Blue Kazoo Spirea #62
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In front yellow, but late spring to bloom Black Eyed Susans, these double in size every year so keep in check, self seeding mixture of color coneflowers, if you are going the distance then for pots yes annuals, keep it watered daily =/ No annuals in my beds, just hardy stay alive perennials and occasional juniper low growing winding through the beds. I offset all these with a more controlled Thunderhead Black pine 6 inches growth a year, after 5 years you also will be amazed by this pine. It is truly a must own.
For track housing you have to think what can be taken in as a smaller self controlled environment, Not a sprawling landscape. Massive landscape ideas? or smaller controlled day to day like annuals? My bee garden (15x25) has people slowing down looking everyday thinking this person must really take care of this. but the secret is out. I will not do anything! to take care of it but pull a few weeds and perennial cut backs and maintain health of the plants. I'v had moles undercut the entire bed with no loss. grasshopper invasion. nope. not slowing anything down. always remember. I did this over the course 5 years one expansion after another, take your time and the cost with something like 500 dollars per year and the soil is the most expensive part make blends NO fertilizer solutions: top of the line 4-10$ per CT, the bottem layer is the most important as its the drainage is an absolute sand and rock. once it hits your clay it must go somewhere not sit. all in all read the tags, Joe Pye Reed should not be in the front right. My bed is a showstopper, Your hard work and creativity year after year, will pay off. How will it look in spring? Because mine has 100 pound rocks mixed in with groundcover and evergreens.
Last remember. your perennials will be horrid the first year. Watch carefully and water when the leafs fold or shrivel over. but i tell you those 5 foot Guara are unreplaceable for 3 buck discount Lowes, visit them often every week and you can get an entire bed for 40 bucks, catch them at end of year and you can pay for a 40 dollar shrub 8 bucks. Reality is i paid near nothing for my entire plant stock. Your design your creativity plays the part for all your work in the flower bed. Best wishes.
RLeonard
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Be cautious of forming spirea hedges (especially the taller varieties) in such a mixed location. While they accept mixed shade they tend to reach for the sun and grow unevenly and thin out if not grown in absolute full sun. Spirea are also a gamble when planted under the eve of a roof line or high tree canopy that sheds a snow load in winter. Their twiggy nature will suffer if not well maintained, I speak from experience. I have a spectacular 50ft hedge of spirea in a side yard between my neighbor and while it grows there, its thin in places due to the semi shadiness, requires hard pruning by half, every 5yrs to reenvigor it and every winter we have to knock the snow off it to prevent it from splaying down the middle or falling over. On occasion the neighbors roof has bombed it with shedding snow during heavy winters requiring major pruning to clean it up in spring. Good news is that the harder you prune spirea the more vigorous and quickly it recovers in regrowth. Only drawback is you have no blooms that year because it blooms on old growth.
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Be cautious of forming spirea hedges (especially the taller varieties) in such a mixed location. While they accept mixed shade they tend to reach for the sun and grow unevenly and thin out if not grown in absolute full sun. Spirea are also a gamble when planted under the eve of a roof line or high tree canopy that sheds a snow load in winter. Their twiggy nature will suffer if not well maintained, I speak from experience. I have a spectacular 50ft hedge of spirea in a side yard between my neighbor and while it grows there, its thin in places due to the semi shadiness, requires hard pruning by half, every 5yrs to reenvigor it and every winter we have to knock the snow off it to prevent it from splaying down the middle or falling over. On occasion the neighbors roof has bombed it with shedding snow during heavy winters requiring major pruning to clean it up in spring. Good news is that the harder you prune spirea the more vigorous and quickly it recovers in regrowth. Only drawback is you have no blooms that year because it blooms on old growth.
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Sansa
We have a spirea at the end of our driveway, it's white and huge. Gorgeous show stopping beauty. But planted in the worst spot! O_o The very corner of the drive, right next to culvert! Ugh! There used to be 2 right there. But I cut down & killed off 1 of them. chuckles I think the thing is a Bridal Spirea. I love it, but it is just in the wrong place. You can't see vehicles coming down the road if you're backing out of the driveway. It's Got to go.
You chose very well with the planting Laura But that being said, here are some suggestions. Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar - (Cedrus atlantica, Weeping norway spruce (Picea abies 'Pendula, Weeping Hemlock, Pink Weeping Cherry Tree, Kashmir Cypress, Cupressus cashmeriana, Whipchord Cedar.
