Chuckles
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1 edit | Gardening/landscaping plans this spring?
Does anyone have any gardening plans this spring? Last year we lost a few elm trees, the city requested we cut them down because of disease. So we planted 6 more trees; 2 red maples, 2 willows, an ash, and a royal maple at the end of October. Can't wait to see the leaves in a few months.
This spring I'd like to plant loads of native prairie flowers (Purple Coneflower, Meadow Blazing Star, Blue False Indigo, Butterfly Weed, Brown-eyed Susan and Grey-headed Coneflower) and maybe some prairie grasses back by a fence.
I'm also thinking about a wet garden (correct term?) where the water falls off our house. Anyone successful with one of these? Or what is it you plan on doing this year?
Edit: The term is raingarden...
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Planted over 100 bulbs and tubers, just seeing the bulbs starting up now. And a Tennessee Black Mountain fig tree, hoping it survived the winter and I get fresh figs later on.
Only planned things are getting the 'mater patch ready, and mulching a dead area of yard. I've finally given up on the area between the pool and the Leyland Cypress privacy corner. Soil is heavy clay, and only moss and an occasional weed seems to grow there. Been thinking/reading on the best mulch to use. Want something that lasts, doesn't track all over the place, possibly insect repellent/resistant, and unpalatable for termites. Cedar looks like the best bet so far.
There will be little stuff, like tossing an occasional herb plant in a long flower box when one intrigues me. (Last year was Lemon Verbena and Bar-B-Que Rosemary).
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I was planning on planting grass along with other items that the wife was wanting this spring but since it is looking as if it will be another VERY dry year Im just going to wait. I used a MASSIVE amount of water this past year just keeping my bradford pear and weeping cherry trees alive. |
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sdgthy
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Dutch elm disease got the elms?
If you're looking at a large area, you might want to look at getting seed for all those flowers.
Last year I started the Garlic Mustard battle, so most effort went to that. But did get some flowers in, Butterfly weed, Cardinal flower, Indian pink, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Red columbine and Trilliums. Also a few trees and shrubs, 2 Bee Balm, 2 Bottlebrush buckeyes, a Franklin tree, 7 American Hollies and a Blue holly. And others I'm sure I forget. In the process eliminating 4 bush Honeysuckles.
Still haven't quite finalized this spring, but I'll start on culling the Burning bush and Privet. Currently my list has Red buckeye, Daphne, Flowering dogwood, Grey dogwood, Fothergilla, Mountain Laurel, Magnolia, Mahonia, Shadblow serviceberry and Witch hazel. |
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vapochilled
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Macungie, PA | reply to Chuckles
Last year we planted almost 300 bulbs out front, so no more planting thanks,lol
I'd like to make a start on the drain and the patio out back, but there's a ton of projects were doing inside this year, so it may not happen |
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Warzau
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For us prob lighting. We got the patio, we did the landscaping and FINALLY did the irrigation. |
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For me it'll be getting the grass to grow. Especially in the back yard. I might even have to have someone come in and regrade the yard.. (Brand new construction) I'll have to see what is planted/growing in the front of the house. I know I have a couple of bushes there but not sure what they are yet as the house was just completed in the spring/early summer of 2007.
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Chuckles
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said by sdgthy :
Dutch elm disease got the elms? Yes.
The city took down a huge one on the boulevard too. Had to spend $700 to get some arborist to cut ours down. Not only does it suck to lose the trees but we wanted a receipt and the guy said if we left the check in the door he'd leave one. He didn't. I only trusted him because he does a lot of work for my girlfriend's dad and was recommended by him. Frickin' jerk.
It's going to take all day to look up all these plants everyone has posted! 
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CylonRed
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I need to have a tree trimmed but all of our landscaping was done years ago - we don't change a lot but we do need to replace a fence in our backyard. The old one is utter crap - uneven, to low for me, a door that won't open fully, and it is nearly leaning into the neighbor's chain link fence behind us (concrete is heaving badly).
Other than that - I hope to put down a pre-emergent this year both in the flower beds and yard. We mulched last Nov so that is done for another 2-3 years at least.
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If it ever stops dumping snow here in Iowa I might get to garden.  Got big plans for new veggie garden this year but it all depends on the weather. Granted I know the snow will be gone by May (you'd hope so) but the ground is so soaked who knows what condition it will be in for plants this year. |
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Chuckles
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Saint Paul, MN | The snow has left me a lot of work... I need to make a lot of changes to the yard so the melting snow doesnt turn my garage floor into an ice rink again.
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ThaDark1
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Newton, IA | What kind of changes you referring to? |
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BillRoland
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My big project this spring/summer will be to install an irrigation system. The previous homeowner has a creatively engineered system he put in back in the 1980s that covers maybe 50-60% of the yard. I'm going to rip it all out and start over from scratch. Once I get that done, that will be the springboard for some landscaping projects I need to do, but without proper irrigation, it wouldn't be worth it.
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Warzau
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clubs: | If you doing landscaping, major work. Do irrigation last. Last thing you want is to put in irrigation and find out the wifey or the lines run through where you want to plant a tree or bed. Then you would have to dig up heads or move them. |
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BillRoland
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| said by Warzau  :If you doing landscaping, major work. Do irrigation last. Last thing you want is to put in irrigation and find out the wifey or the lines run through where you want to plant a tree or bed. Then you would have to dig up heads or move them. Luckily its just me, so I pretty much know what I want to do and where. Actually I really only intend to rip out mostly the landscaping that's already there and redo it with different plants, etc. The bad part is that, if I do change my mind and encounter a scenario like you said, I can't blame it on anyone but myself 
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I plan on making more plant beds in my yard this year to cut back on the St.Augustine grass maintenance.I have a dollar wed problem and dont like to put all the weed killer into the soil.Last year I made a couple of large flower beds and will do the same this spring. |
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