Growing Wise - All Comments

re: Shrub Garden

Sharon0 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:54:25 GMT

I too, have noticed the trend toward using mixed shrubs in a bed rather than a straight line of boxed or rounded bushes. A few of my favorites are the Chinese Holly and Indian Hawthorne.

The hollies are so beautiful with their dark green, glossy leaves, and I love the way they grow in a mounded shape which rarely requires trimming. The same goes for the Indian Hawthorne, except it's not so bright green; however, can be as full of beautiful blooms in the spring as an Azalea.

Use a few in a flower bed, or make an entire bed of them with gravel and larger stones almost like a Japanese garden. They'll definitely give your garden a fresh new look!

re: Winter Containers

Sharon0 — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:44:42 GMT

I just got back from the Missouri Botanical Gardens and noticed something they do with their baskets that I haven't seen before.

They use the bluish-violet sage (the tallest ones) in their large hanging baskets (usually in the center) and then have shorter, contrasting colors of mums or diantha as well as trailing flowers and ivys.

Another type of basket I haven't seen is one with a large group of mums at the top (maybe double potted for height?) with trailing flowers and fern-type trailing greenery. The trailing flowers looked like viola (or tiny petunias), but I wasn't sure exactly what they were. They were all bright orange flowers in one basket, hot pink in another.

Absolutely breath-taking gardens. Go if you never have.

Enjoy God's Greatest Creations ... and Happy Gardening!

Sharon Langston

re: 5 Bugs that Seriously Look like Alien Life Forms

resp0ei0 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:44:02 GMT

I had some japanese beetles on my snow goose cherry tree and sprayed it as well as the peach, pear and 2 apple trees with mathalon (spl) and now the cherry tree all the leaves are brown, but the other trees are not. before i sprayed it was beautiful green. help if any suggestion and do you think i killed it?

re: Clay Soil

uzurnoodle — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:03:59 GMT

Any suggestions for what to plant in clay to make it more workable?

re: Run, Rabbit, Run

Bismarck Jack — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:56:58 GMT

Human hair saved my colorabi!!! add me to the swear by list. now to save lillies

re: The Year of the Peach

nahanmoses@msn.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 03:36:08 GMT

I just planted a variety called "Bonanza". It is quite tiny. Currently my little tree is about 2 ft but has about 10 little peaches growing.

I really wasn't sold by the prospect of eating the peaches, the unbelievable intense purple blossom in early spring stole by heart. Very ornamenta!

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re: Welcome

shawn-nhn — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:22:29 GMT

Hi Elisabeth,

Welcome to our community. I look forward to reading your blog and learning from your informative and entertaining writing!

Thanks for contributing to our community!