tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post1631834544963080100..comments2024-02-23T19:00:02.184-08:00Comments on The Practical Plant Geek: Flowers and Foliage Together!Evan Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-66708519437587662752015-09-19T17:14:47.281-07:002015-09-19T17:14:47.281-07:00That's terrible about your vole problem, and y...That's terrible about your vole problem, and your asters. Glad you like my silvery selections. I'm still going nuts for those types of plants.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-76380704966904763892015-09-19T15:20:37.703-07:002015-09-19T15:20:37.703-07:00You have achieved quite a few plants in the silver...You have achieved quite a few plants in the silvery range, they are very tempting. I like the Kent's Beauty oreganos but killed them a couple of times and gave up. I have extensive vole difficulties, and my main ally is lava rock, they don't like the sharp edges. I used to lose my daylilies, roots eaten off, but I started putting lava rock in the bottom and sides of the planting holes and rarely lose them now. Your asters are pretty, I went out to check on my 'laevis' blooming for the first time, just opening last time I looked, in a small bed with wire fence on the front and a tree in the back, and a deer apparently got in under the tree and the 2 plants were broken and the buds mostly nipped off. Arggh. So I'll have to enjoy yours instead.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-57669406052777062752015-09-18T11:01:21.750-07:002015-09-18T11:01:21.750-07:00Thankfully not. I'm not even sure the voles ar...Thankfully not. I'm not even sure the voles are doing anything here. They were a problem in the vegetable garden until we put wire screens in the bottom of four of the raised beds so we could grow root crops without pulling up half-inch nubs of carrots. I think the moles and the dry, compacted soil are the main issue. The moles are actually helping, I just wish they'd be more delicate around recently planted things.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-1918076269288957612015-09-18T10:57:50.568-07:002015-09-18T10:57:50.568-07:00I'm going to loosen the soil in that bed this ...I'm going to loosen the soil in that bed this fall so the rain and roots can penetrate better. That should help. I love the hop-flowered oreganos. They're so beautiful and tough.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-47336059426930169502015-09-18T10:51:41.326-07:002015-09-18T10:51:41.326-07:00Are voles as destructive as gophers? We're tea...Are voles as destructive as gophers? We're tearing our hair out over the voracious little monsters. You have so much beautiful stuff that there's no way they could eat it all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843132106213356234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-72381735606951277702015-09-17T19:36:36.731-07:002015-09-17T19:36:36.731-07:00Thanks, Kris! That aster is a great plant for my c...Thanks, Kris! That aster is a great plant for my climate, though it usually flops to some degree. I need to remember that as I'm redesigning that bed. What can I plant next to the asters that will support them? I should take pictures of some of my huge patches of 'Kent Beauty' oregano. They're ridiculous.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-60625487901270916102015-09-17T18:08:37.319-07:002015-09-17T18:08:37.319-07:00Your garden is loaded with beautiful specimens, Ev...Your garden is loaded with beautiful specimens, Evan! Your Aster x frikartii put my puny plants to shame. That Heliopsis 'Summer Pink' would be worth growing for its foliage alone. And you've provided me yet another reminder that I need more ornamental oregano.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-76628184284088366222015-09-17T14:52:53.666-07:002015-09-17T14:52:53.666-07:00Ornamental oreganos are great plants. I wish they ...Ornamental oreganos are great plants. I wish they were evergreen, but you can't have everything.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-44817956656989215282015-09-17T14:50:56.189-07:002015-09-17T14:50:56.189-07:00Thanks, Pam!Thanks, Pam!Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-85628575194729847622015-09-17T14:08:06.763-07:002015-09-17T14:08:06.763-07:00So much to see! Hopefully the little Acer circinat...So much to see! Hopefully the little Acer circinatum fares alright given the ravages of drought, moles and voles!<br />I really must get my hands on some origanum - I always admire it in other peoples gardens, but keep forgetting to plant it in my own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-7952725787474022862015-09-17T14:06:45.031-07:002015-09-17T14:06:45.031-07:00So much to see! Hopefully the little Acer circinat...So much to see! Hopefully the little Acer circinatum fares alright given the ravages of drought, moles and voles!<br />I really must get my hands on some origanum - I always admire it in other peoples gardens, but keep forgetting to plant it in my own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-43583231035497456972015-09-17T11:36:57.217-07:002015-09-17T11:36:57.217-07:00Your foliage and fall flowers look smashing togeth...Your foliage and fall flowers look smashing together. You have a lot of nice combos. Thanks for joining in!Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-59487967458912120042015-09-17T09:48:14.183-07:002015-09-17T09:48:14.183-07:00Fireweed doesn't seem to be much of a problem ...Fireweed doesn't seem to be much of a problem here, maybe because it usually tries to grow in the driveway and they get sprayed. I only have two different ornamental oreganos, too. I just have a ton of 'Kent Beauty'. I want 'Amethyst Falls', tooEvan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-2039521316808712972015-09-17T09:24:13.213-07:002015-09-17T09:24:13.213-07:00I found a couple of Fireweed flowering recently to...I found a couple of Fireweed flowering recently too. They're gone now. I just don't want to give them even a tiny toehold. I love the ornamental Oreganos too, but I only have a couple of different ones.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-40445016412323988072015-09-16T22:46:51.367-07:002015-09-16T22:46:51.367-07:00I think I'll be moving my Indianola Silver, to...I think I'll be moving my Indianola Silver, too. Poor thing. I got my Lupinus sericatus from Annie's, too, by mail. I'll have to make sure I protect it this winter if it gets too cold. I did plant it in one of the best-draining spots I have.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-86005471023497663162015-09-16T22:32:16.148-07:002015-09-16T22:32:16.148-07:00Lots to love here Evan! Thanks for the reminder th...Lots to love here Evan! Thanks for the reminder that I need to (again) move my poor Mahonia 'Indianola Silver', someday I'll find the perfect spot for it. Also, wondering where you got your Lupinus sericatus. I brought one home from Annie's last fall but it didn't make it through the winter...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com