My Hostas in the front yard are starting push up out of the ground.
Aquariums and gardening.
- Thread starter esoxlucius
- Start date
Alright! Hey K krichardson long time no see! Hope all is well.
Great! I've been keeping an eye out for some nice Hostas. I keep reading they are great for planting in the shade. There is a blue variety I would like.
Man SoCal is BEAUTIFUL right now!!! It's been like driving through a garden everywhere the past week or so. EVERYTHING is blooming!!
While we are talking about plants, maybe I could get some help with an ID. I bought this guy about a week or two ago. I had been eyeing it for maybe a month but it was out of my budget. I waited until it went on clearance and swooped it. But it was kinda droopy and definitely not as nice as when they first arrived at the store. They had it outside. Until recently it's been cold and rainy, so I have been keeping it in my laundry room and it's soo much happier than when I brought it home. I can't say I've ever seen this plant before. The red green and white gives me Christmas tree impression lol. Anyway there is a tag on it but I think I'm seeing the name of the plant. Any ideas??
I didn't have you down as the green fingered type
K
krichardson
. Lol.
I'm in the process of deciding what goes and what stays in the garden at the moment. Even though we don't get brutal cold winters, we do get extremely wet long periods, and many plants don't like it.
A lot of "wimpy" plants which come from warmer climates than ours, garden centres sell them as "half hardy", well they tend to die at the first sign of lengthy periods of weather they don't like.
Cordylines are such a plant, and according to the UK gardening forum I'm on there has been UK wide devastation of cordylines through the winter. The two beautiful specimens I was growing in planters went to mush and I was a little fed up about it.
But, on the plus side, a lot of my plants have survived, and are showing new spring growth. It seems to be the real hardy ones that come back year on year, and in the UK we do have some great proper hardy plants.
So, my gardening strategy from now on is only to plant real hardy plants. I'm getting a bit fed up of the annual, "will they or won't they survive", routine.
I have a green banana (Musa Basjoo) in my garden which I wrapped last October to fully protect it. I will be unwrapping it in the coming weeks, and I'm not getting my hopes up on this one. I expect carnage.
I'm in the process of deciding what goes and what stays in the garden at the moment. Even though we don't get brutal cold winters, we do get extremely wet long periods, and many plants don't like it.
A lot of "wimpy" plants which come from warmer climates than ours, garden centres sell them as "half hardy", well they tend to die at the first sign of lengthy periods of weather they don't like.
Cordylines are such a plant, and according to the UK gardening forum I'm on there has been UK wide devastation of cordylines through the winter. The two beautiful specimens I was growing in planters went to mush and I was a little fed up about it.
But, on the plus side, a lot of my plants have survived, and are showing new spring growth. It seems to be the real hardy ones that come back year on year, and in the UK we do have some great proper hardy plants.
So, my gardening strategy from now on is only to plant real hardy plants. I'm getting a bit fed up of the annual, "will they or won't they survive", routine.
I have a green banana (Musa Basjoo) in my garden which I wrapped last October to fully protect it. I will be unwrapping it in the coming weeks, and I'm not getting my hopes up on this one. I expect carnage.
Haha I dabble a little,with as much yard,front and back as I have I might as well.I have had Musa banana plants as well as other coldhardy tropicals but these days I mostly stick with different types of Hostas.I've also planted a few ferns in the shady areas out back.
Incidently
Fishman Dave
, that yucca/cordyline that you give me, and I planted in the garden, and totally unprotected through the winter, is absolutely fine. The winter wetness hasn't touched it. As I mentioned though, the two cordylines I had in planters mushed up on me, they're history.
Whatever that one you give me is, it's a tough cookie, lol.
Fishman Dave
, that yucca/cordyline that you give me, and I planted in the garden, and totally unprotected through the winter, is absolutely fine. The winter wetness hasn't touched it. As I mentioned though, the two cordylines I had in planters mushed up on me, they're history.Whatever that one you give me is, it's a tough cookie, lol.
I also have various yucca plants around my yard...one of them had grown to be as tall as I am but it started to lean and its trunk eventually snapped.
Good to hear. Thankfully my cordylines are all good. Although my 6 ft indoor Yucca that’s been out all winter in the -8 degrees has suffered a little rot, but will recover I think on two out of three of its stems. One has had it though.
Low 90's in the summer and the past few winters have gone down to the high 20's.
Finally got my dragonfruit trellis built.
Also my camellias are starting to flower
Also my camellias are starting to flower
