Comments on: Sad Times For My Yard :( https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:01:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Keri https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558767 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:01:04 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558767 I have two trees that are dying right now, and while it makes me super sad, our arborist suggested planning for what will go in there next and that makes things a little better. You can use this as a chance to make things even more beautiful! And your basement will be worth some dirt patches now. Good luck!

]]> By: Sarah https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558764 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:47:51 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558764 Did you have a rough winter? I just got an email today from a local nursery saying that due to the extreme cold we had in Ontario that plants have damage that’s mimicking Verticillium wilt (https://onnurserycrops.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/sudden-dieback-on-twigs/).

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558743 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:42:32 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558743 In reply to Vanessa.

I know, I’m already scheming! I’m secretly excited about finding something new to put in that spot next week but I would’ve preferred it if the tree just survived.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558742 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:41:37 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558742 In reply to Crystal passi.

Crystal! Thanks for your comment. I know the Japanese Maples are meant for MN, but I tried so hard to get it through the winter safely and succeeded. Thanks for your recommendations on other trees, I will for sure check them out. I did go out and get another Japanese maple to plant in a different location, I just love the leaves so much.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558740 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:40:11 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558740 In reply to Nico.

I guess I always like a reason to get out in the dirt ;) I’ll keep my eye on the prize.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558739 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:39:30 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558739 In reply to Alanna.

I’ve killed my fair share too – it just seems like it’s all happening at once right now. Good planning on the fall painting – I bet your perennials will pop up next year like nothing happened.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558738 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:38:48 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558738 In reply to Lauren.

Oh no! How did yours die? I babied mine all winter, that’s what so sad for me, I think worrying over it made me even more attached.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558737 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:38:13 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558737 In reply to Lauralou.

Oh no, Laura! So sorry to hear about your birch tree. It’s amazing how attached we can get to trees and plants and what nots. Are your neighbors trying to save the garden at all? That’s so sad. Let’s try to keep our heads up.

]]> By: Vanessa https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558452 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:21:30 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558452 I gosh, I’m going to say that old lady thing, “this just gives you a chance to try something fresh in that spot. It’s an opening for you to put in something that you didn’t have room for.” Once my dog dug up my flowers looking for a cool spot on a hot day. I wanted to kill him! Eventually I replanted the pieces and was surprised when they took and I had two plants. I never would have tried that on my own.

]]> By: Crystal passi https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558423 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 03:11:25 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558423 Don’t feel bad, I’m a horticulturalist and a landscape designer and I’ve killed so many plants! Japanese maples are also marginally hardy in MN. One plant I like as a sub for Japanese Maples that has a look I love and kind of Japanesey (not the beauteous color but hey) is tiger eye sumac. Rhus typhina ‘balitiger.’ Another one is black Lace elderberry, Sambucus nigra. They are hardy here for sure and hard to kill. Sorry for your loss, you are not alone :(

]]> By: Nico https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558258 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:16:51 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558258 I have been there, Scoops, and I feel your pain! It feels like 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I know how much work and vision you put into your yard. One step at a time and it will be looking great again by this time next year. And just think about how much you’ll enjoy that basement this winter.

]]> By: Alanna https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558222 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 21:33:54 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558222 Oh I’ve killed so many things in my first couple of years learning to garden! I’m finally starting to get a hang of things and feel more confident and successful. Of course this fall we’re getting our house painted and everything is sure to be trampled. I scheduled for September in hopes that it won’t affect things too badly for next year.

]]> By: Lauren https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558152 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:47:06 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558152 I think we have the same Japanese maple and it totally bit the dust :( such a bummer I know!

]]> By: Lauralou https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2015/06/sad-times-for-my-yard.html#comment-558070 Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:27:03 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=10284#comment-558070 Well, our weeping birch is dying…it’s so beautiful around the bottom, but totally dead and horror-movie looking at the top. Our arborist friend said we have to cut it down. My neighbors have to put in a new leaching field which means digging up their entire front yard…which has gardens 30 years in the making. You are not alone. Hang in there, Scoops!

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