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Gardens
Jun 3, 2013 15:39:45 GMT -8
Post by reindeermoss on Jun 3, 2013 15:39:45 GMT -8
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Gardens
Jun 3, 2013 15:43:06 GMT -8
Post by originalbunnymom on Jun 3, 2013 15:43:06 GMT -8
Diane, If that gorgeous plant is doing OK, I would just keep on keepin' on if you can...
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Post by Fia on Jun 4, 2013 8:44:00 GMT -8
Diane, that is the same plant I have too. Mine is mostly in the shade, but I don't think it will do well there. Before we dug it up and divided it was in the sun and did quite well. We still have a big clump of it sitting on the driveway that I want to put into the hole that the Majesty palm came out of. The poor thing has buds on it and the best I can do right now is to just hit it with the hose. I also haven't been able to get the celosia planted due to horrendous allergies the past few days. I was thinking of trying to make a new category for gardens. What do you ladies think? It would be nice to have a dedicated place to post our pics and links. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to do it. The link you gave said these plants like loamy well drained soil. and sun to part sun/part shade. So I would not put it into too damp soil. I am in zone 9/10 here and these plants are everywhere in this area. I think how and where you plant it might depend on what zone you're in.
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Post by Fia on Jun 4, 2013 9:36:39 GMT -8
Welcome to our new garden center. Diane, I hope you don't mind that I moved your thread here.
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Post by reindeermoss on Jun 4, 2013 9:52:39 GMT -8
Fia, I love that you did this!
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Post by reindeermoss on Jun 4, 2013 9:53:56 GMT -8
I am in Zone 7.
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Gardens
Jun 4, 2013 10:39:11 GMT -8
Post by Fia on Jun 4, 2013 10:39:11 GMT -8
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Gardens
Jun 4, 2013 11:08:20 GMT -8
Post by reindeermoss on Jun 4, 2013 11:08:20 GMT -8
hungabusta.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/damn-agapanthus/There was a comment about it being poisonous, so I found this when I googled. Do you feel your dogs are safe? I am guessing you do or you would not have this plant (in all its glory). I'd love to plant it where the deer will chomp on it. (They have recently found my hostas and ate a bunch of lilies last night.) Maybe if I had agapantha close to these other favorite menu items the deer would back off.
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Gardens
Jun 4, 2013 11:14:18 GMT -8
Post by Fia on Jun 4, 2013 11:14:18 GMT -8
It's in our front yard so the dogs aren't around it. None of our pets (past and present) have ever shown any interest in it.
Drat those deer. I would hate to think of them eating anything poisonous, but who knows what a deer will do.
At the same link I gave you, I think I saw a tab for deer resistant plants.
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Gardens
Jun 4, 2013 11:54:06 GMT -8
Post by reindeermoss on Jun 4, 2013 11:54:06 GMT -8
Some of those deer resistant plants work here, but the young deer who haven't read the list yet will eat anything. I've had them eat black-eyed susans, which seem like they would be much like chewing wood. I have been using granulated coyote urine for the past two years which was working pretty well, but I think eventually they figure out that there is no coyote. I will have to switch back to that stinky spray made from eggs and cayenne pepper for a while.
The deer are really dumb, but they are smart enough not to eat anything poisonous. The herd that comes into my yard (there are about eight of them) are so casual with humans that you have to charge right up to them to get them to run. I wish they were a bit more skittish and fearful.
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Post by Fia on Jun 5, 2013 9:23:11 GMT -8
Yes, they certainly can be a nuisance. We planted some small trees outside our cabin last year and the deer were immediately nibbling on them. We also had to run at them or throw pinecones at them. But 5 mins later they were back.
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Post by reindeermoss on Jun 5, 2013 9:23:43 GMT -8
Since we are talking about deer, I want to share one of my all-time favorite photos. This is my grandmother's little brother playing with their pet fawn, Peggy. Photo date is about 1919.
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Post by Fia on Jun 5, 2013 9:50:14 GMT -8
That's a great photo!
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Gardens
Jun 24, 2013 3:50:01 GMT -8
Post by nancymom4 on Jun 24, 2013 3:50:01 GMT -8
I have used bags cut from panty hose and put cashmere bouquet soap in them. Tied them to my pine trees. This smell is supposed to keep them away. You may use other soaps that are fragrant I am guessing. These I had were from hotels I brought home with me from a trip. I have also used human hair spread around the garden from a haircut. And this is something you may not want to do in the city but my son would urinate around the garden. This puts the human smell there to keep them away. Just some other ideas for this
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Gardens
Jun 24, 2013 5:57:49 GMT -8
Post by reindeermoss on Jun 24, 2013 5:57:49 GMT -8
Nancy, I am sure I could get a long line of boys and men who'd be delighted to pee in my gardens.
When my son was little, we used to spread his haircut "trimmings" around the garden as a slug repellant. As I recall it did not work.
My next-door neighbor is a game warden and he told me you need to keep rotating your deer repellant because eventually the deer figure it out. He also said there is no sure-fire guaranteed way to keep them out of your gardens. (I am taking care of his dogs this week while he is at the beach and I noticed yesterday that all of his hostas had been devoured by the deer.)
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