tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post2134737459009026293..comments2023-04-28T04:10:44.539-07:00Comments on My Back 40 (Feet): June 1st gardenchuck b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-90908334854690929702008-10-05T12:13:00.000-07:002008-10-05T12:13:00.000-07:00Thank you. It's never fruited for me, but somewhe...Thank you. It's never fruited for me, but somewhere I read that it can. But maybe not in San Francisco..? I don't know. I haven't been able to find out much about it online. I need to locate a good book on Passiflora.<BR/><BR/>This one hardly ever has more than 2 or 3 blooms on it at any given time--a bit of a disappointment in that regard. The flowers are lightly fragrant. I guess chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-24166296746372880432008-10-05T09:52:00.000-07:002008-10-05T09:52:00.000-07:00I like your Passiflora Victoria. Does it give fru...I like your Passiflora Victoria. Does it give fruit? If so, what color and which season?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-74966125137114652032008-06-12T10:01:00.000-07:002008-06-12T10:01:00.000-07:00Heh...I usually don't mention prices because I'm a...Heh...I usually don't mention prices because I'm a tad embarrased as to how much I actually spend on this hobby! But I'll always tell if anybody asks. I'm surprised by price differences between my area and Kim's, our gallon-sized perennials are $8 at the most. Only shrubs get as high as $16 to maybe $30 at the most for decent-sized trees. I should appreciate this! (As for mailorder...that's lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133943147518051559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-48398509383015446992008-06-03T18:18:00.000-07:002008-06-03T18:18:00.000-07:00Dig the iron screen and the pot. And I'm doubly je...Dig the iron screen and the pot. And I'm doubly jealous of you now--not only do you get to grow cool plants like <I>protaceae</I> and <I>echium</I>, but also your plants are so cheap there, compared to us. $16.99 might be the starting price for a common plant (like, I don't know, those horrible 'Stella d'Oro' daylilies) in a two-gallon pot, but I've paid as much for heucheras, hellebores and the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-48535288642949088302008-06-03T14:10:00.000-07:002008-06-03T14:10:00.000-07:00I have a terrible time pulling plants out while th...I have a terrible time pulling plants out while they still bloom - which is why the yellow snapdragons planted last December still linger unmolested. It's too hot to plant anything else now - guess I missed my window of opportunity. <BR/><BR/>Are the pots connected inside? I'd probably want to do something corny like make the high one in the middle into the water part of a disappearing fountain, Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-36376360815871161532008-06-03T12:21:00.000-07:002008-06-03T12:21:00.000-07:00You've been a busy gardener. As hard as it was, y...You've been a busy gardener. As hard as it was, you were right to take out those oversized bloomers when you did. Things tend to get left in the ground after they've stopped blooming. I hope your Witchhazel likes its new home. They are such wonderful plants.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-64054382381915722882008-06-02T20:17:00.000-07:002008-06-02T20:17:00.000-07:00Layanee, yeah, this is the best time of year to ri...Layanee, yeah, this is the best time of year to rip stuff out. If it's not working now, it's never going to work. Ruthless, I am. Not the best time to plant. A little bit of water now and then, and a lot of mulch should do it until the rains come.<BR/><BR/>John, the blue flowers are genus Orthosanthus. Just not sure about the species name.<BR/><BR/>Heather's Garden, well, the iron screen chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-38885876326793003252008-06-02T19:35:00.000-07:002008-06-02T19:35:00.000-07:00Wow, you are pulling plants out and I am putting t...Wow, you are pulling plants out and I am putting them in the ground! We are having a very cool spring which gives us much longer flowering on the seasonal perennials, trees, and shrubs. Your foxglove is a luscious pink. I enjoyed your work post also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-66081682297096262972008-06-02T16:36:00.000-07:002008-06-02T16:36:00.000-07:00I think the blue flower is Sisyrinchium montanum, ...I think the blue flower is Sisyrinchium montanum, the blue-eyed grass, native to the US. Maybe.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527149510359015697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-11678296258497533682008-06-02T11:25:00.000-07:002008-06-02T11:25:00.000-07:00Generally, plants are not that expensive which hel...Generally, plants are not that expensive which helps to make gardening such an outstanding hobby. <BR/><BR/>They add up tho'.<BR/><BR/>But, also, right now the Euro is really strong, right?chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-90301091041275679772008-06-02T00:23:00.000-07:002008-06-02T00:23:00.000-07:00So, no more Echium...that was a sad news (I mean ...So, no more Echium...that was a sad news (I mean where else in the entire gardening blog world could we see such a outstanding plant?). Plants seem to be so much cheaper around there... this considering that Portugal is a much poorer country than USA.<BR/>That pot would look beautiful with succulents in it, something like Echeverias, I think.gintoinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909773860893386823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-86935611664023212482008-06-01T21:59:00.000-07:002008-06-01T21:59:00.000-07:00I love to know how much things cost. However, I a...I love to know how much things cost. However, I am sitting here trying to decide if I would pay $120 for an iron screen and leaning towards no, but I have step-sons in college right now so money's rather tight. It's so interesting to hear about your climate -- no rain until October? Here in southern-CT we find a week without rain unusual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-20266269879274935132008-06-01T21:25:00.000-07:002008-06-01T21:25:00.000-07:00Alas for the echium. But you're right to rip it ou...Alas for the echium. But you're right to rip it out when it's not an asset anymore. You planted quite a lot considering the heat and dryness. It's looking good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-8477163991992851332008-06-01T18:29:00.000-07:002008-06-01T18:29:00.000-07:00I'm even more surprised they aren't standard items...I'm even more surprised they aren't standard items there. You know why--it's because they're winter-flowering plants and nurseries can't feature winter-flowering plants during the popular nursery-shopping months. Well I don't know if that's why or not, but it makes sense.<BR/><BR/>Drives me crazy when something eats a plant about as fast as the plant can grow. Really makes me confront my chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-46574546975913971352008-06-01T18:18:00.000-07:002008-06-01T18:18:00.000-07:00You managed to get a Hamamelis before me. I will h...You managed to get a Hamamelis before me. I will have those in my garden one day. Something to bloom with the Daffodils. I am surprised that they are not a standard item here. Of course my shopping venues are not always local independent nurseries.<BR/><BR/>That Penstemon has a very unique flower structure.<BR/><BR/>My Delphinium survived the winter, but someone has been eating it since it came Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-5685550056262331732008-06-01T17:33:00.000-07:002008-06-01T17:33:00.000-07:00I shed nary a tear. Twas time.No idea what to do ...I shed nary a tear. Twas time.<BR/><BR/>No idea what to do with the pot. Sedums and thyme or maybe strawberries seem like obvious possibilities.chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759330860236504280.post-7123675099503957642008-06-01T17:30:00.000-07:002008-06-01T17:30:00.000-07:00HA, money is so vulgar, who cares of the costs! ;-...HA, money is so vulgar, who cares of the costs! ;-> Did you shed a tear for the echium removal? I would have. Our foxgloves look about the same as yours. I am waiting to make sure the seed mature before cutting them. We had some return from last year even though they are supposed to be biennials, so they won't be yanked out. Your exotics are so lively, don't you enjoy that in your garden? Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.com