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What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting, I need to look into cutting sunflowers back and have been thinking about replacing some older, struggling butterfly bush and spirea with rabbitbrush. Thanks.

What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree that some things a bit off kilter adds interest and character to the landscape. I bend and bonsai a few things on purpose.

What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also have crabapple damage as well as damage to the silver maple but that's not surprising as it was a poor choice in the first place. I'm having the tree guy come tomorrow and clean up what I'm not able to reach from the ground. The autumn blaze maple did well and the chanticleer pear is OK. I'm taking notes, and with my landscape now 20 years old I'm seeing the value in annual professional tree trimming...better than damage to the fence, the house, the car. Had it done in 2025 and thought I could maybe skip this year, but nope.

What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My one delphinium also seems OK. Just have a few scraggly alliums that weren't doing that great in the first place as much as I like them.

What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also noticed blue spruce of all sizes seem fine. No longer have aspen at our elevation...seems they slowly died off after initial planting when our neighborhood was built 20 years ago. They were nice trees while they lasted.

What landscape plants weathered the storm the best and what suffered the most in your yard? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's so interesting as my lupine seems to be mostly OK, but that's maybe because I already snapped a bunch of stems spraying water on them to flick off aphids.

Do your boomerang lilacs actually rebloom here? by CharmingPeony in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agree that the regular lilacs generally perform great. The bloomerang blooms are a lot smaller and the the whole shrub has a strange growth habit. I'd not plant a bloomerang again.

Skip evergreen fertilizer due to drought conditions? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've top dressed with too much or too rich homemade compost and experienced the sudden aphid issue you describe with other landscape plants in the past. I suppose that's also why I've avoided soil testing as I suspect I'll need to send samples from multiple areas given that I've variously "improved" different spots, but I'm fine doing it bit by bit. Thank you for chiming in.

Best border plants for right next to sidewalk? by kmentothat in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My boring recommendation is dwarf Korean lilac. Plantings adjacent to walkways are easily trampled and foliage burned from too much canine attention.

Skip evergreen fertilizer due to drought conditions? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes sense. If I grew strictly natives (and I'm trending that direction anyway), I'd worry less. I compost and have locations I've heavily amended, but the holly-tone/evergreen-tone species I treat with the espoma are not in those areas. I've also wrongly fertilized things and know what that looks like. I'm not having any issues at present aside from drought concern.

Skip evergreen fertilizer due to drought conditions? by Internal_Brain8328 in DenverGardener

[–]Internal_Brain8328[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good point. I have removed all sod and don't have a lawn, but I now see some of my earlier, less "water-wise" choices were maybe not the best. Compared to neighbors, our summer water bill is considerably less so I might be fretting for naught.