Weeping Cherry
Siren Red crepe
Pink Flowering Dogwood
Natchez Crape Myrtle
Yoshino Cherry
I would love to grow from seed but never grew anything in my life! I would like to start a new hobby with my kids and we are looking to grow a tree. Any advice?
Which trees are easiest to grow in Illinois?
The Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree is easily the most showy of all Cherry Trees. Its flowers aren’t just pink… but “Double Pink,” meaning you get twice as many blooms as you would on other trees.
Your new Kwanzan Cherry Tree blooms in clusters of 3-5 flowers! These clusters are the thickest of all pink flowering trees and look similar to carnations.
These double pink blossoms last longer than other cherry flowers.
Your Kwanzans will begin to bloom in April. Also a great tree in fall, where it will give you golden autumn leaves that will grab everyone's attention.
The hardiest of all Cherry Trees… rapidly grows to a mature height of 20-30 ft. spreading into a unique vase shape.
One of the easiest flowering trees to grow! Thrives in almost any soil and climate.
A tree for many seasons!!
Reply:You should determine which zone you are in before you purchase anything. I don't think the Crepes do well in the cold in IL. It also depends on how large you want it to get. I would not tell you to start a tree from a seed. It will take FOREVER to grow.
If you want to start something with the kids do tomato or other vegetable seeds. When they are large enough they can plant them outside and then eat them. That would be more fun for kids than a tree.
If you want to do a tree get one in a 5 gallon container and plant that.
Reply:You can't grow wrong with a Red Oak. Find some acorns.
Reply:sometimes the department of natural resources will give out seedlings of native trees. check them out. arbor day earth day etc
Reply:Money Trees
get well flowers
Sunday, January 8, 2012
What is this plant with bells hanging from it?
There is a plant in the edge of my woods that I'm sure no one planted there. It must be some wild shrub but I'm not sure what it is. I live in the NE corner of Mississippi. The size and leaves look very similar to a crape myrtle but today I noticed it has several clusters of small, white, bell-shaped flowers hanging from it. Anybody have an idea of what this might be? Thanks!
What is this plant with bells hanging from it?
Did a little searching. I think it might be a maleberry, Lyonia ligustrina.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/lyli.h...
What is this plant with bells hanging from it?
Did a little searching. I think it might be a maleberry, Lyonia ligustrina.
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/lyli.h...
What is the name of the small green leafed plant at the **bottom** of this photo?
It's not the pink tinted cladiums at the top... I'm looking for the name of the small leafed bushy plant at the bottom of the photo.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
They are often planted around crape myrtles in the South as a low lying bush. Here's another photo from further away (again, I'm talking about the green bush in the lower right corner, not the pink-colored cladiums):
http://www.clemson.edu/scbg/images/plant...
What is the name of the small green leafed plant at the **bottom** of this photo?
Looks like Vinca
http://images.google.com/images?q=vinca+...
Reply:First is definitely vinca vine....great and hardy groundcover....but in the second photo it looks like vinca vine planted on small hills to give it the illusion of heighth...
Reply:It looks to be variegated Hosta
Reply:Undoubtedly, in the first photo that is a Periwinkle vine.
The second photo appears to have a low growing shrub. Periwinkle grows as a groundcover. Of course, it might have grown up and covered a shrub in the second photo. I've not seen Periwinkle do this, but I suppose it's possible.
Periwinkle has a root sysrem like cast iron so wherever you plant it, expect to pretty much leave it there. If the vine starts expanding beyond where you want it, simply pull those wandering bits of vine and set them in the ground elsewhere. It roots easily and grows readily. I love it, can ya' tell?? :)
Reply:Carolina jasmine.
Reply:Go with the vinca minor answer. That one is correct. Other nicknames are periwinkle vine and jasmine, but not Carolina Jessamine (not Jasmine).
Reply:Number 1 and number 5 are both right. It's Vinca Minor in the periwinkle family!!
