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Pauline Sweeney/Z9 FL
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- Davenport, FL
- United States
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- Which category best describes you?
- Recreational Gardener
- Skill level
- Intermediate
- What kind of gardening do you like to do?
- flower gardens with a tropical look
- How much time do you spend a week on average in your garden?
- 10-15 hrs
Our house in Florida was pretty much a blank slate except for the obligitory palm tree, pittosporum hedge and - yes - fake flowers stuck in the ground!
I've done a lot of reading and studying local gardens in the past 2 yrs, not wanting to make mistakes that I'll regret 10-20 yrs from now. I have some small annual/perennial beds, a new shrub border and lots of container plantings. We had to take out a diseased sago palm and the pittosporum in the front yard but haven't replaced them yet. Considering Indian Hawthorn, a cold hardy palm and annuals for color.
I'm looking forward to the challenge of gardening year-round.
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Canna bargains and wayward cucumber?
I just bought 2 Canna - Tropicana and Tropicana Gold in 2 gal. pots - at Lowes for only $3.99 each. First leaves are starting to look bad and no flowers so they went to the mark-down area. New shoots with great leaves coming up, even coming out of the drainage holes! Will put them in the ground ASAP. gotta love it!
And I went out to pull some weeds from my lawn and I think I have a wayward cucumber growing next to the street! I had some new St. Augustine grass installed and between the
… ContinuePosted on August 2, 2010 at 8:16pm — 2 Comments
What have you unearthed?
Posted on July 21, 2010 at 6:34pm — 6 Comments
HOA rules becoming 'Florida friendly'
Until now, our Homeowners Assoc. rules have been pretty strict regarding front yards. Only St. Augustine grass, no more than 25% of the area non-lawn, etc. Houses are close together with small front lawns and uniform landscaping does enhance the look. The builder gave each house a palm tree, magnolia tree and/or live oak. Now, 6 yrs later, we can see that most were planted without regard for the mature sizes. I've restricted my plantings in front to the two existing garden beds and containers
… ContinuePosted on May 31, 2010 at 9:36am — 5 Comments
Cypress Gardens sold
Posted on January 16, 2010 at 3:32pm —
Farewell Cypress Gardens
I bet a lot of you have seen it's wonderful gardens and water-skiing shows since it opened in 1936. Consider yourselves the lucky ones. The last time my husband and I visited, only the gardens were open durin… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:08pm — 9 Comments
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- At 4:02pm on September 07, 2010, patricia jean hartman gave Pauline Sweeney/Z9 FL a gift…
Here you go, you landed in my mail box some how saying you love gifts!!! So I am sending you one Patricia Jean
- At 10:35am on August 23, 2010,
anne andrews/7b said… - hummmm, good question pauline!
- At 5:23pm on August 22, 2010,
anne andrews/7b said…
- hi pauline, yes i do leave my "writing spiders", as the old folks call them, where i find them. they are always out of the way anyhow. thanks for the visit and come again soon!
- At 9:51am on August 12, 2010, Ginny Stibolt gave Pauline Sweeney/Z9 FL a gift…
- At 6:27pm on August 6, 2010,
Evelyn Charleen Harrell said… - Dear Pauline, Just saw your question. The small plants in the back are grown from seed. the larger ones in front is some I ordered.
So glad you like thm. they are growing.. Still have babies to pot.
Charleen
- At 3:47pm on July 22, 2010, Alison Clarke gave Pauline Sweeney/Z9 FL a gift…
- At 12:04pm on July 15, 2010,
Rebecca A Baldwin said… - Thanks for the sweet comment. Very relaxing to read the paper and have morning coffee here. Love your pics too-nature and dogs. Your flower beds are beautiful. Can't get better than that !!!! Hope your day is filled with flowers and love....
- At 8:49am on July 15, 2010, MAE LUCERO/zn 8 GA gave Pauline Sweeney/Z9 FL a gift…
- Thanks forthe red ribbon, Pauline I have seeds of Ruby Dot and Super Rose hardy hibiscus to share. The blooms get up to 6 - 7 inches in diameter. Please let me know if you're interested in some.
- At 9:16pm on July 1, 2010,
Cynthia Larrison said… - Good thought on the rain barrels! Will check that out. I am done planting for now too - until later in the fall when I will add mums to my garden and then, in the winter when I will plant more bulbs!
- At 2:44pm on July 1, 2010,
Cynthia Larrison said…
- I know!!! We were flabbergasted! I do not want my beloved Enchanted Garden to suffer but, I am also such a conservationist and recycler! We are looking into the possibilities of reclaimed water and are also inclined to get rain barrels - from Home Depot - the last few days, I could have contained many gallons!!! (of course, I do not need it now - ha! My plants are saturated!) Still assessing and planning a good scheme!
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