Comments on: My April Garden https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Elise https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781959 Tue, 09 May 2017 17:08:23 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781959 The only perennials we have are raspberry plants (if that’s the right term) that I planted last year. It looked like the rabbits stripped the little stalks over the winter, but there is new growth! Oh and I guess we have day lilies too, but those have been going strong for 25 years so their roots probably go down about 80 or 100 feet. So sorry for your losses, that really sucks (especially when things were pricey, like the Japanese Maple). Climate change can be rough, but think how much our properties will all be worth after Florida and other coastal areas are underwater. ;-)

]]> By: Sasha https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781890 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:09:13 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781890 We lost a pile of perennials, too – two peonies, a bleeding heart, and the jury’s still out on the hydrangea. (Argh.) It’s so weird that a mild winter was a BAD thing! We’re used to 30 below temps – and apparently my plants were, too!

]]> By: Anne https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781714 Sat, 06 May 2017 11:59:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781714 I love your garden posts! The people we bought our house from were super gardeners and we…are not. I have no idea what most of the stuff in our yard is and no idea what I should be doing with it. A few days ago I confessed to my husband that I fantasized about ripping out the landscaping in favor of simple, easy-to-understand grass. But your posts about your garden are super inspiring and make me want to care more about all the stuff planted in our yard. :)

]]> By: Becky https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781629 Fri, 05 May 2017 16:26:26 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781629 Your garden is looking great! I think it was the freeze/thaw all winter long here in Ottawa (canada) that has sent things into a bit of tizzy and caused the roots to turn to mush. Also, my plants are much slower to come up this year because it has been such a cold spring. I am seriously tired of cold, dreariness and rain–I want to be in the garden with some warm weather and sunshine!

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781608 Fri, 05 May 2017 13:20:52 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781608 In reply to John.

Hey John, Thanks for the comment! Yep, it is the Verticillium Wilt and it is such a bummer. The first tree that got the fungus was located in a different part of the garden so I was hoping that a new tree in a different location with different soil would survive. Didn’t work out, but the new pagoda dogwood is resistant.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781607 Fri, 05 May 2017 13:18:38 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781607 In reply to Jennifer.

Oh no, not the roses! So sad for you. I had to google prairie partridge pea – does that spread easily or does it stay in one place? I need some yellow on my boulevard. I just mentioned in a previous comment, but I saw a sign tiny little lupine leaf pop up through the soil yesterday – maybe some stuff is extra slow to show itself this season. Happy to hear your maple made it! Fingers crossed for the others.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781606 Fri, 05 May 2017 13:13:40 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781606 In reply to Monica.

What a bummer about the thyme! My neighbor lost hers too, it must have been the perfect conditions for destruction. I too had mine for 3 years and it was a good size, I was using it as ground cover around my veg beds.

I hope your tree peony recovers, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. One of my lupine’s finally showed a little shoot yesterday so I have hope that not is all lost for us.

]]> By: Scoops https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781605 Fri, 05 May 2017 13:11:30 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781605 In reply to Beth.

Hey, Hey! That’s cool that they send the plants to your local nursery – that way you don’t have to worry about them getting messed up in the mail. Those Heuchera’s are sooooo pretty, glad you were able to stock up!

I’ll send Birdie over to get that bunny.

]]> By: John https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781527 Thu, 04 May 2017 16:34:10 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781527 Dead maples may be a sign of Verticillium Wilt. We lost several trees to this. Fungus in the soil. It slowly strangles the tree. If there is a black spot/circle in the cross section of a limb, you got it. Simply gotta plant VW resistant plants.

]]> By: Jennifer https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781508 Thu, 04 May 2017 12:37:13 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781508 Across the river here in the Eastern metro, it appears several things didn’t survive the mushy winter.:( I’m especially bummed about two roses and a prairie partridge pea that looks like it’s dead. I keep peering at the garden thinking maybe they still will pop up.. At least the Korean maple survived! Happy planting-thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Monica https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781412 Wed, 03 May 2017 16:09:25 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781412 yeah, I’m blaming the (non) winter weather for our garden sadness too (in WI).
Most of the creeping thyme I’ve been using as a groundcover (aiming for a no-mow front yard) crapped out over the winter. Some of it was over 3 years old. That’s gonna be a pain to replace. Our tree peony is in a very sad state, only one green shoot coming from one branch. Last year it was fine.

]]> By: Beth https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/2017/05/my-april-garden-6.html#comment-781406 Wed, 03 May 2017 14:51:51 +0000 https://www.deucecitieshenhouse.com/?p=12898#comment-781406 It’s looking good around your garden parts! I’ll be anxious to see pics of your Hydrangea tree.
I had great luck , at your suggestion, of ordering some perennials through Monrovia.com and picking up at my local nursery. I had some huchera ( Southern Comfort) I wanted to add to my others and looked all summer for same type. I couldn’t find them. Then-I ordered from the grower and they shipped some beautiful plants to my nursery. I can’t wait to add them…. now what to do about bunny destruction…..???

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