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Post by bixaorellana on May 1, 2024 16:27:06 GMT
I remember years ago you posted a picture of your Oxalis and I reacted with horror. Now you are returning the favor.
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Post by bjd on May 7, 2024 6:55:41 GMT
Looking back a few pages, I find that I mentioned a rose bush that grew too tall last November. It grew back so well that it had lots of buds but was smothered by the wisteria it was too close to. Yesterday, I threw out some agapanthus and moved the rosebush there. The stem with all the buds on it broke but I figure that thing is so tough that moving it at the wrong time will not hurt it. Since it had been moved just a few months ago, it hadn't rooted in too much so was easy to dig out. And I put it back close to the fence so it can get as tall as it likes.
I saw too that Kimby had mentioned irises. Mine have nearly all bloomed this year. I had moved them around so didn't know which colours were where but some are really pretty. I had never seen many of them in bloom before and they are a lovely pale blue. If the rain and wind don't wreck them I'll try to get a picture. So, the advice on irises seems to be: plant fairly shallow so that the rhizomes get sun on them and then wait.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 7, 2024 15:53:18 GMT
It's probably just as well that the well-budded stem broke. With that gone, the rose can put more energy into establishing itself in the new location and you weren't forced to grit your teeth & prune that stem. You really work hard at giving each plant the best spot.
Irises -- a fleeting but always gorgeous joy.
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2024 7:46:13 GMT
Here is the pale blue one:
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2024 8:50:08 GMT
Another beauty!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2024 18:00:48 GMT
Magnificent!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 10, 2024 20:12:48 GMT
Fabulous bjd I had another delivery of 4 x 50 litre bags of compost today...so that's my weekend sorted.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 10, 2024 21:19:29 GMT
Here is the garden at one side of the front patio. Isn't it pretty?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2024 10:06:31 GMT
Although my brother in law is well in his 80’s he’s still a fine gardener.
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Post by bjd on May 12, 2024 10:55:40 GMT
He is particularly lucky in having that field behind his garden. It makes it look as though the garden continues.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 12, 2024 11:09:32 GMT
Yes, it’s a lovely position.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 12, 2024 16:29:02 GMT
What talent & skill -- that is a treat to see.
I believe that when one considers what is beyond the garden and incorporates the view it's called "borrowed landscape".
Your brother-in-law has certainly mastered the concept! How wonderful to have fellow gardeners in the family.
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Post by bjd on May 14, 2024 5:30:15 GMT
On a positive note, the rosebush I moved about a week ago -- for about the 4th time -- has bloomed. On a negative note, I planted alliums for the first time this year. Of the 10 or 12 in the package, only 2 have bloomed. The rest have leaves but no stems or blooms.
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Post by Kimby on May 16, 2024 13:55:16 GMT
Looking back a few pages, I saw too that Kimby had mentioned irises. Mine have nearly all bloomed this year. I had moved them around so didn't know which colours were where but some are really pretty. I had never seen many of them in bloom before and they are a lovely pale blue. If the rain and wind don't wreck them I'll try to get a picture. So, the advice on irises seems to be: plant fairly shallow so that the rhizomes get sun on them and then wait. Thanks, bjd. Before we left the lake cottage in early April I pulled the mulch back from around the Iris rhizomes, knowing that I wouldn’t be back for 6 weeks and hoping they wouldn't freeze to death. Next week I’ll find out. Blooms aren’t likely till June or July, though at 6400’ elevation.
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Post by fumobici on May 17, 2024 17:16:29 GMT
I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if my irises bloom before June here, hasn't really been warm enough.
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