Gardening

[mx5055]

My concern is that lily of the valley is poisonous...do you know if this is harmful to dogs?

 

[ruthcatrin]

ASPCA | Irish Moss


Aspca says not.

SO FAR, neither of mine has shown any serious interest in trying to eat the flowers. I'm sure they'd dig them up if we let them, but none of these areas are inside the fenced area, so they don't have free access.

 

[mx5055]

ASPCA | Irish Moss


Aspca says not.

SO FAR, neither of mine has shown any serious interest in trying to eat the flowers. I'm sure they'd dig them up if we let them, but none of these areas are inside the fenced area, so they don't have free access.

Thanks for that link. Bella is not a digger (so far) but she does trample the flowers; but I am slowly but surely getting wire fencing around the areas I want her out of...the terrace area beneath the tree is the next to be fenced.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Ivy's an idea too.....something else to look at!

 

[ruthcatrin]

This is teh ferns I planted last year: Autumn Fern Seeds and Plants, Perennnial Flowers at Burpee.com

ANd these are the ones I'm adding in this year: Japanese Painted Fern - Ferns - Shade Perennials and Burgundy Lace Japanese Painted Fern | Spring Hill Nursery

They'd be more colorfull with SOME sun, but they're supposed to be ok in full shade, and the ones I planted last year did ok....

 

[mx5055]

Thanks

 

[mx5055]

Ivy's an idea too.....something else to look at!

lol...just remember, once you start that ivy you are pretty much stuck with it forever!!!!

 

[ruthcatrin]

that I'm ok with lol

 

[Robtouw]

So I ended up taking a couple of pallets (got the idea from Pinterest) and knocking some of the slats off, dug up the ground, mixed the soil, compost and some garden soil from lowes and filled it. I've planted cherry tomatos, bell peppers, strawberries and watermelons.Topped it off with pine shavings for mulch. Cruiser supervised the whole installation.

 

[mx5055]

These are my antique pansies that I planted last October. Believe it or not, they lasted through the snow and the winter. Today it's suppose to hit the 90's! I wish there was some way I could save them; maybe they might come back in the fall?

 

[ruthcatrin]

My new berry plants arrived yesterday. According to the instructions that came with them you're supposed to plant as soon as the ground is workable, which it is thanks to the mud.....bets on whether it'll snow again once I plant them (which I'm going to do today)?

Can someone suggest a plant (flowering would be cool but not required) that'll do full sun in Zone 5, that will "trail" and "drape" without actually being a vine? I've tracked down a huge tractor tire that I'm going to put around the old stump in the front yard and fill with dirt and turn into a flower planter. I'd kinda like something that'll drape itself over the edges a bit to plant in it with the flowers.....

 

[mx5055]

My new berry plants arrived yesterday. According to the instructions that came with them you're supposed to plant as soon as the ground is workable, which it is thanks to the mud.....bets on whether it'll snow again once I plant them (which I'm going to do today)?

Can someone suggest a plant (flowering would be cool but not required) that'll do full sun in Zone 5, that will "trail" and "drape" without actually being a vine? I've tracked down a huge tractor tire that I'm going to put around the old stump in the front yard and fill with dirt and turn into a flower planter. I'd kinda like something that'll drape itself over the edges a bit to plant in it with the flowers.....

Ruth..I am not even sure what zone 5 requires...heck, I might even be in zone 5!!!! I am not sure what to suggest since I don't know what kind of sunlight you will be dealing with, but whenever I want ideas I search through all my plant catalogs (which I never get rid of) and then also I am very lucky that I have a local nursery that is small enough that they are really into helping customers, and if they don't have what you are looking for, they will find out where you can get it.

 

[ruthcatrin]

No way are you zone 5 Cindy, I'm upstate NY lol. I need plants that can tolerate winter temps down to at least 0F, and colder might not be a bad idea.

Yah, I plan to hit the local nurseries, so far my catalogs have been un-helpfull......

 

[mx5055]

No way are you zone 5 Cindy, I'm upstate NY lol. I need plants that can tolerate winter temps down to at least 0F, and colder might not be a bad idea.

Yah, I plan to hit the local nurseries, so far my catalogs have been un-helpfull......

lol I guess I should check out what zone I'm actually in! I've just been gardening for so many years that I usually just go off the knowledge that I've collected over the years and my gut instinct about what will work. When I lived in Florida I was in hog heaven!!! But, in Florida I really never got to do daffodils, tulips, etc., since the winters were never cold enough! Here in Baltimore I am in bulb heaven

 

[ruthcatrin]

you're zone 7 Maryland Interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lol

 

[ruthcatrin]

According to that I'm zone 5 (which I knew), which means plants hardy to -20 (which I wasn't sure about lol)

 

[mx5055]

you're zone 7 Maryland Interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map lol

thanks ruth...maybe I can find some new stuff (like I need to spend more money than I usually do on plants!)

 

[ruthcatrin]

thanks ruth...maybe I can find some new stuff (like I need to spend more money than I usually do on plants!)

Hah, hubby hasn't looked (yet) at how much I'm spending on plants this year......but for things like this planter I really need zone 5 hardy plants, for stuff to go in the WAY shady area I mentioned before I can get away with zone 6 plants cause its SO sheltered.

 

[mx5055]

Hah, hubby hasn't looked (yet) at how much I'm spending on plants this year......but for things like this planter I really need zone 5 hardy plants, for stuff to go in the WAY shady area I mentioned before I can get away with zone 6 plants cause its SO sheltered.

what about some type of Clematis? They should do well there, and they will come back every year?

 

[cinnamon roll]

I love my clematis but I will say this the pincher bugs love to hide in them. They require basically no care!

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