my free hydrangeas..

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

pic1..I did NOT plant this..I recognized the leaves 2 years(?) ago and left it..see the parent plants at the top of the pic?..also another volunteer to the right..

pic2..a volunteer coming up in a crack between 2 stones..also heucheras, lady's mantle and a hellebore in the cracks..

pic3..a volunteer that I moved 2 weeks ago..it was very droopy but it recovered..I removed a boxwood (see the stump) and decided to plant the volunteer next to another arborescens..

pic4..my macrophyllas that were NOT free!..lol

these freebies are growing several feet away from the parent plants..has anyone else had any?..

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8 years ago

Nice pics! My only reliable shade volunteers are hellebores and brunnera. The brunnera is actually taking over an area that used to belong to a mix of plants, but I decided to go Darwinian and let it happen. Do you have nice humusy soil?

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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
Original Author
8 years ago
I do have "woodsy" soil..my hellebores are out of control!..I have just one brunnera that a neighbor gave me..she gets brunnera volunteers..I had a brunnera baby but it didn't make it..I would love to get some..
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luis_pr
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Congrats. I had one volunteer once, several years ago too but. it did not make it. Be careful if it chose the wrong location and-or if you have pets in the area.
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis thanked luis_pr
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
Original Author
8 years ago
luis..unless it's in a path an arborescens could survive anywhere on this wooded property haha..been fun to see them here and there..since I don't spray weedkiller and am always behind in weeding they have a good chance to survive..
luis_pr
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Oh, crap. Weeding. Oops! I forgot. Ugh, guess what I will be doing shortly then? Hee, hee, hee. ;0)
hyed
8 years ago
Hi Nichols, talk about your free Hy this one is coming from under my deck reaching for the sun..have two buds right now maybe 4/5 more....thinking it’s Annabelle or wild....there isn’t Annabelle within 30 ft between ES and Blue Billow
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis thanked hyed
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
Original Author
8 years ago
hyed..that's absurd!..how will you water it? haha..I should've taken a pic of the one in the crack when it was small..it was so cute..I bet I'll find more as time goes on..I hope so..