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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
The remaining two blue plumbagos–bought late last year at Mobile Botanical Gardens fall sale–are trying to die like the other two. I sprayed them last week with Sevin in case the problem was a pest. They seemed to look some better but still no new growth and a lot of dead near the base. Sounds […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the advice of many, I tried for the first time spraying 1% Dawn Ultra and water. The 1% mix value came from page 51 of the . The pdf is saved locally. Note they had the best results with this as opposed to a long list of the often recommended fungicides. To 2 gallons […]
Continue ReadingAbout 6/6/2019 – Bought from Ted & Nancy’s Fruit Stand, on Three-Notch, two 3-gallon white plumbagos to replace two of the blue ones that died mysteriously. On a page about plumbago’s the writer said there is a white variety know as Alba. The tag on the two we bought did not call it that.
Continue ReadingWe have been watering the garden and parts of the yard the past 2 weeks as everything was getting dry. Even the grass was starting to look dry and shriveled. This afternoon we had thunderstorms rolling east along the coast and got 0.86″ of rain. There was some wind with gusts up to 12.5 MPH […]
Continue Reading5/29/2019 – Threw 15-0-15 on the Crepes, Plumbagos, and Indigo. Also spread it on the three little crepes along the new fence and the Oak Leaf Crepe in the orchard as well as the Texas Laurel that is blooming. Several of the crepes along the fence are hanging to the grass with so many blooms. […]
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05/25/2019 – The Cosmos wildflowers are going to seed and we will continue to gather them and others. We are especially targetting poppy seeds and of those, the ones with the complex blooms.
Continue ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis. The frequency of the Rust on the daylilies is much less than when we started spraying…but there is still some. The roses’ botrytis that was/is destroying blooms on the little pink roses at the gate and the hybrid teas at the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingThe little pink climbing roses on either side of the front gate bloomed heavy for weeks then all of a sudden most blooms turned blackish, shriveled and fell apart over the past 2 days. For the past 3-4 days, some of the blooms on the two white hybrid tea roses in the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingLightly fertilized all Crepes with 15-0-15 other than the Sunset Magics. Also did the very young ones along the orchard side of the north-south 4-board fence and the ones at the grain bin. Per The Crape Myrtle Company, they should be fed with a light application of a balanced fertilizer every 2 weeks during the […]
Continue Reading5/18/2019 – Mary had ordered the bulbs along with the glads from American Meadows and planted them in the bed immediately south of the kitchen door among the daylilies. She planted a bag of 25 Acidanthera Callianthus, commonly known as the Peacock Orchid, whose “beautiful blooms produce a sweet scent, adding a delicate allure to […]
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