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  1. Melissa

    Weeping blue spruce

    I will share that title with you, Sista Google Junkie...lol!!
  2. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    My phlox was really yummy this year too...and hyacinths...and peonies :( smell deprivation here :(
  3. Melissa

    Weeping blue spruce

    Welcome MH52...if you do venture out...I would love to see pictures of your tree with and without the snow...We have many blue spruce but no weeping...gonna have to google it...yes I am the resident google junky
  4. Melissa

    Come and Grow A Rose With Me

    Kale...I want them all...and I want them now. :) Don't want to know them once the black spot comes though.
  5. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    Well doesn't everybody love smelly flowers? LOL!! One of my former coworkers gave me that name due to using Gardenia bath products. First thing every morning he would come to my office and inhale and smile. Does anyone know of a Dahlia that is smelly? They are so pretty...if only they were...
  6. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    It is a hybrid tea. I think it is fairly common...I got mine at Menards...I think I also saw them at Lowes. Its really pretty just wish it had more fragrance. Hence my name...I love smelly flowers...lol!
  7. Melissa

    I'm afraid something bad may happen.

    Has anyone heard from BFFQC? Hope that mysterious plant isn't holding them prisoner.
  8. Melissa

    Any one know what

    sorry...it doesnt show the leaves in the T&M catalog...gonna keep looking :)
  9. Melissa

    Any one know what

    Kya D, I was flipping through the new T & M catalog that came today and I saw something that looks very much like your picture. Check out Brachycombe...aka...Swan River Daisy.
  10. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    That was easy...yes...it reseeds itself
  11. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    I did a little googling and found that the two are very similar...the red plains is an annual and the limerock ruby is a perennial. I wonder it the red plains will reseed itself...guess I need to go back and google some more. :)
  12. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    I just noticed that I also grew some dwarf red plains coreopsis....I wonder if this is what this is and not the limerock ruby...they look very similar...hmmmmmmmm
  13. Melissa

    A few of my Dahlias from this summer

    Thank you Kya D!!
  14. Melissa

    A few of my Dahlias from this summer

    Boy, I don't know Kale. I would probably put a couple inches of soil on the concrete, then the tubers, then a couple more inches of soil ontop the tubers. Mine really don't go down too much...they send out these roots sideways. Could be because I have heavy clay below and nice composted soil...
  15. Melissa

    A few of my Dahlias from this summer

    These are some tricks I have picked up along the way. Plant the tubers only 1-2 inches below the soil...could be you are planting them too deep, hence no blooms. You should not water them until they sprout up, otherwise, they may rot in the ground. They don't light to be fertilized...keep the...
  16. Melissa

    A few of my Dahlias from this summer

    Kelvin Floodlight, Pink Cactus Dalia, Sunburst Cactus Dahlia
  17. Melissa

    A few of my Dahlias from this summer

    Kale, the yellow is Seattle...it grows about 3 ft and blooms from August til I dig them in October. I potted a couple this year and they kept blooming in the garage. I worry that they may rot now because that is not how I usually store them...will have to see. The blooms on the Seattle is...
  18. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    First picture in second post is Bright Eyes Phlox. My son got me a bareroot of it for my birthday a few years ago and I hold my breath every year waiting for it to come up. I was so pleased with the bright eyes that I bought some bareroot red and orange phlox. They came up and bloomed that...
  19. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    Annette...sorry I am not doing any trades. Kale the first picture in the first post is Jupiter's Beard. It likes sun to partial shade...I have it in morning sun. It grows about two feet and has fragrant red blooms. It looked very pretty in my cut bouquets...smelled yummy also. The...
  20. Melissa

    A few Perennials from this year

    Kale...I promise you some of those names and details you so love as soon as I can get back on the computer...the coneflower is one of my favorite...Coconut Lime


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