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From outofsalt
Hi greeneyes,
I need help with a gardening problem and wanted to see if you might throw this up on your weekly thread.
We just bought and are flipping an old HUD house in southeast VA (Zone 7-8) and the front is awful. No curb appeal at all.
I was hoping to get advice on what can be transplanted to make this house more inviting to buyers. Can any established bushes be planted this time of year to improve the landscaping of a barren southwest brick wall? Any resources for a freeper with a brown thumb would be welcome!
Hi everybody!
I would suggest Xeriscaping for that house in AZ...less work to set up and maintain, and no pesky lawn to water.
There are some beautiful cacti and succulents that could increase curb appeal without a lot of work. Just a thought.
That’s a tough question.
Cleaned out the tomato vines, pepper plants and picked up most of the grape tomatoes that had gotten away this past summer. I need to turn the raised beds over.
We had excellent fertility this year. I don’t think I need to add anything.
Hi outofsalt,
Did you say you are in VA? What gardening zone are you in? Can you post a picture of the area you are trying to beautify?
Marcella, glad you are back in TX.
My big score this week was Baker Creek seeds that a nursery here donated to a Christian resale shop here. Seeds were 50 cents a pack, and I stocked up..Not that I need anymore seeds.
I have lettuce, chard, spinach, cabbage, strawberries, and asian greens in the garden, and tomatoes, and herbs in the greenhouse.
Hope everyone on the Gardening Thread had a great Thanksgiving.
A lot of shrubs & bushes are dormant now in TX. Makes transplanting easier.
Might suggest crepe myrtles. They are forgiving when you transplant root suckers. Grow quickly. Am told the best time to transplant them is after hard frost has happened and they shed their leaves. I have even been successful in transplanting them during warm weather. They are my wife’s favorite plant, are very pretty when they bloom.
Since your ground doesn’t stay frozen for long and is probably sandy and well-drained you should be able to plant now, and nurseries or Home Depot and Lowes may have shrubs marked way down, why not take the gamble?
I still wouldn’t try to plant anything huge, and I’d prune the shrubs down a lot. A big shrub is often set back by transplant shock, and a smaller one can establish more quickly.
If you are planting an evergreen, spray the leaves with Wilt-Pruf to stop water loss. Your shrub will need to take the southern exposure and handle lime from the foundation on its roots.
A bull dozer?................................