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142 | 20.91% |
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| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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Jaded Burnout posted:OK so any objection to this? Yeah that makes sense. If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for the TGO thread let me know. I’ve got some recommendations on books about trees/forests etc but would love more. Also my very limited edible wild plant knowledge (greenbrier, cattails, and ground nut, lol)could certainly use some expansion. I know the woods of the SE US fairly well, but there’s lots of other types of forests and plants and things to learn about!
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Platystemon posted:This magnificent specimen of Quercus lobata in Mendocino County is the largest oak on the continent.  wow that's a monster! I live in the land of huge live oaks (Quercus virginiana) but they are usually low and spreading to keep from getting hurricaned-that beast looks like a live oak that grew straight up. I made a plant/tree chat in TGO that this kind of big tree chat would be perfect for! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3938360 I think JB is moving this thread back home to DIY soon?
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Aug 28, 2020 14:13
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First one kind of looks like a camphor tree or a cherry laurel maybe? Second one is chinaberry maybe? The bark looks right but hard to see the leaves. Third one is a juniper. E: 1st one might actually be a big overgrown ligustrum/Japanese privet? Kaiser Schnitzel fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Sep 1, 2020 |
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Sep 1, 2020 17:20
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Live oaks are awesome. It's like adding a whole room to your house. They seem much friendlier to garden under than most trees. Not as thirsty and the shade is higher? Maybe they aren't as allelopathic as many other trees? The leaves are the best mulch. Here's mine, with friendly neighborhood owl.  From years ago when my yard was a barren wasteland of grass  .My neighbor took down the one on the left a year or two ago and it broke my heart, but it did give that side of my yard some more sun and my bigleaf magnolia over there shot up like 15' in 2 years. I really need to prune out all the watersprouts again this winter. It's lookin pretty shaggy compared to that second pic.
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Sep 3, 2020 13:57
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D-Pad posted:Anybody got a guess how old it might be? I figured at the minimum 200 years, but probably more. I'm not an expert but oaks grow sooooo slow.
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Sep 4, 2020 15:03
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Oil of Paris posted:This particular cherry is pretty large, about 40-50 or so feet tall if I had to eyeball it. I don’t think it’s suffering from lack of nutrients or water, I think it’s just been so goddamn hot It's not too unusual for trees to shed leaves early, especially at the end of a hot, dry spell. Yes, the tree is stressed, yes it would be best if it wasn't dropping leaves, but usually ime they recover in the spring if they are otherwise healthy. Some trees here seem to slowly drop their leaves over the course of a month or three instead of dramatically dropping them all at once ala New England. My parents' did randomly lose a few trees this year though. Most surprising was a seemingly healthy 15-20yr old Southern Red oak/Spanish oak/Quercus falcata that just didn't leaf out and then finally did leaf out but only on like three branches. They are usually a tough as nails, drought tolerant tree and we actually had a wetter than usual summer last yr. No idea what happened to it-I guess some kind of didease? Kaiser Schnitzel fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Sep 7, 2020 |
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Sep 7, 2020 14:08
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Oil of Paris posted:Goongrats on becoming mod kaiser. The reign of the plant thread begins As my first act as mod, the horticulture thread is getting stickied permanently and I am banishing those filthy vegetable gardeners to the compost heap, may they rot in hell (and be eaten by worms and turned into productive and healthy soil!)
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Sep 12, 2020 03:07
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Tree 9 and 15 are I believe both Buddleia. Tree 11 is a Mahonia/oregon grape. I think Tree 1 is some sort of Prunus/stone fruit/cherry
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Sep 13, 2020 18:02
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Jaded Burnout posted:Sour cherry - Prunus cerasus is what the app says, but trying to do it from photos is giving me a headache so I'll go back out and try it in person tomorrow. Do you remember if tree 7 has flowers, probably in spring/early summer? Specifically white ones that may (or may not) be fragrant? The growth habit/bark and maybe leaves look like Philadelphus/mock orange/English dogwood E: looks like tree 13 may be more of the same?
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Sep 13, 2020 18:33
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RickRogers posted:Hooray for Grandmas then. I knew that looked familiar! The North America Euyonymus americanus looks very similar. Deer love to eat them. I the wood of the european one got used for inlay work a good bit too.
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Sep 13, 2020 20:25
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Comrade Cakewalk posted:I finally found a very similar picture of lantana on google and they said it was aster yellows I have yet to see anything that can kill lantanta. I think it'll be fine. Looks to me like they are just setting seed.
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Sep 22, 2020 14:00
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I'll show to the pic to some local plant dudes before I rip out my lantana...
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First sasanqua about to bloom. That means it's officially finally the pleasant part of the year here. How is camellia foliage always so incredibly perfect?
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Oct 4, 2020 01:12
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Bi-la kaifa posted:I have some identification challenges for you all. I recently bought a house from a very old man who loves to garden. He's forgotten what he planted, and while I can get most of them, I'm still not sure about three plants. #1 does look like an azalea/rhododendron of some sort, but no idea what. #2 looks like a calla lily. Happened to wikipedia it to get the scientific name and it looks exactly like this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zantedeschia_elliottiana Looks like an amazing garden-post more pics! E: #3 is liatris maybe?
