I planted a tree from an apple pip when I was about 6 - I remember my dad (who died two years later) putting it in the airing cupboard to germinate and seeing those first two baby leaves when he took the tiny pot out again. My mum doesn't own the house anymore but the last time I looked the tree was still going strong. <3
That is so cool! It's so wonderful to think that a tree is still growing for a seedling from an apple you ate became a tree. I did find this acorn from some unknown variety of Italian oak that I brought back and has been sitting in a drawer for more than a decade.Will it grow? who knows. I'm going to plant it in a pot on my patio and see what comes up, if anything.
I’m lucky enough to have two mature oaks in my garden, along with a birch and a horse chestnut that were planted by the previous owner some 40 years ago
How wonderful! I brought back an acorn from Italy, but never remembered to plant it and I keep losing track of it. I should plant it (when I next find it) and see if anything happens.
Oh, yes, do that! I have a constant supply of tiny oak trees, unfortunately many of them growing in the wrong places, so I regularly try to translocate some of them!
I think I spend half my gardening life moving things from one place to another. Plants that spread and need to be divided are a true gift to a gardener without much of a plant budget. 5 years ago I had my gravel driveway redone, (before it descended into an irreparable mud hole) and had the guy who did my driveway take all the scraped up dirt and gravel and make a berm along the driveway about 30 ft long and 6-8' across.
Since this happened right before the pandemic lockdown, I spent the next 4 months moving plants from one part of the place onto the berm, along with starting a bunch of shrubs from cuttings. Mostly Lonicera Baggerson's Gold, but also grey leafed Senecio and some yellow flowering something or other I've temporarily lost the name of. Lots of foxglove rescued from the driveway and irises and crocosmias in red and orange. I'm making room for my new tree (Parrotia Persica) there at the other end from the coral bark maple.
That sounds amazing! The colours are lovely. The edge of my driveway is the best growing space in my garden, because it has good drainage- we have heavy clay earth here. I planted a tiny sage plant about 7 years ago - it is now taking over a corner where nothing previous grew, it is huge! I have rosemary, lavender and a rock rose under the shrubs there. In the back garden, I really struggle because of the clay. Anything with corns or bulbs just rots in the winter. The rises that are doing best are in pots
We have mostly heavy clay here. I think my berm did well because it has lots of gravel and sand along with the clay and grass that got scraped up. I had several huge rosemary plants which died one cold winter and I haven’t been able to get any to take since then. I’ve been able to keep iris going, so who knows. I’m not very scientific about gardening. I don’t want it to feel like I have to study to do it.
The lavenders and rosemary are protected by a hedge, which I think saves them. I planted some cyclamen by the front door a couple of months back, and those are doing really well. Like you, I’m not scientific about it!
I adore cyclamen. I need to add those to my garden. Do you have fritillary? There are many varieties, but the one called “checker Lillies” is my favorite.
I’m a small space gardener and artist so, guess I’m at the right place.
I live in a sr apt where I am allowed a small vegetable garden with a few hardy flowers, mostly, mums, lavender, herbs, tomatoes & cukes. Then the creative process watercolors & Beerings, Etc. Check out my notes on Substack. Love trees!
Any amount of garden space is good. I am getting to the point in life where there is a little too much of it here, and I am often envious of people with just a small amount of space. I think I will always want to be able to put my hands in the dirt, though. So where ever I ultimately end up will need to have garden access.
Oh, I love this perspective! I live in a neighborhood that's filled with old growth trees, and I will often ask them for comfort and perspective when I'm feeling sad or anxious. They really do perceive time differently.
How lucky to live among mature trees! The book in The Lord of the Rings where we meet the Ents has always resounded with me. The neighborhood I live in has a row of maple trees that run along the road for a couple hundred feet. I fell in love with them long before I moved here. They were planted in the early 1900s by a woman named Effie Simonson when she was a young girl.
That's cool to think about the person who planted the tree! I planted a raspberry bush and a blackberry bush in my yard around four years, I wonder how long they'll last... The raspberry is definitely spreading!
There is something really satisfying about planting things. We have wild blackberries here and the goal is to keep them from spreading too much or they would literally cover the house!. I've tried to grow raspberries, but without a good fence, the deer get them all.
I think I am hooked back up with you! Time will tell! I have resubscribed at Panda Chronicles, and I am still subscribed on Substack. I need pandas in my life and grizzly Pookie bears, too! Huzzah for you!
Love these profound words about planting trees and art.
Thank you! From one PNWer to another…I love mist season.
Oh cool! I didn’t know! And me too.
