Drwnded

[botias]

I think I killed my hummingbird mints that I grew lovingly from seed a couple years ago, but I'm happy because I'm pretty sure I know how I did the heinous deed. A quick look on the internet reminds me that these plants like it dry; they're high desert plants that I fell in love with in Colorado. One internet oracle specifically councils against bark mulches, gravel only. Guess who wood-mulched their perennial bed last fall? Which reminds me I need to go pull the mulch away from the root crowns of my fruit trees. Oops. If I can get hummingbird mints through the deluges of winter and spring they ought to love the water-free six-month summer. I'm pretty sure I shouldn't order all twelve varieties I just discovered at High Country Gardens. I want them all. Except maybe the yellow one. My strawberries are planted and are blooming already. My windowsills are full of seedlings just waiting to go out and be munched by slugs where they will be vigilantly tended until the slugs go into hiding with the dry weather.

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[shinybaum.livejournal.com]

At least you can even identify a plant, I just mowed all my tulips down :(

[botias.livejournal.com]

See? The difference in our gardening skills is all in the mind...

catching up on 3 months of LJ

[wenchsenior.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to comment how much I feel you here. I'm friggin addicted to HCG. They OWN my ass. And I just planted a couple new agastaches (I tried them a few years ago and, yup, overwatered). Even when I dig a bunch of sand into the solid clay soil here in Lubbock, periodic wet winters tend to eventually kill my penstemons, globe mallow, agastache, etc. But do I stop trying? No.

Want another horribly addictive nursery where you will waste bazillions of dollars? Annies Annuals. www.anniesannuals.com

You're welcome :)

Re: catching up on 3 months of LJ

[botias.livejournal.com]

*cackles* Yes, I think we're on the same page.

They stock Annie's Annuals around here. And they have these informative signs for each thing, and one can only conclude from the information that one Must Have That. We are not alone.

Seven Reasons Why Annie's Annuals is Making Me Crazy (http://www.gardenrant.com/my_weblog/2010/02/seven-reasons-why-annies-annuals-is-making-me-crazy.html)

Re: catching up on 3 months of LJ

[wenchsenior.livejournal.com]

:nods:

That could be my blog. My garden was full several years ago, so I started digging up my lawn. My BERMUDA GRASS lawn, which means you must herbicide it repeatedly over several months, then dig it out and remove it down to 2 feet, then super-reinforce the edges with about six layers of weed cloth and and a foot-wide no growth zone on top so you can watch for incoming runners from the remaining lawn.

Needless to say, my two new beds are now full, but I too NEED a grape kool-aid tree and giant agaves. Oh, hell, there were at least a dozen things in their 2010 catalogue that I'd order if I had room.

It won't be long before I'll be starting on the Epic Removal of the Front Lawn.