Obsessions ~ do you get them?
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Posted: Aug/06/2007 3:57 AM PST
I swear I'm gonna stop watching The Victory Garden, and soon! All it does is "plant" ideas in my head. I'm still on a mission for Maryland senna and angelica. Now THIS ~ last night's episode filmed in Ireland made me want to go live there. Although I have visited there, it was before my seriously-manic gardening days. The show toured a bambo garden and that's IT, I'm hooked. I already have one plant but now I need a few more. But WAIT, what's that plant in the background with the HUGE leaves. After some searching, it's a Gunnera (Chinese rhubarb) and I am on a mission (again).   
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Posted: Aug/06/2007 7:55 AM PST
KeyWee I know the feeling. I see a weird or different plant and I am looking everywhere for it for I do have to have it. My sister has the same problem. She heard there was a plant named Helen (her name) and last summer when I was visiting her we were on this mission to find Helen. Well she did find it at our last green house. It was very different. Good luck on your mission but don't get to frustrated. Tina |
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Posted: Aug/06/2007 5:41 PM PST
My neighbor Judy has just begun to rework her yard and says she is worried about herself. She just can't stay out of the yard. We both agree we are addicted to digging in the dirt. Before we know it, there will no grass in either of our back yards. |
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Posted: Aug/07/2007 3:55 AM PST
I agree.. research is always called for!! Find out if they freely reseed or grow with runners or whatever.. I was a new gardener and wanted t plant some mint.. i remembered picking mint when I was a child and we used to go out to the backyard and grab some to shew while we were outside. Well.. as you all probably know and I found out.. mint will take over and is hard to get rid of! LOL I still keep my mint, but struggle to keep it in check. Do you all have a favorite site to use to research your plants? |
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Posted: Aug/07/2007 6:09 PM PST
I saw that episode of Victory Garden, too. As invasive as some bamboos are I'd be afraid to plant that. I just know I'd get the wrong kind and end up with a whole colony of it. 
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 3:03 AM PST
Did you know they say the safest place to be during an earthquake is in a bamboo patch? The wrong kind of bamboo would really be hard to dig out! |
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Posted: Aug/08/2007 3:56 PM PST
Well thanks so much for all your thoughts and insights on this! I am well aware of the sense it makes to do prior research (some of just that research has taken place in my own yard ), but I have been known to handily ignore the most urgent warnings, leading to some pretty interesting experiences ~ live and learn, trial and error, etc.I still am drawn to some invasive plants, but I have the space and sometimes WANT them to do their thing. To my credit, I have NOT planted any kudzu. My only rule is "nothing out of thy zone". I saw a whole front yard full of cacti the other day ~ this is Kentucky for crying out loud. But now given our lack of rain and high temps, maybe they were on to something! |
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Posted: Aug/09/2007 4:58 AM PST
Sometimes it is fun to try things out of the zone!! For some amazing news, I am zone 5 and dahlias and canna are not supposed to winter over here.. but alas.. right on the south side of my foundation, i have dahlia and canna I planted 3 years ago!! So you never know what will happen.. that is for sure. And plants that did not used to grow here in Zone 5 are actually doing well and really only for zones 6 and higher.. go figure |
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Posted: Aug/09/2007 6:57 AM PST
I'm right on Lake Erie and have prickly pear that's been outside for about 20 years now. You never know. Once in awhile it has beautiful flowers. I don't think it's going to this year though. |
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Posted: Aug/09/2007 7:31 AM PST
Yes, you're right ~ experimenting is FUN (if you're US )!It's my belief that more plants have been overwintering outta their designated zone, and I think that's because it's warmer. Plus a southside location is ideal for outtazone plantings. Growing up in Wisconsin, I recall winters being MUCH colder and WAY more snow than they get now. I thought I made a huge gardening "baboon" last year when a ditzy sales person told me that an oleander would overwinter in KY ~ gardeners said NO WAY. Well, guess what ~ alive and kicking this spring ......... yeeehaaaaa!!! |