Be Blessed
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We have a spirea at the end of our driveway, it's white and huge. Gorgeous show stopping beauty. But planted in the worst spot! O_o The very corner of the drive, right next to culvert! Ugh! There used to be 2 right there. But I cut down & killed off 1 of them. chuckles I think the thing is a Bridal Spirea. I love it, but it is just in the wrong place. You can't see vehicles coming down the road if you're backing out of the driveway. It's Got to go.
You chose very well with the planting Laura But that being said, here are some suggestions. Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar - (Cedrus atlantica, Weeping norway spruce (Picea abies 'Pendula, Weeping Hemlock, Pink Weeping Cherry Tree, Kashmir Cypress, Cupressus cashmeriana, Whipchord Cedar.
Be Blessed
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Mimi
I used to have a pink spirea, and it never failed to be a show stopper! Unfortunately age did it in. My father had planted it from a clipping from his parents home. So we had at least 40 years of beauty. Here's my questions for you. Every time you dig a hole your soil is beautiful. No rocks, no clay, you just dig and put the plant in. Is this because the people before were gardeners and the soil has been worked a lot, or do you just have amazing soil. tfs Mimi
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I used to have a pink spirea, and it never failed to be a show stopper! Unfortunately age did it in. My father had planted it from a clipping from his parents home. So we had at least 40 years of beauty. Here's my questions for you. Every time you dig a hole your soil is beautiful. No rocks, no clay, you just dig and put the plant in. Is this because the people before were gardeners and the soil has been worked a lot, or do you just have amazing soil. tfs Mimi
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Eva
I need help. you indicated that the plant you planted is a zone 3-8 and you focused 1st number as being important as your a zone 5. But what about the through number 8? Since you live in an area where the Sumer temperature goes over 100? The reason why I'm asking is because I'm a zone 9 as the temperature reaches over 100 too.
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I need help. you indicated that the plant you planted is a zone 3-8 and you focused 1st number as being important as your a zone 5. But what about the through number 8? Since you live in an area where the Sumer temperature goes over 100? The reason why I'm asking is because I'm a zone 9 as the temperature reaches over 100 too.
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Holly
Great choice of plants. Looking forward to seeing what you choose for the area you were stood in and the empty area to your left. So much to choose from it must drive you crazy at times. Happy but crazy!
Thanks again for letting us in to your amazing garden to watch the transformation. Good wishes from the UK
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Great choice of plants. Looking forward to seeing what you choose for the area you were stood in and the empty area to your left. So much to choose from it must drive you crazy at times. Happy but crazy!
Thanks again for letting us in to your amazing garden to watch the transformation. Good wishes from the UK
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Camille
Would this be a good spot to put your climbing roses up against the wall or no? Do you recommend putting climbers in places like that? Also, is the compost you use more expensive than mulch? How long does it show that pretty brown color? Does the tag tell you if the blooms are on old or new wood?
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Would this be a good spot to put your climbing roses up against the wall or no? Do you recommend putting climbers in places like that? Also, is the compost you use more expensive than mulch? How long does it show that pretty brown color? Does the tag tell you if the blooms are on old or new wood?
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Brandon
Picea abies 'gold drift' if you want an informal weeping structure. I think a dwarf conifer with gold foliage will look really good behind the dark foliage of the spirea maybe a dwarf hemlock or chamaecyparis, there lots of dwarf varieties with different structures and lovely golden foliage
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Picea abies 'gold drift' if you want an informal weeping structure. I think a dwarf conifer with gold foliage will look really good behind the dark foliage of the spirea maybe a dwarf hemlock or chamaecyparis, there lots of dwarf varieties with different structures and lovely golden foliage
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Abel
OMG! use a coral bark Japanese maple it has beautiful red bark in the winter and is it breaks for Lucy in the spring you'll have the red bark with their chartreuse green leaves will complement your shrubs you just installed with the red. Thanks for sharing! Happy Growing!
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OMG! use a coral bark Japanese maple it has beautiful red bark in the winter and is it breaks for Lucy in the spring you'll have the red bark with their chartreuse green leaves will complement your shrubs you just installed with the red. Thanks for sharing! Happy Growing!
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Joni
My AC repairman suggested that I not plant anything around the AC unit, because leaves and grass clipping can get in the AC unit and affect its performance. So I made a lovely rock garden around it and the repairman hasn't been back in over 3 years. Just a suggestion.
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My AC repairman suggested that I not plant anything around the AC unit, because leaves and grass clipping can get in the AC unit and affect its performance. So I made a lovely rock garden around it and the repairman hasn't been back in over 3 years. Just a suggestion.
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