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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3815
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 9:08 am: | 
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HELP
I am in desperate need of help and guidance from a few people who really know their gardening. I have several prized shrubs that need to be pruned and trimmed and readied for transplant in preperation for construction of our new addition.
Specifically, my variagated wiegelia are kind of a leggy mess and need serious cleaning up and cutting back. My much beloved peony, which has yet to bloom but is very close, must also be protected from the heavy equipment. Is that just a matter of cutting it all the way down to the ground and letting the machines roll over it and it will come back next year? Or does it, too, need to be moved? And a hydrangia needs moving.
Then there are some hostas which just need splitting and relocating.
Anyway, it's way too big a job for me to do alone or with my husband.
What I'm hoping is--if I provide refreshments and food--can I get a bunch of MOL "green thumbs" and some tools to come to my house on the afternoon of Sunday, June 4, and get this all done?
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greenetree
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Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7818
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 9:10 am: |
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Maybe. If my garden is done and I can move by then, I'm in.
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MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3817
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 9:14 am: |
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Appreciate it Greenetree. Will put you on the list! Feel better soon--for you and for my garden!  |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 79
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 10:01 am: |
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your peony will also need to be moved (I just read that you shouldn't cut the leaves of peonys after they bloom - you need to wait until the leaves & stems die back). You should wait until it blooms before moving it though.
I'm waiting to hear if my sil will be here that week with her family, but I could also come over. |
MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3824
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 8:26 am: |
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Will follow-up with you too, Elizabeth. And thanks.
Come on, I know there are a few more MOLers with green thumbs out there. Can't you please help me out. I really don't want to be solely responsible for the untimely demise of some beautiful flowering shrubs! |
spw784
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Username: Spw784
Post Number: 903
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 6:14 pm: |
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FWIW, your subject heading indicates MAY 4 not JUNE 4 -- maybe Jamie/Dave can edit it? |
Joan
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Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7496
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 8:14 am: |
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Isn't June 4th the day of this year's Studio Tour? |
MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3841
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 7:57 am: |
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Ooops, spw, you're right. My bad.
Anyone available this Sunday? If not, I guess I'll take a shot at it myself and hope everything survives. Had a little chat with a VERY green thumb about my dilemma. She makes it sound pretty easy?
Came back from the weekend to find my peony finally bloomed, but my hydrangia is nowhere close.
Drawings went in for permits Friday morning, so I guess I have a couple weeks! |
Oldstone
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Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 731
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:00 am: |
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meand, hydrangeas are not ready to bloom yet. the flower heads must be formed by now, no? |
MeAndTheBoys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 3842
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:18 am: |
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Haven't looked closely, but didn't see any. The point is, it needs to be moved whether it's bloomed or not. And it may spend a week or two in a pot before I have a new bed to put it in. So, hopefully, that won't kill it! |
Oldstone
Citizen
Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 732
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 8:34 am: |
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don't worry too much about it. hydrangea is pretty hardy. i would put it in the ground in an out of the way spot rather than ground to pot. if worse comes to worst and it looks like hell for the rest of the summer, cut it back hard before winter and it should come back beautifully next spring. |
joy
Citizen
Username: Joy
Post Number: 460
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 9:26 am: |
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Re: hydrangeas - the common Nikko Blue will only bloom on old wood. I don't remember if that's the one you have Me&. All that means is that if you do need to cut it all the way back - it will be 2008 when it blooms again.
I may be able to lend a hand on the 4th - I'll let you know. |
Oldstone
Citizen
Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 734
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 - 9:34 am: |
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joy, my nikko has done both. the first year i cut it back hard and it came back beautifully. last year i left it and it bloomed on SOME of the old wood. i cut the non-blooming wood out and that allowed sun into the core to start new, bushier growth. based on this, i am thinking to always cut all my hydrangeas back hard so they maintain a certain size in my landscape. |
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