Garden...

[Bill]

You really are some fancy gardener, huh. I've grown tomatoes before but that's about it.

It is kinda therapeutic...

One of my daughters has done very well her first year...

I have started doing flowers, mostly sunflowers for birds, bees & butterflies...

[Bill]

I bought these tulip bulbs online last fall, planted them and forgot about them. They are so beautiful in person.

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Very nice...

[Ahill]

Lol...I have a few shotguns. I’d let you borrow one. I feel your pain.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Never been much of a gardener as in fruits and vegetables but do like flowers and plants.

While my favorites are tulips, gerbera daisies and many other beautiful plants which can't tolerate deadly heat, I recently planted some variegated purple/white and purple petunias, marigolds, celosia, lilies, kalanchoes in several colors, dusty rose, purple and red salvia (separate, of course, lol). I also have banana trees, elephant ears, bromeliads, angel trumpets, confederate jasmine and a huge birds of paradise, it's actually 3 plants together. Those bloom in late summer to "fall" here. I planted a crape myrtle recently, one of the larger Natchez varieties, and bought two perennial red hibiscus trees this weekend. Being in hot climates is limiting as I'd like to have things like lavender but can't ever get it to grow.

Like clothes shopping, plants can become addictive.

Holy moly! Pls post some pics of all this wonderful beauty!

[ThatOwlWoman]

I bought these tulip bulbs online last fall, planted them and forgot about them. They are so beautiful in person.

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Gorgeous!!!

[ThatOwlWoman]

They're zoned 3-8. I got them from Holland Bulbs.

I think LiG is in Zone 213 or something. lol We have too many varmints here to even try tulips. Mice, chipmunks, voles, squirrels. Our first fall Mr. Owl helped me plant 50 daffodil bulbs along the verge between forest and lawn. There are only a few left. So much for the rumor that they're toxic!

[ThatOwlWoman]

It is kinda therapeutic...

One of my daughters has done very well her first year...

I have started doing flowers, mostly sunflowers for birds, bees & butterflies...

Do you have a hard time getting plants there due to California's stringent regulations? I often see in plant catalogs that they can't ship to certain states.

[christiefan915]

I think LiG is in Zone 213 or something. lol We have too many varmints here to even try tulips. Mice, chipmunks, voles, squirrels. Our first fall Mr. Owl helped me plant 50 daffodil bulbs along the verge between forest and lawn. There are only a few left. So much for the rumor that they're toxic!

Did you check your surroundings for dead bodies, lol?

[Life is Golden]

Holy moly! Pls post some pics of all this wonderful beauty!

Will do. Finally got a little rain today!

[Life is Golden]

I think LiG is in Zone 213 or something. lol We have too many varmints here to even try tulips. Mice, chipmunks, voles, squirrels. Our first fall Mr. Owl helped me plant 50 daffodil bulbs along the verge between forest and lawn. There are only a few left. So much for the rumor that they're toxic!

I just looked it up and it says my county is 8b/9a, whatever that means. lol

Can you grow lavender there?

[ThatOwlWoman]

Did you check your surroundings for dead bodies, lol?

Eww, no. That's what we have ravens for. lol

[ThatOwlWoman]

I just looked it up and it says my county is 8b/9a, whatever that means. lol

Can you grow lavender there?

No, it's not winter-hardy. I would love to grow it though. I suppose I could treat it like I do the ginormous rosemary and bring it in in the fall? I bet it's one of the deer-resistant perennials, wouldn't you think, given the oils, texture, and fragrance?

[Life is Golden]

No, it's not winter-hardy. I would love to grow it though. I suppose I could treat it like I do the ginormous rosemary and bring it in in the fall? I bet it's one of the deer-resistant perennials, wouldn't you think, given the oils, texture, and fragrance?

I wonder where it grows best. I tried some once and it died, as I remember it's very sensitive to water. Idk but it smells wonderful.....

[Jade Dragon]

I think LiG is in Zone 213 or something. lol We have too many varmints here to even try tulips. Mice, chipmunks, voles, squirrels. Our first fall Mr. Owl helped me plant 50 daffodil bulbs along the verge between forest and lawn. There are only a few left. So much for the rumor that they're toxic!

You can always put out hot pepper powder around the plant site. They won't be able to smell them over the powder, and they won't want near the area. I assume you might need to reapply after awhile.

[ThatOwlWoman]

I wonder where it grows best. I tried some once and it died, as I remember it's very sensitive to water. Idk but it smells wonderful.....

I think it only grows well in a certain field in England. lol