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Signs of new life in the garden!
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Posted by karalynn z9 FL, Citrus (My Page) on Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 12:59 Follow-Up Postings:
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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- Posted by katkin 9b/10a PSL,Fl (My Page) on
Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 19:12
| Mine is showing signs of life. The peach tree is full of flowers and my nuns orchids have spikes of flowers starting up. My dreadlock tree crotons lost all their leaves but have green buds sprouting. Happy days!! :o) |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Mon, Feb 8, 10 at 19:40
| Nice Kara, I see we're getting ready for another chill into the 30's in your area, I hope you're spared from frost. Kat, suffice to say your definitely safe ;-) Tom |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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| What a beautiful cat. It's good to see colors again in your garden,Karalynn. In my garden,the salvias and black eye Susan are coming back strong.The Wisteria is showing life,so I went ahead and pruned it heavy. The chenille is also coming back. Nectarine has buds and the Camellia and Azalea. Many of the nut trees are budding and so on. We had a heavy frost a couple of days ago and another this morning but no damage. Felix |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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| Tom, I'm hoping that the frost spares my plants as well, particularly the little african blue basil sprout that I spotted this morning. I really thought that plant was completely dead! Felix, Koneko is a beautiful cat even if she is on the plump side. You wouldn't know from looking at her that she's a very active cat who loves to play and hunt. |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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- Posted by cjc45 9 Mount Dora FL (My Page) on
Tue, Feb 9, 10 at 14:34
My bilbergias seem to like the cold. Of course, they're under and around a tree. If we have a plant exchange this spring, I have some to share.
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RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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| Well, it's still too early to know exactly what died and what has lived, but here are some things. Most of my Washington palms (around 50 or so) died, although I think a couple are starting to push out a leaf or two. I think my canary date palm (about 7+ years old) has died as well. Several of the Chinese fan palms took heavy damage, but I think they're all going to survive. The tropical guava died almost to the ground, but it's still green at the bottom, where it was mulched heavily before the freeze. My pomello tree took heavy damage, and it's hard to tell whether the top part of the graft is going to make it or not. Persian lime, Ponderosa lemon, and eureka lemon also took heavy damage and it's too early to tell if they're going to survive. Probably 100 seedling citrus (kumquat, meyer lemon, various grapefruit, oranges) didn't make it either. |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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| Things are looking hopeful in your garden. I really like that big rock with all the holes. I notice some other rocks you've used in a border. Where do you get these? Are they found objects or purchased? I like 'em! |
RE: Signs of new life in the garden!
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| Xentar, I'm sorry to hear that you've lost so many of your palms. Hopefully your fruit trees will make a come back. Kgardens, all of the rocks in my garden are ones that I've scavenged from various construction sites and hauled home either on my own or with the help of friends. The big rock with all the holes in it is one of my favorites but it was also one of the hardest to get home. I found it encased in clay sitting on top of a huge mound of dirt and rocks that was about 20 feet high at an old construction site. It took several trips back to that site before I was able to arrange for my dad and a couple friends to go with me to load it into a friends truck. The rock was so heavy that we had to carefully roll it most of the way down the hill and into the truck and it was the only one we were able to bring home. The reason I wanted that particular rock so badly was because it has churt, which is florida's version of flint, running all though it. That rock alone would have probably cost several hundred dollars to buy. |
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