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The Blooming Gardener

Professional | San Jose, CA
Services: Other, Lawn & Garden
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Company Overview

Consulting, Instruction, Coaching, Organic

Services

Landscaping, Lawn & Garden, Other

Areas of Expertise

Residential Maintenance/Edible Plants

Service Area

San Francisco Silicoln Valley

Contact Info

P.O. Box 35703 Monte Sereno CA 95030

(408) 358-2622

http://sewnsow.webs.com

In Business Since

1980


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  • Clematis 'Perle d'Azur'  trained up our mature maple tree.
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How To Train a Clematis on a Tree Trunk

When I planted a climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris) near our maple tree, I also planted Clematis 'Perle d'Azur', thinking that it climb the tree using the hydrangea ...»
vine for support. I knew that Clematis climb by wrapping their wrists around small twigs, so other vines are wonderfully helpful for their successful climbing.

Here are some tips to get a Clematis started up your tree!:

-Choose a tree with rough bark, like a maple or oak. A smooth tree, like a cherry, with not get enough grip for your Clematis as it grows.

-Plant it on the shady side of the tree trunk and add compost. Mulch well. This enables you to give its roots the shade they need to start well.

-If you are not planting by another vine, then add a way for the Clematis to make it on to the tree bark. Use small bamboo canes, fishing line or twigs to make a scaffold for it to climb.

-Help the Clematis along by occasionally tucking its loose new growth into the rough bark of the maple.

It has turned out beautifully! I especially like the dreamy blue of Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' when viewed on the tree trunk against the blue sky. I hope yours does too!

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Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener
Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gar... Pittsburgh, PA
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    I have several Magnolia soulangiana with a Clematis growing up and providing awesome Summer ...»
    Bloom for some of my clients. They love the shade for their roots and grow out to the sun to be covered in blooms. Makes the Decidous Magnolias able to be focal points during the warmer months!!

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Decrepit old picnic table gets a brand new look!

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Cynthia O Black River Falls, WI
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Our Walk In Downtown Hineville

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Pamela F Hinesville, GA
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Gardening: Is early March best time to use systemic insecticide for lace bugs on azaleas? Soap sprays didn't work well last year.

Bob
Bob Pittsboro, NC
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    IPM ADVICE FROM UC DAVIS:MANAGEMENT ...»

    Tolerate lace bug damage where possible; in most cases, it does not seriously harm plants. Provide proper cultural care so plants are vigorous. No treatment will restore stippled foliage, which remains until pruned off or replaced by new growth. If damage has previously been intolerable, monitor plants early during subsequent seasons. Take action when populations begin to increase and before damage becomes extensive. Biological Control

    Natural enemies of lace bugs include assassin bugs, lacewing larvae, lady beetles, jumping spiders, pirate bugs, and predaceous mites. These predators may not appear in sufficient numbers until after lace bugs become abundant; their preservation, however, is an essential part of a long-term integrated pest management program. Growing a variety of species, mulching soil with organic material, and shading plants from afternoon sun can reduce lace bug damage to shrubs and increase natural enemy abundance. If applying pesticides, using only short-persistence materials such as oils and insecticidal soaps will minimize the number of beneficial predators and parasites that are killed. Cultural Control

    Grow plants well adapted to conditions at that site. Plants in hot, sunny locations are more likely to be damaged by lace bugs. For example, azaleas grown under partial shade experience less damage by the azalea lace bug in comparison to azaleas that are drought stressed and exposed to bright sun. Provide adequate irrigation and other care to improve plant vigor. Prune out damaged foliage if the discoloring is intolerable and relatively localized. Do not remove more than a small percent of a plant's branches during one season and use good techniques so that pruning does not injure plants, such as by exposing inner branches to sunburn.

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  • This is how it looks today 2/9/2013

Gardening: Could You Please Help Me Identify This Shrub?

This has small tear drop type leaves and grows pretty pink flowers that turns brown and fall off. ...»

A few years ago, I began a garden partly due to boredom and the other because I loved looking at the gardens in Savannah, Ga. Anyhow, I just planted all types of flowers and shrubs and didn't document them so I never knew what was growing in my gardens when asked. Now, I take pictures of them and document their names. This is the final one in my garden that doesn't have a name. Could you please help me identify it? Thank you:-D

Pamela F
Pamela F Hinesville, GA
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    It is an azalea...
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Gardening: Help identifying trees??

Hello! A little background: I'm renovating and rejuvenating my childhood home. I've moved back to the house left to me by my father and I'm completely renovating the inside (a 1950's ...»
ranch with an add-on) and landscaping the yard for what will be this homes' first makeover in over 35 years! I've become awesome handy with a drill as well as a garden spade! I'm learning as I go and loving my home more all the time. It's our sanctuary.

Anyway,I'm I am working on clearing some of my yard for the spring plants and a swing set and I have some trees that I just can't decide what to do with. I like them but they're out of control. I don't know if I should prune or cut down. I think it would help if I knew what they were!

Any ideas? The first two are the same type of tree and the third is (I'm assuming) supposed to be a shrub that's taken over.

Kimberlee
Kimberlee Villa Rica, GA
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    I think: ...»

    <Ponds Patios and Waterfal... Manchester, MD The middle picture could be ~~ or Kalmia Latifolia (mountain laurel)> : has the correct ID with Kalmia latifolia, but here's a link to see if that is it...Which it is worth keeping if it is...IMO, http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/k/kallat/ka...

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Just Couldn't Get Myself To Do It! Compost Pee? What Are Your Thoughts?

Just Couldn't Get Myself To Do It!

Compost Pee ...»

Gaby Hinsliff Sunday April 30, 2006 -- The Observer

The Conservative Party chairman is urging the nation to pee on its compost heaps to help the environment.

Francis Maude, who admitted he and his family were slightly 'psycho' about recycling, delivered the unorthodox gardening advice after being asked what his personal contribution was to the green cause on Radio 4's Any Questions?

Maude also said that he planned to buy a greener car when the time came to replace the family vehicle. He said: 'If I share a tip with the audience it is that if you pee on your compost, it has a double environmental whammy - it speeds up its decomposition so you can get it on the garden more quickly, and it also saves water.'

Bob Flowerdew, of the Gardeners' Question Time panel, argues that urine contains potash and nitrogen which is a rich fertiliser. The urea in urine is said to speed chemical reactions involved in breaking down organic material.

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Pamela F Hinesville, GA
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    Commented on Nov 15, 2012
    My son refuses to eat anything with seaweed (like California Rolls) coz he says it has fish ...»
    pee on it!!!!

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  • West side yard; pathway and flagstone combined for hardscape accent to shade loving plants. 8
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How I deal with shade; my shade gardens.

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Becky H Tampa, FL
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An Unknown Plant

Anyone have any idea what this plat is. The flowers are initially small, white, and profuse. As they get pollinated they turn yellow/orange. The fruit resembles a small green foot ball ...»
and has the flavor of an orange and a lemon combined. Yes they are apparently edible as I ate many this year and some last year as well. I have never seen these before but there are several in the woods around my house and I saw one up in Rome Georgia last year, but it didn't have any flowers or fruit on it. The birds just decimate this fruit when it is ripe. I got some pictures of it when it was winding down its flowering and hopefully someone can clue me in.

Thanks for any input.

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Paul M Fairburn, GA
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