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Signs of spring
The vegetable garden was plowed and disked for the first time in 3 years
because the weeds had gotten out of hand, but I didn't get the seeds in before the last few days of rain (was still raining today). About half the summer garden will be an experiment to see what lavender best likes my soil and what I like best (I have 6 or 7 named varieties), and various flowers for cutting, and some melons for my BF. Since I discovered that solanaceae do indeed worsen my arthritis, I will probably only get one or two plants from Craig Lehoullier of the stuff I absolutely can't resist (a dead ripe Sun Gold tomato IS candy isn't it?), but mostly, I hate going to all that expense just to feed the bugs, so a few beans and cukes will do it for me. My veggie garden normally only operates in fall and winter. The so-called "winter blooming" sweet peas I planted in fall have suddenly begun to grow and bloom. Not so good for winter after all, unless you have a greenhouse, but they are now delighting my eyes and nose. Hot pink, purple, and a burgundy and purple bicolor. The iris are gorgeous and plentiful (thanks to this list) and an even greater delight to the nose, and the rose bushes are doing great now that several are two years old. Secret is a wonderfully fragrant HT, white with a blush tip to the petals. I have a big one on each side of the front steps. The others are purples and pinks. I have Icelandic poppies to plant in the beds in front of the chicken house, since they won't tempt Mr Bun. He is still living in the house having an eye infection treated though, and is not a happy bun. What would be colorful and tall (perennial would be nice) to grow out front when the poppies succumb to the heat? The mice and bunny didn't bother the salvia I had there last summer. This year I am experimenting with peonies and some hollyhocks, and am replacing the common orange roadside daylilies with pink and purple ones as I find varieties that look good. What are you guys up to? This weekend is the second Plant Delights open house weekend....... laurie (Mother Mastiff) |
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Signs of spring
In article . net,
"laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: The iris are gorgeous and plentiful Back in 1992, I planted a row of giant bearded irises from Schreiner's in Salem Oregon at the base of a row of Bradford pears. I thought that the shade would help. After a couple of years of blooming, they all stopped blooming. I always planned to build a new iris plot in the sun, but never got around to it. Now came the ice storm of December 2002 and the Bradford was delimbed and eventually cut down. This spring the irises are in bloom and are just beautiful. Pictures at http://sine.tmug.org/~dfilpus/Pictures/Iris1.jpg http://sine.tmug.org/~dfilpus/Pictures/Iris2.jpg Now I looking at the Schreiner's catalog and seeing what I want add to the plot this year. |
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"Dave Filpus" wrote in message ... | In article . net, | "laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)" wrote: | | | The iris are gorgeous and plentiful | | Back in 1992, I planted a row of giant bearded irises from Schreiner's | in Salem Oregon at the base of a row of Bradford pears. I thought that | the shade would help. After a couple of years of blooming, they all | stopped blooming. I always planned to build a new iris plot in the sun, | but never got around to it. Now came the ice storm of December 2002 and | the Bradford was delimbed and eventually cut down. This spring the | irises are in bloom and are just beautiful. Pictures at | http://sine.tmug.org/~dfilpus/Pictures/Iris1.jpg | http://sine.tmug.org/~dfilpus/Pictures/Iris2.jpg | | Now I looking at the Schreiner's catalog and seeing what I want add to | the plot this year. Great pics! Those are two of my favorite varieties, too. This must be a good year for irises as several that are in my "dead bed" are blooming for the first time in the 4 years we've been here. One we've called Big Blue. Damned biggest iris I've ever seen! A lovely creamy yellow one, too. Anyone that wants some irises, come and get them. I can't tell you what colors they are, only that they are hardy as all get out. In the last two years, I've tried to pull them all out at least 3 times but yet they keep coming back. Unfortunately, they're just not in a place that gets enough sun for them to bloom. Jenny |
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Signs of spring
When is the best time to transplant irises? I have several different colors
but they would look better if htey were spread apart. "laurie (Mother Mastiff)" wrote in message ink.net... The vegetable garden was plowed and disked for the first time in 3 years because the weeds had gotten out of hand, but I didn't get the seeds in before the last few days of rain (was still raining today). About half the summer garden will be an experiment to see what lavender best likes my soil and what I like best (I have 6 or 7 named varieties), and various flowers for cutting, and some melons for my BF. Since I discovered that solanaceae do indeed worsen my arthritis, I will probably only get one or two plants from Craig Lehoullier of the stuff I absolutely can't resist (a dead ripe Sun Gold tomato IS candy isn't it?), but mostly, I hate going to all that expense just to feed the bugs, so a few beans and cukes will do it for me. My veggie garden normally only operates in fall and winter. The so-called "winter blooming" sweet peas I planted in fall have suddenly begun to grow and bloom. Not so good for winter after all, unless you have a greenhouse, but they are now delighting my eyes and nose. Hot pink, purple, and a burgundy and purple bicolor. The iris are gorgeous and plentiful (thanks to this list) and an even greater delight to the nose, and the rose bushes are doing great now that several are two years old. Secret is a wonderfully fragrant HT, white with a blush tip to the petals. I have a big one on each side of the front steps. The others are purples and pinks. I have Icelandic poppies to plant in the beds in front of the chicken house, since they won't tempt Mr Bun. He is still living in the house having an eye infection treated though, and is not a happy bun. What would be colorful and tall (perennial would be nice) to grow out front when the poppies succumb to the heat? The mice and bunny didn't bother the salvia I had there last summer. This year I am experimenting with peonies and some hollyhocks, and am replacing the common orange roadside daylilies with pink and purple ones as I find varieties that look good. What are you guys up to? This weekend is the second Plant Delights open house weekend....... laurie (Mother Mastiff) |
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