Top to bottom: delphinium, sea holly just coloring up, feverfew, the garden I am totally redoing ( we took HUGE junipers out a couple of years ago), clematis, Itoh peonies.
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Top to bottom: delphinium, sea holly just coloring up, feverfew, the garden I am totally redoing ( we took HUGE junipers out a couple of years ago), clematis, Itoh peonies.
I got some Sedum from Aldi's last year on sale and it is doing well this year and hope to see blooms soon.A little experimental planting today. I was at Aldi’s a couple of weeks ago and they had a great selection of bare root shrubs and trees for $14.99, and I should have picked some up then but didn’t. Stopped by today and there were only a few remaining, none looking too healthy, but on close out for $1.99 each. So I picked up and planted some Sedum, which does look like it might survive, and a River Birch, which I give about a 20% chance. It had no buds and hardly any roots but heck for that price worth taking a chance on.
It kind of supports itself since the plants are close.How did you get your blue sea holly to stand up?
I had to weave mine through a trellis it just kept falling overIt kind of supports itself since the plants are close.
We started out with a single sedum several years ago. After several dividings, we now have 8 of them. In one case, a single leaf was knocked off a plant, so just for giggles I dipped it into Rootone, and sure enough, it became plant #8. You can't hardly kill those things, short of using something like Roundup.I got some Sedum from Aldi's last year on sale and it is doing well this year and hope to see blooms soon.
that’s close to what my lambs ears have done. I’ll post pics later.We started out with a single sedum several years ago. After several dividings, we now have 8 of them. In one case, a single leaf was knocked off a plant, so just for giggles I dipped it into Rootone, and sure enough, it became plant #8. You can't hardly kill those things, short of using something like Roundup.
Which Sedum did you get? If it's the Stonecrop one, it probably won't bloom till later in the summer, though it probably depends on your location. Mine don't really get pink till early September.I got some Sedum from Aldi's last year on sale and it is doing well this year and hope to see blooms soon.
Same here. And they so easily come apart when you did them up, so dividing is a breeze.We started out with a single sedum several years ago. After several dividings, we now have 8 of them. In one case, a single leaf was knocked off a plant, so just for giggles I dipped it into Rootone, and sure enough, it became plant #8. You can't hardly kill those things, short of using something like Roundup.
sedum Autumn Joy and yes they usually start getting the purple flowers around September. I just bought 2 more full grown plants from Walmart for $1.87 eachWhich Sedum did you get? If it's the Stonecrop one, it probably won't bloom till later in the summer, though it probably depends on your location. Mine don't really get pink till early September.
Same here. And they so easily come apart when you did them up, so dividing is a breeze.
Autumn Joy is what I was thinking of, and meant to post.sedum Autumn Joy and yes they usually start getting the purple flowers around September.
That's a really good deal.I just bought 2 more full grown plants from Walmart for $1.87 each
When we were at Walmart they were labeled Stonecrop, but I said to my DH 'they sure look a lot like Sedum Autumn Joy' I googled and sure enough they are one and the sameAutumn Joy is what I was thinking of, and meant to post.
That's a really good deal.
I have common milkweed and some new butterfly weed plants hoping to have enough food for all those caterpillars this year.As I posted previously, we bought both ladybugs and a praying mantis egg case at a local greenhouse. I released the ladybugs as directed at various areas of the gardens and let them go to work, my primary concern being the aphids bedeviling the asclepias for the last 2 years. Well, the asclepias are in full bloom, the bees, both honey and bumble, are going at the blossoms, and nary an aphid have I seen on any of them. Works for me, especially if the butterflies show up.
My neighbour gave me some milkweed seeds (not sure what type) which I planted 2, maybe 3, weeks ago. They're up, but still very small. I'll need to thin them out, of course. But anyone know how big I should expect them to get this year.I have common milkweed and some new butterfly weed plants hoping to have enough food for all those caterpillars this year.
I'm going to say at least 12" depending what type they are (and I always get confused), but I beleive the butterfly weed with orange flowers has deep taproots so I would thin when feasible. They will not bloom until next year.My neighbour gave me some milkweed seeds (not sure what type) which I planted 2, maybe 3, weeks ago. They're up, but still very small. I'll need to thin them out, of course. But anyone know how big I should expect them to get this year.
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