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Garden Zone: 9

Plants in my Garden: Clematis , Bearded iris, Peonies, Succulents (no prickly ones), Lilacs, A standard hibiscus syriacus, Tulips, Daffodils, Asiatic Lilies, Caryopteris, 2 climbing roses for my clematis, 1 autumn purple ash, Lots of Perennials, Japanese maples, Butterfly bush

Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Just to relax and enjoy the plants and flowers

If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: mostly reading a book or on computer

Occupation: Retired

gardenbug8

Location: Williams, CA
Member Since: 2/14/2008
Last Seen: 1186 days, 13 hours ago

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About gardenbug8

I garden all day as long as weather permits as I am now retired, thank goodness. In my new home where we moved after retiring, I have a big backyard with clay soil so compacted that the only alternative was a raised garden built by an environment "nut" landscaper who used old telephone poles. The rest was cemented; I'm too old to do all the weeding or mowing. My passion is now the Queen of Climbers, the Clematis. I have 72 clematis planted in containers and the raised bed.

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Pruning my clematis
I drastically pruned a few of my clematis to get another bloom sometime next month. I wonder what happened to my Ruby Glow. It was the first one to bloom last year but this year, it is weak and no bloom yet. I lost about 15 now of the 72 plants I ...

Help in transplanting clematis
I have 3 clematis that are planted between a flower plum tree and a small pergola. The space between the tree and the pergola is not that long that the 3 clematis are smothered by the tree and the structure. Does anyone know a safe way of transplan...

Too cold to garden now
My backyard is filled with dead leaves and dormant plants but hopefully they will all wake up come spring time. I have 2 lemon grass planted on big planters and took one inside for security that if they die in the cold, I will save at least one. Th...

Multi-blue clematis
I am surprised that my clematis multi-blue showed 2 blooms yesterday despite the cold weather. It's bloom time should have been through October only. Too bad I can get a clear picture because it has been foggy all day. No sun appearing in the last...

Happy Thanksgiving to all
Today at church, our pastor gave the sermon but we all knew that a couple of days before, he had a lawnmowing accident that almost took off his right big toe. My sisters and nephew were with me visiting so we all went to the service. The sermon wa...

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