Hedgey things

[primsong]

Can't think of anything deep, so I'll just write what I'm thinking about -

A nursery near me is closing, one of those cases where the owners were getting near retirement anyway and then a huge mall was built right across from them making their property worth a gagillion dollars... sigh. I'll really miss it, I especially loved going into their giant greenhouse with the misters and all the tropical plants...funky little fountains and birdbaths...

People are descending upon it like locusts, everything down to the little bricks and boards the plants sat on is for sale. One good thing from it is that I managed to bring home 2 nandinas ('heavenly bamboo' that isn't a bamboo), a pyracanthus, a red-twig dogwood, 2 blue butterfly bushes and a beautiful little japanese snowbell. I have such a huge area I want hedging and shrubs for and I really hate arborvitae.

So - lots of digging to do (the icky part) but I'm started on my way to having the little side gate 'hedged' and have a companion dogwood for the other side too! (((cuddles large pots with plants in them)))

I also have a scad of bluebell bulbs that I don't know what to do with - dig a trench and dump them in, I guess. They've naturalized all over my yard and everywhere I dig I dig them up.

How's your yard doing? Anything new?

Comments

[iorhael94.livejournal.com]

I just showed Bob your post....he's envious of your two butterfly bushes :) He just posted some pics and the link to our garden website on my_green_thumbs :) Could you add him to your flist? I know he'd love to see your gardening posts. He can add you to his too if you'd like...however, he posts a lot of politics and his thoughts may not always agree with yours...so let him or me know if you'd like him to add you :)

[primsong.livejournal.com]

I've added him tenatively ;-) I don't mind a little ranting on politics if the language isn't too foul, but let him know not to take offense if it seems a bit much and I take it back off will you? As you said, we're quite different in that area! He'll have to add me too if he wants to see my posts, of course. The two butterfly bushes are "adonis blue" and have lovely slender silvery leaves.

I've checked the 'green thumbs' listing, but as I'm already active at another online gardening group (GardenStew) I probaby can't take the time to be at yet another. Thank you for letting me know about it. :-) Your pictures are very nice!

[iorhael94.livejournal.com]

Okay Prim...we used to be where you are politically...we voted for Bush in 2000...Bob started having a change of heart about three years ago now (just about the time the war started) and I followed about a year or so later...

And yes, I'll have him add you... :)

[iorhael94.livejournal.com]

oh duh I see I had this backwards....yes I'll add you to his right now :) And on his....you don't have to worry about foul language with Bob! His posts are very eloquent and thoughtful :)