Garden Possibilities

[MrsBlue]

<span style="color: #3333FF">So the new house has a lot more garden space. Around the deck there are bare areas that seem like there were plants there at one time.

This is at the side of the deck.




This is the front.

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[MrsBlue]

Re: Garden Possibilities

<span style="color: #3333FF">There are similar areas bordering the house. MrBlue has already started planting things. Bless him. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70384-praying.gif[/img] The plant on the left is, I believe, a hydrangea and the right is a rhododendron.




Nice big patch for planting.

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[MrsBlue]

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<span style="color: #3333FF">I planted a couple of hostas under this shrub. MrBlue and I trimmed the shrub, it was looking wild.




More stuff that MrBlue planted. The one on the right is a peace blossom. I don't know what the one on the left is.




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[MrsBlue]

Re: Garden Possibilities

<span style="color: #3333FF">This (pampas grass, I believe) seems to be very popular down here, it's all over the place.

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[MrsBlue]

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<span style="color: #3333FF">There is a lot that can be cleared for more growing. MrBlue has started tomatoes, peppers, and corn. We're waiting on collard green and callaloo seeds.



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[kia027]

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nice blue!!

Funny u mention callaloo seeds.. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] I was blanching some more callaloo (I blanch a bit at a time but as the season cooling down I have to blanch more often).. Anyway I have the pods in a brown paper bag waiting on them a bit more.

[R00TS]

Re: Garden Possibilities

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MrsBlue</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #3333FF">

More stuff that MrBlue planted. The one on the right is a peace blossom. I don't know what the one on the left is.




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I think its 'Mother-in-laws tongue' Long and Sharp [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

Nice nice spaces [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] Like an empty canvas
Is the whole house brick?

[Green_Biscuit]

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Very nice Mrs Blue. One thing though - the hydrangea and the Rhodie are too close to each other, and that Rhodie too close to the house, in general. They eventually get very large. You can prune them to keep them small but you have to keep at it, every year when it reaches the size you want. Be sure to cut each branch individually, right after it flowers (or you risk cutting off the following years blooms).

[MrsBlue]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body">nice blue!!

Funny u mention callaloo seeds.. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] I was blanching some more callaloo (I blanch a bit at a time but as the season cooling down I have to blanch more often).. Anyway I have the pods in a brown paper bag waiting on them a bit more. </div></div><span style="color: #3333FF">Are you blanching the callaloo to preserve/freeze it? Someone down here told me that they are planting salad greens now. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] </span>

[MrsBlue]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: R00TS</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MrsBlue</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #3333FF">

More stuff that MrBlue planted. The one on the right is a peace blossom. I don't know what the one on the left is.




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I think its 'Mother-in-laws tongue' Long and Sharp [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

Nice nice spaces [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img] Like an empty canvas
Is the whole house brick?

</div></div><span style="color: #3333FF">Yes, it is and I'm glad. My house in NY has shingles(?) and my choices were paint or siding. Siding is damn expensive and paint has to be touched up/redone. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70400-talktohand.gif[/img] </span>

[MrsBlue]

Re: Garden Possibilities

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Green_Biscuit</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very nice Mrs Blue. One thing though - the hydrangea and the Rhodie are too close to each other, and that Rhodie too close to the house, in general. They eventually get very large. You can prune them to keep them small but you have to keep at it, every year when it reaches the size you want. Be sure to cut each branch individually, right after it flowers (or you risk cutting off the following years blooms). </div></div><span style="color: #3333FF">Okay, I'll let MrBlue know that so he can move them. They would probably be better off in that larger patch in the other picture. </span>

[Green_Biscuit]

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Mrs Blue, I apologize for not being more clear in what I wrote. I specifically meant the Rhodie, not necessarily the hydrangea. Same pruning techniques apply, but hydrangea don't get as large and you can leave it near the house (probably without pruning). You can let the Rhodie go natural in a bed away from the house.