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6 years ago(Jay/Jax FL/Zone 9a)
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Comments (44)I've got tons of bees. Many different kinds, including honeybees. I have large gardens and grow lots of pollinator-friendly plants, neighbors have gardens, and there are several farms in the neighborhood. At least one of the farm has bee hives, which are about 1/2 mile away, and I wouldn't be surprised if they all did. Across the street is a certified organic field growing squash. There is also plenty of natural habitat in my back yard and the neighborhood for them to make nests. My town doesn't spray insecticides for mosquitoes. So conditions are good in this area to support healthy populations of bees. Albert135, I started some nice Lemon Queen and Mammoth sunflowers, planted them, spread slug bait and Critter ridder, and then a dumb Robin pulled them all up! (Perhaps, from the Robin's point of view, this wasn't dumb?) So no bee-counting on those or sunflower seeds for me (or the birdies)....See MoreTime to Ramble Thread
Comments (24)I guess I am not going to mow anything today, just as well, Mowses is almost out of gas and the big-wheel push mower, Willie, doesn't get any mileage at all. It is raining, not all that unusual for Memorial weekend, but nevertheless a surprise. There was quite a bit of traffic yesterday, fun-seekers heading for camp-grounds and the State-parks, having paid dearly for the fuel to get them there, looking for some relaxation, I feel for them and hope they manage to have fun just the same. It is possible, been there, done that. My bored cats have settled down, Sooty and Taffy choose to hang out on my un-made bed, I planned to change sheets this morning, well, it will have to wait, I am not going to disturb them. Tomato starts are waiting to be planted, Memorial Day is the usual time to do that in this neck of the woods. Last week, in triple digit heat, it felt as though this rule need not apply, but it is a good one. Our Health Food Store's ad in the local Weekly contains some interesting slogans, real groaners. The last one: "Time flies like an arrow Fruit flies like a banana" and the current one "A hardboiled egg for breakfast can't be beat"...See MoreHumor in the Garden
Comments (21)Today, it was very windy and I went out in the kitchen garden to put one of the arches back in (which blew over) but it was one I moved a few weeks ago, so it was only part way in the ground. Anyway, I'm walking around, checking on the plants (as the winds were dying down a bit) and sure enough, here come my 'helpers' to see what I'm doing. The barn kitties (especially a few of them) love to walk around the kitchen garden with me. I think they believe it's their garden, but I can play it in, too...when I want to. They also seem to think the fairy garden was created just for them, so they'd have a shady place to sleep in the summer...but that's another story. So, we're walking around the garden, fixing the arch, checking on the plants, and finally I just started walking around, figuring out what I plan to move, in the spring. Then, I realize, two of the barn kitties are following me, even as I walk around in (seemingly endless) circles...and I swear, they're offering me the occasional opinion, too. The funny thing is...they're not there for food. I had fed them only a few minutes earlier. They just seem to like walking around the garden...and adding their two cents. I wouldn't be surprised if they take credit for the whole design. "Oh, we suggested the table in the center...and the arch looks so much better, since we had 'the girl' move it. Don't you love that purple clematis, on the arbor?" :)...See MoreApricot Candy height in cooler zones, Moses, others
Comments (5)Sharon, Of all the roses in my garden that get winterized (most of the hybrid teas including Apricot Candy), Apricot Candy came through the most amazingly undamaged of the lot. I do get dieback even with winter protection on some of them. It was essentially tip hardy, but of course a generous mound of pine bark certainly must have aided in AC's remarkable survival. That's in light of a severe 2017-18 winter I had here. LMy Beverlys died to 4" from the ground even with generous protection. Apricot Candy was pruned back this past pruning session to my coveted, standard 12" cane height (not always possible, depending on winter survivability), with white, healthy pith seen at every cut. This was done a couple weeks ago, and AC is leafing out very nicely as I type. Looking back to last year, perhaps I should have expectd good fortune to continue, because when planted last spring as a miniscule liner from Stargazer Perennials, AC took off growing and blooming better than any hybrid tea liner I have ever grown. Thick basal canes came quickly. If AC keeps up the pace as it matures over the next few years, it will change my opinion of hybrid teas....I am nuts about them, but always expect to have to baby them along to some degree. Concerning fragrance, there is no wafting I can detect. The scent is more than medium, but less than strong. Sweet-fruity, describes it by my nose. I am a stickler for scent in my roses. If it's not fragrant, I don't want it, but when it is a fantastic rose: flower color, size and form; disease restance; and winter hardiness, yet does not have strong fragrance, just moderate, it is given a provisional reprieve. So far Apricot Candy gets a gladly given deprives. I gave Sweet Fragrance this same reprieve because of its only a little better than moderate, yet adequate fragrance, but otherwise, SF works like a 'rented mule,' giving so much, it's all. Surprisingly, Apricot Candy and Sweet Fragrance are very similarly colored. Their blooms are equally large, 5" . AS's flower is hybrid tea form, while SF's is relaxed, floribunda form. Apricot Candy is not black spot proof, but not a black spot magnet. I spray. The most outstanding attribute AC has, by my estimation, is vigor and repeat bloom, followed by flower form, beauty and scent, then winter survivability. If Apricot Candy keeps up the good work, and I am compelled at some future time to put multiples of it in my garden, I will experiment and not give winter protection to one to see how it fares. I will still continue to winterize the original Apricot Candy, for a while at least. If it follows the pattern of maturing rose bushes gaining winter hardiness as they put on years, it will further prove its mettle. As far as height and width goes....so far, mine does not sprawl, nor is it bolt upright. I would say in colder zones, a 3.5' x 2.25' maximum size will be reached at maturity. Mine is own root. By season's end last year its longest cane was about 24". All growth bloomed heavily, no blind growth nor Kordes 'laziness' in flower output. It has been a husky bush, not wimpy, arching, nodding blooms (boy, do I dislike nodders), or weak necks or stems at all. l suppose a grafted Apricot Candy will get bigger, but I don't think enormously so, maybe a foot taller and a half foot wider. Moses...See MoreHU-189170289
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