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Articles / Information / Listing Page Woodland Flowers 101
~ The Gardener ~
In this Issue:
Publishers Notes
Q & A Diversion Wild Flowers 101 Computer Tip
~ Publisher's Notes ~
This week starts with some quick Q & A's, to help with
repeated questions,
but then as promised, we'll talk about wildflowers. However:
~ Diversion ~
B-Day Party
Adam was talking to his friend at the bar, and he said,
"I don't know what
to get my wife for her birthday - she has everything, and besides, she can afford to buy anything she wants, so I'm stuck." His friend said, "I have an idea! Why don't you make up a certificate saying she can have 60 minutes of great sex, anyway she wants. She'll probably be thrilled." Adam decided to try his friend's advice.
The next day at the bar his friend said, "Well? Did you
take my suggestion?"
"Yes, I did," Adam replied.
"Did she like it?"
"Oh yes! she jumped up , thanked me, kissed me on the
forehead and ran
out the door, yelling "I'll be back in an hour!!"
~ Quick Q & A's ~
Q- What do I do with all the dirt when I dig out my
water garden?
A- You'll see in your installation manual that you are burying your piping with the berm you create when you spread the dirt behind your pond. It will hold your water fall, too, and give you a great area to landscape.
Q- Do we sell the rocks that you need for your
water garden, and do we
sell bricks for your patio? A- No, sorry, they are too heavy to ship. (You'd be wasting money). Any gravel pit or contractor will gladly deliver you a few yards of stone. A good concrete supplier will have bricks. You can also get bricks at Home Depot, though they might not hold up as well right at the edge of your drive, or anyplace a car might run over them. The extra buck you pay at a concrete store is really a good deal. The bricks are much better.
Q- Do I really need to order 100 of one variety of
plant, or can I mix them.
A- Yes, that is the only way we can sell them so cheaply. Get together with your friends, or sell any extras at your yard sale. Though, really, the spectacle of several hundred flowers blooming is really something...
~ Wildflowers 101 ~
Not to make any mistakes, I contacted the growers this
week and asked
them personally which wild flowers they considered the easiest to grow. Blue bells, Black-eyed susans, Garden phlox, Trilliums, Oxe-eyed daisy, and Cardinal flowers are favorites. They are their best sellers, (ours too), and are easiest to grow. In our own installations, we also use a lot of May apple, since they are so unique looking, and they are easy to grow also, though prefer deep shade for that waxy dark look... Ferns are easy, too, given the right conditions. Cinnamon fern is our best seller.
Most woodland flowers are shade loving, and like a humus
soil. If you are
preparing a shady part of your garden for a group of trillium or something, get several of the $3. bags of humus from your local supplier. You'll see pallets of 40 lb. bags everywhere in the spring, from grocers to hardware stores. Mix it really thick with your soil, and you're ready to go. Or, of course, use compost from your compost pile. You do have one, don't you?
Bluebells- Do well anywhere, like moist soil, use
lots of humus.
Cardinal flower- Again, about anywhere, likes moisture, can get tall, beautiful red flowers, a summer bloomer. Black-eyed susan/Oxe-eyed daisy: Both very easy to grow and will take sun. They mix together really well, too. Garden phlox- Helen's own cultivar from the native variety. VERY easy to grow, and likes sun or some shade, too. Trilliums- Can be a little tricky to grow. You just don't want to be cheap on the humus. A joy to see bloom! Likes shade.
~ Computer Tip / Web Pages ~
The fastest way to get to your favorite web page is save
a short cut
to it on your desktop. That way, you can just 'double click' on it, without having to open up your browser and typing in the address, or looking through your favorites menu. Here's how:
When at your favorite web site, (and we hope it's
www.greatlakeslandscaping.net ) click on the 'file' menu in the top left corner of your browser window, and slide your cursor down to the 'send' choice. A second menu will emerge, and click on "send shortcut to desktop". That's all there is to it. Now when your browser is closed, (or open, for that matter), you can just double click on the new icon that has been created on your desktop, and you'll go to that page. You can also rename it, if the name that appears doesn't seem to remind you of what it is. Just right click, and select 'rename'. Type your choice of name.
Final Q & A:
Q- Spike, why did you have 5 kids???? A- It's the catalog thing...
Thanks for reading,
Spike
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