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« Thread below the Gardening Thread: Arrividerchi, Roma? [KT] | Main | Ace of Spades Pet Thread »
February 11, 2017

Saturday Gardening Thread: Hearts and Flowers [KT]

Greetings, Horde! Valentines Day is coming up. Have you thought about growing some strawberries to cover with chocolate for someone you love?

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There are at least a couple of day-neutral cultivars that you can grow from seed. Delizz is an AAS winner. Elan is heart-shaped, on long stems. But strawberries from seed take 120 to 150 days from sowing to produce their first berries. And the seeds are pricey.

I think I prefer starting strawberries from plants, whether they are the big-fruited kinds, alpine or musk types, or ground covers. There are a few pink-flowered types.

There are other ways to add hearts and flowers to the garden, too. From Tucson, here's a photo of Hearts and Flowers, the groundcover, Aptenia cordifolia.

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It is drought tolerant and suitable for part shade in the desert. Full sun near the coast. 'Red Apple' is more vigorous than the species, and has brighter red flowers. There is a variegated form. Spreads easily in situations it likes. Sometimes a little too easily.

Photography from The Horde

Never let anyone tell you that there are no romantics in The Horde. Last week, a Pennsylvania moron said this in the comments:

The top picture reminds me of a photograph I wanted. I cleared a 4,000 square foot area. Planted hundreds of Shasta daisies I started from seed. It took two years to fill into the level I wanted. Then... finally, on a June late afternoon when the sun was low to the horizon and color saturation was at its peak I had my wife dress in a short white dress, bow in hair, carrying a basket with cuttings. I backed up so that the daisies filled the screen from left to right, about 100 feet altogether. Probably 1,000 flower blooms. She was about 30 feet away centered. Blew threw a couple rolls of film to get the *one* perfect photograph I wanted.

All that landscaping work. For one photograph. But it was worth it.

Then he sent in the photo, with the dress photoshopped to yellow. Is this photo dreamy, or what?

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This is probably also a good week to post Kindltot's photo of Wild Bleeding Heart, Dicentra formosa. "I don't have much to say about this one, there are commercial varieties that are far more showy."

I rather like the delicate color of the flowers in this photo. Makes me think, "This is a wild plant". The surprise of finding flowers like this popping up all by themselves makes them special to me. I love the leaves. And these are the plants the commercial varieties come from.

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Here's a profile on this species:

Don't let its delicate appearance fool you: Western bleeding heart is hardy and tenacious. This elegant, herbaceous perennial spreads slowly from rhizomes to form drifts of soft blue-green, ferny foliage in shady woodland areas. Above the leaves in late spring, pink heart-shaped flowers hang gracefully from long, arched stems, attracting scores of hummingbirds but not the local deer. It is surprisingly drought tolerant during the summer months

And a photo of a selection with darker flowers.

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Gardens of The Horde

We have had more rain. Yay! Makes for mud at the upcoming International Ag Expo next week, though. You could learn about using Drones in Agriculture.

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Any new garden or farming stuff going on in your neck of the woods, or plains?

Have a great week.


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