Cotoneaster franchetii plant beat all others in a Royal Horticultural Society study to determine how much car pollution a hedge formed plant removed from the air and captured within leaf materials. Leaf samples were measured for heavy metals: Zn, Cu, Pb, as well as Na. before and after being exposed to roadside traffic for 9 days without […]
Bonsai boy care instructions for juniper Nana
Bonsaiboy.com The dwarf juniper is the most popular evergreen in the united states. When we think of a traditional bonsai and what it should look like, we think of a juniper procumbens nana. it is very hardy, long lived, and tolerates many adverse conditions. Juniperous procumbens is a low growing juniper native to southern Japan. […]
Teasel
This is the weed in my garden that produced these lovelies. Sadly its an invasive species so it won’t be allowed to stay and I will need to look for these in Wayside meadows as well. Note: The following information was gathered from a web archive of the following government website. Contact your county extension […]
Give nature a blanket in winter and you’ll see habitat everywhere you look.
Dried leaves as blankets I freely admit I’m not neat or tidy, or organized. But I like beauty and that usually requires some tidiness or organization. For most suburbanites the fall tidy up means a clearing of dead leaves. But imagine if we treated our bodies the same way? Instead of putting on a warm […]
Pruning the peach and forcing branches indoors
After spending an hour last night reviewing how peach trees are pruned I set to work today on pruning my peach. With the oscillating temperatures in January buds have begun to form and now is the time to get pruning. It’s a very chilly 27 degrees, hopefully not too cold. I start by pruning out […]
Propagating colorado native flower seed indoors and out
Dalea P. planted February 4th evidence of germination seen on Feb 7 milk jug no drainage holes Southeast facing window Butterfly weed outdoors milk jug no drainage February 4th Prairie smoke outdoors milk jug no drainage February 4 Rabbit brush outdoors jiffy 131 2/7 For giveaways I have planted hollyhock, cosmos, Dill and black-eyed Susan. […]
Plant your water for your best harvest yet
Imagine having this much water. And knowing you made it happen. The Cascata Delle Marmore Falls in Italy are manmade, built to solve problems of another manmade water flow. Moving water is a long held skill of humans, though the Romans were immensly expert in moving large amounts long distances. For the arid American West, […]
Roses in the garden
On Order for 2021 The roses I’ve chosen are from David Austin Roses. The company founded in the UK, also grows in the US for sale here. While many Colorado nurseries may carry the roses, I’ve decided to try a bare-root mail order. Claire Austin: This rose will climb the back fence or just might […]
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias tuberosa- common butterflyweed is an essential part of the Colorado Garden. So lovely and bright, it also is a workhorse for providing to our natural food web. I am planting this in both a sandy site and a heavy clay – two different varieties. I have seeds from Plants from Prairie Nursery
Books for Gardening
Be Inspired Get native for Colorado Design Reference Vegetable Gardening The Backyard Homestead — Claims with a 1/4 backyard you can grow 2,000 pounds of food. Guess they haven’t seen my sad little garden! Garden Design Planting – Planting plans and groupings by Piet Oudolf and […]