cedar trees always grow in poor ground.
Joyce
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From : Donna Brantley[mailto:bdbrant@yahoo.com]
Sent : 8/12/2012 4:38:55 PM
To : DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Cc :
Subject : RE: Re: [DIY] Landscaping Plants
This has gotten me to thinking about other
plants on our place. Cedars spring up everywhere, &
dogwoods, & holly trees, but HOW am I to know what
these will look like when mature?? Well, of course,
the dogwoods are always "keepers", but someone told
me they transplanted a holly from the woods, &
although they like them out in the woods, they said
the one they transplanted did not turn out to be a
desirable specimen that you'd want in the landscape
near your house. (??) Sometimes we've found TINY
flowers growing close to the ground that are just
beautiful, but they get mowed down, I'm sure. I have
no idea what they are. Others have told me that
cedars are invasive. (??) We have privet & I KNOW
it's VERY invasive; I've read somewhere that it
should be controlled or killed.
WHEW.......this raises lots of questions!
From: Kathryn Berck <ksrberck@prodigy.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Landscaping Plants
Glad to help! I just found this, apparently the
PowerPoint for a
live presentation on native plants for Alabama.
The photos include
useful snippets about raising and caring for the
plants, as well as
their drought- and bug-tolerance.
http://www.aces.edu/counties/Lauderdale/documents/NativePlantsforAlabama.pdf
Didn't find a native plant society for Alabama,
but there are
wildflower societies near you and these folks
often include larger
plants in their areas of interest, too. Or
individual members will
know a lot and be very happy to share info.
Master gardeners, and
university extensions, can also be extremely helpful.
I myself am in the process of replacing my
pasture with native
grasses that horses still like, my lawn with
native ground cover,
and my trees and bushes with local natives that
used to thrive in my
weird blackland prairie soil before foreign
imports became popular.
It's going to be a long project, but I hope to
finally have
beautiful, healthy, long-lived acreage requiring
much less care.
Happy landscaping!
On 8/11/2012 9:40 PM, Donna Brantley
wrote:
You're increasing my vocabulary! I had
never
heard the word aplomb, but looked
it up &
understand now what you were saying
in that sentence!
I'm glad you mentioned native
plants. As long as I'm
trying to figure out what to plant,
I may as well be
looking for native rather than
imported plants. I've
found a nursery online that's about
1.5 hrs. away from
us. We live in central Alabama.
From:
Kathryn Berck
<ksrberck@prodigy.net>
To:
DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
Saturday, August 11, 2012 5:00 PM
Subject:
Re: [DIY] Landscaping Plants
Most big-box stores and
ordinary nurseries
sell plants that might
survive comfortably in
your area, but they are
often high
maintenance, drink too
much, and are not happy
if conditions are less than
ideal. Here in
Texas the Native Plant
Society is very active
in promoting and supporting
the use of native
plants in place of the
usual foreign imports
(like roses, azaleas,
magnolias, etc, etc).
These native plants not
only thrive in local
conditions without
meticulous care, survive
less-than-ideal conditions
with aplomb, but
are also uncommon and often
very beautiful.
There are some nurseries
that specialize in
local plants, too, but not
most.
Not knowing where you are,
I can't advise you
further except to suggest
that you Google
'native plants' and your
state or area. It
would help if you knew your
soil type, also,
which you can find through
Google, too (here
is a typical map that
includes the whole US)
http://classes.colgate.edu/dkeller/geol101/soil/images/soilmap.gif
A plant seller worth
talking to will recognize
immediately what soil type
you are working
with where you live, and
can advise you
accordingly.
On
8/11/2012 4:05 PM, bdbrant
wrote:
We need to choose some
plants for
sloping areas in our
BIG yard. Top
priority is
low-maintenance, drought
tolerant plants, but
would also like a few
things that are not
what EVERYBODY else
has in THEIR yards! Can
we expect to just
go to the "big-box"
stores & find an
adequate selection, or
would it be best to
order online??
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