tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post1669048793718279246..comments2023-10-25T00:33:33.890-07:00Comments on MulchMaid: Tiny spring flowers (and a few exceptions)MulchMaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13848950758103138175noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-32775196093369127172010-05-10T22:52:21.930-07:002010-05-10T22:52:21.930-07:00Interesting to look back on what was inherited. I ...Interesting to look back on what was inherited. I often look at other gardens and think about how I'd save the mature plants, and slip in new ones to give the garden some new life. I'm embarrassed to admit have almost nothing left from the good efforts of the former gardener, even though I appreciated her all-white and green approach. I think all I have left is a huge mature cherry tree so tall only the birds enjoy the fruit. The rest were neglected, sick, overrun with weeds, or simply not my style. I'm sure the gardener after me will find themselves in a similar position. Except they'll have many more plants to remove, so maybe they'll just give up and accept my plants.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563840922463701366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-9395089834283616102010-05-07T10:31:36.330-07:002010-05-07T10:31:36.330-07:00Our place was a blank slate, except for the forest...Our place was a blank slate, except for the forest and orchard...oh, and a bunch of lilies I was very excited about but the sellers dug them all up and took them with them.<br /><br />The only scene I remember from the movie "Frances" was when she came home with an armload of calla lilies...blanked out everything else in that abysmal downward spiral.ricki - sprig to twighttp://bannersbyricki.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-18314089374743129502010-05-04T22:49:40.812-07:002010-05-04T22:49:40.812-07:00Hi Jane~~ A pear tree is perched in the center of ...Hi Jane~~ A pear tree is perched in the center of my backyard. I enjoy it for its bark and the shade it provides but we're not big pear eaters. I'm sure I wouldn't have planted it myself but there is no way I'd cut it down. And it's a love/hate with my three towering Sweet Gum trees in the front yard. Love the shade. Hate the fall clean up and the constant seed ball droppings. <br /><br />Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-45942301117169527922010-05-04T16:30:09.920-07:002010-05-04T16:30:09.920-07:00Your question brings the realization that I've...Your question brings the realization that I've taken out every plant we inherited. How ruthless is that? Eugenia hedges infested with mites. Hibiscus overgrown, whitefly and mildew. Overgrown oleander. Lemon tree in too much shade, whitefly and mildew. I have only myself to blame for every plant that grows here now. But I do wish I had some cistus in bloom. Besides the flwrs, love the scent of the leaves on a hot day. I've been through lots of kinds but they're so short-lived here. Bennett's White was amazing.Denisehttp://agrowingobsession.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-40581675973794662712010-05-04T11:18:09.575-07:002010-05-04T11:18:09.575-07:00Great survey of your current bloomers. Those calla...Great survey of your current bloomers. Those callas are impressive! Even though they don't exactly fit your revamp, I'm glad you kept them. I've been adding sunroses like crazy lately, I love their colors and drought-tolerance, and somehow it seems they should be summer bloomers but as you say, they start early. Hm, inherited a lot of good plants that I've happily kept (witch hazel, giant cedar, oceans of lavender) and others that I'm less happy about but have let stay unless they died (heathers and heaths, giant oriental poppies, scylla, variegated pampas); also many that have had to go (acres of St. John's wort in the parking strip, half-dead azaleas, etc). I guess I am happiest with the ceanothus, witch hazel and Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, all of which I had admired elsewhere and am happy not to have had to buy myself!Karenhttp://greenwalks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335321786750265682.post-329425485266031582010-04-30T21:37:55.423-07:002010-04-30T21:37:55.423-07:00Isn't it just amazing how that Grevilla just k...Isn't it just amazing how that Grevilla just keeps on blooming! I love it.<br /><br />Inherited...well the Hydrangea, I do love them but would have chosen a mop-head and ours is a lace-cap. And the Rhody's...I planned to rip them out but they kind of grew on me...thus they are still there. And blooming early this year!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com