tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post3727739720771798383..comments2024-03-28T13:18:03.669-07:00Comments on Succulents and More™: New plants that make me droolGerhard Bock (Succulents and More)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-6617287334993554542011-02-01T16:15:14.668-08:002011-02-01T16:15:14.668-08:00I have a small Holly on the hill in front of our h...I have a small Holly on the hill in front of our house and the Deer have never bothered it! About the only thing they don't eat around here. Don't know if they have had an opportunity to try the bamboo. As for cat pee smell add the old low growing junipers!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602311372657715308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-85623420476234380762011-02-01T16:13:25.753-08:002011-02-01T16:13:25.753-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602311372657715308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-90894165102976643712011-02-01T09:04:56.369-08:002011-02-01T09:04:56.369-08:00LOL. Sorry for getting those two confused.
This ...LOL. Sorry for getting those two confused. <br /><br />This almost merits a separate post: "Plants that smell like something you'd rather not smell".Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-6822070609725008852011-02-01T08:43:16.346-08:002011-02-01T08:43:16.346-08:00It's cat *poop*. If you're looking for a c...It's cat *poop*. If you're looking for a cat pee smell, try salvia leaves, particularly Salvia nemorosa. <br />___________________________<br /><a href="http://www.itsnotworkitsgardening.com" rel="nofollow">It's not work, it's gardening!</a><br />___________________________Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-79903234036439223932011-02-01T07:28:54.352-08:002011-02-01T07:28:54.352-08:00>>seed and plant catalogs don't always g...>>seed and plant catalogs don't always give the whole story<<<br /><br />Exactly! They're selling an idealized garden world. However, I do enjoy looking at photos of "perfect plants", knowing full well that the reality sometimes doesn't live up to the promise.<br /><br />The variegated northern sea oats does produce all-green seedlings so the variegation is only retained in divisions off the mother plant.<br /><br />I had to laugh when I read your description of sea holly. I'd never noticed a cat pee smell, but all I have is a cultivar called 'Sapphire Blue'.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1615100786320943903.post-10961698080430961492011-02-01T04:39:47.290-08:002011-02-01T04:39:47.290-08:00Definitely some nice plants here, but I have a cou...Definitely some nice plants here, but I have a couple of comments.<br /><br />The 'Vertigo' pennisetum looks like something I pickup up last year -- can't remember the cultivar name though. The wide leaves were a nice contrast, but after a while I decided it looked too much like corn or millet and lost interest in it. I didn't bring it in to overwinter.<br /><br />Although I have dozens of regular green "sea oats" (or "wood oats" as the more recent version of the common name so it won't be confused with real "sea oats"), I've seen this variegated one in shops and almost picked it up but passed on. If it doesn't reseed as much as the green form, or if the seedlings are variegated too I might reconsider.<br /><br />Holly: deer love these. My small potted holly was trimmed in half and was way up next to the house.<br /><br />Eryngium (sea holly) is awesome-looking, but is loved by woodchucks, and the flowers sometimes smell exactly like cat poop. I'd have to see (smell) a specimen in bloom before I bought it, or at least have a guarantee that it doesn't smell.<br /><br />Sunflowers: certain birds -- finches I think -- have no idea when the seeds are ready to eat, so will happily take chunks out of the flower centers each day to find out. So I never get to see flowers that look like the photos in the catalogs -- they're always pockmarked.<br /><br />Sorry to be so negative this morning and certainly don't want to discourage you from getting any new plants, but seed and plant catalogs don't always give the whole story. =)<br />___________________________________<br /><a href="http://www.itsnotworkitsgardening.com" rel="nofollow">It's not work, it's gardening!</a>Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.com