tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post3537159567611322479..comments2023-09-25T02:23:39.803-07:00Comments on Garden Photo Today: Has this ever happened to you?Martha Smith Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790579950460365943noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-7177036068333096462012-06-07T18:31:01.387-07:002012-06-07T18:31:01.387-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.This comment has been removed by the author.jpotuchekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01948699202677839108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-69834358839824529082012-06-07T18:28:43.651-07:002012-06-07T18:28:43.651-07:00This story reminded me of the summer after I first...This story reminded me of the summer after I first planted a row of daylilies along the front of my property. One day while I was working in my study at the back of the house, I became aware that the sound of my neighbor mowing his lawn had become much louder. It turned out that, having finished mowing his own lawn, he decided to help me out by driving his rider mower up our shared dirt road and mow my front yard, too. I ran outside and jumped up and down in front of him waving furiously and trying to get him to stop as he mowed down all my just-about-to-bloom daylilies. He just grinned and waved back; he thought I was waving to thank him!jeansgardenhttp://jeansgarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-12651383014369207972012-06-03T12:19:48.548-07:002012-06-03T12:19:48.548-07:00To Suellen: Just set up e-mail on my I-Phone. Sa...To Suellen: Just set up e-mail on my I-Phone. Saw your comment from May 31 about hydrangeas. Somehow the Blog didn't register your comment about not being able to grow hydrangeas. I wonder where you are that Annabelles won't grow (unless they're eaten by deer like mine are). Anyway, I hope you see this. I know people in the upper Midwest have trouble growing the macrophyllas (they get killed by cold each year), but H. arborescens 'Annabelle' should work just about anywhere (maybe parts of Florida). Annabelles bloom on new wood, like the paniculatas do. In Ga., we prune in late winter to encourage new growth. On the macrophyllas, we don't prune, except for maybe after blooming. Who knows about those?Martha Smith Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790579950460365943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-53308597341612981162012-06-01T17:32:31.376-07:002012-06-01T17:32:31.376-07:00Seedscatterer - I think you're onto something!...Seedscatterer - I think you're onto something!<br>Nancy - That is so funny about the (now) bright silver coyote! Reminds me of borrowing a weathered teak bench for a display. When the bench was delivered, it had been pressure washed and now the color of yellow varnish. It looked terrible with all our flowers. The people were so proud that they had cleaned it for us.<br>Jess - You are right! It is the latter. V. blattaria. I would never, ever have guessed. I do love verbascums.Martha Smith Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790579950460365943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-26305301656368783272012-06-01T15:01:41.072-07:002012-06-01T15:01:41.072-07:00I was thinking it was a verbascum as well...like V...I was thinking it was a verbascum as well...like Verbascum chaxii or blattaria. I grow the chaxii, and it is a spectacular architectural spire, that at least in Charleston thrives in light shade. True perennial too.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-57136269321233544222012-06-01T12:37:19.591-07:002012-06-01T12:37:19.591-07:00I had to laugh at your hubby story which reminded ...I had to laugh at your hubby story which reminded me of something similar that happened to a friend of mine. On a trip to Arizona she purchased one of those rusted metal sculptures of a howling coyote for her garden. One day when she got home from work her husband proudly showed her how he had sanded and painted her coyote a beautiful, bright silver. She was nice and didn't say anything. And over the years he regularly repainted her sculpture.Nancyhttps://me.yahoo.com/a/QvCjqCxuoe6lM8ENtfGDsn.esWiMrA--noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-81553248429013871182012-06-01T06:25:21.692-07:002012-06-01T06:25:21.692-07:00Is there some kind of deviant gene that causes a p...Is there some kind of deviant gene that causes a person to see undesirable plants as desirable and worthwhile shrubs as something to be hacked to the ground?seedscattererhttp://seedscatterer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-1929811984294040142012-06-01T06:17:22.907-07:002012-06-01T06:17:22.907-07:00Elizabeth Dean, a well-known plantswoman and nurse...Elizabeth Dean, a well-known plantswoman and nursery owner says it is Verbascum blattaria. I googled it, and she is correct. She says I should forgive my husband, as some people consider it a weed. It was a very lovely weed, though, and would look great in a cottage garden. Not at all like the fuzzy-leaf giant verbascum (which I love). I was convinced it was more akin to a hollyhock.<br>But you are right! It is a verbascum! Thank you so much for commenting.Martha Smith Tatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790579950460365943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-55422446511212996452012-05-31T20:56:55.733-07:002012-05-31T20:56:55.733-07:00Is it a verbascum?Is it a verbascum?Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11500905915329661899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4437828483628196880.post-18816007931614874212012-05-31T14:40:11.590-07:002012-05-31T14:40:11.590-07:00My favorite was the guy who was hired to work in o...My favorite was the guy who was hired to work in our front yard pulling weeds. Left ALL the weeds, but for some unfathomable reason, pulled up the Southern shield ferns in the flower beds. When asked WHY he did that, he responded: "Oh, don't worry. I didn't really do a very good job, and they should come back up." Makes it REALLY hard to pay someone, much less TIP them, under those circumstances.Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16279705866647612344noreply@blogger.com