Yup! Not sure how much I did it last year since I started late, but this year I for sure am! I also brought them in last year, at least on the enclosed deck but maybe all the way inside, if there are wind warnings or tornado watches, etc. if I'm worried the plants are tall enough to get damaged.Do you do that too? I cart a big tray load of cacti and succulents outside every sunny morning. Great exercise for the arm muscles.
Honestly, I'd be happy if my strawberries seeds germinated this year! Hm... I've always wanted a succulent that looks like a mini tree. One of mine is getting bigger and starting to resemble palm tree style, with tall stalk and just leaves at the top. My Jade may be similar to a mini tree as it grows, esp. if I trimmed the leaves just right. It is very slow growing, but the stem is getting very thick and maybe almost woody. So I'm excited to watch that one keep growing!
Yellow is suppsoed to be the color of friendship so I think that would be nice. I don't want a dark yellow though. Our Lowes had some yellow knockout roses last week and my mother was planning to take me to get a new plant for mother's day. So maybe I'll find one whenever we get to go.
Lilacs need sun to bloom. Or at least the old fashioned ones do. I had 3 in my yard, and 2 bloomed every year. One *might* get 1 or 2 flowers, but usually none, as it didn't get much sun. I eventually cut it down. The other 2 tend to have one good year of blooms, followed by a not so good year. Last year was a bad year. This year is shaping up to be a good one. They seem to be ahead of schedule, like everything else this year, and will probably be in bloom in a week or 2.
I have a peony in the front of my house, which is south facing, and it does well. I think they actually need sun. But I think the main thing is they need a climate that has below freezing temps for a period of time each winter. Mine started sprouting really early this year, and I was afraid it would get frost damage, but it's now thriving and will probably bloom sooner than usual too.
I'm not sure what killed my first 2. I got that white stuff on them last year. That killed part of it but the rest is ok. My house sits at a bit of a south-west angle and summer temperatures are 80s and 90s and occasinally over 100. August is humid. I have a tall privet hedge at the back that blocks morning sun; and then the afternoon sun tends to be scortching. I have roses in the front that do well but it can feel absolutely baking on that side in the summer. We used to have a big tree in the front yard for shade but DH thought it was rotting so we had it taken down before it could be a danger to the house.
Powdery Mildew maybe? I think mine have gotten that too, but not bad enough to kill them.
Except for cutting off some badly growing branches when I first bought the house, I don't regularly prune them. I know I should. And every year after they finish blooming, I tell myself it's time, but I never quite get around to it. I think needing to use a ladder is a deterrent, as I have a bit of a fear of falling.
Looks good.
Beautiful.
I guess that phlox are prone to that, so I hit them regularly with neem oil, as it seems to have worked so far.
