Hordeum jubatum (Foxtail barley) | NPIN. 10 Tips for Organic Gardening Uses of Comfrey | Humic Acid improves plant growth. An Updated List of Herbs and Vegetables That You Can Grow on Shadier Balconies. NPIN: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. NEW ITEMS FOR 2012. Busy Bee - Worcester MA Garden Center & Landscaping | Advertised Specials. Busy Bee - Worcester MA Garden Center & Landscaping | Plants List | Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist' Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf witchalder) | NPIN. FLOWERING TREES. Grape Vine Trellis « Deep Green Permaculture. Here are the instructions for the construction of a basic 2.0m x 2.4m (6′ x 8′) grape vine trellis as shown below. Construction materials required are as follows: 2.4m (8ft) steel star pickets (x3)Plastic coated galvanised wire, 2.0mm or 12 gauge (x30ft/10m)Turnbuckles (x3) – or some other means of tensioning wireBolts 6mm x 50mm with matching nuts and washers (x2)Plastic safety cap for star picket (x1) Tools required are as follows: Club hammer – or something else to hammer star pickets into the ground withDrill with 8mm drill bitPliers/Wire cutters I have highlighted the various parts on the picture below to assist in explaining the construction.
Yellow lines indicate the position of the wire supports Red rectangles show position of turnbuckes Purple circles show position of fastening bolts Blue square shows position of plastic safety cap Construction steps: Determine location for trellis. Additional information: Here are pictures of the two types of turnbuckles mentioned: Like this: Okay, so you have raspberries, blackberries or other brambles… How do you control them? With a Bramble Trellis!
Given proper support and spacing, brambles will get enough airflow to avoid mildew, and allow better pest management (like picking off Japanese Beetles). You can solve these problems by building a bramble trellis. Here’s my history with raspberries, what I have built wrong in the past, and what I am building now. When I first purchased raspberry plants several years ago (two No-ID plants from a yard sale) I had no idea of how they would grow, nor did I have Internet service back then to do any research. So I just plunked them in the dirt about 3 feet apart and 3 feet away from a hand-tied bamboo fence I was building. The following spring each plant had 2-5 new ‘canes’ coming from the roots. By mid-summer those canes became 6 foot tall thorny beasties, flopping everywhere. Then I discovered the Internet and Dave’s Garden…. The first trellis I built was out of pressure-treated 4x4 posts in the ground, and a 2x4 treated crossbar with a single wire up the center.
Ornamental Grass: cool and warm season hardy grasses Perennial Plant Nursery. Grasses respond and start to grow based upon temperature. Some grasses will start to grow in early spring when temperatures are still cool (Cool Season Grasses) and others will wait until the soil is warm and temperatures are more stable (Warm Season Grasses). As with any other perennial, success depends greatly on soil preparation and good drainage. Ornamental grasses require relatively low levels of fertility. Plants should be well watered the first season to help develop a good root system. Grasses are clump forming or rhizome forming. Not available for shipment to CA PLANTING: Most should be planted in a sunny location, spacing appropriate to the ultimate height and spread of the species.
MAINTENANCE: While grasses may require two to three seasons to become fully established, they are of the easiest, most trouble-free culture. Sporobolus heterolepis (30)ct Flat Perennial Plant Nursery. Sporobolus heterolepis Common name: Grass-Ornamental, Prairie Dropseed. Zones 3 to 9. Full sun. Plants reach 24 to 36 inches tall and 24 to 36 inches wide; Clump forming habit. Growth rate: Slow, easy to grow, warm season ornamental grass. Green leaves are very narrow, hair-like and grow to form a clump with a soft, fountain-like appearance. Prairie Dropseed is native to North American prairies and occurs naturally from Canada to Texas. Missouri Botanical Garden Emeritus Plants of Merit This plant tolerates a wide range of conditions including clay soil, but grows best in well-drained, dry, rocky soil.
Prairie Dropseed is a slow growing that takes about three years to mature. Excellent as a border plant, container, cut flower or seed heads, fragrant flowers, mass plantings. Not availablefor shipment to CA. Sisyrinchium 'Lucerne' (25) plants Perennial Plant Nursery. Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne' Common name: Blue-Eyed Grass, formerly bermudianum. Zone 5 to 8, maybe 4 to 9. Full sun to part shade. Plants reach 10 inches tall and 15 inches wide, clump-forming perennial. Growth rate: Moderate, semi-evergreen. Spiky, dark green, fan-like clumps of narrow, stiff grass-like foliage gives way to bright purplish-blue flowers with six pointed tepals and gold centers. This plant is very low-maintenance. This is a great little plant for accents along walkways or in rockeries. Attributes: Border plants, Edging, Groundcover, Planted in massed especially in rock gardens or open woodland gardens.
Not availablefor shipment to CA. Schizachyrium scoparium Blue Heaven (20)ct Flat Perennial Plant Nursery. Schizachyrium scoparium Blue Heaven ('MinnblueA' PP17310) Common Name: Grass-Ornamental, Little Bluestem Zone 3 to 9, Full sun. Plants reach 42 to 54 inches tall and 30 to 40 inches wide. Blue Heaven has a taller, more upright habit that does not tend to flop like the species. In the summer, the foliage color is a brighter steel blue color with purple highlights, looking almost iridescent up close.
From late summer through early fall, glossy purple panicles appear with fluffy tan seeds attached. The fall color is also improved over the species, including a mix of purple, blue, red, pink, burgundy, and orange pigments. Not available for shipment to CA Twenty (20) plants per flat (or tray). Click here for more ordering and shipping information. Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' (20)ct Flat Perennial Plant Nursery.