Funny/odd/coincidental that I should find Teucrium canadense here on the farm for the first time so soon after Phyllis asked for help in IDing it.
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- Sep 07, 2013 6:51 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Recent photo
- Replies: 3
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- Sep 07, 2013 5:51 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Isn't there any news from anyone else???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5307
Re: Isn't there any news from anyone else???
You are right, Phyllis: frst is nothing to joke about! KHT, I would be dead! Cold chills race down my back when I read about being attacked by yellowjackets. My gardening (and other) days will be over when I can no longer run faster than they fly. With great reluctance I finally went to Facebook. Mo...
- Sep 06, 2013 6:35 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Isn't there any news from anyone else???
- Replies: 23
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Re: Isn't there any news from anyone else???
FRST here this morning! Had to make a four-letter-word out of it...
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- Sep 04, 2013 6:23 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Need an ID
- Replies: 6
- Views: 952
Re: Need an ID
Not a clue, but I do not agree with your two suggestions, Chris. So sue me!
- Aug 18, 2013 7:22 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Returned from PEI.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 781
Re: Returned from PEI.
Impatiens glandulifera is considered a noxious weed, I am told, Phyllis. It was not yet setting seed or I might have collected some. A couple of friends tell me, though, that they cut it back before it makes seeds and they have been able to keep it under control for 20 years and more. Still, all yo...
- Aug 17, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Returned from PEI.
- Replies: 2
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Returned from PEI.
Cannot find this roadside and meadow plant through google or in any of my wildflower books. Surely it must grow somewhere else in the NE as well? It is not fireweed but grows in association with it.
- Aug 17, 2013 8:01 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Arbor Day (Week) at My House
- Replies: 2
- Views: 691
Re: Arbor Day (Week) at My House
Now hold your breath 'til next spring when, you hope, they will all bloom
Viktoria, back from PEI
Viktoria, back from PEI
- Aug 09, 2013 5:59 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Another Milestone
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3711
Re: Another Milestone
Maybe scarves were trendy, too? Wash and wear hair is easy, though; no more home perms.
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- Aug 08, 2013 4:29 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Gardens on PEI?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 581
Gardens on PEI?
We used to have members on PEI; do we still? Any must-see gardens there? I will be there for part of next week.
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Viktoria
- Aug 07, 2013 11:45 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Cut Leaf Hosta Seedling
- Replies: 4
- Views: 753
Re: Cut Leaf Hosta Seedling
I have a 'Blueberry Waffles' that did it this year; it would be very surprising to see it repeated.
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- Aug 07, 2013 7:18 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: I think that I shall never see.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1257
Re: I think that I shall never see.....
There are many species of ash. That straight trunk is a strong indication. As to the Viburnum, check out V. lentago.
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Viktoria
- Aug 05, 2013 6:12 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: I think that I shall never see.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1257
Re: I think that I shall never see.....
Ash is the most likely one. The other one may be a shrub, one of the native Viburnums. The species may come to mind once I have more coffee.
Viktoria
Viktoria
- Aug 03, 2013 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: Mystery plant -- can you ID?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1862
Re: Mystery plant -- can you ID?
Phyllis grows blue vervain, Linda, so she knows it is not that one...unless there is another blue vervain?
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Viktoria
- Jul 24, 2013 7:03 am
- Forum: Hosta Virus X Forum
- Topic: Please tell me if these 4 hosta have HVX
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5423
Re: Please tell me if these 4 hosta have HVX
A high-N, soluble fertilizer should improve the color, too, and possibly faster.
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- Jul 23, 2013 6:53 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: A forest in my new lawn!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3744
Re: A forest in my new lawn!
Before I had it cut down, a large ash used to produce lots of seedlings in the perennial beds. Black walnut seedlings come up wherever squirrels bury the nuts. Black locust seedlings come up in the hay fields. Then there are all the native dogwood shrubs, Virginia creeper, grape vines, buckthorn, po...
- Jul 21, 2013 6:19 am
- Forum: The Garden Bench
- Topic: A forest in my new lawn!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3744
Re: A forest in my new lawn!
"The neighbor has a willow tree in his front yard that grows out little seedlings all over his lawn, but they are attached to the root system and impossible to keep from regrowing when he mows over them." If they are attached to mama, they are not seedlings but suckers. It did occur to me, too, that...
- Jul 17, 2013 5:45 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Anyone growing Foxfire Palm Sunday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4420
Re: Anyone growing Foxfire Palm Sunday
I have 3-4 plants left and will check them but, off the top of my head, I would say there are none because surely I would have noticed!
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Viktoria
- Jul 14, 2013 6:01 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Who likes to guess hosta names?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 539
Re: Who likes to guess hosta names?
I agree with Chris.
Viktoria
Viktoria
- Jul 12, 2013 6:26 am
- Forum: Hosta Forum
- Topic: Differences between LS Black Satin vs Ventricosa
- Replies: 10
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Re: Differences between LS Black Satin vs Ventricosa
H. ventricosa is a larger plant than 'LS Black Satin' and has purple flowers. The flowers in your photos are too light unless they (the photos) are overexposed.
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- Jul 01, 2013 6:23 am
- Forum: Hosta Virus X Forum
- Topic: infected?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2527
Re: infected?
I would say the top one is infected for sure. The other one is 'Patriot', which is easily and inexpensively replaced, so I would eliminate both.
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