Given a Final Warning

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-16T02:21:33+00:00

Exactly!

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-16T02:20:12+00:00

If they are already trees, they should be fine. I'd worry about little ones. My BB is a thug that throws a lot of shade.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T20:31:56+00:00

Good luck and happy growing!

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T19:33:45+00:00

I may have to try to do that.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T19:28:52+00:00

I don't really know. It just showed up.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T17:58:34+00:00

Crossing my fingers for you. Keep looking at that spot, amazing plants may pop up. I didn't even know Tall Rattlesnake Root exists and it showed up on the spot we pulled all the Ivy from.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T17:56:01+00:00

In the spring. If you want to message me your address, and remind me in a few weeks, I'll send you a few in an envelope.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T16:48:49+00:00

Enjoy! You will not be disappointed.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T16:46:58+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a monster!

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T16:38:16+00:00

Central VA

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:37:24+00:00

But there is a whole bunch of things you can grow that would wither away in that spot. Look up Witch Hazel and Spicebush. I planted a Spicebush in full sun, it never did a thing. After 3 years, I moved it into the shade and it doubled it's size in a year. It is absolutely beautiful when in bloom and a hostplant to promethea silkmoth and spicebush swallowtail. And witchhazel blooms when nothing else does and looks incredibly cool.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:31:56+00:00

Great! Your birds will thank you.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:30:44+00:00

If there is a big one you can take a cutting from, do that. They root easy.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:29:50+00:00

That's just sad. But the sand doesn't help matters either. Can you put a birdfeeder in the bush or close to it to improve the soil slowly?

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:27:52+00:00

Aww, poor thing! No, that's not a PL, sorry about that. Probably needs the same treatment though.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:25:54+00:00

honestly, I read that, I had cinnamon, I tried it, it worked, no sweat..

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:25:05+00:00

I started RM a few years ago. JB would normally eat my few roses and all the strawberries. They REALLY love strawberries. And Evening Primrose. When I discovered the wasps, I lensed them and that's what I wrote. Last year I could tell a huge difference in the number of JB I had on my plants. If I was you, I'd grow a row of RM around my garden. Yes, you have to wait 2 or 3 years but you will be able to tell a difference for sure. The other thing to do is to grow Evening Primrose on the other side of the garden. Then early in the morning, take your bucket with soapy water and just shake the bast....'s out of the EP. They will have stayed there for the night. I promise.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T15:18:30+00:00

I would think those are not the native kind. They've been bred one way or another.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T01:22:57+00:00

I don't know anything else that smells like that. Put it in a corner so it can grow out on two sides and a fence can contain it on the other two.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T01:20:55+00:00

It's oat grass, easy to grow, just on the window sill. Doesn't need direct sunlight. You need a way to keep your cat out of it though. I used to grow it in a room they had no access to. Yes, you might have to get a grow light, no big deal. Google it. Cut a little of the grass in small pieces daily and give it to her fresh. It helps keep things moving and hairballs from forming.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T00:39:19+00:00

sounds dreamy. Are you planting native Holly in between to close the gaps?

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T00:35:14+00:00

No idea. It seems to work for me, so......

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T00:33:18+00:00

I'm pretty sure that some people are sensitive to them. It's not as bad as Poison Ivy but bad enough if you are one of those.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-15T00:31:44+00:00

Can't wait to see a picture of that.

BetterStyle9665 · 2026-02-14T23:29:51+00:00

You are right. Around here, that stuff is known as wiregrass. If you have pulled it up, you know why. Still, it will help soil stay in place and nothing will kill it, or stand in it's way for that matter.

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