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Garden Zone: 7a
Plants in my Garden: Purple coneflower, Autumn Joy Seedum, Rudbeckia/Black Eyed Susans, Rose of Sharon & tropical hibiscus, Corel Bells, Bee Balm, Shasta Daisies, Coreopsis/Tickseed, Veronica/speedwell, Butterfly Bush, Gerbera Daisies, Hydrangea, Hollyhock Mallow, Purple sage, Blanket Flower
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Watching the plants evolve in their own way
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: at a local nursery/garden center!
Occupation: student
Plants in my Garden: Purple coneflower, Autumn Joy Seedum, Rudbeckia/Black Eyed Susans, Rose of Sharon & tropical hibiscus, Corel Bells, Bee Balm, Shasta Daisies, Coreopsis/Tickseed, Veronica/speedwell, Butterfly Bush, Gerbera Daisies, Hydrangea, Hollyhock Mallow, Purple sage, Blanket Flower
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: Watching the plants evolve in their own way
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: at a local nursery/garden center!
Occupation: student
About gardendude
Hey, my name's Rudy and I am a college student majoring in horticulture. I used to hate any kind of yard work but when I started helping my mom put together a garden in our back yard a few years ago, I realized I enjoyed being around plants and watching them grow...I felt like I was contributing something back to the earth. Since then I've continued to work on that garden and am taking classes at the community college. My plan is to eventually start my own landscaping business, buy some land out in the country and start a small farm, grow all kinds of organic crops and sell them. In the meantime, I work in the produce dept. at Kroger and am somewhat of a political activist (Ron Paul libertarian!)
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A few odds and ends
As the nights here get cooler and cooler, reality is setting in that I'm just about done for the year as far as planting. I had hoped to dig up three rather ugly groundcover euonymus and replace them with either three more Knockout roses or some Lord...
The young 'uns
Just wanted to share some pics of new plants I have growing. The small azalea actually has been there for a while. Back before my mom and I knew much about planting, she cut a branch off of our full gown azalea and put the cutting in the dirt and kep...
Propagation for fun and profit
Well I got my textbooks for my horticulture classes this fall. Looks like I'll be doing a LOT of memorizing plants and shrubs and their habits, propagation methods, requirements, etc. Two of my classes deal with landscape design, and the rest are ab...
Dwarf burfords on sale!
Just when I thought I was all done planting for the year, Home Depot puts dwarf Burford hollies on sale for $10. We've been considering dwarf burfords to fill in a bare patch under the windows to the left of our front porch, where we used to have box...
Mountain getaway pics
Just got back in earlier this afternoon from a wonderfully relaxing time at Graves Mountain Lodge, up in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains. Three days of enjoying the company of friends, playing games, catching up, going on day trips to histo...
As the nights here get cooler and cooler, reality is setting in that I'm just about done for the year as far as planting. I had hoped to dig up three rather ugly groundcover euonymus and replace them with either three more Knockout roses or some Lord...
The young 'uns
Just wanted to share some pics of new plants I have growing. The small azalea actually has been there for a while. Back before my mom and I knew much about planting, she cut a branch off of our full gown azalea and put the cutting in the dirt and kep...
Propagation for fun and profit
Well I got my textbooks for my horticulture classes this fall. Looks like I'll be doing a LOT of memorizing plants and shrubs and their habits, propagation methods, requirements, etc. Two of my classes deal with landscape design, and the rest are ab...
Dwarf burfords on sale!
Just when I thought I was all done planting for the year, Home Depot puts dwarf Burford hollies on sale for $10. We've been considering dwarf burfords to fill in a bare patch under the windows to the left of our front porch, where we used to have box...
Mountain getaway pics
Just got back in earlier this afternoon from a wonderfully relaxing time at Graves Mountain Lodge, up in the foothills of the Shenandoah Mountains. Three days of enjoying the company of friends, playing games, catching up, going on day trips to histo...