I planted a tree from an apple pip when I was about 6 - I remember my dad (who died two years later) putting it in the airing cupboard to germinate and seeing those first two baby leaves when he took the tiny pot out again. My mum doesn't own the house anymore but the last time I looked the tree was still going strong. <3
That is so cool! It's so wonderful to think that a tree is still growing for a seedling from an apple you ate became a tree. I did find this acorn from some unknown variety of Italian oak that I brought back and has been sitting in a drawer for more than a decade.Will it grow? who knows. I'm going to plant it in a pot on my patio and see what comes up, if anything.
I’m lucky enough to have two mature oaks in my garden, along with a birch and a horse chestnut that were planted by the previous owner some 40 years ago
How wonderful! I brought back an acorn from Italy, but never remembered to plant it and I keep losing track of it. I should plant it (when I next find it) and see if anything happens.
No, I don’t have fritillary- I’ll look that one up! Thank you for the suggestion
Oh, yes, do that! I have a constant supply of tiny oak trees, unfortunately many of them growing in the wrong places, so I regularly try to translocate some of them!
I think I spend half my gardening life moving things from one place to another. Plants that spread and need to be divided are a true gift to a gardener without much of a plant budget. 5 years ago I had my gravel driveway redone, (before it descended into an irreparable mud hole) and had the guy who did my driveway take all the scraped up dirt and gravel and make a berm along the driveway about 30 ft long and 6-8' across.
Since this happened right before the pandemic lockdown, I spent the next 4 months moving plants from one part of the place onto the berm, along with starting a bunch of shrubs from cuttings. Mostly Lonicera Baggerson's Gold, but also grey leafed Senecio and some yellow flowering something or other I've temporarily lost the name of. Lots of foxglove rescued from the driveway and irises and crocosmias in red and orange. I'm making room for my new tree (Parrotia Persica) there at the other end from the coral bark maple.
That sounds amazing! The colours are lovely. The edge of my driveway is the best growing space in my garden, because it has good drainage- we have heavy clay earth here. I planted a tiny sage plant about 7 years ago - it is now taking over a corner where nothing previous grew, it is huge! I have rosemary, lavender and a rock rose under the shrubs there. In the back garden, I really struggle because of the clay. Anything with corns or bulbs just rots in the winter. The rises that are doing best are in pots
We have mostly heavy clay here. I think my berm did well because it has lots of gravel and sand along with the clay and grass that got scraped up. I had several huge rosemary plants which died one cold winter and I haven’t been able to get any to take since then. I’ve been able to keep iris going, so who knows. I’m not very scientific about gardening. I don’t want it to feel like I have to study to do it.
The lavenders and rosemary are protected by a hedge, which I think saves them. I planted some cyclamen by the front door a couple of months back, and those are doing really well. Like you, I’m not scientific about it!
I adore cyclamen. I need to add those to my garden. Do you have fritillary? There are many varieties, but the one called “checker Lillies” is my favorite.
I’m a small space gardener and artist so, guess I’m at the right place.
I live in a sr apt where I am allowed a small vegetable garden with a few hardy flowers, mostly, mums, lavender, herbs, tomatoes & cukes. Then the creative process watercolors & Beerings, Etc. Check out my notes on Substack. Love trees!
Any amount of garden space is good. I am getting to the point in life where there is a little too much of it here, and I am often envious of people with just a small amount of space. I think I will always want to be able to put my hands in the dirt, though. So where ever I ultimately end up will need to have garden access.
Oh, I love this perspective! I live in a neighborhood that's filled with old growth trees, and I will often ask them for comfort and perspective when I'm feeling sad or anxious. They really do perceive time differently.
How lucky to live among mature trees! The book in The Lord of the Rings where we meet the Ents has always resounded with me. The neighborhood I live in has a row of maple trees that run along the road for a couple hundred feet. I fell in love with them long before I moved here. They were planted in the early 1900s by a woman named Effie Simonson when she was a young girl.
That's cool to think about the person who planted the tree! I planted a raspberry bush and a blackberry bush in my yard around four years, I wonder how long they'll last... The raspberry is definitely spreading!
There is something really satisfying about planting things. We have wild blackberries here and the goal is to keep them from spreading too much or they would literally cover the house!. I've tried to grow raspberries, but without a good fence, the deer get them all.
Ahhhhh! Yeah I’m thinking of trying some kind of netting over them this summer, because someone is definitely nibbling!
I have wild thimble berries on my property, but the birds get most of them. Netting is crucial if you want to get any of your berries for yourselves.
I think I am hooked back up with you! Time will tell! I have resubscribed at Panda Chronicles, and I am still subscribed on Substack. I need pandas in my life and grizzly Pookie bears, too! Huzzah for you!
Huzzah! My tech knowledge is pretty much limited to telling people to unsubscribe and re-subscribe. Glad it worked!
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