Reply:It looks like the ground cover Wintercreeper. I live in the south and have used it for erosion control. The second image looks more like a bush. Wintercreeper is more of a vine and is green all year.
Reply:Sure looks like the periwinkle I have in my garden. Gets litlle purple 5 petal flowers and loves shade and good soil. Won't grow and flower unless I fertilize early in spring-then the shoots start going crazy! (We are in zone 7 with poor soil)
Hope it helps-check the garden seller papers like Direct Gardening-they have a web site too and more pictures.
Reply:Coleus
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...
They are often planted around crape myrtles in the South as a low lying bush. Here's another photo from further away (again, I'm talking about the green bush in the lower right corner, not the pink-colored cladiums):
http://www.clemson.edu/scbg/images/plant...
What is the name of the small green leafed plant at the **bottom** of this photo?
Looks like Vinca
http://images.google.com/images?q=vinca+...
Reply:First is definitely vinca vine....great and hardy groundcover....but in the second photo it looks like vinca vine planted on small hills to give it the illusion of heighth...
Reply:It looks to be variegated Hosta
Reply:Undoubtedly, in the first photo that is a Periwinkle vine.
The second photo appears to have a low growing shrub. Periwinkle grows as a groundcover. Of course, it might have grown up and covered a shrub in the second photo. I've not seen Periwinkle do this, but I suppose it's possible.
Periwinkle has a root sysrem like cast iron so wherever you plant it, expect to pretty much leave it there. If the vine starts expanding beyond where you want it, simply pull those wandering bits of vine and set them in the ground elsewhere. It roots easily and grows readily. I love it, can ya' tell?? :)
Reply:Carolina jasmine.
Reply:Go with the vinca minor answer. That one is correct. Other nicknames are periwinkle vine and jasmine, but not Carolina Jessamine (not Jasmine).
Reply:Number 1 and number 5 are both right. It's Vinca Minor in the periwinkle family!!
Reply:It looks like the ground cover Wintercreeper. I live in the south and have used it for erosion control. The second image looks more like a bush. Wintercreeper is more of a vine and is green all year.
Reply:Sure looks like the periwinkle I have in my garden. Gets litlle purple 5 petal flowers and loves shade and good soil. Won't grow and flower unless I fertilize early in spring-then the shoots start going crazy! (We are in zone 7 with poor soil)
Hope it helps-check the garden seller papers like Direct Gardening-they have a web site too and more pictures.
Reply:Coleus
Is it OK to continue to use Miracle Grow fertilizer....?
...on trees (crape myrtle) and bushes that are currently blooming? The crape myrtle didn't bloom too well last year and is getting a late/slow start this year.
Is it OK to continue to use Miracle Grow fertilizer....?
Flowering trees and shrubs seldom need fertilizer once established. If you provide them with too much nitrogen in fertilizer, the plants will mainly grow leaves and not flowers.
Generally, one should not fertilize trees and shrubs in summer. The fertilizer will stimulate new shoot growth which may not have a chance to harden off before winter, leading to branch dieback.
So, if you are going to fertilize a flowering shrub, choose one with a low first number and higher second and third number and use it in the early fall when the plant is dormant, not in summer.
Reply:Sure, every 2 weeks with the full strength solution, every watering with a weak solution (1/4 tsp per gal of water.)
Reply:It is ok to use it on anything. I use it on roses.
Is it OK to continue to use Miracle Grow fertilizer....?
Flowering trees and shrubs seldom need fertilizer once established. If you provide them with too much nitrogen in fertilizer, the plants will mainly grow leaves and not flowers.
Generally, one should not fertilize trees and shrubs in summer. The fertilizer will stimulate new shoot growth which may not have a chance to harden off before winter, leading to branch dieback.
So, if you are going to fertilize a flowering shrub, choose one with a low first number and higher second and third number and use it in the early fall when the plant is dormant, not in summer.
Reply:Sure, every 2 weeks with the full strength solution, every watering with a weak solution (1/4 tsp per gal of water.)
