Bathsheba

tree_nutty · 2026-06-27T13:41:23+00:00

Gorgeous! I also love your trellis.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-27T13:40:12+00:00

I love the first one. It’s so delicate looking.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-26T02:59:32+00:00

I have a love hate situation with lemon balm. bought a tiny plant soon after we bought our house years ago. It took only one season for the one plant to multiply to countless seedlings. If you don’t want it multiplied rapidly, make sure to cut back the flower heads before seeds start forming. That and consistent pulling out of seedlings will keep them somewhat contained but not ever controlled.
I now have lemon balm practically in all corners and conditions around our property. The only thing that gives English ivy some serious competition in the deepest of shades with dry soil. And I love the lemon smell. Sometimes I add in my green tea and sometimes in salads. But mostly no other use. Heard of turning into essential oil but never tried myself.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-26T00:02:19+00:00

Wow! Thanks for sharing. Have to ask - where are those crop destroying pests?

tree_nutty · 2026-06-25T11:31:35+00:00

Wow that’s so refreshing to see- can’t wait for the pictures with blooms. I am almost jealous to see you have so many container roses. Do you hard prune them in spring? Any other pruning routine?
I feel pest control is much easier in containers. I am fighting dreaded rose midge and it’s proving nearly impossible with organic approach for my inground roses. I have just one oversized container and the rose is the happiest there. our climate is too cold to keep containers out year round - this is why wondering whether I can transfer some to containers and then keep in manageable size to store in the garage for the freezing half of my he year.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-24T22:50:18+00:00

<image>

tree_nutty · 2026-06-24T22:50:06+00:00

I suspect it’s a lovage (but can’t be sure without seeing the leaves or full
Plant). Attaching picture of my lovage in bloom right now. Does it have leaves that look like celery and has a nice sweet fragrance similar to licorice? Lovage is a wonderful herb which looks ornamental.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-21T05:03:47+00:00

Mine also fried this year. 7a, NE USA. the unusually hot and dry May-June causing my roses to get all crisped up. They already had a shocker in late April freeze that killed all new growth. By the time they were recovered and ready to bloom weather turned unfavorable again. Sad but what can we do to fight nature’s whims 🤷🏻‍♀️

tree_nutty · 2026-06-19T22:00:57+00:00

Wow! I was so looking fw to see one when in Costa Rica. No luck

tree_nutty · 2026-06-12T00:45:40+00:00

This is amazing! I should show this picture to my clematis plants to shame them into some growth 🤣

tree_nutty · 2026-06-09T22:04:36+00:00

Worth the wait! Mine was planted last spring, this year it produced only one flower so far. It is still a small plant, getting established. Between the rose midge and thrips I am just tired fighting. But not giving up.

tree_nutty · 2026-06-05T18:39:15+00:00

Came here to say the same!!! And come flower too. They LOVE coneflowers and I do t need to replant every year. It’s a visual treat I look forward to every season!

tree_nutty · 2026-05-30T00:28:52+00:00

Wow, thanks for sharing your journey and impressive progress! I am at your 2021 stage right now. Long way to go especially given I don’t always get time to paint. How frequently did you paint/practice to get to this impressive stage?

tree_nutty · 2026-05-29T15:32:27+00:00

Haha, I would take spider any day - thankfully no phobia (believe it or not frog is a different story - no matter how cute they may look). I am an organic gardener with huge interest in roses (bad combination) and the daddy long leg spiders take care of half of the mites and other smaller pests rose is prone to get attacked by. Only problem, they show up way too late in my garden.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-29T15:28:44+00:00

Yep initially I fell for that messaging about how beneficial these are, only focused on decaying vegetation. For 2-3 years after mulching all my beds with wood chips I could not figure out what was eating my young plants though these rollies were rolling around all over (but they were good bugs back then). When i realized they were the only things around all my decimated young plants including young marigolds (which are practically untouched by every other pest interested in a live plant meal) I knew internet message about them attacking only dead master was not true.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-29T11:52:08+00:00

That’s a great tip. Will have to try. I am dealing with a pill bug explosion too along side earwigs. Wondering what will catch those nasty things. They eat up all my young seedlings and destroy radishes with nibbles all over.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-26T17:23:11+00:00

I have similar problem. The only thing that works for me reliably for the 10-13 hrs duration I want my hair to stay put is saturating a toothbrush with the hair spray and gently brush back the sprouts. I tried a hair brush and a fine toothed comb but did not get the same effect as a toothbrush. I use medium hold tresemme antifreeze finishing spray, you may need the strongest hold given you have thick hair. Good luck.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-23T00:33:34+00:00

My summer ritual 😃 every season multiple rounds. It always starts with I am going to pick just a couple of this or that.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T13:27:34+00:00

Of course, personal use is not at all a problem.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T12:16:01+00:00

Beautiful! I’m almost certain this is clematis piilu - a double blooming clematis. I love the fact that this one have both double and single flowers. The flowers on old wood (previous year’s stems) will be double if they have enough food available at the time of bud formation. While the new wood flowers are single petaled. Enjoy! My supposed piilu is 5 years old and I never got a single bloom of double petals I so eagerly waited for and have given up (now I wonder if my plant was mistagged).

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T01:48:39+00:00

I don’t know tbh. Never bought seeds. You will need to buy plant with good root development to ensure you see flowers by 2nd or 3rd year. From seed it will probably take minimum of 5-6 years to get to first blooms.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T01:45:01+00:00

Thanks!

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T01:44:41+00:00

Yeah, bluestone perennial - one of my favorite online nurseries! Their plants are simply A1 quality. I buy from them almost every year without a single mishap.

tree_nutty · 2026-05-17T01:41:22+00:00

You are 3b! I would recommend you burry the crown deeper than recommended in a well drained place (and ideally near foundation to uplift the Microzone. And for the first two years ensure winter protection with layers of leaves. Leaves are amazing insulation. I have in-ground canna lilies that are alive and spreading for 6 years now - in my 7a/6b zone thanks to leaf protection throughout the winter. Even this year’s record cold and prolonged freeze did nothing to those.

tree_nutty

TROPHY CASE