Category: Pokeweeds
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Gardening Diary – April 29, 2024
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Starting to weed around the only Rose in the Rose bed which has not been pruned this spring. The Rose was surrounded by Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata]. Removed 2 large garbage bags-full of these plants. There are still a lot more Green-headed Coneflowers left in the Rose bed. While I…
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Gardening Diary – July 22, 2023
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Sharon and I continued to prune and weed the bush bed. We finished pruning the Ninebark and weeding around this bush. Sharon did some pruning of the Kaleidoscope Abelia and the Autumn Jazz Arrowwood Viburnum and some weeding around these bushes. While Sharon was doing this, I started to clear…
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Gardening Diary – August 16, 2022
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Weed-eated the walkway next to the Butterfly Bush bed and the Lenten Rose bed. Did some pruning of the Indigo Bush [Amorpha fruticosa] to facilitate weeding of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway along the left walkway along the latter bed. Weeded the Hydrangea bed concentrating on getting rid of…
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Gardening Diary – July 16, 2021
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Tier bed. Picture taken on July 17, 2021. In the Tier bed, cut down some vines and other weeds including Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and a Tulip Poplar [Liriodendron tulipifera]. Cut up branches and took the refuse to the ditch in Dave’s yard. Repeating what we did yesterday, we filled the…
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Gardening Diary – July 3, 2021
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Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea] Picture taken July 3, 2021. Continued to remove tall weeds and prune lightly some bushes in the Sedum / Lily bed and the bush bed. Removed Oak [Quercus sp.] and Maple [Acer sp.] seedlings from the area around the Red Twig Dogwood and removed a…
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Gardening Diary – July 1, 2021
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Canna Lily [Canna sp.] Picture taken July 1, 2021. Continued to remove tall weeds (Dock Weeds [Rumex obtusifolia], Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata], Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana], Goldenrod [Solidago sp.], Maple seedlings [Acer sp.], etc) from the back bed. Even though not all such tall weeds were completely removed, started to remove tall weeds…