Category: Bermuda grass
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Gardening Diary – September 1, 2023
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Sharon planted an Orange King Bearded Iris [Iris germanica ‘Orange King’] in the front bulb bed. She purchased this Iris from Breck’s. Then Sharon continued to weed the front bulb bed. Continued spraying Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer on weeds (and Bermuda grass not near plants) in and mostly…
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Gardening Diary – August 30, 2023
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Took the pail that contained the weeds, that we removed from the garden a couple of weeks ago, over to Dave’s gully. There was bush growing in the Orange Storm Flowering Quince bush which we could distinguish from the Quince by their leaves. We don’t know if the Quince was…
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Gardening Diary – August 1, 2022
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Sharon pruned the Pink Flowering Almond [Prunus glandulosa]. Sharon and I started to weed the Butterfly Bush bed. Most of the “weeds” are Chocolate Mint [Mentha × piperita ‘Chocolate Mint’] and Bermuda grass. Started to prune the Pink Delight Butterfly Bush [Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’]. Additional photograph taken today:
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Gardening Diary – July 11, 2022
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Sprayed the edges of all beds except the Flowering Cherry bed and the front bulb bed with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer. Sprayed 1 bottle of Grass-b-gon on patches of Bermuda grass growing in the Flowering Cherry bed. Continued to remove the bush growing in the right front fence. Tried…
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Gardening Diary – May 24, 2022
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Smoke Bush bed. Picture taken on May 24, 2022. Pruned the Purple Smoke Bush [Cotinus Coggygria] and one of the Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’] in order that the view from a car on the driveway is not obstructed. Sharon and I weeded the Smoke Bush bed. Sprayed Ortho…
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Gardening Diary – October 19, 2021
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Sharon in front bulb bed. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Blaauw’s Pink Azalea [Rhododendron sp.] Picture taken October 23, 2021. Sharon and I planted 3 Blauuw’s Pink Azalea plants in the front bulb bed. We added water and Miracle-Gro Shake‘n Feed All Purpose Plant Food to the hole where we…
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Gardening Diary – October 15, 2021
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Cranberry Cotoneasters removed. [Cotoneaster apiculatis] Picture taken on October 15, 2021. Sharon and I removed the 2 Cranberry Cotoneasters in the front yard. In addition, we weeded the beds that contained these plants. The weeds were primarily Bermuda grass and Violets.
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Gardening Diary – July 21, 2021
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Pink Muhly Grass [Muhlenbergia capillaris] Picture taken July 21, 2021 Serviceberry [Amelanchier sp.] Picture taken on July 21, 2021. Weeded the 2 beds containing Pink Muhly Grass and the bed containing the Serviceberry tree. Sprayed Ortho Groundclear Super on some areas of the above that contained Bermuda Grass, on Morning…
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Gardening Diary – March 23, 2021
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Went to Home Depot and bought 10 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nugget mulch. Hosta [Hosta sp.] Picture taken 23 March 2023. Using a spade, was able to lift the Hosta plant that was in the Flowering Cherry bed. Weeded this bed; the bed had a significant number of Violets…