Gardening, anyone?

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  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Stunning ♥️

  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 618

    Wren,

    Is this YOUR MAGNIFICENT GARDEN? It looks straight out of a magazine spread!!!

    Gumdoctor

  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 618

    Wren,

    Is this YOUR MAGNIFICENT GARDEN? It looks straight out of a magazine spread!!!

    Gumdoctor

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929

    Eek! Late for spring cleaning! Is the oregano, mint or lemon balm winning? Seriously though, if you need a low growing "well-mannered" ground cover in a sunny spot, oregano is great. It is not invasive like the mint. It spreads in a "carpet" on top of the ground, for the most part.

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  • mcbaker
    mcbaker Member Posts: 1,833

    Just wait until my mint garden is photographable. I have lemon-balm, bee-balm, chocolate mint, peppermint, and sweet mint all in one patch. ( I also ordered a lavender, which will have to be protected like a baby during the winter.) They should grow together in one big patch this summer. Last year I bought them when they went on sale at Wally's.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932

    Yes, that's my front yard and DH gets all the credit. I think we also have the perfect climate for spring flowers. We have apple, crab apple, quince, cherry and Asian pear trees in bloom. There's a company here called City Fruit who will net your trees and harvest the produce for food banks. I don't want them to tent the trees because it's really ugly and birds need to eat also. But it's nice once you're done with a fruit to have them take the extra.

    Melissa, I would bet on the lemon balm to take over. We grow a little oregano in pots but with all those trees, we don't have enough sun for oregano to spread. In Houston, I would bet on the mint.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929

    Wren, right now it is definitely the oregano. Lemon balm is one little clump behind the bucket.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Today's bloom

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

    Enjoying the opposites of Wren and Jazzys landscapes equally.

    Melissa does the barrier keep your mint in? i agree oregano is so pretty and I love thai basil as a plant too. I made the mistake of planting spearmint in the ground and it would grow through our deck and in the yard. It sure smelled very good when you mowed it though.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929

    Twohobbies, right now the oregano is the biggest part of the bed. The spearmint is not a problem, aside from the fact that it spreads deeper, than the oregano

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

    Today's bloom

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  • mcbaker
    mcbaker Member Posts: 1,833

    My mint garden has three sides next to the grass. Those who mow will get a treat. I am using a piece of house siding to keep it out of my other garden. They only spread on the ground, not by roots, but even if they do try to duck under the siding, it is in too deep for them. I think.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932

    Jazzy, I love your blooms. The cacti are things we never get to see here.

  • mcbaker
    mcbaker Member Posts: 1,833

    Unless you grow them as houseplants.

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

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    Spring..

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929

    Oh no Twohobbies! I have a friend who is traveling in Boston and he posted video of snow falling yesterday.Ugh

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 1,532

    Yes we are having an unusual spring. Snow two weeks ago, 81 degrees Easter Sunday and this weekend more snow. It’s pretty on the flowers and green grass, at least.

  • melissadallas
    melissadallas Member Posts: 929

    Our Spring problem here (aside from late freezes) is insufficient winter chill hours. The daffodils will bloom late January/early February on 3” stems

  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656

    Twohobbies...that is a lot to keep up with. The rose and snow photo is, however, beautiful.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

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  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,757

    Looks like it is finally time to start planting this weekend!


  • jo6359
    jo6359 Member Posts: 1,993

    I love looking at your new flowers, plants and animals enjoying spring. After your horrible winter, it's fun seeing all the spring pictures of new growth and life.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

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    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

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    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,974

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932

    Jazzy, I just love seeing your garden photos because your climate is so different from mine.

  • Cpeachymom
    Cpeachymom Member Posts: 249

    Gardens are planted! And new fencing put up to keep the new pup out. Tulips from the front- image

  • jo6359
    jo6359 Member Posts: 1,993

    cpeachy-Wow. Beautiful

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932

    I love watching tulips open up. If you just leave them they go thru all sorts of gyrations. I've been painting them at different stages.