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Post by PigsnieLite on Oct 26, 2010 4:42:08 GMT -5
Yootoob of Awesome Gardens Katzen footling in his masters garden! Nice katzen!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Oct 26, 2010 4:47:49 GMT -5
His Garden in June! Ughhhh, where can I get that colour salpiglosis? Waaahhhh!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Apr 2, 2011 12:44:02 GMT -5
Do you know how expensive wire plant supports are? 8 quids for 3 half hoops! SHOCKING! Someone should bring this to the attention of the UN! Maybe America will intervene! Meanwhile PLites' Austin roses flop all over from the weight of the flowers. El Floppo Sir John Betjemann.
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Post by shoegirl on Apr 2, 2011 13:41:02 GMT -5
They don't seem that expensive here...humm
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Post by PigsnieLite on Apr 2, 2011 14:37:27 GMT -5
Wel, theyre horribly expensive here. Most expurt gardeners actually collect largish twigs that haf fallen from trees to act as plant supports. But Ive looked under our trees for days and the twigs are still stuck to the trees! [PLite pouts.]
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Post by sunfrog on Apr 2, 2011 16:47:07 GMT -5
Use some gnarly twisted branches. That will make your garden more picturesque.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Apr 2, 2011 16:58:55 GMT -5
Most of our branches are straight. Ughhh. I think I haf to rob someones garden.
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Post by PigsnieLite on May 12, 2011 14:44:43 GMT -5
Tulips are nearly kaputs. Thats whut happens when they bloom early. Litttle zinnias haf big holes in them. Bleechhh. Are these slugs? But I dont see any! ANd I examined the ground all around each holey thing.
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Post by Frito Freddie on Jun 24, 2011 18:42:20 GMT -5
An Englishman from Liverpool is in charge of Monet's Garden in Giverny, France
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jun 24, 2011 20:07:16 GMT -5
Waaahhh, he just takes the plants from the flats, drops them on Giverny and they plant themselves! The ENglish are amazing! [PLite stares in wondur.]
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 10, 2012 15:29:10 GMT -5
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Post by shoegirl on Jan 10, 2012 20:44:03 GMT -5
P-Lite do you have any clematis in your garden?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 10, 2012 21:40:17 GMT -5
Yeah, but I leave that to the gardener becuz they have to be pruned according to type. Some have to be pruned all the way to the ground and some can only have their old growth cut back. I cant figure it out but the gardener can. Oh & clematis roots always have to be sheltered from the sun or whutnut.
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Post by sunfrog on Jan 11, 2012 3:23:17 GMT -5
I don't understand pruning. Why am I doing it? I pruned my mom's roses today and had to stop because I didn't know what I was doing.
On the first rose I took off all the leaves and pruned to inward facing buds. It looks skinny and bare now.
On the second rose I left the healthy leaves on and only took off the sickly looking ones. I only pruned off the branches that were sticking out into the path or drooping dangerously close to the ground. I also took off the dead wood and branches that crossed other branches. That sounds like a lot but it wasn't. The rose is still tall and lanky.
Then I stopped because I don't know what I'm doing. I'm cutting at a 45 degree angle, not too close or far away from the bud, but why? What's the point of it? Am I trying to shape it or just make it shorter? Both roses are about 4 feet tall because they've never been pruned before. What should I do?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Jan 11, 2012 4:01:36 GMT -5
The bushes are all supposed to look skinny & bare. And I think the bush is supposed to be shaped generally like a cone or something. Here is a good viddy that will help you. Frankly, Im not too good at pruning meself; quite a few of my mums roses are now lopsided,
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