps? (This is me, so cheap is important...)
Or in cracks of a wall - henbit has been coming in there. Last year i tried to get MGs to grow down it, but they really didn't want to.
Jamming late purchases in as fast as you can in the fall before it freezes with no labels. Digging them up again in the spring because you forgot you planted them there. I do this every year blush.
Amethystsm, depending on the size of the hollow, treat it as you would a pot. You might even drill a few holes to extend to the exterior to aid in draining. I've potted in hollow stumps and LOVED the look! A trailing petunia is one of my favorites and I love to add sweet potato vine. If the hollow is shallow, consider drilling and making it BIGGER!! I LOVE STUMPS!
hahahhaa. These are qute unattractive, rotting, and icky. And planting anything around them fails because:
A. The dirt is so bad.
B. The landlords mowers will mow anything near them down anyhow.
Amy, I have some tiny tiny trailing yarrow I got at a RU years ago that might work in your stump; it's hardy in a pot.
Jo Ann, the named cultivars are usually not as weedy as the generic white stuff. Walter F. and Terra Cotta are specific cultivars, right?
You must have as much yarrow as i do strawflowers!
Oh, golly, I meant sedum! I don't know of any trailing yarrow. . .
don't worry Amy.... I have tons of strawflowers too... but I bet you don't have any 6 foot tall ones like I do
LOL
No, mine are still 6" at most. Supposed to be 3' total. But i must have a hundred at least...
What kind of peppers are those in the foreground?
an ornamental that i picked up at a nursery last year I am hoping this one is the same... but not sure... there was no tag of course... they were very pretty started off purple and turned red by fall
Explosive Ember Capsicum annuum
http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/viewentry/178738/
Does the foliage stay that dark? It looks like the Black Pearl pepper i want...
oh I was mailed those strawflower seeds some someone on here.... and later asked were those supposed to be that tall.. never got an answer... but they came out the same when I saved the seeds two years ago.... my honeys mom went crazy for them so i keep growing them even though they bent my plant supports last year... i think rebar is in order this year
:)
yes that photo was taken in October
here are my explosive ember babies
thanks for the reply on the Yarrows, I thought I was in trouble for a moment.
No problem. I was more concerned about the trailing yarrow I had Amy planting in her stump?!
hahaha.
Well, the mowes were here today and cut off the 2 "Evening Sun" sunflowers i had just put in the ground upstage of the suet feeder on Monday. Sigh. i didn't think they'd get up there, but then again the guy also knocked the feeder to a 45 degree angle. He likes speeding around on his stand-up mower a little too much.
Guess I'm lucky the DD or Grand D does the lawn but the downside is no edging will get done til the weekend.
It's lookin pretty shaggy here.
dahlianut can't tell you how many times i've done that! No labels for me cause I saw the stand marked 'clearance' and there were no labels on any plants,,,,,,,but did I make some for myself? Nooooo
That would make things too easy in the spring! LOL
I have such a bad memory and these gardens are much bigger than I have had so lables are important, cause spring would have me pulling up good plants thinking they were weeds.