Gardening, landscaping and plants in general

[Giles]

Here's our Wollemi. Never had a cone, did not even consider it a thing - Doh.....Do they need another of the other sex to produce?

[1WayTrip]

@Giles

Wow that’s a cracker! Strange there is no cones yet on it. You get male and female cones on the same tree. Mine is planted on its own.

Here’s a male cone -

The seeds go for crazy money online. They are still pretty rare.

[1WayTrip]

@Giles

Actually looking at yours Giles it looks like it has loads of cones on it!

The spikey round balls.

[Giles]

@1WayTrip said in Gardening, landscaping and plants in general:

@Giles

Actually looking at yours Giles it looks like it has loads of cones on it!

The spikey round balls.

Yeah, you 100% right, thanks. They start at 12 feet above the ground, so not in my typical line of sight.......Doh...

[Giles]

@1WayTrip said in Gardening, landscaping and plants in general:

The seeds go for crazy money online.

Another side hustle......

[SFMCfranky]

This morning in Sonoma, CA:

[wjw]

My pink Camelia out front in full bloom. This one and one out in the backyard bloom for about 2months straight

[GraemeE]

"Helping"

[Bridger]

@GraemeE - feels like there is something to come...

[endo]

[northsouthdenimguy]

All the maples Japanese and otherwise in my yard are really starting to leaf out. Same with what I think is a wild cherry and a red bud?

Oh, and all the pictures are as clear as mud

[northsouthdenimguy]

Acer palmatum ‘Ukigumo’ - “floating clouds”

I got this end of the summer last year and somehow I kept it alive. All winter forgot about it quite a bit. It was on my front porch.

Starting to bud so thought I would get it planted before it’s too late…

It’s about two years old (I guess) hopefully in 5 to 10 it’ll look similar to the two pictures I posted with more of the white/light leaves

[tody]

@northsouthdenimguy that reminds me to get some more trees for our garden. definitely something japanese in front of the house, and also some espalier trees towards the neighbours on one side.

[northsouthdenimguy]

@tody

Other than the initial landscaping around the house when we first bought it and renovated, I really haven’t added much in terms of new plants or trees. I’m fortunate the original owner was a horticulturist with a serious buying habit, kind of like some of you all with IH.

I’d like to start bringing in a few things that complement what’s already here. It’s been cool seeing different species from around the world on some of these posts.

That said, I also know I may not be able to do everything I’d like. My first priority is always looking for plants that are drought tolerant since I don’t have irrigation and don’t plan on installing it. If I can still achieve a certain look while keeping things low maintenance and water conscious, that’s the goal.

[tody]

@northsouthdenimguy i'm not much of a gardener myself. but drought is an issue over here as well.
we had a line of spruce trees on the rear of the property, they all had to come down because the bark beetle killed them (happens to lot of forests here). a bunch of coniferes died because of the warm summers as well.
i'm heavily relying on the recommendations of my gardening guy to recommend (and plant) the right stuff.

[GraemeE]

"Helping" part 2

[northsouthdenimguy]

Crazy how much these maples filled out within the last couple weeks.

120 bags of mulch. I’m trying to get the energy at the moment to start putting it down…

[goosehd]

@northsouthdenimguy good luck! We do about 5-6 yards of mulch every spring. Takes a day or two and always looks good afterwards but I curse during the process.

[catdad1]

@goosehd @northsouthdenimguy 5 yards delivered this morning. We're half way through it right now and are cursing the sun every time it comes out.

[northsouthdenimguy]

@goosehd

Thankfully the Boston Ivy has filled most of the planted and natural areas over the last 4-5 yrs, year round green ground cover.