What plants are you coveting??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lilacs. Had them growing up in the upper Midwest. Love the smell but they don't do well here in the heat.

+1 - I miss Lilacs, but they just don't do as well here.

[Anonymous]

Another frustrated lilac lover here. Also lily of the valley. And roses. I just don't have enough sun for them in my yard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lilacs. Had them growing up in the upper Midwest. Love the smell but they don't do well here in the heat.

Aaack! we are moving to East Lansing! Please tell me there is gardening hope -- for i am freaking out. It's like Zone 10 or something.

[Anonymous]

For produce, I would love some strawberries but we don't get enough sun. For flowers, I have peony envy. Again, not enough sun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blueberry bushes. But in our backyard, the fruit would be eaten first by all the birds and squirrels and wouldn't be worth the effort.

Just an FYI - we use pond netting that we got at the local garden center and it saves our blueberry crop.

[Anonymous]

Rhododendrons I just can't get one to take.

[Anonymous]

Our lilac seems to be doing ok-- but maybe I just have diminshed expectations.


I'd like to have a citrus tree of some kind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our lilac seems to be doing ok-- but maybe I just have diminshed expectations.


I'd like to have a citrus tree of some kind.

I'm from California and I bought a citrus and have it indoors in a southwest-facing window.

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You will laugh but I bought a kumquat, because they hold their fruit and the little tree looks like a miniature orange tree. (a real orange tree would have to get really big to have oranges, and they are slow-growers). My little kumquat in its pot is about thigh-high and has nice branches (new ones this spring, too) and 4 kumquats on it, and I've had it, complete with the kumquats, since August. (No I don't pick them; I have them for effect). I have some beautiful green stuff (not really moss; not sure what it is, but it's gorgeous emerald or spring green groundcover) that I bought at Whole Foods and planted at the base. Let me say that 2 months ago and beyond when there wasn't a lick of beautiful green to be seen, I took solace in my citrus and green stuff!

[Anonymous]

Roses, roses and more roses. However this region is not suitable for a no-spray garden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Roses, roses and more roses. However this region is not suitable for a no-spray garden.

The rose garden at the US Botanic Garden is no-spray. (My roses aren't sprayed either, but they're less impressive. ) The key is to pick the right roses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blueberry bushes. But in our backyard, the fruit would be eaten first by all the birds and squirrels and wouldn't be worth the effort.

Just an FYI - we use pond netting that we got at the local garden center and it saves our blueberry crop.

I use red mylar bird scare tape. I used bird netting one year, and I was always afraid that a bird would get caught in the netting, plus the netting made it hard to pick the blueberries.

[Anonymous]

The sensual and fragrant "Vaginalis Floradora".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A fig tree/bush. Love fresh figs. We barely have the space (also a small postage stamp sized row house in the city), but I've always wanted one.

Been trying to grow asparagus. Got two years worth of growth but this past winter seems to have killed it. Sigh. (you harvest asparagus after 3 years of development).

I have a postage stamp lawn and have two fig trees -- if you have space for asparagus, you DEFINITELY can do figs! Find someone with a tree to give you free cuttings and plant them in full sun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always wanted a hydrangea. But, I haven't done my research on them to see what kind of light they need or if deer are fond of them. And, I'm not sure I have the space.

I would love to have some hosta too. I think they would be so perfect in my front bed but, in the past I've found that deer eat them like candy. And, we frequently have deer.

I think you can do hosta. #1, they are cheap enough to try, even if something happens to them. #2, my mother grows them in rural PA and she regularly has herds of deer in her yard, and they've never touched them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our lilac seems to be doing ok-- but maybe I just have diminshed expectations.


I'd like to have a citrus tree of some kind.

I'm from California and I bought a citrus and have it indoors in a southwest-facing window.

logees.com

You will laugh but I bought a kumquat, because they hold their fruit and the little tree looks like a miniature orange tree. (a real orange tree would have to get really big to have oranges, and they are slow-growers). My little kumquat in its pot is about thigh-high and has nice branches (new ones this spring, too) and 4 kumquats on it, and I've had it, complete with the kumquats, since August. (No I don't pick them; I have them for effect). I have some beautiful green stuff (not really moss; not sure what it is, but it's gorgeous emerald or spring green groundcover) that I bought at Whole Foods and planted at the base. Let me say that 2 months ago and beyond when there wasn't a lick of beautiful green to be seen, I took solace in my citrus and green stuff!

I have a lemon tree and a lime tree. I keep them outside all summer and bring them inside in the fall. They suffer a little indoors (some leaves fall off), but bounce right back in the summer. They are about 4 years old and I get about 20 limes and 10 lemons/year.