tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post4780114311139812838..comments2023-11-03T08:59:11.561-04:00Comments on May Dreams Gardens: Advice on Buying ShrubsCarol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-46768857870727150782007-09-27T13:45:00.000-04:002007-09-27T13:45:00.000-04:00Smart suggestions, and great teasing from your com...Smart suggestions, and great teasing from your commentors, Carol. I'm a bit behind in my reading, having been sick for several days, and there's a new tree in my yard waiting to be planted (a Blue Nootka false cypress), but no more shrubs this year. Really. Not buying any more. Well, maybe one or two....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-76099046738849288392007-09-25T20:42:00.000-04:002007-09-25T20:42:00.000-04:00Layanee... Little peeve? I'm just trying to help g...Layanee... Little peeve? I'm just trying to help gardeners sound like real gardeners!<BR/><BR/>Leslie... Thanks, and as long as you promise to refer to shrubs as shrubs from here on out, I won't go back and see if you wrote about 'bushes'.<BR/><BR/>Alyssa... I agree, and I hope I get good fall color on this sumac.<BR/><BR/>Gina... I hope this helps you when you go out to buy some new <I>shrubs</ICarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-31733593926064442812007-09-25T19:06:00.000-04:002007-09-25T19:06:00.000-04:00How timely your post is for me. I JUST now wrote...How timely your post is for me. I JUST now wrote about the new stroll garden that Jim and I are planning, with a picture at the end of the post of the layout done in hoses and flags. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, all we have done is figure out the shape of it. Now I am spending inordinate amounts of time standing around looking at the shapes, visualizing how it might look with plantings there. We healingmagichandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785882461027155830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-30644815941359095912007-09-25T11:15:00.000-04:002007-09-25T11:15:00.000-04:00Thanks for those advice! I've came to that kind of...Thanks for those advice! I've came to that kind of advice along the years, after having move several shrubs because they no longer fit there. The good thing is that I get a new garden without buying a plant :-) But I could have made it more comfortable, for me and for the shrubs :-)verobirdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968111905760607177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-85505764811342161572007-09-25T07:06:00.000-04:002007-09-25T07:06:00.000-04:00Great advice and I second Vonlafin - check out est...Great advice and I second Vonlafin - check out established bushy shrubs/shrubby bushes in the neighborhood and then visit them at your local public garden too. - You might come away with even more ideas! (Carol, you left the window wide open for all the teasing!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-39452712912560841182007-09-25T07:05:00.000-04:002007-09-25T07:05:00.000-04:00I like Annie's distinction.Filling in the gaps is ...I like Annie's distinction.<BR/><BR/>Filling in the gaps is fun, isn't it?Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418200517338216765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-4693797707079368572007-09-25T00:50:00.000-04:002007-09-25T00:50:00.000-04:00Oh, Carol - you crack me up! Next you'll be wantin...Oh, Carol - you crack me up! Next you'll be wanting my gardening friends to call themselves the Divas of the Soil. <BR/><BR/>How do you like this one? If I go to the nursery and pay money for something I want - it's a shrub. On the other hand, if it's been planted by someone else, I don't like it, but I'm stuck with it for awhile ... well that might just be a Bush. <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-29516343901378912662007-09-24T23:29:00.000-04:002007-09-24T23:29:00.000-04:00Good advice, but I would add one suggestion to you...Good advice, but I would add one suggestion to your list. Look around your neighborhood for a full grown specimen of the shrub that you are interested in buying. Then you can decide if you will like how it looks in 5-10 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-82520715217061888552007-09-24T22:57:00.000-04:002007-09-24T22:57:00.000-04:00carol - like layanne, I'm struggling not to say I ...carol - like layanne, I'm struggling not to say I LOVE YOUR BUSHES! <BR/><BR/>No, really, thanks for the great tips on buying shrubs. As you know, this is very timely for me...Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04119471756261855850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-9898766280977635952007-09-24T22:46:00.000-04:002007-09-24T22:46:00.000-04:00You're right about shrubs takin more research and ...You're right about shrubs takin more research and study than perennials, annuals, or bulbs. They are just more difficult (generally) and cumbersome to plant and who wants to go through that more than necessary. They are about the only things I check into very thoroughly - oh yes, they are more costly too. I love that little Sumac. Our wild Sumac turn such wonderful colors in the Fall - betterAlyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806756079227306837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-2257868343974899952007-09-24T21:40:00.000-04:002007-09-24T21:40:00.000-04:00Great info for us all to remember...especially the...Great info for us all to remember...especially the impulsive group of which I am one! And I am trying hard not to check all my old posts for the use of bush/shrub...I'm scared about what I'd find!<BR/>Your shrub looks and sounds great...it doesn't grow here so I've never seen one.growingagardenindavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959600840504166899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488599.post-83640216506002267582007-09-24T21:28:00.000-04:002007-09-24T21:28:00.000-04:00I'm feeling a bit devilish tonight and I like your...I'm feeling a bit devilish tonight and I like your new bushes....LOL I really mean shrubs! We all have our little peeves don't we? I hate it when people say loam(LOOM) rather than loam(as in roam)! Oh well! Love the new garden and am looking forward to seeing it evolve!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com