Reply:It is ok to use it on anything. I use it on roses.
I need ideas for winterizing my southern plants and enjoying them yearround in upstate NY.?
i have tropical braided hibiscus trees, crape myrtle trees, and a few others. I prefer doing things in pots cause the soil is lousy here. I have limited indoor space and alot of shady areas outdoors. most of my hibiscus trees are only about 3ft high and the crape myrtles are about the same. I brought them all in this winter, but the hibiscus isn't blooming like it should. I'm new to NY and just looking for advice on enjoying my trees yearround. I thought about a portable greenhouse, but i think height would be an issue, and again theres lots of shade around here.
I need ideas for winterizing my southern plants and enjoying them yearround in upstate NY.?
You can create small protected enclosures for them, using some wooden frames, potentially with some plastic stapled onto them - ensure there are some holes to allow air to enter and leave.
You can then fill the area inside with straw, dried leaves etc, that will keep the inner temperature several degrees higher than in the garden outside. You can also surround plant stems and trunks with pipe insultator too, within this structure. Garden fleece is good for a few degrees of extra protection, and this can be wrapped around some plants, which will help.
Overall, as with humans in the cold, layers adds warmth, or prevents loss of heat.
There's a link here to someone who uses their own protective enclosures:http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/... as well as pictures of their garden in summer.
Otherwise, it's possible to use something like christmas lights, that will increase temperatures during the night time.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
Reply:No way to winterize and keep outside all year. The NY winters will kill them. Also, these will grow fairly large, so potting and bringing in each winter will become problematic. The only way to go would be a fairly tall, heated greenhouse.
Reply:Yikes, you don't want much %26lt;G%26gt;. I think a heated greenhouse may be the only way to go.
Is there a public botanic garden around? If they have a house for tropical plants? They may, but it probably is glass and in the sun. Yup, heated greenhouse for you.
Reply:maybe you can extend your house with a green house. you can make it large so you can fit all your plants. maybe you can also dedicate a room in your house to your plants
Reply:A greenhouse is what you need. Remember that they need to be heated. Learn all about greenhouses here:
http://www.greenhouses.com/
Happy gardening to you.
I need ideas for winterizing my southern plants and enjoying them yearround in upstate NY.?
You can create small protected enclosures for them, using some wooden frames, potentially with some plastic stapled onto them - ensure there are some holes to allow air to enter and leave.
You can then fill the area inside with straw, dried leaves etc, that will keep the inner temperature several degrees higher than in the garden outside. You can also surround plant stems and trunks with pipe insultator too, within this structure. Garden fleece is good for a few degrees of extra protection, and this can be wrapped around some plants, which will help.
Overall, as with humans in the cold, layers adds warmth, or prevents loss of heat.
There's a link here to someone who uses their own protective enclosures:http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/... as well as pictures of their garden in summer.
Otherwise, it's possible to use something like christmas lights, that will increase temperatures during the night time.
Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
Reply:No way to winterize and keep outside all year. The NY winters will kill them. Also, these will grow fairly large, so potting and bringing in each winter will become problematic. The only way to go would be a fairly tall, heated greenhouse.
Reply:Yikes, you don't want much %26lt;G%26gt;. I think a heated greenhouse may be the only way to go.
Is there a public botanic garden around? If they have a house for tropical plants? They may, but it probably is glass and in the sun. Yup, heated greenhouse for you.
Reply:maybe you can extend your house with a green house. you can make it large so you can fit all your plants. maybe you can also dedicate a room in your house to your plants
Reply:A greenhouse is what you need. Remember that they need to be heated. Learn all about greenhouses here:
http://www.greenhouses.com/
Happy gardening to you.
Where can I find these trees/shrubs cheap or free?
