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mcpoz
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Springtime - landscaping fun.
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May 7 01:16 UTC 1995 |
Well, it's that time again. This year, our B-I-G yard is finally taking
shape. The most success we have had with shady areas are (1) Periwinkle,
great stuff. Fills in to a green lush carpet in about 3 years, has pretty
blue flowers, and is EVERGREEN. (2) Various hostas - fabulous shade plants,
and (3) various ferns - even though they are delicate, they grow and grow,
filling in all sorts of places where nothing else will grow (even under the
deck stairway and landing!
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eeyore
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response 1 of 10:
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May 10 02:29 UTC 1995 |
one of the things that was on sale at franks a couple of weeks ago (and if they
work, will be wonderful!!!) are bags of sedd/mulch, like the bags they have
of grass seeds, except these have allysum, daisy, or zinnia seeds in them.
there are also bags of wildflowers. we put down a bag of the allysuim
two days ago, and will be soon putting down the bag of daisies. if you want
large spaces covered, i'd heartiely reccomend...:)
as for the B-I-G yard...lucky!!!!!! :)
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val
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response 2 of 10:
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Jun 1 12:54 UTC 1995 |
also good for shade are impatiens and begonial, but i like hostas better
because they are perennials.
Guess what? I work at a nursery and greenhouse this summer!!
<and i get a discount yippee!>
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popcorn
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response 3 of 10:
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Jun 1 15:08 UTC 1995 |
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val
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response 4 of 10:
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Jun 7 18:04 UTC 1995 |
I work ar Clyde Smith and Sons in Westland. Sure you can ask me anything you
want but i may have to point you in the direction of someone who
knows the answer :)
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helmke
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Jun 8 16:29 UTC 1995 |
OK, it's not landscaping, but I am trying to grow Morning Glories on my
little apartment deck. So far they are about 2" tall, which is not bad
for something that was a seed 6 days ago. How closely can you cram them
into pots?
,
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popcorn
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response 6 of 10:
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Jun 9 13:58 UTC 1995 |
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suzi
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response 7 of 10:
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Jun 24 03:31 UTC 1995 |
Val, I practically live at Clyde Smith. I will have to look you up!
I may have my second Grexer sighting this month!!!
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val
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response 8 of 10:
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Jun 27 23:18 UTC 1995 |
Arrgh, Its too late suzi. I quit, and now I'm up in Northern
Michigan studying invertabrates and stuff. But when I'm in town, I
spend alot of timein there.
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scott
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Sep 9 12:07 UTC 1995 |
After a slow start, my morning glories have been flowering for 3 or 4 weeks
now, and in the last couple of days they have gone nuts - about a dozen
flowers a day, which is pretty good considering there are only 8 plants, all
living in pots. And direct sun only in the late afternoon.
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mcpoz
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response 10 of 10:
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Sep 9 12:13 UTC 1995 |
I planted a trumpet vine to hide a service pole. It also had a very slow
start, but now it is taking off like mad. No flowers, yet, but hopefully it
will make lots of hummingbirds very happy, probably next year. Also, I rooted
a few slips - looks like it's easy to establish new plants from cuttings.
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