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Post by prim on Oct 12, 2018 7:06:43 GMT
I don't have any suggestions apart from Googling but I think you will need to get some temporary shade for the plants usually shaded by that tree until the replacement grows enough or you might lose them too. :(
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Post by deb on Oct 12, 2018 8:05:28 GMT
So far, I'm thinking I might plant a grevillia there Prim.. Will be puttimg some thought into it over the next week
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Post by prim on Oct 12, 2018 8:54:09 GMT
I just bought 2 Kardinal rose bushes from Swanes in Sydney. I pick them up this weekend. They are already potted so I should get roses this year :)
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Post by Carmella on Oct 12, 2018 8:58:12 GMT
that is great prim.
our roses have not long started flowering and it is a good show this year. at the back of the roses i have iris yellow and white planted all the way along the fence line and they are just flowering now so it looks beautiful.
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Post by prim on Oct 12, 2018 9:13:16 GMT
That sounds beautiful Carmella. I had many roses at our last house but when we moved here there were only 2 established bushes. I always pruned them according to the rule book and though I got roses, they were never plentiful. Then OH decided he wanted to prune them. I kept quiet and let him go even though it was done the complete opposite to how they should be pruned. We have never had so many roses on our bushes, ever. Whatever he is doing wrong, it is working.
I did read once where someone's roses were being nibbled at by neighbours horses (or cows, I can't remember now) and they said their roses flowered better than when they pruned them carefully.
Having said that, I think I will prune the Kardinals for the time being. :)
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Post by Carmella on Oct 12, 2018 9:19:35 GMT
This year my OH gave them a hard prune back as he calls it and this is the best year for flowering. we used to have natives until a neighbour called in a said they saw a snake go in there. so all the natives went and the roses and iris are in plus i have it planted up with bulbs 4'o clockers, fresias, jonquils, garlic, and throw poppy seeds in. plus those little white daisy plants they come up every year. the best thing is it keeps the weeds down having it that full.
if i have to do any weeding there it is like once year.
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Post by prim on Oct 12, 2018 9:34:07 GMT
We accidentally bought those little white daisies here in pots etc. when we moved. They spread and were even coming up in the lawn. I haven't through about them for quite a while and I have just realised I haven't seen them for a long time. I can only assume they have all died off, which is unusual. I like them but they were becoming a pest. Maybe something in this garden liked them to extinction?
Only crawly thing here is our blue tongue. She did have babies but I have not seen them so far so they may have moved on. If I see a snake, everything is coming out!!
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Post by Carmella on Oct 12, 2018 9:49:10 GMT
we rarely see a sleepy here.
i reckon this year will be bad for snakes. i hate to say.
yes the white daisy's can become a bit of a weed, but i don't mind . just they fill up everything. lol.
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 3:02:48 GMT
While out this morning i discovered another rose that i really want called ketchup and mustard it is a hybrid tea.
it is just gorgeous. but the down side is i can't find anyone here in oz that has it.
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Post by prim on Oct 13, 2018 3:17:57 GMT
That would look quite striking on the bush
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 3:26:26 GMT
this is it here  |
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 3:28:32 GMT
the red is more darker
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Post by joono on Oct 13, 2018 4:21:58 GMT
How beautiful.
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Post by deb on Oct 13, 2018 5:17:54 GMT
gorgeous rose Carmella the boys have been chopping down the last of the Irish strawberry tree with a chainsaw today. The men sure loving chopping things down , don't they  |
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 5:19:27 GMT
a man i know has one growing in his front yard. i may just have to ask him for some cuttings
that photo doesn't do it justice.
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Post by deb on Oct 13, 2018 5:21:11 GMT
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 5:21:19 GMT
awww that's sad Deb.
and yep they do. i bought a bottlebrush called Father xmas it is red and white . for the OH.
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 5:22:03 GMT
yes i saw that too Deb. i'm not to sure about that.
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Post by deb on Oct 13, 2018 5:25:16 GMT
that rose might be available here in the next few years by the looks of it.. not now though
it might be worth asking the man you know for a cutting... most gardeners really like to keep old plants going and get new ones started
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Post by prim on Oct 13, 2018 6:08:00 GMT
That would look quite striking on the bush
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Post by Carmella on Oct 13, 2018 8:40:05 GMT
i would really love a geradlton wax , but the soil is the biggest problem here and frosts.
they like a sandy loamy soil where ours is more clay.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 0:44:44 GMT
deb, i don't know what the climate number is where you live, but you might look at leyland or murray cypress trees, they grow SUPER fast here!
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Post by deb on Oct 14, 2018 6:30:01 GMT
thanks Sin. I'll have a look.. my tree is all gone now
I've decided to plant a grevillia along the fence to block out the view of the neighbours place and I still need a shrub that grows 6-7 ft high ( to shade the veranda a bit)
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Post by Carmella on Oct 14, 2018 7:26:32 GMT
That's sad Deb your tree now gone.
I finished the gnome garden i was doing earlier. plus it has lights too. but i want to get a couple more lights for it.
all the plants in it are succulents.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 19:50:09 GMT
do you sell those, carm? i see those, and fairy garden terrariums with moss, ferns and succulents at the yearly garden show, and they fetch a pretty penny and sell like hotcakes!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 19:52:40 GMT
you're welcome, deb. i think you'd like the leyland ones, they can be pruned into cool shapes too. as for a shrub, what about a bridal wreath bush? they're pretty, they smell nice, they grow fast, and they are beloved by butterflies, hummingbirds, and little girls with dolly weddings to set up!  |
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Post by Carmella on Oct 14, 2018 20:11:55 GMT
No, it was my first one. LOL.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 20:28:51 GMT
something for you to think about, then! my favorite guy at the garden show, he makes them for fun, and started selling them in a florist shop just for money to make more. the florist convinced him to show them, and raise the price, and he sold out in the first day of the show his first year! he uses the extra money to go on vacations and such. i got him to go north and see the trollway in wisconsin, and i'm going to tell him about all the cool gnome gardens that y'all have shown me , i'm betting he'd love to go to oz!
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Post by prim on Oct 15, 2018 0:50:11 GMT
Kardinals are ready for pick up but now I am not. The lady at the garden centre assured me the will be watered and well looked after until I can pick them up next Monday.
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Post by Carmella on Oct 15, 2018 6:40:35 GMT
That is great prim.
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