Hallson Gardens

Congrats Bobbo - good job. It is very hard to get a ribbon, let alone a blue ribbon.

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I agree the dog is just doing what is natural and is his idea of play. He really wants to play tug of war! There is a liquid product called Bitter Apple at most pet stores, that is very bitter. It is used to keep the dog from chewing on something that shouldn't be chewed on. Dilute this about 1-10, ...

Too funny - I was the lady sitting to the left of Grace at that meeting! I don't attend as many meetings as my husband but do go when they have hybridizers giving presentations. Good luck at the show if you are exhibiting scapes. Be sure and post the winners when you get home. We would love to have ...

Actually we belong to the DSL in L'ville, not the Lexington club. My husband will be attending the Regional but I will be here tending to the animals and garden. Russ was here on Monday to see bloom. We are expecting quite a few visitors on Friday and on Sunday of the meeting plus some people travel...

TMA - Don't quote me, but I don't think there is a specific number of daylilies to qualify but they need to be identified by name. The markers don't have to be elaborate or expensive, just readable. You definitely need to go visit your relatives this summer during peak bloom OR just take a road trip...

Hi Bobbo - Yes, we are a display garden. We already had everything labeled, so that was not a problem. The Regional Vice President, living in L'ville, visited us and approved it. Last year was our first year and we had a few people from L'ville visit and two couples from Columbus, OH. It was really ...

Glad the fish are better. It is amazing how attached you can become to them.

jay dee

Have you changed the water lately? If you use city water, they may have changed the chemicals to treat the water. Have you sprayed any chemicals in the area where you could possibly have run off into the pond? Making massive water changes and running carbon through the filters could reduce any chemi...

Great pics - thanks!

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Homer - OBL can rebloom - it is usually one of the first in the spring, then she rests and sometimes, will be reblooming when heavy frost gets it. She is bigger than Stella and doesn't give you as much rebloom, but she is definitely a great plant, gorgeous color and all round good daylily.

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OLIVE BAILEY LANGDON is a burgandy/purplish bloom with no blue in it.

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OED - You truly are the resident dog expert - you know ugly!

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What will happen is the cowbird baby will hog the food and the others will starve. Toss it, the female cowbird is laying plenty of eggs and you are saving the life of three tiny birds. Carolina wrens love to lay eggs in hanging baskets - they are adorable birds - toss the offender.

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Duh - I shouldn't post a night after working all day. I received S. LIL RED WAGON this spring and the actual plant I got at Kinnebrew's on the trip is S. PERFECT ANGEL. I read Greygardner got S. HOT TOPIC, and it is the parent of LRWAGON, and that stuck in my old brain. Back to the trip - First morn...

Yes, I'm back too. I got home Monday afternoon and have been trying to play catch up and planting like crazy to get everything into the ground. I took 300 pics while there and took an additional 100 when I got home. I believe my hubby oversprayed the garden with steriods while I was gone. In one wee...

Pat - Please, feel free to come to my house and take all the honeysuckle you want. We have hundred's of feet of fence with this growing in them. Some are 20' tall. We even have a tool called a honeysuckle popper, so it will be easy for you to take all you want.

Just call me,

generous jay dee

Congrats Annika - your place should be gorgeous this year. You brought in so many great ones.

We did the shoe horn thing yesterday and I still have four coming in next week plus my trip to FL next week. I see another bed in our future.

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You can start hardening them off now - early morning sun and shade the rest of the day. Gradually increase the sun for a couple of weeks. When you are ready to plant them into the ground, cut about half the foliage off and let them rip. We grow our seedlings in a hydroponic unit and they go from the...

You are almost right OED regarding the bonsai people. You can cut the petioles off the tree and it will make the latent buds become active and the leaves will be smaller when they regrow. This procedure is usually done no later than mid growing season so the leaves have a chance to harden off before...

I just planted Key Lime Pie out into the garden and it is gorgeous. Very bright gold but I have no clue as to what the blooms will look like - I bought it for the foliage. I planted the Peach Melba and Creme Brulee in the same area close to Potomac Pride, Paradign and Gold Standard. Hopefully the co...