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Lovinlife
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 06:17 pm EST : |   
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A big one for me was putting the Oriental poppy, Watermelon, next to Reine Violette rose. They clash miserably. Watermelon is moving, come October.
Lovinlife
- Utah,
Zone "5"
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Growit
My Favorite Photo
My Weather
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 07:03 pm EST : |
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Planted around my pond badly. Left too much sun coming through and my pond has greened up.
Another one though technically not my mistake. A friend gave me a mystery iris for my birthday. I planted it next to my white Paeony. Mystery iris turned out to be peachy/creamy colour. Just looked grubby.
Growit
- Hampshire,
Zone "8/9"
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Heirloomgardens
My Garden Journal
My Garden
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 07:08 pm EST : |
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Oh, let's see... where to begin? How about:
(1) Planting bigger-than-a-cannonball watermelons next to ANYTHING else.
(2) Letting Rudbeckia spread just because I thought it was pretty.
(3) Planting gangly, flopping Tassel Flowers next to first-year Canterbury Bells, and then letting self-sown Morning Glories climb all over the top of that.
(4) Planting a whole slew of things in the Easy-Bake Oven zone.
(5) Harrowing the new yard eons ago, thinking that it would rain and I could plant grass/hay and finally have a big lawn to play on. Instead, it is about 6800 sq ft of dirt that is as fine and dry as a tin of cocoa powder.
(6) And, finally, the pumpkin crop. It's such a disaster that I don't even know what went wrong, so I don't have a clue what I'm supposed to do next year to avoid a repeat of it.
Heirloomgardens
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5b"
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Charlenenj
 Supporting Member
My Weather
My Garden
| | Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 10:37 pm EST : |
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1. Planting a ton of Orange-y Red impatiens all around my Cherry Red Daylillies (Charles Johnston). I was almost glad to see the daylillies stop blooming.
2. When it rains, forgetting to water my window boxes which don't GET the rain b/c of the overhang.
3. Mass planting petunias in a narrow border where the petunias are more of a "trailing" type better suited for hanging baskets and window boxes. The petunias flopped over the edging onto the grass and looked shabby.
4. Thinking clematis could grow between my schip laurels (too shady - I had to move 2 of them).
5. Pineapple coleus planted in a row in 100% sun all day, along with a soaker hose behind it. It scorched in the sun and at the same time rotted from too much water. Next year: periwinkle.
6. Moving too many plants too many times. Even when they're in bloom!
Charlenenj
- New Jersey,
Zone "6b"
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Lilybeetle
| | Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 06:53 am EST : |
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Sloppy labeling of dahlias - I waited patiently for my show stoppers to bloom only to discover the tubers I had planted were common ones from the Cdn Tire. A disappointment. Two many mistakes here to mention - but still I enjoyed a glorious season.
Charlene: A word of warning periwinkle may be your mistake for next year. Get some opinions form others. I have a friend that has it in a woodland border all around her property and it is superior, beautiful and rampant. A few neighbours put it in gardens and it strangled shrubs, went through siding - almost as invasive as gout weed. Maybe not in your zone - but I think it is one of those perennials that has to put in the right spot.
Lilybeetle
- Ontario,
Zone "4B"
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Jak3
My Weather
| | Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 08:16 am EST : |
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Hmmm....planting clematis in a raised bed with a trellis, and then putting "small" tomato plants to shade the roots - the tomatoes themselves are small but the plants are huge, taller than the clems....
...planting several things in the back garden, ending up with red and pink for half the summer and all white for the rest....
....planting callas outside in a raised bed around my garden shed - shady and dry, they just looked miserable all season and didn't bloom....
....burying soaker hoses in the beds and then digging to move plants - cut right through the hoses, not once but THREE times....
Jak3
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Lovinlife
| | Posted on Friday, August 31, 2007 - 10:09 am EST : |
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ROFL, Julie. I think we're soul-sisters. I did that a couple of years back.
Lovinlife
- Utah,
Zone "5"
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Greth
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 05:06 pm EST : |
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Hmm. Last year was unusual, a very nasty drought year. Once it was obvious that rain simply wasn't coming, I stopped planting things out in the garden, and even lifted some things and returned them to the safety of pots in the shadehouse.
Unfortunately, I expected too much of my creeping thyme collection, and lost nearly all of them. This year, they do not go out until there is at least one healthy spare in the shadehouse, and with all my rarer herbs, I will try to ensure I have at least two stock plants in different positions in the garden.
My tomatoes were also not as productive as hoped. The previous year they thrived on rain + the seepage from the septic tank, so I gave them no supplementary water. This year they get extra if it looks as though they need it.
It is looking like another drought year this year, but now I'm forewarned I will protect my babies more carefully, I hope.
Greth
- South Australia,
Zone "?"
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Katsback
My Favorite Photo
My Weather
| | Posted on Monday, September 03, 2007 - 10:24 pm EST : |
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planting my hydrangea tree's in the heat of July! should have waited till september, but they are ok now, but they went thru shock bad!
next year they will be nice again..
Katsback
- missouri,
Zone "7"
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Lovinlife
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 - 10:43 am EST : |
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Isn't that one of the great things about gardening? There is always hope and another chance to get it right.
Lovinlife
- Utah,
Zone "5"
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Seil
My Weather
My Time
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 09:34 pm EST : |
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I let the portulacas self seed and spread and they are now taking over the front bed. They've over run several mini roses, the dianthus, balloon flowers as well as the stepping stones and they're squishy to step on. Ugh!
The violets are taking over the shade bed as well. I swear they are as big as the hydrangeas.
Too, TOO many pots! 101 Never again. You don't want to know what my water bill was.
