Re: Hello, Fellow Fiacres....
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Hello, Fellow Fiacres....
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:13:45 -0700
At 11:24 AM 2/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Now...exiting...lurk...mode....
>
>Hello! I must admit to being a lurker on this list. My talents and garden
>are VERY simple compared to most postings, so I've learned a lot already.
>Hope you can tolerate a novice!
>
>Question #1 - Linda Korth, you mentioned wintering over mandevilla and
>others. How do you do that?
>
>Question #2 - Did I miss any suggestions made on vines? I'd like to try
>vines (other suggestions? tall grasses?) to add some privacy and disguise
>our four foot chain link fence.
I can't answer all of your questions,but I'll try for some. A silver-lace
vine or Polygonum Aubertii is a fast grower, but you may have to keep
training it to keep it from going over the top. Clematis would be another
good one. Is your fence in sun?
>
>Question #3 - Any suggestions on grasses or plants for heavily traveled
>areas (read: two dogs!)?
You can't plant anything that will grow and thrive in their path. Just
forget it. Any dog that ever lives there will pound out the same path,
too. Grass might work, but it's going to be compacted.
>
>Question #4 - I planted some passalong vinca last year and it did
>splendidly. In the spring, do I need to cut it back to promote
>continued/new growth, or will it keep spreading?
>
>Question #5 - If anyone else lives in Maryland, I'd love to discuss plant
>swaps/trades. The generosity of others furnished virtually my entire garden
>the first year, and now I'm beginning to have enough plants to share. :-D
>
>Question #6 - How do I keep *&%!--#@ squirrels from eating my hyacinth
>bulbs!?
Plant the bulbs in cages made of hardware cloth. This sounds weird, but
ask a hardware store for hardware cloth, and you'll understand.
>Hope this isn't too elementary. Appreciate any advice. Many thanks! :-D
>
>Maria
>
>Maria C.S. Nauman
>mnauman@mountdesales.org <m*@mountdesales.org>
>
>
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