I think so! She seems very interested in it.
I think the kind I want are called miniature burberry...something like that, they're not green.
Crimson barberry?
Posted on 01/11/2005 6:18:33 PM PST by malakhi
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It will work. I did it as a home school project with my son. I just had to watch him though. He kept pulling them out of the soil to check for root growth:')
I was thinking more in terms of them thriving in indoor conditions. Some plants just like to be outside.
In a related story... My mother has a very old (roughly 90 years old) lemon tree which is basically a large (3 feet or so high) bonsai. She is the fourth owner; my great-uncle gave it to my grandmother about 30 years ago, and my mother has had it for close to 20 years. It has always been quite prolific in producing fruit -- dozens of lemons a year. She keeps it outdoors on her patio from mid-spring until before the first frost.
It has over the course of its life had periods of die-back, but it has always come around. Last year, it went through a rough spell, and lost a major branch. So my mother decided it was time to start the 'next generation' from seed. She collected a large amount of seeds from lemons from the tree, and planted them in starter flats. Most of them germinated, and many of them grew into seedlings. She gave most of them away to family and friends; I have one of the seedlings on my countertop in the kitchen. When she gave it to me, it only had 3 leaves; it is now about 6 inches high and is thriving. It will be interesting to see how quickly it begins to flower! Lemon trees can begin bearing fruit at a very young age.
I had the thought the other day to see if I could track down seeds to plant an olive tree. That would be fun to grow! There are varieties that can thrive in temperate climates (I'm in a part of Wisconsin that is Zone 5), but I'd rather have something more Mediterranean.
I've always had good luck with varieties of hyssop as a garden perennial. It would be fun to do a garden composed of all biblical plants!
Punxsy Phil dashed those wishes. It's bright and sunny here today, 18 now but going up to 40. And you know what they say about bright, sunny Candlemas days.
SD
For western PA, maybe. It is thickly overcast here today. I just checked the Jimmy Cam, and local prognosticator Sun Prairie Jimmy did not see his shadow. An early spring for us! :o)
SD
You have a point! :o)
Adrienne has really been wishing for spring.
Yeah ... I've got the itch myself ... though the frozen ground outside is keeping me at bay.
I've done the seed-garden thing, but I really don't like transplanting ... and now I grow things based on their aesthic qualities ... rather than their possible utilization.
I've got a bunch of indoor plants (philodendrons, pothos, african violets, etc.). Right after the holidays, I bought a couple of foot tall Italian Stone pines (strictly for indoors ... they won't survive our winters) and I just ordered (and received a couple of winter Amaryllis).
I thought that the indoor garden might be a problem when I got married, but my wife is always telling me to come and buy something at their annual Goodwill plant sale. Now I'm the one that has to say ... " ... honey, ... I really don't think we have room for another plant."
Of course, outside is different. I've already figured out that I want to put in some landscape roses this year, some hydrangeas, and a few more juniper. I've decided which plants I want to get ... where I plan to put them, ... and how they will complement the existing landscape.
I figure that I've got about another month to go before the outdoors begins to wake-up. I knew from last year (and prior years) that I would need some project to do to help me make through the winter months. This year it was painting the interior of the house. I'm still working on it and it has helped to curb my yearning to be outside.
So ... four more weeks to go ... and I don't think that the groundhog going to see his shadow today.
I think I'm gonna make it.
The purpose of winter is to force us to spend some time planning next year's garden. ;o)
That sounds like fun. Is Adrienne going to be a gardener too:)
I've been looking at my garden. To tell the truth, I guess I'm just a fair weather gardener.By the end of summer I'm so ready for that thing to just die:), no way would I want to start something in the house to have to tend thru the winter. But then about this time of year I'm ready to plant again. I've been working on my pasture too. Picking up rocks burning dead fall.
This year I'm going to try some shrubs to border the sidewalk instead of flowers. I think the kind I want are called miniature burberry...something like that, they're not green. I've seen alot of them around here and they look real good with small flowers planted in between. I'm also going to lay some more rocks, I have plenty, in a line to have some nooks and crannies to plant thing around.
Becky
SD
LOL...Funny, I always plan my garden for the next year during the summer. I see things around growing and want it. So I sit down and draw it out on paper and hang it on the fridge so I don't forget. Of course it changes alot thru the summer, alot:). If I didn't do that, I'd forget what I saw each summer that I liked.
Becky
The purpose of winter is to give us a break from cutting the darn grass.
Grass is good (nice and green) ... though,of course, that might depend on how much you've got.
I think so! She seems very interested in it.
I think the kind I want are called miniature burberry...something like that, they're not green.
Crimson barberry?
I've found that, when I don't fertilize or water, the grass grows much more slowly! ;o)
Yeah, that's it. It looks real nice with like with periwinkles or begonias stuck in between. Walmart carries them too:)
Becky
They're great shrubs to plant. Attractive and hardy.
Will I definitly need hardy:)
I planted some hibiscus shrubs last year. They are suppose to be hardy. I'm wondering if they are going to survive Grizzly chewing on them:). This is the second winter he's ate some shrubs down. Last winters didn't make it.
I think those barberrys don't die off in the winter??
Becky
Believe me, I don't encourage it!
I find snow removal more rewarding cause it actually ensures your family's freedom to travel. I can go out and get milk or beer or whatever no matter how high the grass gets.
SD
Yeah, that's it. It looks real nice with like with periwinkles or begonias stuck in between. Walmart carries them too:)
You do know that it's thorny ... right ?
... and you can also get it in yellow/gold.
I have a few of them ... its very popular here in the Midwest.
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