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My Patio Garden Last Summer
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Posted by SummerBreezeNY z7 Long Island (My Page) on Thu, May 22, 03 at 14:06
| And the Elephant Ears survived the brutal winter we had and already are starting to leaf :)
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Garden basket I created with double impatients, caladium, and vinca vine. Elephant ears growing direct in the ground below are returning this year.
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RE: My Patio Garden Last Summer
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| Very nice! (Is the vinca vine the variegated one? Was that an annual or perennial?) And how did you protect the EE's in the ground for the winter? Rosana |
RE: My Patio Garden Last Summer
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| Hi Rosana, Thank you for the compliment. Yes, the vinca vine is the variegated kind. They sell it at both Keil Brothers and Garden World. My EE's are another story. Originally they were planted in the back section of my yard. When they had about 3 big leaves on them I dug up the whole bulb (which was a mass of roots at that point) and moved it to the location in the photo above (the photo with the basket above it). The reason I did this was because a neighbor of mine has "almost" this same species and his comes back every year. It's close to the foundation, the soil never freezes in the winter. It's like a different zone. When the leaves died back late last October, I just trimmed off the leaf stalks, covered it thickly with pine needles. As mentioned, it survived. Late March I noticed 2 little nubs popping the surface and as of today I have leaves on both. The EE's in the top photo (by my back door) show no signs of any growth yet. I doubt they survived. |
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