tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post2838169043060474006..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Dear Hortense: Spacing Plants in a GardenCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-19108709116617003352011-05-18T09:10:40.809-04:002011-05-18T09:10:40.809-04:00It's not that I planted 2 things in the same p...It's not that I planted 2 things in the same place, it's that something planted itself (usually a violet, but this year poppies) in the same place as another plant. Ambulatory plants can be a challenge.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-81121639439696326782011-05-18T08:58:49.378-04:002011-05-18T08:58:49.378-04:00Somehow I escaped ever taking a physics class, so ...Somehow I escaped ever taking a physics class, so I'm glad you explained "The Pauli Exclusion Principle," Carol:) Too bad I didn't learn that before I planted my shade garden, but I'm trying to do better as I plant my newest flowerbed. <br /><br />I do think there's one exception to this principle, however: I've discovered dandelions can occupy the exact same Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-24673406015986559722011-05-18T08:04:53.663-04:002011-05-18T08:04:53.663-04:00Think of all the students who complain about havin...Think of all the students who complain about having to learn such principles thinking they will never have any practical need for them. I'm glad you were - and are - a good student - and teacher.Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-34427133878681495002011-05-17T11:07:22.645-04:002011-05-17T11:07:22.645-04:00Gail I agree with you on the susans. They ate up m...Gail I agree with you on the susans. They ate up my campanula last year and are going to gobble the newly planted iris this spring. Time to root prune.Greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01477332422559225832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-61757086542402913652011-05-17T07:27:48.433-04:002011-05-17T07:27:48.433-04:00Please don't tell my garden! Several plants ha...Please don't tell my garden! Several plants have reached detente and all is calm. Except with the Susans~They are all about garden domination. gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-62712205043616387272011-05-17T07:13:21.062-04:002011-05-17T07:13:21.062-04:00Ha, a friend of mine and I were just discussing th...Ha, a friend of mine and I were just discussing this Pauli Exclusion Principle the other day. She stated how I don't adhere to that principle and she does. We didn't know that we were discussing this particular principle but I can't wait to tell her about this. There is always a scientific way to discuss things.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-57284319606096802322011-05-17T06:53:09.713-04:002011-05-17T06:53:09.713-04:00Well said, which is why new gardens, done right, l...Well said, which is why new gardens, done right, look so sparse and get those funny looks from visitors. (You know the look.... "wow, does she think this looks good?")<br /><br />My question, though, is with climbers. A rose and a clematis sharing the same trellis may be not be spaced three feet apart as is often recommended. How does one get around that?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024791145077764161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-60549760435196026492011-05-17T06:50:18.776-04:002011-05-17T06:50:18.776-04:00I don't know. You can put two plants in the sa...I don't know. You can put two plants in the same space and one example is your photo...bulbs, which can go under later blooming plants. Or, bulbs can be planted in the lawn. Does the physics law apply only to above ground space rather than layered?Jo Ellen Meyers Sharphttp://hoosiergardener.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-16569255372451080542011-05-17T06:06:22.732-04:002011-05-17T06:06:22.732-04:00In our case, it is always a sweet garden plant and...In our case, it is always a sweet garden plant and violets seeding themselves right in the middle of the sweet one, then growing so large as to crowd and choke sweetie out. I didn't know there was a name for that. But love love love the Allium karativiense!Fairegardenhttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-21603170214828327072011-05-17T00:16:02.183-04:002011-05-17T00:16:02.183-04:00So well said! :)So well said! :)Shyrlenehttp://thebunniesbuffet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com