A Visit to Cistus Nursery
I rarely go to nurseries anymore since I work part-time at one and another reason being that I don't have much room for additional plants. When a garden fanatic runs out of room, the brain goes into overdrive, dreaming up ingenious ways to incorporate more plants. And another thing happens - a burning desire to obtain rare and unique plants. I've been moving plants around, a tricky process that has a domino effect. A plant is unhappy - it is getting too much shade or perhaps too much sun. There is a plant that did not get as large as you thought it would or it is just a slow grower and now it is hopelessly hidden behind a taller plant. Sometimes a plant is just a dud for reasons unknown (Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' anyone?). I find the plant in question a better home, but it means that another plant will have to be moved. And the merry-go-round continues to turn... However, for those plants that are to be discarded, a space opens up for a new one! I decided to move a Mou...
That looks pretty upsetting. Hope you can find the hydrangea. But it is always fun to plan a new bed, a good way to put a positive spin on it.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness what a mess! I would be a nervous wreck. It’s good you can make light of the situation and you’re already planning your new bed. I have ten trees and eight shrubs planted on an easement that I wasn't aware of, I just didn't think about it. One of my biggest fears it that one day I will come home and the telephone company will have ripped them up for something. They already came in one time and completely destroyed a bed and left it for me to find when I got home. No note, apology or anything. I heard somewhere that if you put up a No Trespassing sign they have to get permission before entering enclosed property. Does anyone know if that's true?
ReplyDeleteEvery gardener's nightmare, right? Not only a plumbing problem, but a plumbing problem in a nicely landscaped area. I mean, why couldn't god have put it in a place that already needed some good tilling??
ReplyDeleteA word of encouragement: I had the same thing done a few years ago including having one of my hydrangeas dug up. It sat with its roots exposed on top of a pile of dirt for more than a week in January. After the trench had been filled in and my new porch and sidewalk built, I replanted the hydrangea and crossed my fingers. It survived the ordeal and has bloomed every year since.
ReplyDeleteHaving to go through this kind of repair enters all gardeners' nightmares, doesn't it? Maybe you'll find enough of the hydrangea to start it up again.
ReplyDeletePhillip, is burying the pipes only 2-feet still in code & considered safe in your area? The ground doesn't usually freeze here, but in IL the frost went deep. I think 4-feet was the rule there so the 7-to-8-foot depth is interesting.
Along with your other readers I'm trying to learn about Alabama's weather.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Best of luck, Phillip!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your words of encouragement. Hopefully, it will all be over soon and I can get the garden back in order and we won't have to worry about our plumbing backing up again.
ReplyDeleteHydrangeas are tough birds so if I do retrieve it, I think it will be okay. Heaven knows I have enough of them anyway so I shouldn't be upset if this one is doomed.
Annie, I have no idea about the plumbing codes but I trust the plumber. We rarely have long freezes - we might get a hard freeze now and then but it usually doesn't stay cold long.
I'm sure you're new bed will be even better than it was.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, you sure have colorful soils.
I'm with Annie...best to go cautious with that sort of thing. Anyhow, I feel your pain! Planning some major renovations myself, I figured my best bet was to move all my plants out of harm's way in advance (to pots, beds, whatever) and save myself the stress. (Heh, well SOME of it, anyway! ;-)
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