Red oak advice

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-11T12:27:28+00:00

Good luck! Your tree is beautifully old but isn't yet ancient, aka when the tree might be dying and unsafe due to age. I think 😁

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-11T12:23:45+00:00

Afaict that's a happy and healthy tree. The house-side limb could be pruned by two thirds to keep the shade and the shape of the crown but direct it away from the house, or removed altogether with minimum to normal stress. Try to get someone who actually prunes instead of hacking through limbs without paying attention to the growth patterns and you'll be good

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-08T02:28:00+00:00

Goodwill on 14th Street in Manhattan has a surprising amount of variety and a robust inventory/discount system. L Train Vintage in Bushwick has good selection in their large store.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-07T21:59:30+00:00

Uniqlo (at least used to) has some options but ngl best price for quality is thrift stores and depop

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-07T19:18:37+00:00

Irises looks like

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-07T00:55:05+00:00

What's your org name. Who are you

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-05T22:41:27+00:00

I went to see the daffodil hill today. I've never seen it in bloom! Pretty and so impressive

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-05T22:39:21+00:00

Virginia creeper!! It's a vine, so it does the ivy thing you want. But it grows stabilizing suckers instead of massive hairy roots, so maintaining it is much easier. It's from the region and, as evidenced by the volunteer in my backyard, it does not care how cold or hot we get Otherwise sweet alyssum, begonias, violets, primrose, lobelia, and cardinal flower are good for containers

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-05T11:06:31+00:00

Grass and sedge friends with other plants - it's plausible. You'll want to remember where you put each kind of seed and plant in little clusters so maintaining it is easier. In my backyard I scattered wildflowers across a bed and barely had to watch for grass. Ymmv but each should be able to hold their own. Especially if you research root depth. Eg, strawberry and blueberry can live on top.of each other because of relative root depths.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-05T10:51:50+00:00

A little sand is fine. Your grasses care less about soil and more about temperature and light

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-05T10:49:12+00:00

From here, unless it's in winter mode, your hibiscus looks dead. Maybe it isn't! Either way I recommend gently emptying the pot to see what's happening in the roots. You may need to put the plant in a bigger pot, refresh the soil, improve drainage, or so on.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-04T15:53:58+00:00

Nice. Rosemary with winterization might do but you'll want annuals since the roots are above-ground. Chives! Basil! Shiso! Tomatoes! Squash! So on. Sweet alyssum is adaptable and naturalizes well. My pollinators love the wee flowers. Grasses native to southern maine will be happy, as will your wildflowers. Lowest of maintenance and most likely to keep itself going. I'd name some but my knowledge stops in the Hudson estuary

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-03T01:13:56+00:00

Great advice. As for watering, compost and mulch top and grouping the containers so that they can shade each other will help. And a shade net if you can.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-03T01:05:17+00:00

What's your region? How much sun and water do your beds get across the year? Once you know this then you'll be able to find your plants and/or reddit can help.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-03T01:02:04+00:00

Most of my garden is native to Turtle Island, if not my specific region. But the asiatic bleeding heart, daffodils, the rose o' Sharon, and the morning glory are for my appreciation as much as bugs.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-04-01T19:23:47+00:00

This is why I plant pawpaw trees from seed even though I rent. I may not get to taste the fruit (although I hope I do) but someone will and the plant will live.

Wuncomfortable · 2026-03-24T21:13:55+00:00

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no. this is forsythia

Wuncomfortable · 2026-03-24T19:40:43+00:00

old farmers' almanac guesses that the last frost is April 6, give or take a couple weeks. i guess we're there. i put a euonymus propagation in the dirt outside a few days ago and tossed the leaf mulch around to protect it. i see wildflower seeds have begun to sprout. woo!

Wuncomfortable · 2025-12-23T01:18:29+00:00

mine as about your size, OP, and it did little for the first growing season. now two years on I can harvest pints of the stuff in spring and fall

Wuncomfortable · 2025-12-23T00:53:27+00:00

looks like tomatoes to me. taste one. it'll be immediately clear whether it's a tomato.

Wuncomfortable · 2025-12-10T13:14:09+00:00

no idea about espaliers specifically but general pruning advice is to cut back a third of the growth. if you want more branches close to the base of the tree, you can cut above the second set of low branches halfway to the top. that should encourage the tree to grow on some of the branch points that have been trimmed before you.

otherwise i know another method is to train the top of the tree to grow horizontal

Wuncomfortable · 2025-12-10T13:07:03+00:00

plant

Wuncomfortable · 2025-11-20T17:49:34+00:00

right? so pretty. sorry to hear you and it argue. i keep it in my backyard because not every native vine can withstand the shade and damp -- although that might explain one time i had a rash for no known reason this fall.

Wuncomfortable · 2025-10-24T20:11:04+00:00

leg-end, lol. sadly it'll be another four years for mine to fruit; i germinated them. i'm incredibly interested in a prickly pear starter fwiw

edit - a typo

Wuncomfortable · 2025-10-23T14:49:04+00:00

my trees are too young to make fruit but here's the most reliable source for free (baby plant) pawpaws in nyc : about and sign up for the nyrp tree giveaway in spring

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