The Endzone Garden Thread

[VolNExile]

Though I do not compost on your scale, I too save some winter leaves. I will chop them up via the vacuum function of one of my leaf blowers before feeding them into my 50 gallon compost container.

Best brown ever. I am now known around here as “the weird leaf lady” for asking people if I can have their leaf bags that they put out on the curb. (I return them!)

 

[VolNExile]

don't remember if I said anything about this before, but last spring my daughter decided to "help" me with weeding a little bit
she did it while I was at school
so she pulled up all the bee balm we had, which I absolutely love: the red ones
my wife won't admit she told her to do it, but I'm hearing a lot about hey you should put some glads there where that awful bee balm was hahahaha

OMG!!!!

And here I am, buying ‘Jacob Cline’ at $6.99 a pop and starting wild bergamot seeds.

 

[GordonC]

OMG!!!!

And here I am, buying ‘Jacob Cline’ at $6.99 a pop and starting wild bergamot seeds.

I thought about doing that.
I liked those because they were unique and they attracted hummingbirds and pollinators.
Honestly one of my favorite wildflowers, the only mint family plant I would ever start in the ground and not in a container hahahaha

 

[VolNExile]

I thought about doing that.
I liked those because they were unique and they attracted hummingbirds and pollinators.
Honestly one of my favorite wildflowers, the only mint family plant I would ever start in the ground and not in a container hahahaha

They are definitely set on conquering the world, that’s for sure. We just built two 8x8 pollinator beds (plus a 4x8 spare) by the side street, and I plan to have a ton of Monarda out there

 

[GordonC]

A lady I worked with at school who retired started a perennial/wildflower garden on one side of the building.
A new custodian went out there and took a weedeater to the whole dam thing.
Elephant ears, bee balm, stella d'oro day lilies, goutweed, old timey touch-me-nots, columbine, much more--whacked to the ground.
I told em in the office that I was coming up there in two weeks with a shovel to do some "salvage work" if dey gon weed eat it all.
Edit: Elephant ear bulbs are EXPENSIVE to buy

 

[VolNExile]

Sitting out on the deck with a glass of goodness, drenched in mosquito repellent, waiting to see Mr. Lonelyheart the lightning bug, looking for love.

 

[VolNExile]

A lady I worked with at school who retired started a perennial/wildflower garden on one side of the building.
A new custodian went out there and took a weedeater to the whole dam thing.
Elephant ears, bee balm, stella d'oro day lilies, goutweed, old timey touch-me-nots, columbine, much more--whacked to the ground.
I told em in the office that I was coming up there in two weeks with a shovel to do some "salvage work" if dey gon weed eat it all.
Edit: Elephant ear bulbs are EXPENSIVE to buy

Good for you, and a pox on Weedwacker Guy.

 

[GordonC]

Good for you, and a pox on Weedwacker Guy.

I mean it was chocked full of the light blue forget-me-nots. They're easy from seed, but that's not the point. All that boy wants to do is sling that weedeater.

 

[GordonC]

For sure I'm digging up the heuchera (like 5 of those in that burnt orange color), the elephant ears, and the lily bulbs. I don't know if I can figure out which is the bee balm unless I follow the root system hahahaha

 

[VolNExile]

I thought about doing that.
I liked those because they were unique and they attracted hummingbirds and pollinators.
Honestly one of my favorite wildflowers, the only mint family plant I would ever start in the ground and not in a container hahahaha

The only rival I’ve had in my yard is lavender anise hyssop. I’d go out in the morning to do some tidying up, and a bumble bee would be passed out on a bloom. I could lift it off the flower and move it to another without it twitching a wing.

Borage is lovely too, although sprawly as hayull.

 

[Orangeslice13]

Sitting out on the deck with a glass of goodness, drenched in mosquito repellent, waiting to see Mr. Lonelyheart the lightning bug, looking for love.

 

[GordonC]

The only rival I’ve had in my yard is lavender anise hyssop. I’d go out in the morning to do some tidying up, and a bumble bee would be passed out on a bloom. I could lift it off the flower and move it to another without it twitching a wing.

Borage is lovely too, although sprawly as hayull.
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I also like the larkspur in the light purple.

 

[GordonC]

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Midget in there? @joevol33

 

[Orangeslice13]

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Midget in there? @joevol33

Lol
That’s the tv cover. it is way to big for Joedawg33

 

[VolNExile]

We are grossly overdue for updates on the assorted dog butts chez Slice!

 

[Tin Man]

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The composition of this photo is very interesting.

 

[Go aeiou]

For sure I'm digging up the heuchera (like 5 of those in that burnt orange color), the elephant ears, and the lily bulbs. I don't know if I can figure out which is the bee balm unless I follow the root system hahahaha

I have a 8' x 60' bed that is 90% Hosta, huchera and ferns. The huchera are greenish purple and yellow. Some are Blooming pink right now. I plant several white blooming annuals to fill in the space until the other plants get more mature.

 

[GVF]

don't remember if I said anything about this before, but last spring my daughter decided to "help" me with weeding a little bit
she did it while I was at school
so she pulled up all the bee balm we had, which I absolutely love: the red ones
my wife won't admit she told her to do it, but I'm hearing a lot about hey you should put some glads there where that awful bee balm was hahahaha

Good trade. Glads are awesome. And Peonies. There's some white peonies down at moms house where my sister lives now. Beside some pink ones the lawn boy keeps mowing over. I'm trying to find them to dig them up. The white ones are very old. Go back to my grandma and she died in '74, so not sure how old they are. My mom moved them down to their house when they built. My Sis and BIL have black thumbs and I want to revivve the white peonies and move them back to their rightful place. I moved a digging of the pink ones. THey go back to '96.

