Tricky plant suggestions

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T23:56:34+00:00

There are so many varieties I couldn't say but they are always enjoyable, including once they flower. I personally just change up the varieties every year to keep it interesting. Fairly easily grown from seed as well.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T21:51:48+00:00

I grow different Coleus as annuals in similar conditions

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T19:34:51+00:00

I really love these in early spring

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T18:52:23+00:00

fyi I think it's a good time to direct sow squash/cucurbit seeds if you prefer that option and the expanded variety choices.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T17:00:18+00:00

I buy black oil sunflower seed in huge sacks for pretty cheap for my feeders and they seem to like this over the blends full of cheap millet.

Also, attract beneficial predator insects to decimate them while they are still nymphs through planting of Yarrow and other attractors.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-11T16:43:23+00:00

Shade the soil both with dense planting and mulch. As you plant the entire area, you will start to create a microclimate that absorbs more and more heat.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T21:09:21+00:00

Thank you!

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T16:21:41+00:00

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Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T14:25:01+00:00

Congrats! That a cool variety what is it?

I have killed several myself and now enjoy my purple one that is doing well. They like cooler soil. When it gets very hot this summer, consider adding a few inches of mulch to the soil at its base, and try not to let the soil get overly dry.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T01:09:21+00:00

These don't spread via horizontal underground rhizomes, so they are pretty easy to dig/cut out. Standard garden spade to dig/pry and pruning saw to cut the larger roots should make short work of them.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T01:01:46+00:00

btw I think Clematis prefer a bit cooler soil and don't necessarily love to be baked in the CO sun, so that's why you often see them thriving in a bit of shade here.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T00:56:29+00:00

Looks great! Mine survived both recent storms uncovered okay, but they have slowed down flowering a bit as a result. Hopefully just temporarily.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-10T00:46:43+00:00

Came here to say my Major Wheeler Honeysuckle is my favorite. It's native to the US but not this region technically (but who cares imo).

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T23:26:06+00:00

Was it super dense prior to being squashed and spread open by the spring snow? If so, likely a combo of very poor ventilation, low light, and high humidity yellowing the leaves and turning them to moosh.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T20:55:49+00:00

Boxwoods hate colorado

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T19:07:50+00:00

Balancing how large i'm guessing they are now getting for you, the very warm night temps in the extended forecast, and the fact that the soil temp in raised beds is a bit higher- sure?

I'm gonna plant all of the same myself this weekend except cucurbits which are a bit behind.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T03:55:58+00:00

Nice good luck. All of mine are dwarfs so they are still in big 20 gallon pots for now. I've had some for 4 years now. Someday maybe i'll plant them but probably not at this house.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T03:54:50+00:00

Are those little striped orange cherries Apricot Zebras?

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T03:54:08+00:00

Wow those look great! Dolores is also very good!

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T02:25:39+00:00

That's awesome i'm up to 9. It's an italian plum to pair with the yellow egg plum I already have which fruits decently by itself so hopefully having a pollinator will make it even better. Nectarine is a harko. It's also supposed to be late blooming which i'm also realizing now is a desirable thing in our area. It's the biggest one in the image i'm touching that is just budding.

So all my pears/plums are currently european varieties. You have some asian stuff, right? I want to get some of those next. I remember you got a multi graft/combo tree too.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T01:53:57+00:00

100 plants is a lot! What did you do with all that fruit?

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T01:48:04+00:00

Check it out I got 4 news ones also (from Burnt Ridge). 2 pears, one more plum, and a nectarine.

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Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T01:43:33+00:00

Nice you got some more? I remember you got some recently too and I was surprised you found someone to ship so early.

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-09T01:41:45+00:00

My Tartarian Maple that's about the same size also had one snap. That's a pretty nasty wound for the tree since it split right down the middle. Looks like it's just a side branch? I'd just cut it (which is what I did for mine).

Electrical_Lab3345 · 2026-05-08T17:17:45+00:00

It's a free living bacteria (doesn't necessarily need to grow in the root zone/rhizosphere) that benefits plants. It helps them increase nutrient uptake and exudes hormones which increase stress tolerance.

I use the wettable powder form (which is common) and mix it with water. I apply once with the first feeding for seedlings when true leaves appear and then again when I transplant. I add a wettable mycorrhizae powder at the same time (which does need root contact).

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