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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Thought I'd do a quick intro. I've lived in Mobile, AL for 3 1/2 years
now but we just bought a house where I have the terrifying task of landscaping when I am from western Nebraska where nothing grows and my husband is from Illinois and as clueless as I am about southern Alabama. I have several questions but have decided rather than putting them all in one post I'd ask them separately to keep it simple. Looks like a great group! There aren't any trolls who would intentionally kill my plants around here I should know about are there? amy |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:08:37 -0500, Amy D wrote:
Thought I'd do a quick intro. I've lived in Mobile, AL for 3 1/2 years now but we just bought a house where I have the terrifying task of landscaping when I am from western Nebraska where nothing grows and my husband is from Illinois and as clueless as I am about southern Alabama. I have several questions but have decided rather than putting them all in one post I'd ask them separately to keep it simple. Excellent plan. First answer: check what neighbors and other locals have growing. If every other house had masses of azaleas in bloom recently, it's a good bet azaleas are...a good bet. If you like azaleas, that is. |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Frogleg wrote: On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:08:37 -0500, Amy D wrote: Thought I'd do a quick intro. I've lived in Mobile, AL for 3 1/2 years now but we just bought a house where I have the terrifying task of landscaping when I am from western Nebraska where nothing grows and my husband is from Illinois and as clueless as I am about southern Alabama. I have several questions but have decided rather than putting them all in one post I'd ask them separately to keep it simple. Excellent plan. First answer: check what neighbors and other locals have growing. If every other house had masses of azaleas in bloom recently, it's a good bet azaleas are...a good bet. If you like azaleas, that is. Ironically, I went a little crazy with the azaelas. I LOVE azaelas! I didn't realize how big they are going to get though. I planted 8 -- 5 of them BIG ones. I know I can keep them pruned if I prune RIGHT after they bloom though. I was kind of wondering WHAT I was thinking after the first week the azaelas bloomed.....our little neighborhood was giving me a headache! amy |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Error and trial is the best way to learn. The lessons sink in better
than anything you read, which usually goes in one eye and out somewhere else. |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Amy D in :
Thought I'd do a quick intro. I've lived in Mobile, AL for 3 1/2 years now but we just bought a house where I have the terrifying task of landscaping when I am from western Nebraska where nothing grows http://www.panhandle.unl.edu/arboretum/arborbro.htm http://citnews.unl.edu/florasearch/region.html and my husband is from Illinois and as clueless as I am about southern Alabama. http://www.alabamawildflower.org/ http://www.lsuagcenter.com/nav/publi...capingpubs.asp http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...lsuagcenter % 2Ecom+figs http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=site% 3Awww.lsuagcenter.com+released+%7C+%22new+cultivar s%22&btnG=Search www.gulftel.com/jdwyer/camellia_links.htm Alabama Experiment Station http://www.ag.auburn.edu/aaes/commun...tionslist.html Alabama Extension Service http://www.aces.edu/pubs/ Georgia Experiment Station http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubs/ES-pubs.htm Georgia Extension Service http://www.ces.uga.edu/ces/pubs.html Florida http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ Missouri http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ less direct :-) http://www.m-w.com/maps/china2.html china has continental climate, but climate comparisons could be tricky, since so cent china seems to be high elevation. very unlike so cent USA. http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/help/contemporary.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/re.../samericm.html S america continent narrows toward the south, but i'm guessing that among s American climates, buenos aires/paraguay/urugauy is closest climate to s cent US. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8 &q=+louisiana+argentina+uruguay+flowers+evergreen+ %7C+deciduous+% 7C+native+%7C+species+ ex.: http://www.rareplants.co.uk/zephyran/species.htm ~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.google.com/search?q=%22De...Alabama%20%7C% 20Louisiana%20%7C%20Mississippi&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=dw http://www.hal-pc.org/~trobb/mastgar.html http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=% 22Louisiana+Society+for+Horticulture%22 http://www.google.com/search? sourceid=navclient&q=Society+Horticulture++Alabama +%7C+Louisiana+% 7C+Mississippi I have several questions but have decided rather than putting them all in one post I'd ask them separately to keep it simple. Looks like a great group! There aren't any trolls who would intentionally kill my plants around here I should know about are there? amy |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Amy D in :
Ironically, I went a little crazy with the azaelas. I LOVE azaelas! I didn't realize how big they are going to get though. I planted 8 -- 5 of them BIG ones. I know I can keep them pruned if I prune RIGHT after they bloom though. I was kind of wondering WHAT I was thinking after the first week the azaelas bloomed.....our little neighborhood was giving me a headache! these people should be good. real life locals http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ea+Alabama +% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ons++Alabama+% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ron++Alabama+% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rons+climate+% 7C+elevation+%7C+geography+%7C+vegetation+map stretching thin, more obscu ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...7C+elevation+% 7C+geography+%7C+vegetation+map&spell=1 http://www.myanmar-embassy-tokyo.net...yanmar_map.jpg [use browser's zoom button:] baoshan led to SW Yunnan: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...UTF-8&q=Acer+% 7C++Dicotyledoneae+%7C+Angiospermae+%7C+Checklist+ +Yunnan+ leads to maples. when you see [ - - ? ugh, i forgot what i was adding on to here! ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ look for these kinds of books at libraries. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...%3Dstripbooks% 26field-keywords%3DRhododendrons/102-6129810-8311316 http://www.timberpress.com/book http://www.booksmatter.com/b18645037.../0-88192-637-X |
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Newbie but plant-stupid learning by trial and error :)
Thanks!
amy wrote: Amy D in : Ironically, I went a little crazy with the azaelas. I LOVE azaelas! I didn't realize how big they are going to get though. I planted 8 -- 5 of them BIG ones. I know I can keep them pruned if I prune RIGHT after they bloom though. I was kind of wondering WHAT I was thinking after the first week the azaelas bloomed.....our little neighborhood was giving me a headache! these people should be good. real life locals http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ea+Alabama +% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ons++Alabama+% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ron++Alabama+% 7C+Louisiana+%7C+Mississippi ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rons+climate+% 7C+elevation+%7C+geography+%7C+vegetation+map stretching thin, more obscu ~~~~~~~~~~~ http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...7C+elevation+% 7C+geography+%7C+vegetation+map&spell=1 http://www.myanmar-embassy-tokyo.net...yanmar_map.jpg [use browser's zoom button:] baoshan led to SW Yunnan: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...UTF-8&q=Acer+% 7C++Dicotyledoneae+%7C+Angiospermae+%7C+Checklist+ +Yunnan+ leads to maples. when you see [ - - ? ugh, i forgot what i was adding on to here! ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~ look for these kinds of books at libraries. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...%3Dstripbooks% 26field-keywords%3DRhododendrons/102-6129810-8311316 http://www.timberpress.com/book http://www.booksmatter.com/b18645037.../0-88192-637-X |
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