My herb pots were a bust. I don't know enough about them so I didn't know when to cut or how to dry etc. They either shriveled up or went berzerkers. Now they just look messy.
Corn. I had ears start to form but then just stopped. Stunted, dry and mis-shapened. I was really looking forward to fresh picked corn too.
Seil
- Michigan,
Zone "6"
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Jazzmo
| | Posted on Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 07:04 pm EST : |
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Not cutting down that #%*&&****tree in the front yard that I'm going to get rid of every year for the past 5 yrs. Takes forever to bloom and them drops huge elephant leaves starting in August. This year I'm cutting it down,really,really,really...
Jazzmo
- Ontario,
Zone "6a"
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Polly_poppy
| | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 11:51 am EST : |
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Failing to thin my Victoria plum tree so that it over-produced, lost a really old, thick branch due to the weight of fruit, that fell onto my lilies  and now we have fruit that is tiny and sour, only fit for the magpies and jackdaws.
Failing to net my blueberries to the delight of a resident thrush. I had got away with it last year and thought that my cat was doing the scarecrow trick. I must have the best fed birds around!
Polly poppy Glasgow UK |
Suzyqt1968
Supporting Member
My Favorite Photo
My Garden Journal
My Weather
My Garden
| | Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 - 12:27 pm EST : |
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Going on vacation in June...AGAIN! So much to miss out on.
Not planting enough sunflowers. I am missing them at this time of the year.
Suzyqt1968
- Washington,
Zone "7-8"
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Heirloomgardens
My Garden Journal
My Garden
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 - 10:47 am EST : |
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Ick, thanks for that tip, Seil! I want to plant them in one of my Rhubarb patches next year and I've already put in the little stepping stones. Guess I'll either have to skip putting the Portulaca there or use bigger stones.
Heirloomgardens
- Massachusetts,
Zone "5b"
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Lovinlife
| | Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 10:56 am EST : |
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My mother taught me to never discard good food. Therefore, I've let self-sown cherry tomatoes and squash grow in my flower beds. One of them has nearly killed my Benjamin Bretten climbing rose that was just getting started.
I did prune the squash last night, leaving only those few that might mature enough to pick in the remaining weeks of warm weather.
I have hundreds of green cherry tomatoes, and can only hope they ripen before frost and justify my plant rat-packing.
Lovinlife
- Utah,
Zone "5"
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Junglebug
| | Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 - 11:58 pm EST : |
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1. Let Pansies self seed- they took over and looked scroungy, mixing with weeds
2. Planted 13 tomato plants 3/4 of which never turned red.
3. let weeds overgrow so bad that i couldn't even find my garden plants.
4. planted veggies too close together- i couldn't really get in there to pick stuff.
5. Picked stuff waaay too late.
6. Let squash bugs take over my pumpkins and another bug take over all my broccoli
7. I also didn't water enough
next years plan- simplify and get organized with a watering and harvesting schedule
BUT I took great care of my fruit trees.
Junglebug
- Idaho,
Zone "5-6"
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Lesliedon2000
My Weather
| | Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 08:29 am EST : |
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Hmmm, which ones to choose...I think not staking some things. My sedums fell over and broke just as they were starting to flower, I was so disappointed. Also, not planting the large urn until late. I have all these pretty pictures with that urn sitting there with nothing in it! Procrastination will be the death of me!
Lesliedon2000
- Georgia,
Zone "7"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 10:36 am EST : |
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I'm with Suzyqt: Going away in June. That meant that I simply never caught up with garden tasks. I'd do it again in a minute though, as the new grandson is worth it all!
I think one big mistake was not marrying a millionaire. Then I could have hired help to do all those necessary heavy jobs. The clematis never got fed, staked or watered properly. The paths in the vegetable garden still need covering with bark chips to stop the giant weeds. What a chore.
This year there was a great deal of tree work needed on our 10 acres. There was no rainfall. The ground was like cement and could not be weeded. So much to do, so little time. Sigh.
PS: Our computer &/or satellite dish is not working and they don't know when they'll be able to come repair it either. So I'm at DH's office this morning using his work computer while he plays hockey.
Gardenbug
- Ontario,
Zone "4/5"
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Flowerfreak
| | Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 09:39 am EST : |
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*Bought bags of mulch again this year versus getting truck loads.
*Not preening more than once & forgetting to put it down before the new mulch- duh
*Not setting aside enough time to start plants from seed this year. Need to DEFINITELY do them next year if I want to have flowers for my new cutting garden bed. Decide on planting a peony (or two!) for this bed also.
*Staking maiden grass early enough.
*Need to decide if maiden grass is too close to the magnolia.
*Need to redesign bed in front of porch. Come up with a few ideas & see what GB's think.
*No color in (shaded) front flower bed by neighbor's driveway. Need to consider new plant selection for that area.
*Need to cut lowest branch of apple tree so it quits bothering me to look at it!
*Either re-seed grassy area between sidewalk & curb or dig up sod & plant "walk-on-me" or some other foot traffic tolerable plant.
*Consider new plant(s) for front corner tree bed. Find ones that the neighbors dog doesn't like to hike his leg on & kill.
*Find a place to plant some dahlias!!
*Plant glads again!
*Plant more early spring tulips.
*Possibly plant dahlias in front of fence by RR tracks. Maybe plant sunflowers there again like in years past...and maybe transfer phlox in front yard to back by fence on RR property. Consider planting taller marigolds (like DJ's)in front of them.
*Start plenty of marigolds inside so I have plenty to transfer outside for more fall color.
*Buy a (winning) lottery ticket so I can retire & play with plants & flowers everyday.
Flowerfreak
- Ky,
Zone "6a"
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