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Poetinwood's Raised Bed old sign garden
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I recycled a 10’ square aluminum road sign and buried it 4" deep. I need to go more but I don’t think I could get it back up.
Most of this garden has been dedicated to rescuing plants a neighbor is mowing down after buying this house from a very good gardener.
Before I started this, I planted many gladiolus, but only 4 came up.
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Spider Lily
Lycoris radiata
Transplanted on 25 Sep 09 Wait till mid April to do this experiment. E...
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Naked lady
Sown on 15 Jun 09 Rescued about 10 of these across the road. I'm...
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Oxalis crassipes
Oxalis crassipes
Transplanted on 15 Jun 09 Another rescued plant. Has thrived in the sign...
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Passiflora incarnata
Transplanted on 10 Jun 09
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Indian Shot Canna
Canna indica
Transplanted on 15 May 09 Rescued this spring from acriss the road.
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Gladiolus, unknown
Gladiolus nanus
Transplanted on 25 Oct 08 Bought many from Burgess seed, only 4 came up. ...
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TropicanaRoses wrote:
This is the most interesting looking spider lily that I saw when I looked it up. It is a Mangrove Spider Lily. I just looked up licoris radiata, instead of spider lily. That is a really beautiful plant!! Is yours already in bloom, or are you waiting for it to bloom? I am not familiar with the climate there.
Posted on 22 Oct 09 (about 1 months ago)
Poetinwood wrote:
I’m not sure what you saw as I haven’t uploaded my picture of it yet. I will get around to it when I get better organized. I rescued about 100 of these from a neighbor who didn’t want them, if you was mowing them down. I thought there were only 14 because that was how many bloomed, but when I dug in with the shovel the first scoop brought out 40 very packed spider lilies. I read today, I’m unsure of the reliability of the source, that they were evergreen through the winter. Most of the plants I have now I rescued from his yard! Iris out the ying yang! Oxalis. Cannas. Redbuds. Pecan. Mulberry. That’s about it. I’m about to go get another 50 or so Spider lilies, they’re the red ones. Oh yeah, I rescued about 10 naked ladies too. I thought the bulbs would be similar but they are not. The naked lady bulbs are bigger than daffodil bulbs. I’m still not sure how the plant collects chlorophyll, as it didn’t produce anything green after it bloomed.
I finally figured out how to do a garden at Dave’s so I’m giving it my best shot so as to compare to the one here. So far this one is far and away the best.
Posted on 24 Oct 09 (about 1 months ago)
Poetinwood wrote:
Forgot to mention mine bloomed about a month ago, that’s how I knew they were even there. He mowed the old hedge down. The site was rather overgrown, and in the hedge site were these red spider lilies, this was the first time I had ever seen them so I rescued them. He’s a pipeliner off working in Minnesota this winter. His brother mows the flowers in his absence. There must be 300 Iris over there now that I don’t know the colors of and no where to put them. I think I’m going to try to transplant a blooming Iris by cutting off the flower, then transplanting. That is the only way I will know for sure what I am getting. Plant stakes are out of the question. Take all you can, give nothing back! (from Pirates of the Caribbean)
Thomas
Posted on 24 Oct 09 (about 1 months ago)
after wrote:
The naked ladys send up their leaves after they have flowered. So, as in other pants the chlorophyll pigment is produced in the leaves and photosynthesis takes place there.
Posted on 26 Oct 09 (about 30 days ago)