Comments on: My Front Garden, or ‘Still the Same’ http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/ by Ivette Soler Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lesli http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Lesli Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:37:55 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-561 I love your front garden. Wow. A visual orgy of color and happiness. I love your front garden. Wow. A visual orgy of color and happiness.

]]> By: Karen http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Karen Fri, 22 May 2009 05:50:43 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-327 If I saw this garden on the street as I walked by, I would definitely stop and take pictures, ooh and ah, smile and have a better day as a result. Whatever you do, it's up to you and no snooty lady should make you change anything! I actually would second ditching the cypresses but what do I know. I just don't like skinny trees! I'm impressed that you've had the energy to do all of that - I am lazy and tend to leave things be. If I saw this garden on the street as I walked by, I would definitely stop and take pictures, ooh and ah, smile and have a better day as a result. Whatever you do, it’s up to you and no snooty lady should make you change anything! I actually would second ditching the cypresses but what do I know. I just don’t like skinny trees! I’m impressed that you’ve had the energy to do all of that – I am lazy and tend to leave things be.

]]> By: Suasoria http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Suasoria Sun, 17 May 2009 07:10:12 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-288 My WBAC is rather upright with various "arms akimbo." It's about eight or nine feet tall. The preference does seem to be training them to stay lower and more "recumbent" since that is more dramatic, but tall skinny ones are out there, usually with the trunks trained into S shapes. I don't know how big they get but they are slow growers - and fun to play with! I'll try to take a picture of mine soon. My WBAC is rather upright with various “arms akimbo.” It’s about eight or nine feet tall. The preference does seem to be training them to stay lower and more “recumbent” since that is more dramatic, but tall skinny ones are out there, usually with the trunks trained into S shapes.

I don’t know how big they get but they are slow growers – and fun to play with! I’ll try to take a picture of mine soon.

]]> By: chuck b. http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-277 chuck b. Sat, 16 May 2009 01:43:50 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-277 Would pruning the cypresses into spiral topiaries have been dated or uncool? I would like to do that I think. Would pruning the cypresses into spiral topiaries have been dated or uncool? I would like to do that I think.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-271 germinatrix Fri, 15 May 2009 23:39:02 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-271 Guess what, Susa - I took out 2 of them! Actually, I had my Minion do it while I was in Mexico ... I told him to take out all three, but he just couldn't do in the last one. He begged me to keep it, so I will. It can be an odd speciman. I think I'm going to pop in a bunch of uprights - Euphorbia ingens and Cleistocactus - but a weeping blue atlas! My goodness, would that be sexy or WHAT? I've got to see how big they get - I haven't got alot of room. But I LOVE the idea of blue and weepy. LOVE! Guess what, Susa – I took out 2 of them! Actually, I had my Minion do it while I was in Mexico … I told him to take out all three, but he just couldn’t do in the last one. He begged me to keep it, so I will. It can be an odd speciman.
I think I’m going to pop in a bunch of uprights – Euphorbia ingens and Cleistocactus – but a weeping blue atlas! My goodness, would that be sexy or WHAT? I’ve got to see how big they get – I haven’t got alot of room. But I LOVE the idea of blue and weepy.
LOVE!

]]> By: Suasoria http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Suasoria Fri, 15 May 2009 23:07:50 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-269 I have to admit the cypresses don't seem to fit. But a weeping blue atlas cedar...that would work!! I have to admit the cypresses don’t seem to fit. But a weeping blue atlas cedar…that would work!!

]]> By: home before dark http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-212 home before dark Sat, 02 May 2009 14:03:07 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-212 I got here trying to get ideas to finally plant my front garden. This is the first year we have NO GRASS. It's taken me 20 years (five on the front yard) to conquer a slope and build stone terraces and staircases. Your garden looks smashing: personal, passionate and well loved. Great job. I'm turning off the computer and going to finish some cleanup before we get another couple of days of rain and use the image of your garden to day dream as I do the mundanes. Thanks for the uplift. I got here trying to get ideas to finally plant my front garden. This is the first year we have NO GRASS. It’s taken me 20 years (five on the front yard) to conquer a slope and build stone terraces and staircases. Your garden looks smashing: personal, passionate and well loved. Great job. I’m turning off the computer and going to finish some cleanup before we get another couple of days of rain and use the image of your garden to day dream as I do the mundanes. Thanks for the uplift.

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-192 germinatrix Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:28:44 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-192 Marci - was it a slip of the keyboard, or did you purposely mix the words 'cotinus' and 'coitus' into 'coitinus'?!? I LOVE IT!!! It's the vibe this blog has been taking lately ... all these bloomspikes and hummingbirds feeding and pollination - sex sex SEX!!! I agree with you - MORE COITUS IN THE GARDEN (that is what I first saw when I read your comment, and I fell over. I literally fell over.) Marci – was it a slip of the keyboard, or did you purposely mix the words ‘cotinus’ and ‘coitus’ into ‘coitinus’?!?

I LOVE IT!!!

It’s the vibe this blog has been taking lately … all these bloomspikes and hummingbirds feeding and pollination – sex sex SEX!!!

I agree with you – MORE COITUS IN THE GARDEN (that is what I first saw when I read your comment, and I fell over. I literally fell over.)

]]> By: germinatrix http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-185 germinatrix Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:41:35 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-185 I know, JCharlier! My house is not the shade of an eggplant - YET!!! It is still going to happen ... probably in the late summer. Jan and I are slow at getting around to the major things - we hem and haw alot. And I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that the ivy has to come down! It'll grow back, I know, BUT STILL! I know, JCharlier! My house is not the shade of an eggplant – YET!!! It is still going to happen … probably in the late summer. Jan and I are slow at getting around to the major things – we hem and haw alot. And I am having a hard time dealing with the fact that the ivy has to come down! It’ll grow back, I know, BUT STILL!

]]> By: JCharlier http://thegerminatrix.com/2009/04/25/my-front-garden-or-still-the-same/comment-page-1/#comment-183 JCharlier Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:12:45 +0000 http://thegerminatrix.com/?p=131#comment-183 Hey - what happened? I thought you were going to paint the house? Where's those deep colors you wanted? Hey – what happened? I thought you were going to paint the house? Where’s those deep colors you wanted?

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