tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post8867904225168486945..comments2024-02-23T19:00:02.184-08:00Comments on The Practical Plant Geek: Foliage Follow-up - April, 2016Evan Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-2552453523335330482016-04-26T20:31:15.288-07:002016-04-26T20:31:15.288-07:00You should be able to grow Callistemon, too. Is si...You should be able to grow Callistemon, too. Is size or hardiness the issue for you? The solution to both would be the smaller cultivars of Callistemon pytioides, like Kosciuszko Princess. Hardy to zone 7 and grows very slowly to 3 feet tall. Potentially 6 feet, but like dwarf conifers, it takes a long, long time to get there.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-18655038795320083812016-04-24T21:38:08.254-07:002016-04-24T21:38:08.254-07:00You are lucky to be able to grow Callistemon. I...You are lucky to be able to grow Callistemon. I'll be looking forward to seeing more of this plant. The leaves on Cornus alternifolia 'Wstackman' are very attractive. I love dogwoods of all shapes and forms.chavlinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907844942343152129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-23177725008808763622016-04-19T21:10:54.753-07:002016-04-19T21:10:54.753-07:00I haven't really done direct sowing before, ot...I haven't really done direct sowing before, other than vegetables like carrots, so it's all an experiment for me. Most of the areas I sowed aren't nearly as thick as the area I showed. That's just a spot where I clumped things a bit, accidentally, but it made for a more impressive picture. I don't plan on thinning. I want it to be a bit too thick at first to help reduce weeds from sowing themselves in. Most of the areas I scattered seed also are lasagna mulched with cardboard and about 4-5 inches of soil on top, so I'm not sure how well things will grow, either. I'll be doing a lot of watering, I think.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-78168499704707511002016-04-19T21:07:09.489-07:002016-04-19T21:07:09.489-07:00Thanks, Pam! My oaks aren't big enough to make...Thanks, Pam! My oaks aren't big enough to make a mess, yet. I wonder if I'll regret this exuberant planting of them when they are...naw.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-87062411541500766002016-04-18T11:37:00.022-07:002016-04-18T11:37:00.022-07:00I hope my recent seed sowings will be as successfu...I hope my recent seed sowings will be as successful as yours. Do you do a lot of thinning, or let nature take its course? That dark leav ed geranium is stunning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843132106213356234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-37196402739614797552016-04-16T22:25:52.906-07:002016-04-16T22:25:52.906-07:00In Austin we have a rather fall-like spring too, a...In Austin we have a rather fall-like spring too, at least those of us with live oaks. I'm finally done with raking up all the fallen leaves, thank heavens. I love that carex-asarum combo, but you have lots of great looking spring foliage.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-13968758432514753382016-04-16T21:36:36.146-07:002016-04-16T21:36:36.146-07:00It could be Lychnis. I think one of the neighbors ...It could be Lychnis. I think one of the neighbors has it. The foliage isn't quite right to me, though.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-31234560077110120252016-04-16T21:34:45.803-07:002016-04-16T21:34:45.803-07:00It's a pretty little weed, isn't it? Maybe...It's a pretty little weed, isn't it? Maybe this year I'll find out what it is.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-13834697176445876882016-04-16T21:33:56.257-07:002016-04-16T21:33:56.257-07:00Awe, that's flattering, but I think you're...Awe, that's flattering, but I think you're being too hard on yourself. You can always order Callistemon viridiflorus from Cistus!Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-35380032265249053582016-04-16T16:35:44.049-07:002016-04-16T16:35:44.049-07:00Lots of good foliage plants, Evan, I will have to ...Lots of good foliage plants, Evan, I will have to be on the lookout for some of them, like the Artemesia 'Seafoam'. Your mystery silver fuzzy plant looks like the Lychnis coronaria that seeds itself along my driveway but doesn't seem to spread elsewhere. Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-40218624407068427242016-04-16T12:10:23.411-07:002016-04-16T12:10:23.411-07:00Wow so much beauty and yet it's that silver le...Wow so much beauty and yet it's that silver leafed weed that I find myself drawn back to...danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-84466836308922585532016-04-16T11:14:59.965-07:002016-04-16T11:14:59.965-07:00Your posts always remind me that I lack imaginatio...Your posts always remind me that I lack imagination when it comes to my foliage collection. I love that Cornus 'Golden Shadows' but I suspect it wouldn't enjoy my zone or my soil. I'm also very envious of the Callistemon viridiflora - after looking for one here for months, I gave up an settled for a C. pinifolius, which may or may not produce green flowers. It's confined to its nursery pot until it shows its true colors.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.com