Mystery garden - Page 3

Pico and ME · 03-13-2009, 02:07 PM

Hydrangeas are really pretty until after a hard rainstorm..then they just look like sad sacks.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 05:51 PM

Update!
Jinx, you got the prize!

In this pic, a Clematis (beautiful purple blossoms, now gone) with an Andromeda and a big honkin' hosta. There are lots of hostas in the yard, what with all the shade.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 05:52 PM

This is a red honeysuckle -- there's one near the front door, too.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 05:53 PM

A couple of general photos... We power-washed the patio this weekend.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 05:57 PM

...And now for some questions: what's a weed??
I have things growing in clumps (that seem to be premeditated, for want of a better word) that I don't recognize as out-right weeds, but I don't know what they are. I've circled them in red.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 05:58 PM

And some pretty-ish groundcover? near the patio:

Pie · 05-31-2009, 06:00 PM

We are surrounded by huge, honkin' tulip trees that spread their blossoms and seeds everywhere!

capnhowdy · 05-31-2009, 06:07 PM

I don't know a bunch about plants and such. But I do know this: You have a killer ass yard and home. Very nice. It is relaxing to me just to see the pics.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2009, 06:14 PM

In the top picture the red circle on the right I'm pretty sure is a weed, I've got tons of it. Tulip trees are really messy.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 06:45 PM

Thanks, Capn!

Bruce, I almost pulled them out today. Tomorrow, I won't show them any mercy!!

Oh, and any idea what this shrub is?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2009, 07:06 PM

I figure if it's green, and not in the way, to hell with it. You could also try smoking it.

glatt · 05-31-2009, 08:51 PM

None of them are poison ivy. So you are good.

monster · 05-31-2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

...And now for some questions: what's a weed??
I have things growing in clumps (that seem to be premeditated, for want of a better word) that I don't recognize as out-right weeds, but I don't know what they are. I've circled them in red.

if you like it, it's not a weed. if you don't like it, it is a weed.

the thing top right in the circle could be day lilies. you know the type you get in pots from florists that stink and shed pollen but people seem to like them.

Pie · 05-31-2009, 10:15 PM

They don't have any buds (yet). They also seem a little skinny for day lilies (which we did have at our old house). Hmm.

monster · 05-31-2009, 10:24 PM

weedwhack the fuckers then

05-31-2009, 05:51 PM	#32
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Update! Jinx, you got the prize! In this pic, a Clematis (beautiful purple blossoms, now gone) with an Andromeda and a big honkin' hosta. There are lots of hostas in the yard, what with all the shade. Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 05:52 PM	#33
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	This is a red honeysuckle -- there's one near the front door, too. Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 05:53 PM	#34
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	A couple of general photos... We power-washed the patio this weekend. Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 05:57 PM	#35
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	...And now for some questions: what's a weed?? I have things growing in clumps (that seem to be premeditated, for want of a better word) that I don't recognize as out-right weeds, but I don't know what they are. I've circled them in red. Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 05:58 PM	#36
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	And some pretty-ish groundcover? near the patio: Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-13-2009, 02:07 PM	#31
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Hydrangeas are really pretty until after a hard rainstorm..then they just look like sad sacks.

05-31-2009, 06:00 PM	#37
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	We are surrounded by huge, honkin' tulip trees that spread their blossoms and seeds everywhere! Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 06:07 PM	#38
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I don't know a bunch about plants and such. But I do know this: You have a killer ass yard and home. Very nice. It is relaxing to me just to see the pics. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-31-2009, 06:14 PM	#39
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	In the top picture the red circle on the right I'm pretty sure is a weed, I've got tons of it. Tulip trees are really messy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2009, 06:45 PM	#40
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Thanks, Capn! Bruce, I almost pulled them out today. Tomorrow, I won't show them any mercy!! Oh, and any idea what this shrub is? Attached Images __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 07:06 PM	#41
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I figure if it's green, and not in the way, to hell with it. You could also try smoking it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-31-2009, 08:51 PM	#42
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	None of them are poison ivy. So you are good.

05-31-2009, 10:15 PM	#44
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	They don't have any buds (yet). They also seem a little skinny for day lilies (which we did have at our old house). Hmm. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-31-2009, 10:24 PM	#45
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	weedwhack the fuckers then __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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