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Subtopic Gardener Posts Last Post Archive through June 16, 2005 Littlegardenbug 15  06-17-05  02:15 am

Author Message   Littlegardenbug  Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 03:11 am EST :    GB - I REALLLY (yes 3 "L"s!) like the Trollius - particularly the flowers on ircuticus - but also the leaves. Do you have any of those? I don't remember but then I'm not around often over the summer. Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"   Gardenbug  Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 09:11 am EST :    I have an orange one blooming now, an early yellow one and some pale yellows too. The orange ones look nice with blue...well they all do! Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b   Monique  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 10:18 am EST :    I could send you a Bleeding Heart too:) Monique Quebec Zone 5   Kniceone  My Garden Journal My Weather Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 05:43 pm EST :    Sarah - here is a site with good seed growing instructions. As I don't want the plants to site in Canada Post over the weekend I will be mailing on Monday. http://www.devonian.ualberta.ca/getgro2.html Jodi, ONT, Z4, Great White North   Littlegardenbug  Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 06:12 pm EST :    Monique -Thanks for the bleeding heart offer, but I have a friend I can get some from who lives in town. A little easier! Jodi, thank you thank you (and I'll thank you again when I get the seeds) for the seeds and stuff. GB - Can you start Trollius from seed easily? Would they flower their first year? hmmm... Could I get some seeds from your orange one GB? So it looks like I'll have something there for next year at least. I saw som ferns in the ravine today - wonder what kind they are... I'll try to identify them with my guide and someone can tell me if they spread too much. Are all ferns (fiddleheads) edible? Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"   Susanq  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 08:51 pm EST :    How about some pulmonaria, Sarah? They have beautiful foliage and lovely blue flowers in the spring and does well in shade. Here's one with a Japanese fern and tricytis (all shade loving) Here's a pulmonaria flowering in spring: SusanQ - Zone 4b-5b Wisconsin   Monique  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 09:49 pm EST :    Littlegardenbug wrote on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 01:12 pm: Monique -Thanks for the bleeding heart offer, but I have a friend I can get some from who lives in town. A little easier! No problem..Yes do watch out for the ferns and their spreadability..I put way too many in.. from the Secret Garden..and they are hard to remove..they have spread soo much! Seeds.. I will have pretty Calendula for you.. reserve some poppies from GB.. I wasted so many of mine on the golf course I could cry.. I would love to send you something from my garden wet and bareroot but what?:)Betty grows here because of your mom.. many others.. but she was a direct adoptee.Gardens are such a source of pure pleasure I am glad you have the bug. Monique Quebec Zone 5   Littlegardenbug  Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 09:01 pm EST :    SusanQ - I really like your japanese fern and Pulmonaria. Both very good looking plants. Good idea. Monique - Hmmm... what do you have that grows in the shade? I'll email you my address and you can suprise me. I'm particular to orange, not especially excited about pink, like neat reddish leaves, and would be happy to have something that blooms later in the season. Don't know if any of those options help... Oh, and I have nothing blue in the garden yet so that's a plus too! Mid to full shade is what I want so if you have anything you want to send this way feel free! Oh yeah, ferns too. See - I'm not that picky and I promise you I don't have it if it is shade-loving! I think I'm going to pick up a trollium as soon as the store opens again (they were closed because of rain today - hmmm... Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"   Littlegardenbug  Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 08:13 pm EST :    Here's what I've done so far. I have some astilbe seeds (haven't started them yet Jodi, too much going on!) and hostas coming, but got a bunch of Jacob's ladder and stuff from my neighbour, a bleeding heart, some japanese and male ferns, and a couple trollius... Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"   Greth  Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 09:15 pm EST :    I like the idea of the wild roses - they will climb if you tell them to nicely, and give them something to climb on. This spot has me thinking of an espaliered camellia, but I have no idea how it would go in your climate/soil. Also a decent sized plant is lots more expensive than a free rose. Greth - South Australia, Zone "?"   Gardenbug  Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 11:27 pm EST :    It already looks nicer with something growing there! Come this time next year everything will have filled out nicely too. The berries on your Mountain Ash are changing colour already! Very pretty! Perhaps some bulbs should be snuck in there this fall for early spring fun. I also have pulmonaria that you can have when you come visit. What is the red thing at the base of the downspout? Gardenbug - Ontario, Zone "4/5"   Littlegardenbug  Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 02:18 am EST :    Greth - I've decided to put a wild rose (or 2) on the outside of the fence - it's a corner lot. I had bad luck transplanting the one I did. Not sure why, but glad that it's the only thing I've planted/transplanted that has not taken so far since it was free! It will look really nice, I haven't found a wild rose I don't like yet - well, okay, not the ones that have embedded themselves in my legs but that WAS my fault! As for the camellia, I did a quick web search and it seem they goto zone 6 (I may be wrong). That wouldn't work here at all, though it's a new idea. GB, the red thing is a bucket to collect rainwater from the downspout. If you can think of anything prettier and free (and ideally bigger too!) I'd be glad to have at it. Even an aluminium bucket would be better in terms of esthetics. However, the dogs do drink out of it on a regular basis and there is some water to spread around. Can't wait to get those hostas!!!!! Pulmonaria? Oh good. That would fit in nicely though I'm starting to think it will be a bit crowded soon! In terms of bulbs, I have a tulip of unidentified variety (accidentally came up wit the stuff from the neighbour), so I have 1 tulip bulb, and as you know I'm not so hot on tulips generally. What would you propose (to give me!)? I do have an area that I'm saving for a bunch of your lilies... if I can con you into giving me some... The fire pit is half moved - it has been removed but not reinstalled yet. I hav to get that done this week but I'm waiting for the ground to dry out a little bit to make it easier and less muddy. Littlegardenbug - Alberta, Zone "3?"   Gardenbug  Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 01:15 pm EST :    Maybe a nice good sized watering can would collect the water from the downspout? Check out garage sales or the hardware store for neat looking ones. Charlotte drinks out of ours and sometimes frogs visit them too. Yes, I think things will be crowded there soon!!! Gardenbug - Ontario, Zone "4/5"