I want to beautify my yard for my grandma as a surprise...
where can I find these trees/shrubs cheap or free [preferably free]
Empress Tree
Cleveland Pear
Red Rocket Crape Myrtle
Pink Dogwood
Tulip Poplar
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
Siren Red Crape Myrtle
Okame Cherry Tree
White Dogwood Tree
Autumn Purple Ash Tree
Burning Bush
Forsythia
Butterfly Bush 'Lochinch'
Red Twig Dogwood
Viburnum 'Roseum'
John Cabot Rose Bush
Camellia 'Shi Shi Gashira'
Spirea 'Vanhouttei'
Camellia 'Mine No Yuki'
William Baffin Rose Bush
Dwarf Bing Cherry Tree
Gala Apple Tree
Yellow Delicious Apples
‘Bartlett’ Pear Tree
Burbank Plum Tree
Red Raspberry Bush
Strawberries
Thornless Blackberry Bushes
Pussy Willow Tree
Where can I find these trees/shrubs cheap or free?
Sometimes on Craigslist people post that a house is being demolished or something and you can go dig up their plants.
Reply:I have no idea of where you live but I will bet that you have a local group of greenies... contact one of the them and ask where you may be able to get supplies to help you out. They love to see people add to the vegetation in my area... we have planting weekends where volunteers get together to plant out native plants in our area to counter what has been removed or ruined over time.
Best wishes and I hope you achieve it for your Gran.
Cheers
Lisa
Reply:arbor day foundation gives out free trees
Reply:Purchase the seeds online. and plant them out in newspaper pots http://www.nuganics.com.au/2008/01/18/ho...
Cheers
tim
Reply:this my fav place i am a very happy customer the stuff comes in great condition too .http://www.directgardening.com/ check out 1 cent sale too.
where can I find these trees/shrubs cheap or free [preferably free]
Empress Tree
Cleveland Pear
Red Rocket Crape Myrtle
Pink Dogwood
Tulip Poplar
Pink Velour Crape Myrtle
Siren Red Crape Myrtle
Okame Cherry Tree
White Dogwood Tree
Autumn Purple Ash Tree
Burning Bush
Forsythia
Butterfly Bush 'Lochinch'
Red Twig Dogwood
Viburnum 'Roseum'
John Cabot Rose Bush
Camellia 'Shi Shi Gashira'
Spirea 'Vanhouttei'
Camellia 'Mine No Yuki'
William Baffin Rose Bush
Dwarf Bing Cherry Tree
Gala Apple Tree
Yellow Delicious Apples
‘Bartlett’ Pear Tree
Burbank Plum Tree
Red Raspberry Bush
Strawberries
Thornless Blackberry Bushes
Pussy Willow Tree
Where can I find these trees/shrubs cheap or free?
Sometimes on Craigslist people post that a house is being demolished or something and you can go dig up their plants.
Reply:I have no idea of where you live but I will bet that you have a local group of greenies... contact one of the them and ask where you may be able to get supplies to help you out. They love to see people add to the vegetation in my area... we have planting weekends where volunteers get together to plant out native plants in our area to counter what has been removed or ruined over time.
Best wishes and I hope you achieve it for your Gran.
Cheers
Lisa
Reply:arbor day foundation gives out free trees
Reply:Purchase the seeds online. and plant them out in newspaper pots http://www.nuganics.com.au/2008/01/18/ho...
Cheers
tim
Reply:this my fav place i am a very happy customer the stuff comes in great condition too .http://www.directgardening.com/ check out 1 cent sale too.
When is the best time of the year to plant crape myrtles. I live in west texas.?
I've heard early spring, I've heard early fall. Any suggestions?
When is the best time of the year to plant crape myrtles. I live in west texas.?
***Hello, I'm a Certified Master Gardener***
You can plant crepe myrtles now.
Plant in early morning or evening (when it's cool.)
Green thumbs up to you.
JUDGE'S JUNGLE
beaded necklace
When is the best time of the year to plant crape myrtles. I live in west texas.?
***Hello, I'm a Certified Master Gardener***
You can plant crepe myrtles now.
Plant in early morning or evening (when it's cool.)
Green thumbs up to you.
JUDGE'S JUNGLE
beaded necklace
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