Gardening

[nangiggles]

I have purple pink and white hyacinth....and my hardy primrose came in...really nice deep purple color, but yellow centers so wouldnt work for your black and white idea..

there are black roses ...most of the black flowers you find are really an incredibly deep purple/wine

Yes I'm on to the black roses, if you water them with black tinted water they grow even darker

I'm thinking black lilies , black calla lilies, black hollyhock, black iris, black poppy, voodoo lily, black pennies, black bachelor buttons and more....

 

[trex74]

I like gardening, and for me the secret is to fertilize the hell out of it.
My new backyard is north facing, shaded with a pine tree, so I am planning on having only a few plants in the soil, but a lot of pots out there. There is one corner that gets sun by the fence.
Ground:
Hostas, impatiens, astilbe.
Pots:
mint, parsley, chives, lemon balm, thyme
Fence with sun: scarlet runners and a clump of Golden Glow.

 

[musclemom]

I wouldn't plant morning glories by choice, anywhere, God I hate those damned flowers. Fuckers will totally rampage over everything if you don't watch them. Clematis makes a nice climber and has a flower similarly blue.

 

[RottenWillow]

I just love the satisfaction of watching that little green leaf sprout from the soil, then see stems and colors peaking out of them.... it's awesome

Just the last couple of years I've discovered that same satisfaction, Nan.

I think it was three summers ago I first planted some impatiens and some begonias in our first yard. I also planted a gardenia shrub in a less than ideal spot (not really enough sun), which started to die and I've had to really work to nurse it back. Last year she busted out with flowers twice annually just as she should, so yaaah....success.

Spring last year I transplanted a little oak and a little maple, both of which survived and appear to be really flourishing this Spring. It's really deeply gratifying.

 

[nangiggles]

Just the last couple of years I've discovered that same satisfaction, Nan.

I think it was three summers ago I first planted some impatiens and some begonias in our first yard. I also planted a gardenia shrub in a less than ideal spot (not really enough sun), which started to die and I've had to really work to nurse it back. Last year she busted out with flowers twice annually just as she should, so yaaah....success.

Spring last year I transplanted a little oak and a little maple, both of which survived and appear to be really flourishing this Spring. It's really deeply gratifying.

I had oak growing even in my gutters when I moved in!!!

 

[chris302001]

Anybody do any container gardening?

 

[SouthernLord]

I've been known to dabble in a little gorilla farming

 

[shirlene29]

Anybody do any container gardening?

I do container gardening for tomatoes and peppers...along with some of the more delicate flowers
I found a really amazing link for tomatoes containers that involves a rubbermaid container (30 gal) black poly and a piece of perforated pvc. and two terracotta pots as wicks
it holds a cpl gallons of water in the bottom then wicks up water as needed to the roots
works amazing....really amazing juicy fruit without running into typical probs with tomatoes

technically my terraced gardens for my vegetables are like raised bed container gardens but the containers are stone, so not true container gardens

I had planned to do dwarf oranges and lemons in my indoor planter this year to have year round but...then well..the house burned down..so the grow lights and indoor planter are obviously gone
I was hoping my sunroom was oing to be able to be rebuilt different to go nuts with container gardening but this isn't going to happen so thats a bummer

 

[Mr. dB]

I've been known to dabble in a little gorilla farming

You have a banana plantation?

 

[nangiggles]

I wonder if I can grow bananas here in FL... would be awesome...