tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post7940632756565927541..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Conifers to brighten your winterscapesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-22223620410432644162012-02-02T05:03:36.623-04:002012-02-02T05:03:36.623-04:00I love conifers<3 And your plantings are very b...I love conifers<3 And your plantings are very beautiful,thank you for sharing them with us. You're so right,conifers are like chips;) I have a long shopping list for the spring: junipers,blue spruce,thujas...I love your weeping false cypress.How cold does it get in Nova Scotia? I live in Finland in zone 5 and at the moment we have -25C...Probably it's too cold for poor cypress?Tiinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472411229764997237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-47944541686360906432012-01-25T05:56:08.789-04:002012-01-25T05:56:08.789-04:00I have it on my list that I MUST get to the nation...I have it on my list that I MUST get to the national collection of conifers.catharine Howardhttp://www.catharinehoward.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-40901056791748594082012-01-24T19:45:10.922-04:002012-01-24T19:45:10.922-04:00I'm starting to pay more attention to conifers...I'm starting to pay more attention to conifers than I did before. As you show, there's a great big wonderful conifer world out there!<br /><br />Interesting that colors are more subdued for you, too. My red-twig dogwood isn't as red as most years this year. I'm blaming the milder winter. Frances says they don't get very red in her Tennessee garden, which Dirr noted is due to Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-26507549751988450792012-01-23T18:51:36.512-04:002012-01-23T18:51:36.512-04:00Thank you for reminding me of the loveliness of co...Thank you for reminding me of the loveliness of conifers. I so enjoy the smell of them , especially after rain. And the way ground cover conifers relax and sprawl is so lovely in a garden.Lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05437668807438153585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-68428670687801252292012-01-20T20:59:47.013-04:002012-01-20T20:59:47.013-04:00I can't wait to get into a garden center, wint...I can't wait to get into a garden center, winter interest is something that is missing in our house to be's yard. There are 3 deformed Mugo Pines, and a bunch of Oregon Grape. Which looks great up close, but I am not about to wander through the snow to see the berries.<br /><br />So it will be Conifers, and some winter colored deciduous shrubs, oh joy!!! <br /><br />Jen @ Muddy Boot RURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-33241159706132165372012-01-19T22:56:53.781-04:002012-01-19T22:56:53.781-04:00This is something I really need to improve in my b...This is something I really need to improve in my back garden, and your photos reminded me to work on that. Hey, when you get a chance, come visit my new blog, as my old one was deleted by someone else's fraud. Grrrrr!<br />http://lifeinrobinsnest.blogspot.comRobinLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543576456983999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-51032290013265482582012-01-18T23:11:18.160-04:002012-01-18T23:11:18.160-04:00Thanks for the great suggestions! I love the Limeg...Thanks for the great suggestions! I love the Limeglow Juniper. I have to admit I totally take Conifers for granted. But without them, my garden wouldn't have much personality in winter. Great post!Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-27901297554514550702012-01-18T21:21:16.728-04:002012-01-18T21:21:16.728-04:00Jodi, do you wrap any of your evergreens with burl...Jodi, do you wrap any of your evergreens with burlap in winter? The winds are quite bad here on the island and it seems everybody wraps their shrubs. Just because they're doing it doesn't mean it's right but I wrapped my new dwarf Alberta Spruce and Mint Julep Juniper just in case.Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-64393695081468327932012-01-17T16:36:54.951-04:002012-01-17T16:36:54.951-04:00A great post to encourage gardeners to explore the...A great post to encourage gardeners to explore the world of conifers. It seems a bit ironic that gardeners here long for those lovely plants that are only hardy to warmer zones like the UK and Holland, but their climate is not cold enough to get the beautiful bright gold colours on conifers in winter like we can in Canada. Yet conifers seem way under use here.Chenhttp://gardencanadensis.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-38601951006623848582012-01-17T16:27:53.897-04:002012-01-17T16:27:53.897-04:00A great post to encourage other gardeners to explo...A great post to encourage other gardeners to explore more conifers. It is a bit ironic that gardeners here long for those lovely plants that are only hardy to warmer climate like the UK and Holland, but those areas are not cold enough to get the nice bright gold conifer colours in winter like we can in Canada.Chenhttp://gardencanadensis.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-74947453150702350842012-01-17T14:28:24.759-04:002012-01-17T14:28:24.759-04:00Jodi, I am amazed that that blue spruce, after all...Jodi, I am amazed that that blue spruce, after all those years, hadn't fought its way out of its constraints. You have done a great service for store bought evergreens everywhere. Thanks.Sybilhttp://crittersnus.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-17923326812315044342012-01-17T10:17:16.584-04:002012-01-17T10:17:16.584-04:00Thanks for this post! Conifers are underused, in o...Thanks for this post! Conifers are underused, in our opinion, and you have some good examples of a wide variety here. There are many, many dwarf varieties that nurseries often don't stock, but can order. Two wonderful resource books are 'Gardening with Conifers' by Adrian Bloom, and 'Designing with Conifers' by Richard L. Bitner. Both have glorious photographs, as well.Sara Malonehttp://www.formandfoliage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-20893292742129368642012-01-17T03:05:45.760-04:002012-01-17T03:05:45.760-04:00Hi fellow gardeners, thanks for visiting and leavi...Hi fellow gardeners, thanks for visiting and leaving comments. <br />Brenda: have had similar experiences, and wondered why such advice would be given. Trees and shrubs need to spread their roots out and down, and that's pretty hard to do in a metal cage. Which won't rot away any time soon.<br />Tatyana: it's best to tease roots loose somewhat from Amy sort of ball their in, just to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-36232242869810416022012-01-17T00:48:45.121-04:002012-01-17T00:48:45.121-04:00It's always great to run across posts on conif...It's always great to run across posts on conifers... I also enjoyed visiting the two nurseries included in your post... LarryLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563036192373891209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91490086554774215452012-01-17T00:26:37.110-04:002012-01-17T00:26:37.110-04:00I can't grow the yellow varieties here. They j...I can't grow the yellow varieties here. They just look like they are chlorotic and sickly. They are best used in places that get a lot of rain and have a lot of green to set them off.Susan in the Pink hathttp://inkandpenstemon.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91258572634465846212012-01-16T23:09:52.472-04:002012-01-16T23:09:52.472-04:00Hi Jodi and thank you for this post! Sometimes pla...Hi Jodi and thank you for this post! Sometimes plants are sold with a clay root ball. No burlap, but clay. Is it OK to plant them 'as it is'?<br />Have a great 2012!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-80490648695718842452012-01-16T21:42:14.963-04:002012-01-16T21:42:14.963-04:00We bought three conifers ten years ago. Fine for t...We bought three conifers ten years ago. Fine for the first year or two and then..no so much. We were assured, just leave them in the metal baskets..they will be fine. One's gone now, the other two look pretty bad. Could have used your advice in your new book and this post years ago. We would have cut away that metal basket and loosened the soil in the root ball. <br /><br />How sad to see theGardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-4236101420376052862012-01-16T20:47:51.672-04:002012-01-16T20:47:51.672-04:00Great shots of conifers!!Great shots of conifers!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com