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Gardening

geargrrl

Angel Diva
haha, the grey area between "invasive" and "filling in where I want it". "Nicely behaved" is how I've heard it referred to.

We have a really awesome perennial specialist garden place near where i live. He started as a hosta breeder, but branched out. He has super high quality stuff; none of the junky invasives that they pass off as nice plants at Home Depot. I used to spend a lot of money there, but I don't have to any more. I bought wisely and now have many things that self propagate in a well behaved manner. I have 7 or 8 different hardy geraniums ( my favorite) that I got from him.

Mostly I buy bales of high quality compost from him as my soil always needs more.
 

Jenny

Angel Diva
Oh I love hardy geraniums! I have two, Johnson's Blue and Rozanne (I think, can't find the tag at the moment) and the second one blooms and blooms forever.
 

geargrrl

Angel Diva
Oh I love hardy geraniums! I have two, Johnson's Blue and Rozanne (I think, can't find the tag at the moment) and the second one blooms and blooms forever.

I have a "magnificum" (sp?) that is a huge, mounding thing with feathery leaves that is amazing.
 

Jenny

Angel Diva
Not a familiar name, but plant shopping is just a couple of weeks away, so I'll be on the lookout for things. Usually just see the same thing year after year, but who knows . . .
 

BackCountryGirl

Angel Diva
Artistinsuburbia, be very careful of the spiderwort. Those little spider roots will spread like crazy and take over. It's a pretty bloom, no doubt, but very hard to tame and control. The house I moved to had it in the perennial garden and getting rid of it took at least 5 seasons. It had taken over.
 

artistinsuburbia

Angel Diva
Artistinsuburbia, be very careful of the spiderwort. Those little spider roots will spread like crazy and take over. It's a pretty bloom, no doubt, but very hard to tame and control. The house I moved to had it in the perennial garden and getting rid of it took at least 5 seasons. It had taken over.
I bought the less invasive three leafed flower variety. Although I love the concept of @geargrrl 's "nicely behaved" Lol. I'd like it to take over a small portion of the area at least.

We have a local farm that sells lovely plants, they are a little spendy, but there are multitudes of knowledgeable staff/horticulture experts that can assist in selection for specific garden areas. I'm a little spoiled in that regard as well. Home depot's stuff is indeed kinda crappy.

Tell me about these hardy geraniums? Are they the same as I'm buying for annuals?? I spend hundreds on them every year, you mean I can overwinter these???
 

geargrrl

Angel Diva
There are Hardy Geraniums, common name Cranesbills, and there are the annuals, which are not a geranium. The annuals are "pelargonium" and have totally different growing needs.
 

geargrrl

Angel Diva
Artistinsuburbia, be very careful of the spiderwort. Those little spider roots will spread like crazy and take over. It's a pretty bloom, no doubt, but very hard to tame and control. The house I moved to had it in the perennial garden and getting rid of it took at least 5 seasons. It had taken over.

It helps to know about your region. What is invasive in one climate is reasonable in another.
 

artistinsuburbia

Angel Diva
so what zone is everyone? We were recently rezoned to 6a instead of 5...But I still plant to zone 5 since it does get to -15 and lower at times here.
 

altagirl

Moderator
Staff member
I guess I just don't worry about invasive plants much. Yes, I have mint growing everywhere in and around the one bed. And periwinkle all around the side fence area. But both are easy to yank out where I don't want it (some of it just gets mowed in the lawn). And at least SOMETHING grows easily around here.
 

bounceswoosh

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I just dug up all the dandelions in the front yard flower bed. I deserve a medal.

I've realized is that the secret is just not to worry too much about digging up desirable plants in the process. Easy since that's mostly stonecrop, which is extremely successful ground cover.

That's not going to work in the rock beds, where I don't want to tear up what felt remains.
 

Kimmyt

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
The trick for weeding rock beds is getting the weeds when they are tiny. That way they haven't grown a massive root that will tear up the landscaping fabric underneath.

This is easier said than done, of course, because I find pulling the little tiny weeds way harder and they are easier to miss.

In summation, weeding sucks.
 

Jenny

Angel Diva
We're coming into maple tree helicopter growing season - so there's LOTS of constant weeding coming up. Last year I waited and had to do waaaaay too much at once, but it's a fine line because if you try to get them while they're too small, they break, and if you wait too long then they fight you, but if you get it just right you can pull them right out without any trouble.
 

vickie

Ski Diva Extraordinaire
if you try to get them while they're too small, they break, and if you wait too long then they fight you, but if you get it just right you can pull them right out without any trouble.

Goldilocks and the Weeds
 

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