 

[GVF]

The only rival I’ve had in my yard is lavender anise hyssop. I’d go out in the morning to do some tidying up, and a bumble bee would be passed out on a bloom. I could lift it off the flower and move it to another without it twitching a wing.

Borage is lovely too, although sprawly as hayull.
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I ordered some edible ornamental seeds and still have some in my wish list at baker's. I've got borage in their but haven't shipped it yet. Got lavender and chamomile going pretty good. I did waste some good seeds sowing too early. I'm mostly a perennial guy. I like gettting it all bunched in then kick back every spring and only put in a few fillers.

 

[GordonC]

Good trade. Glads are awesome. And Peonies. There's some white peonies down at moms house where my sister lives now. Beside some pink ones the lawn boy keeps mowing over. I'm trying to find them to dig them up. The white ones are very old. Go back to my grandma and she died in '74, so not sure how old they are. My mom moved them down to their house when they built. My Sis and BIL have black thumbs and I want to revivve the white peonies and move them back to their rightful place. I moved a digging of the pink ones. THey go back to '96.

My experience might be unique among the folks here with the glads. Where we put them and where they thrive in summer is a place where I must dig up the bulbs after each season, or they rot. I love the flowers themselves, but digging them up each year, in my opinion, sort of defeats the purpose of a perennial. The only other bulbs that do that for me are those "Asiatic" lilies.

 

[GVF]

My experience might be unique among the folks here with the glads. Where we put them and where they thrive in summer is a place where I must dig up the bulbs after each season, or they rot. I love the flowers themselves, but digging them up each year, in my opinion, sort of defeats the purpose of a perennial. The only other bulbs that do that for me are those "Asiatic" lilies.

We had an odd year all-together in my yard. Late frost or something. Had tons of those asiatic lilies. After 8 years, only a couple came up this year. My huge butterfly bush literally went dead wood on me and only had new growth from the base. Same with sno-balls. azaela's crapped, didn't bloom and took forever for foliage to come back. Atleast 3 appear to actually be dead. No clue what has been the issue.

I do know that if all my mole tunnels ever collapse my house and yard will drop a couple feet.

 

[GordonC]

We had an odd year all-together in my yard. Late frost or something. Had tons of those asiatic lilies. After 8 years, only a couple came up this year. My huge butterfly bush literally went dead wood on me and only had new growth from the base. Same with sno-balls. azaela's crapped, didn't bloom and took forever for foliage to come back. Atleast 3 appear to actually be dead. No clue what has been the issue.

That is what you want the butterfly bush to do.
It will die in 3-4 years if you let new growth form on the old wood.
Cut dat sumbeech to the ground if you can. hahahahaha
Also with that new growth, cut about a four inch stem below a leaf node and trim off all but the top leaves. Put it in the best potting soil you have but don't let the leaves get wet. Let it get dappled light and no more than 2-3 hours of direct sun a day. Keep the soil moist and don't let it dry out.
We had them in containers everywhere last year.
Edit: hydrangeas (require a dark plastic sack on top of them), butterfly bush, and geraniums are the easiest things for me to propagate from cuttings.

 

[Go aeiou]

We had an odd year all-together in my yard. Late frost or something. Had tons of those asiatic lilies. After 8 years, only a couple came up this year. My huge butterfly bush literally went dead wood on me and only had new growth from the base. Same with sno-balls. azaela's crapped, didn't bloom and took forever for foliage to come back. Atleast 3 appear to actually be dead. No clue what has been the issue.

I do know that if all my mole tunnels ever collapse my house and yard will drop a couple feet.

It was that crazy weather around Christmas time. Warm and then 0 degrees. I'm surprised that all my shrubs are coming back.
I recall -20 + - in Knoxville in 1985. I had a diesel PU truck and the fuel turned to jello. A lot of things died and did not come back.

 

[GordonC]

We had an odd year all-together in my yard. Late frost or something. Had tons of those asiatic lilies. After 8 years, only a couple came up this year. My huge butterfly bush literally went dead wood on me and only had new growth from the base. Same with sno-balls. azaela's crapped, didn't bloom and took forever for foliage to come back. Atleast 3 appear to actually be dead. No clue what has been the issue.

I do know that if all my mole tunnels ever collapse my house and yard will drop a couple feet.

Azaleas can be dam weird. The one at my parents house is at least 6 feet across. It has been there since I was a child. It is so big it has spilled over onto the front porch. People driving up the road stop and take pictures of it, in fact. It's pink during the spring and has gone to leaves now. I have two here at my house. Both are red, and they do not do as well. They're in the rhododendron family and, I think, almost require perfect growing conditions.

 

[GVF]

Azaleas can be dam weird. The one at my parents house is at least 6 feet across. It has been there since I was a child. It is so big it has spilled over onto the front porch. People driving up the road stop and take pictures of it, in fact. It's pink during the spring and has gone to leaves now. I have two here at my house. Both are red, and they do not do as well. They're in the rhododendron family and, I think, almost require perfect growing conditions.

I dug up and brought stuff with me from GA when we moved to the farm in TN. A large azaela like your parents is like one I brought. Only it has probably doubled here over the years. Prob in that 6 foot wide range now. When it blooms it is a show stopper. Also brought my blueberries, but an idiot trimming trees dropped one on them. Lost all 3.