For many many years roses were hybridized for fragrance, or hybridized forcolor, or for size. Things like hardiness and disease resistance were not asmuch of a concern. It is only recently that gardeners in general startedworrying more about these more functional attributes. The “Knock Out” brand ofrose is one such newer line that professes to be hardy and diseaseresistant.
Knockout Rose Tree
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Dealing with Daylily Aphids
I grow a lot of daylilies, I have grown a lot of daylilies for years. Thisyear I have had an infestation of daylily aphids. This has never happenedbefore, I’m not sure why I was spared previous years, or hit this year. I thinkmaybe the high rain earlier in the summer allowed the foliage to get high andlush, which provided a better more sheltered eating environment for the aphidsdown deep by the crown, but I’m not sure.
Detroit Area Homeowner faces Jail for Front Yard Vegetables
Being in Michigan, (though thankfully not Detroit) I am somewhat familiarwith Detroit. The city is basically a hole, miles of abandoned buildings. Ithas suffered under decades of big government mismanagement. It is the only cityin the US to surpass 1 million people, but then fall below that, and in factit’s population has dropped by over 50% from the peak. The continued massexodus from Detroit is a big reason why Michigan was the only state, the onlystate, to lose population in the last census. 49 states gained people over thepast 10 years, and Michigan shrunk. You would think government officials in theDetroit area would not try to chase off what residents they have left, but youwould be wrong. Apparently you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t shakethe government knows best attitude out of a big government bureaucrat.
Weeping Larch, Larix decidua ‘Pendula’, Like a big Bonsai
Somewhat as a followup to my previous post Niwaki:Bonsai in the Garden, about training unpotted garden trees in a bonsaifashion, today I bought a weeping larch.
Niwaki: Bonsai in the Garden
Sushi is about the rice, not the fish. This is why a California roll, whichcontains no fish, is still sushi, but sashimi, which is just a slice of rawfish, is not. So while most people immediately associate the word “sushi” withraw fish, it is actually named for the rice which accompanies it.
Rogue Climber
I awoke to a disappointing sight the other day, some fiend had meanderedthrough my front yard, pooping, and eating leaves off plants. This would be badenough, but what is worse, it tried to climb up my honeycrisp apple tree, andthen I assume out onto the two lowest scaffold branches, and it broke both ofthem. So now my tree is permanently mutilated. You can’t replace primarybranches easily or quickly.
Pinus Cortorta Taylor’s Sunburst Update
I first blogged about this tree last summerwhen I planted it, well after it’s spectacular Spring color had faded. So,it was definitely time to do an update, with the pretty colors, which havelasted, so far, around 8 weeks.
Found a Large Egg in my Garden
So, I am out mowing the lawn and I see a large egg in one of my raised brickbeds.
Weed Control & Dupont Lanscape Fabric
Some times it is cool to be a garden blogger, because you get swag. Dupontsent me free samples of their “Weedfree Premium Lanscape Fabric” to review, not knowing Ialready used and loved the product, and have for years. Free stuff for me.
FAIL! My Fargesia Nitida Bamboo is Flowering.
Woe is me. My bamboo is flowering.
Bamboo Flower Close-up
Now, up where I live, there is only one bamboo that can really grow.Fargesia Nitida, a clumping Chinese mountain bamboo that is hardy to zone5.