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Hey everyone, just wanted to check in since I have a little time. Life is busy for me which is why you don't see me much anymore. 3 active kids, I am a coach of multiple basketball and baseball teams, and I have been traveling quite a bit with a new job.
I'm sure you all feel your weather sucks as much as mine, and my garden has definitely gotten off to a slow start despite starting relatively early, but with all the rain, I lost a lot of stuff due to rot.
All of the pics didn't load right on Imgur but I now have 5 in-ground figs including Sal's, Brown Turkey, Olympia, Celeste and Calabrian Green with 3 more in pots. Cannas are about to bloom too but it looks like those pics missed the cut.
Anyway, here goes...a lot of stuff jus coming into bloom including agapanthus with no flowers yet...a few days.
Some plantings in my new lasagna bed including Fred's grandma's hibiscus, and I moved a couple crapes in there.
One of the yucca patches. Two gloriosa hybrids and a glauca
Imgur doesn't upload the lics in the order I took them, but some tomatos
Philo, A. wentii, and I found a Bletilla striata bulb for $7
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More agapantus about to bloom, a Bizzie I bought for $5 end of season last year, and you will see all of my crapes died to the ground this year except Victor.
Another view of the desert bed
Tough to see in the shade, but the 2 yuccas on the left are from Rob. I also acquired a recurv among other things from Jim Kelly in NJ as a result of him losing a bet.
Thai Black got off to a terrible start. My family tried to kill them over the winter, and I brought them out prematurely where I received a lot of rot and dieback. This one was supped to be a 10 footer to start the year.
2 more yuccas from Rob in N TN. They have been moved a few times and should start growing well now.
Lots of stuff that needs to start growing
Transplanted a lot into this bed as well
One of my new favorite fruit crops. Nothing beats a homegrown canteloupe
Crocosmia just starting to bloom
New lasagna bed on the right
Already extending it for next season
Trachy is in bad shape and growing very slowly...
Collards, one of my faves
Zucchini, cukes and Indian corn
Sadly, my largest basjoos, about 7' tall
Tough to tell but I have lots of peppers planted in the landscape, including 3 Carolina Reapers, 2 Trinidad Scorpions, 7 ghosts, peach hosts, habanadas (a heatless habanero) Datil, Mad Hatter, lots of habaneros, poblanos, Anaheims, Sugar Rush Peach, lots of bells of various colors, jalapenos, banana peppers, and many more...I believe I am at around 45 pepper plants this year.
Rob set me a mimosa stick a couple of years ago...
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Struggling trachy
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Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Thanks Jim. The trachy has been in decline since 2 winters ago when I was in Florida and the protection was compromised. I am still hoping it can recover, but I am going to have to up my protection next year. Going to have to go heated box I believe. Looking for a backup though.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Really coming along nicely . It has that very unique tropical look that I like so much . WillWinston-Salem Ten year lows: 12F 15F 19F 20F 5F 4F 15F 7F 8F (14F 2019) 10 Year Average Winter Lowest Low 11.9F ; 30 Year 11.7F Profession:Trachy Defiberer and Palm Spear Puller (free estimates)
Looking great Rob. Your Ti plants are outstanding. In the second photo past the Basjoo..what kind of Crinum is that? I really like that. Never seen one around here. With the burgundy stems and green banana like foliage? Not Sangria.
Thanks Will. We are actually way behind here. It has been a brutal start to the growing season.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
I'm not sure exactly which plant you are asking about. I do have a crinum Sangria (the one that has never bloomed) with the red foliage. The bananas it is near though is actually Gran Nain and Thai Black. Is that the one you were asking about? Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
I get that alot. Zantedeschia Edge of Night.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
>> I am a coach of multiple basketball and baseball teams <<
I coached 3 Little League teams, 2 softball teams, and more basketball teams over the years than you can shake a stick at. It's cool that another "palm person" shares that interest!
Love the pics!
How do cherry laurels and Aucubas do where you are? I think of them as 7a plants. If you can grow them with relative ease, you can create a really cool landscape with them and yuccas in 6a.
My Trachy, which was mostly defoliated this past winter, is only just now beginning to pick up speed. Too bad about the timing, though, as we are starting a heat wave. Heat above 85/90 tends to slow Trachies down. Almost to the point of going dormant. So we'll see.Jim, Wilmington, DE, 7a Last 30 Years Avg. Winter Low: 7.50F Last 20 Years Avg. Winter Low: 8.35F Last 10 Years Avg. Winter Low: 8.40F Favorite Palms: Species: Phoenix Canariensis / Genus: Sabal
Looks great Brad. I like your rock border. Where did you get your rock? I did a rock border for my dad at his house and all the rock was free from a local developer I know. I'm thinking of doing the same here in the yard.
If your beds were here, you would be weeding every single day. That's one thing that you can be very thankful for with a cooler climate. When it's in the mid 70s and humid all night here for three months lol, the weeds grow no matter what you do (weed killer- forget it). You would also have to hear people's lawnmowers everyday. If it's not one neighbor, it's another or another. Storms, then sun, then blazing heat, then more weeds, then higher grass."Oh, Dixie Land, I hope you understand When I miss my Tennessee Home And I've been away way too long I can't see this world unless I go Outside my Southern Comfort Zone"- Brad Paisley
Love being a coach, it makes the games so much more interesting, especially when you have experience playing competitive ball. Next step will be refereeing. I’ve reffed baseball and basketball in the past, and in a year or two from now when my son gets to high school, I’m going to start reffing more. Gives me something to do in winter and make some extra cash.
I have a 5 year old Aucuba which I replaced after Vortex 2. It’s about 5’ tall. No idea about cherry laurel, never seen one for sale. I see Otto Luyken and Skip laurels around, but I lost my Otto Luyken during vortex2 and never replaced.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
I scavenged all my rock, either locally or I got a decent amount of Belgian block from a woman who I helped with her yard after her husband died. I would be weeding every day too if I didn’t use Preen, and the grass grows pretty darn fast here too, especially with all the rain.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Preen, mulch and being OCD about weeds is my secret.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Preen, mulch and being OCD about weeds is my secret.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Preen, mulch and being OCD about weeds is my secret.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Preen, mulch and being OCD about weeds is my secret.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
Neither, don’t know what you’re seeing but I have 3 types of Tropicana’s.Zone 6a, 20 miles SE of Pittsburgh Previous gardens in Dubois, Pa, Walnut Creek, CA, and Lancaster, NY Other interests: Edibles, fragrance, hummingbirds and butterflies, and deer resistance
on 6/23/2019, 5:07 pm
