Flower baskets

[Mags]

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Acer

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.....and this little garden pest lays on everything as soon as it's planted!:roll::lol:

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[Moli]

Wow Mags, what a beautiful show.....yours are way further on than mine.....Your Acer is really doing well....
Love the little flower in the last picture!!:) :D

[Mags]

Thanks Moli!

I ought to call her Blossom!! :-D

[dandysmom]

Lovely baskets! And the little acer is looking good, but the garden pest is my fave, bless her! Does she have her own catnip patch to lie on/on?

[bobbie3917]

its looking great Mags

[Mags]

Lovely baskets! And the little acer is looking good, but the garden pest is my fave, bless her! Does she have her own catnip patch to lie on/on?

No she doesn't Eileen, I'll have to get some and try her on it ........though I think she prefers my plants! :lol:

[dandysmom]

[/b]No she doesn't Eileen, I'll have to get some and try her on it ........though I think she prefers my plants! :lol:

I am a firm believer that every cat should have his/her very own catnip patch! And it re seeds itself like mad so you never need to buy any more :D...I have volunteer seedlings all over the back yard, most of them in the new vegetable patch !:D

[Kazz]

Wow Mags your's are further on than mine about a week I think there again you are nearer the South..then me then Moli....

The Acer is looking good too...are you really sure thats not a ringer brought in for the pictures ? ;)

And good luck at keeping Madam off the basets I never managed it, but I did try this is the first year I have not had to Cleo proof the baskets before they are hung, and I miss it.

[Mags]

Thanks Kazz, we are lucky down here that it's quite a bit milder ....it certainly makes a difference.

No that is my acer :lol: it has grown quite a bit since Moli told me to top dress it!;)

[Moli]

Thanks Kazz, we are lucky down here that it's quite a bit milder ....it certainly makes a difference.

No that is my acer :lol: it has grown quite a bit since Moli told me to top dress it!;)
Did you top dress it Mags????and did you fleece it during the winter??

[Mags]

Yes Moli I did........do I need to feed it as well?

I put a fleece on it from October until late March..

[Moli]

You should not feed it for about 4 weeks if you have top dressed it Mags....mine was in the greenhouse all winter...but twice the glass was smashed with the wind...its growing well now, but not as big as yours or Kazz's...

[Mags]

You should not feed it for about 4 weeks if you have top dressed it Mags....mine was in the greenhouse all winter...but twice the glass was smashed with the wind...its growing well now, but not as big as yours or Kazz's...
I remember your acer was bushier than mine last year too..:D

[Moli]

Will take some pictures tomorow..

[Kim]

Looks lovely Mags!

[Mags]

Thanks Kim :D

[Kazz]

I think you two are spoiling your Acers mine will start getting jealous and moving on out.....I stick mine in soil and if in a pot make sure it has enough water on hot days....thats it.....no food no fleece, just a change of the compost on the top every now and again.......:(

[Moli]

I think you two are spoiling your Acers mine will start getting jealous and moving on out.....I stick mine in soil and if in a pot make sure it has enough water on hot days....thats it.....no food no fleece, just a change of the compost on the top every now and again.......:(Maybe thats what I am doing wrong!!Pampering it too much, your is a beauty Kazz...

[Kazz]

I really don't do anymore to mine Moli I tell you what I put in the pots though John Innes No3....for Mature plants.........really seems to work I mix it 75% of that to 25% compost.....

[Mags]

I wouldn't like to risk it in the frost Kazz .......mine is in a big pot and the fleece comes right down over the pot just incase the roots freeze :?

[Moli]

I would lose mine if i left it out, had a couple in the garden and lost both last winter...
I bought special compost, just for Acers...:?

[Mags]

I would lose mine if i left it out, had a couple in the garden and lost both last winter...
I bought special compost, just for Acers...:?
I use ericaceous compost...is that what you use Moli?

[Moli]

I use ericaceous compost...is that what you use Moli?Yep, thanks Mags, could not spell it!!:oops: :lol:

[Mags]

I bought 3 azaleas today, I use the same compost for those too...

[dandysmom]

Oooh, what color azaleas, Mags?

[Mags]

A pink, white and a purple/pink.....:D I don't think they will flower this year now :?.......although I hope they surprise me and do!;):lol:

[dandysmom]

Who knows? One of my weird amaryllis is reblooming today...late May...supposed to bloom in mid Winter..

[Mags]

Global warming is playing tricks on us! ;)