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GARDENVT: March 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. March 28 , 2012. Up above is a fab multi-colored Butterfly Bush. I am starting to cut back my customer's Buddleias, usually to about a foot from the ground. I've had good luck leaving the branches through the winter, and hard pruning around mid to late March. I remember pruning one Buddleia in late April and the flowers were smaller than usual. Here's what I wrote about the Butterfly Bush last August:. View my complete profile.

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GARDENVT: June 2011

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. 23rd of June, 2011. Lovely iris hangin' with Sammy Spirea. Still planting. Threw in some Cinnamon Basil (cute little flowers), Peppermint, Greek Oregano and dill. Some tips for your annuals. They love sun but droop if overwatered. Only water if plant is wilting. Love the sun and water. As they like their dirt on the acidic side. Saying bye-bye. Must remember to add wood ash to the roots this fall. 11th OF JUNE, 2011. Gardening...

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GARDENVT: August 2011

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011. Ladies and Gentlemen - the.Honeysuckle. We've been waiting for the splendid Lonicera. To dazzle us; it's at its best right now. A little unruly, but, hey, that's what my shears are for. I'm always interested where plant names come from - Lonicera come from the dashing renaissance botanist Adam Lonicer. Who, in 1500's Germany, was a doctor, math whiz, botanist, publisher, writer and scholar. Whew!

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GARDENVT: SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. SEPTEMBER 29, 2012. Sedum spectabile Neon (upright stonecrop). I recently had the pleasure of gardening at a place in Essex. Which had a beautifully translucent 'Neon' sedum. I couldn't keep my eyes off it. This sedum is drought tolerant, easily dividable, adaptable to full sun or. Part shade, and is the most luminous of all sedums. Natch! Can you find the Monarch pigging out at the white sedum salad bar? Gardens at Waters East.

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GARDENVT: February 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. February , 2012. My windchime fell - the string broke,. And before the light had left the afternoon. I saw through the window that it had fallen. I went out in my shoes on the leaves and stones. Where the ground and broken branches slope down,. And I peeered and squinted in the cold grey space. For the gleam of gold on the brown. I found it against the wall, but crippled:. It had lost a delicate metal piece. March 28 , 2012.

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GARDENVT: March 28 , 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. March 28 , 2012. Up above is a fab multi-colored Butterfly Bush. I am starting to cut back my customer's Buddleias, usually to about a foot from the ground. I've had good luck leaving the branches through the winter, and hard pruning around mid to late March. I remember pruning one Buddleia in late April and the flowers were smaller than usual. Here's what I wrote about the Butterfly Bush last August:. View my complete profile.

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GARDENVT: August 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. PHLOX HANGIN' WITH LILY. It is time for the Phlood of Phabulous Phlox in Vermont. One of my customer-friends went to Perennial Pleasures. Nursery in East Hardwick and brought back a beautiful reddish-pink Phlox, maybe it was Cabot Pink. The nursery is having it's world famous Phlox Days, complete with a good cup of tea. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. Erma Bombeck. March 28 , 2012.

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GARDENVT: July 2011

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011. HOLY COLEUS, BATMAN! Remember - you can take cuttings from Coleus in the fall and grow neat looking houseplants for winter. Most Coleus root easily. The variety 'Black Magic', is sun tolerant and can hang out in crappy soil. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2011. Quiz: What are these? Spent yesterday planting Rhododendrons. And ' Magic Fire. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011. July blooming 'Lion King' Iris. 3 shades of Astilbe.

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GARDENVT: January 2012

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Short notations from a northern Vermont fellow who tends gardens for a living. The Garden in Winter. Frosty-white and cold it lies. Underneath the fretful skies;. Snowflakes flutter where the red. Banners of the poppies spread,. And the drifts are wide and deep. Where the lilies fell asleep. But the sunsets o'er it throw. Flame-like splendor, lucent glow,. And the moonshine makes it gleam. Like a wonderland of dream,. And the sharp winds all the day. Pipe and whistle shrilly gay. And the garden tranquilly.

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The Vermont Gardener: Bear Visitors

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Hardy Plants For Hardy Vermonters and Their Friends. Wednesday, November 05, 2014. Wednesday, November 5th, 2015. By late morning my coffee was gone and I needed a snack. When I returned to the flower farm, my eye caught a section of fence along Route 2. Something looked odd. As I approached I could see the reason was a bear had climbed up over a 4X4 post and in the process of going down the other side dragged some of the fence with it. Writing from the mountain above Peacham Pond where Gail and Karl the...