GardenArtist Posted September 2015
Gardening as therapy.
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My rose slips failed to take hold.
The other day, my husband trimmed a hedge. He planted the branch! This is just not working. The only transplanting cut-offs that have worked in my garden are the succulents.
I don't recall if you tried to root your roses directly in the ground or in water first. If I recall correctly, there's a method to which cuttings you take based on which side of a rose branch node they're cut from. I'd have to do some research though as it's been awhile since I've taken rose cuttings.
If transplanting and cuttings are a problem, have you tried putting the cuttings in a separate pot, in potting (not ground) soil, keeping them in the shade until they root?
There are natural rooting hormones that can help - as I recall the branch of a willow tree will exude those kinds of hormones if placed in a glass of water with the cutting. I can't find the information in my gardening files right now though.
You are talking about uncooked potatoes, I am sure. Thank you for your serious answer. As for the rose slips-they were planted right into the ground.
I had good success with a tiny rose bush gifted from a market supply on a long past Mother's Day. My son gave it to me and I planted it outside. It grew and grew, lasted over several years! Then, a cold winter killed everything in the garden.
Good thing we have our gardens as a retreat since so many new posters are trolls.
You're not joking about the trolls - posting has become like stepping in mud - you never know when you'll sink into a trap.
Seriously though, I haven't noticed any more trolls than usual, but then I try to stay away from posts that start to go around in circles.
Today there was a wren twittering in the area and I heard swallows in the distance, the summer birds have arrived! I spent some time today outlining an extension to my natural woodland garden area, my philosophy is that if a space is a p.i.t.a. to mow it becomes a garden. If I can get some heavy cardboard I will cover it and apply wood chips to avoid having to dig it up. I'm still mulling over what to plant there, I'd like to put in another serviceberry tree if I can find a good deal, if not perhaps I will try to root a cutting from the one I planted last year.
Years ago Meadowbrook Hall used to have annual garden shows. If I recall correctly, it was there (or it could actually have been at Cranbrook) that the traditional large rose garden was an attraction. It was quite an experience to wander through a large garden filled entirely with roses, most of them fragrant.
On that subject, I think I'll give up food for a month and use the money to buy David Austin roses!
Thanks for the reminder of using toothpicks to hold the sweet potato sections above water - I remember that I usually end up changing the water regularly once the roots begin growing, and they do grow into quite a mass.
Have you ever seen the ornamental ones for sale other than in gardening stores? They're much more expensive than the regular edible sweet potatoes. I notice that more and more cities are filling the large container planters with the ornamentals, complimented by masses of calibrachoa, petunias, or other flowering plants.
CWILLIE, I like the idea of extending a woodland garden. Keep us posted on what you decide to plant there. I'm also curious how long it will take for the cardboard to break down under the mulch.
Helpful as it can be, I'd be leery of trying it in my area b/c one of the neighborhood snoopers would probably report me to code enforcement and I'd be cited for blight.
I used to have a woodland garden that I really liked - it was filled with ostrich ferns, trilliums my mother grew from seeds, hostas, wax begonias and a few daffodils. It was so cool appearing, so soothing. I edged it with rocks that I uncovered while digging it up before planting.
This year I plant to create little woodland pockets, planted with caladium, ferns, perhaps sweet peas and petunias and begonias.
SEND, a few days ago I watched a BlueJay making repeated trips to what appeared to be a pocket in the large (and annoying) cottonwood in the abandoned yard next door. I suspect there might be some little BlueJays, so I'll just keep a watchful eye. Hopefully the neighborhood cats won't discover any little baby Jays.
I've grown sweet potatoes before from slips. I have the best results putting them in a large pot - I think I'm better able to give them adequate water that way. Great looking plant and I had enough potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner.
The wind whalloped a few veg plants - a tomato, some peppers. I usually have to replace a few each spring due to wind damage. Grapes and apples look good. Need to get the rest of the plants in this weekend.
My woodland garden will have to rely heavily on illusion as I have a very small lot, but two walnuts serve as the foundation and I have added a serviceberry directly below and a redbud just beyond the drip line. The smaller plants will be a mix of native and juglone tolerant non native plants, so far mainly hosta, daylily, ferns and bleeding heart with several small spring bulbs.
Last winter was mostly mild but not much snow cover, it survived the polar vortex of the year before which was its first winter with me. Checking online I think I may have plated it too deep, they say to leave a few inches of the root ball above ground... now they tell me!
I googled: Japanese Maple in Canada withering....
People here live so close-they wear headphones to pretend they cannot hear the neighbors saying helllo.
Hoping it lives. More research!
Who does indoor gardening? Any houseplant people?? I have 2 lucky bamboo plants in water. One is around 6 years old. Ànyone like Pothos (devils ivy)? Easy to grow and great for filtering indoor air.
When my dog kept getting sick-all plants were banned in-house. We just never put them back after she died. That may be a good idea though-to help the indoor oxygen. Thinking about it.
im an animal lover ..
Captain, I have lots of red and grey squirrels and many chipmunks.
The rabbits left town when the cats moved in. But the neighbors meat chickens do wander over from time to time.