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Posted: Aug/05/2005 7:57 PM PST
I wouldn't do anything with it right now.Just leave it be. Next year in late winter/early spring , cut back your grasses and divide them then.Honestly though , the grasses grow so fast it may be best just to spread them out accordingly- if they get 4' wide , then go ahead and allow 4' between them. I didn't find your border to be overgrown though- I thought it looked lovely  The daylilies you can divide now - it is the perfect time. Just pick a time though when it will be cloudy for a couple days.I find they transplant better if not in direct sun for a bit. |
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Posted: Aug/16/2005 12:59 AM PST
Kentucky Lady, Glad you can relate to the reworking problem...I don't really want to have more than I can take care of though.....but I do want to prepare a no-dig garden for my veggies next year...I'm adding on to the two feet I have along side the shed....thats the fun of gardening I guess, and it keeps you active and in shape...when winter comes, I'll miss going outside and putzing around in the flower beds.... Pacifice Star, Thanks for the websight about grasses...I'm going over to look at it now..!! |
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Posted: Aug/11/2005 2:59 AM PST
Alammy, Funny I was reading your post last night and today in the mail I got my Backyard Living Magazine. The cover has grasses! The main article is all about grasses, its called Garden Drama made easy, 12 top picks for carefree showy grasses! Awesome pictures and info. They describe 12 different grasses. You can access their web site at www.backyardlivingmagazine.com. Check it out or look for the magazine in your local grocery store. Let me know what you think. |
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Posted: Aug/09/2005 1:52 PM PST
Kentucky Lady, Whitmore and Papa, Thankyou for all the wonderful advice!!!! I agree that I'm trying to grow too much stuff in one small area...I wish that area was larger, cuz it's such a pretty sunny location....I'm tempted to dig another garden on the opposite side of that location along the sidewalk to relocate some of the lillies and lavender...then I could add some other pretty perenniels there too....I've got some Heliposis I could divide in the backyard to put there too........I'm excited now!!! I'll go ahead and divide the lillies next week when it's going to be cloudy and rainy.....and then in the spring I will remove the Zebra Grass completley from that area and transplant them on the side of my house to camoflauge the electrical boxes that are visible from street....I will also divided and relocate some of my lavender........it needs plenty of sun....I'll also relocate some of my lamium.. Thanks again, my friends
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Posted: Aug/09/2005 9:18 AM PST
Yup to what Papa says. You may be trying to grow too much in too small an area, especially with the grasses. Zebra grass is a spreader and can take over an area. By the way Papa, I'm in Manistee County now, but GR was my hometown, West Side, Catholic Central '62. |
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Posted: Aug/07/2005 9:47 PM PST
Hello from G.R. Michigan area. Lilies can be moved anytime, they are almost impossible to kill. Lamium would do better in some parial shade. Grasses need to go next spring. They will get to big and tall to be near the walkway. Not to mention droop over some. Scratchy and can cut. Keep the rose and lavander. If you choose to move the lanander, do it next spring. You have enough grass to devide if you want to. Do you garden for birds? FR*EE newsletter at: http://www.backyardbirdingtips.com/ Ron Michigan Certified Nurseryman #1674 |
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Posted: Aug/01/2005 1:29 PM PST
A little afterthought here on my previous post.....there is also some Lamium growing underneath my rose bush and lillies.......and those are some petunia's I planted in on the far right......... |
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Posted: Aug/01/2005 1:19 PM PST
http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=perenn ielsonside4oa.jpg Hi all you experts out there, Can you help me here, cuz what you see is a mess!! left to right, you see a Fairie Rose Bush, Blue Ornamental grass, lillies, Sedum, Lavender, and Zebra Ornamental grass....It's all so overgrown!! my question is this.....it is the middle of summer here in Michigan, and I'm not sure if I should wait till fall to dig some of this up, or can I do some trimming now..will this trimming hurt my plants??? the lillies are so overgrown and so it the lavender, and the grasses.....what do I do with this mess??????? Thanks for you help! |
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Posted: Aug/10/2005 6:10 PM PST
Alammy, you sound like me  I am constantly reworking and revamping my gardens. I too have grasses to move , daylilies to divide, etc.... Just built another new bed last year , already full , added 3 feet to my carport border , need another 15 LOL!!!! Aw, the joys of gardening
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