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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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Comments (40)To all those who have asked about how I will clean it..... I put the house up using two poles, one is secrured into the ground with concrete, the other is the one the house is actually mounted on, I used a large eye bolt and some u-clamps to secure the house pole to the ground pole. The bolt is through both poles about a foot down from the top of the ground pole. The u clamps go around both poles for stability. This setup allows for me to take the clamps off and then loosen the eyebolt just enough to swivel the house pole down for cleaning. This particular one requires two people for that because of the weight of the house during swivel, but it is really the best way I found to accomplish the cleaning need for all my birdhouses....See MoreKumson Forsythia?
Comments (3)no matter what plant ... i NEVER expect a show the first year after planting.. in most cases.. it simply is not ESTABLISHED to put out the big show.. whatever that may be ... i am usually just thrilled if it leafs out ...lol .. and surely .. transplanting it again didnt help ... they root freely.. so you will probably get another one ... if the broken one is still in vase ... in my z5.. they are terribly susceptible to killing of the buds ... never figured out if it was a fall problem.. or a winter kill ... but out here in the country.. forsythia are variable in how nice the bloom is any given spring.. in the city... i never noticed that problem ... so MAYBE a winter wind issue ... or an early winter freeze.. before the plant is hardened off to said circ's ... its a forsythia.. i never really cared to research it.. lol ... bottom line.. i would give them another year or two.. to get fully established .... before i would come to any conclusions about the ultimate ability of them to bloom ... did you have .... in your zone.. any .. out of normal extreme temp swings that you can recall??? .. like that wild week when all the citrus and veggie producers further south of you lost crops???? ken...See MoreID the old, admire the new
Comments (17)Update: I know you've been sitting up nights wondering how these beds turned out. Well, here are my newly re-arranged hosta beds, assisted (of course) by the wisdom of this forum. : ) I really like these combinations much better just in terms of aesthetics. Hopefully the placement for sun is improved also. Left side: Gypsy Rose. Center bottom: Rainforest Sunrise Right side: ??? Kind of an everyday nondescript hosta that has been growing there for at least a decade or more. What do you think? Something like Albomarginata? (Hope I spelled that right.) You can see the shadow of the house receding as the sun moves into its afternoon position. Bottom: Cathedral Windows Top: A division of a hosta I've had for decades. I think it might be Gold Standard. These two will get a fair amount of sun in the afternoon. This is a different spot in the gardens. It gets morning sun, and shade or dappled shade in the afternoon. I think the solid green added in here was a great idea. Center of the pic, to left of red flower: Great Expectations Right side: Decades-old hosta, probably Gold Standard???? Bottom: Another decades-old hosta, probably plantaginea--given this sunshiny place, per your recommendations. Left bottom and left top: Decades-old hosta which we ID-ed as Shade Fanfare. Touch of Class--with a new red clematis planted behind it. This hosta is located several feet away (other side of a path) from the hosta in the previous picture. I'm satisfied. Just need to finish putting out the mulch. Thanks everyone for your help. Kate...See MoreForsythia windswept/semi cascade
Comments (5)Greenlarry...I have not worked with it...only admired a few online. This weeping one amazes me. I've again not worked with them. So I am unaware of the challenges of wiring them. Can you do the grow and clip method to help with ramification then? (I have a shrub in the yard...but, honestly never looked at it for bonsai material since it's a clump style) Where yours is far more interesting. I wish you success...it has great potential!...See Morerouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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