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Oct 5, 2020 02:29
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Oil of Paris posted:Got a pretty good haul from the JC Raulston Plant Giveaway on Saturday. Usually its a semi-coordinated free-for-all where you go and wrestle weird plants away from nice old ladies, but this year they just had people drive up and get a grab bag or two, depending on how many people are on your membership That pine sounds neat. I've always figured that for some reason mountain west pines wouldn't do well in the SE, but it's worth a try! Are the needles even bigger than a longleaf pine? You definitely need a bigleaf magnolia too, it seems.
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Oct 5, 2020 12:56
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Oil of Paris posted:Both trees are closely related, so the needles are pretty comparable in size, both maxing out around 16-18 inches. I like the branch structure of the Apache more so heres hoping it takes off  Collect! Collect! Collect! Collect! I have a saucer/japanese magnolia, a bigleaf, and a huge grandiflora hanging over the fence form my neighbors and I love them all. The bigleaf magnolia has grown insanely fast. I planted it 4-5 years ago and it's already 15-20' tall, but it's also growing in fairly ideal conditions. It hasn't bloomed yet, but I think it might this spring/summer. There are some neat spots in the woods with bigleaf magnolia, magnolia grandiflora, ashe or pyramid (idk how to distinguish them) magnolia, sweetbay magnolia, cucumbertree, and tulip poplar all growing within sight of each other and it's like a native magnolia museum. I remember reading about some guy in New Jersey with a collection of 200+ magnolia varieties.
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Oct 6, 2020 02:34
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RickRogers posted:Yeah, here it is really just L. tulipifera that we name tulip tree. I just adore them and would love to climb a big one, as here they are just ornamentals that get pruned regularly. Love the flowers, leaves, crown shape, love the fall colours, the way they move in the wind: even love the stripy bark. Tulip Poplar is the tallest tree (or maybe just deciduous tree? maybe white pine gets taller?) in eastern North America. The Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest in western North Carolina is like a monument to the tulip poplar. There is a whole grove of virgin ones there and it is pretty spectacular. In my area where growing conditions aren't quite as good for them, they are fast growing and still get very large. They grow almost as fast and straight as the pines.
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Oct 6, 2020 13:05
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El Mero Mero posted:Looking for suggestions here. I've got a small space in the bay area with 100% shade (Here are a couple pictures: 1, 2) There are small/dwarf camellias that might do well there. They like shade, don't usually need irrigation in my wet climate, but I'm not familiar with the bay area. Fatsia japonica would be another good option. Both are everygreen. Lorapetulum and podocarpus are snoozeville boring but also pretty tough. Some other vine thing might be an option, or cut back and train that rose on the fence to screen what you want screened.
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Oct 6, 2020 17:46
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Oil of Paris posted:Yeah I’d vote for fatsia or an aucuba over anything else. That spot is dark as hell, a maple will struggle there until it eventually succumbs to some manner of rot. Rhododendron could probably hang, maybe never flower but it would fill the space
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Oct 7, 2020 00:31
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Oil of Paris posted:Camellia’s are such a delight, can’t wait to expand my collection. I think I’m going to stick to species for now but with Camellia Forest down the road I really can’t help myself. This plantsman poo poo isn’t for the faint of heart or weak of wallet lol snailshell posted:Gorgeous!!! Have you ever been to Descanso Gardens, in northern Los Angeles? They have an unbelievably beautiful 19-acre camellia collection, allegedly North America's largest. That bud did finally open: 
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Oct 7, 2020 02:46
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Probably not hardy outdoors for you, but purple tradescantia/wandering jew might be up your alley. There are some purple weeping beeches too that are pretty if you have the space.
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Oct 11, 2020 16:35
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Oil of Paris posted:Hey Kaiser, check this camellia out, very unusual leaves: Sake cup camellia That is super cool and also seems like a heinously bad mutation for a plant that tends to like high rainfall climates. I hadn't even thought about camellias being bred for foliage. Now I want a variegated camellia, but maybe that would ruin the effect? Red, japanese maple kind of veins? Cutleaf camellias? It's all too much.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:26
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Hello DIYers! We have a new forum/mod feedback thread and would love to hear your thoughts! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3944213 Get ready to read this message 15 more times in every thread you read!
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Oct 16, 2020 01:32
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The above is very true. You might leave a bit more of a stump when you cut it off and hack little notches and fill them full of concentrated glyphosate. Might cut a year or two off the battle. It's important to paint/squirt the roundup on VERY quickly after you cut the stump off-like a minute or less. Those cells apparently close up fast.
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Oct 20, 2020 03:05
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After this thread's tumultuous journey through several forums and names, unsure sense of identity, and considering it has a permabanned OP, I think it thread would be an excellent candidate for trying out a megathread reboot. Does anyone have any interest in writing a new OP or maybe that is something we can do collaboratively? Is now the time to break out houseplants/succulents into their own thread, or do we like them being in this thread too? Thoughts on what this thread should be? General plant appreciation? Flowersonly.com? The Succulent Station? The current thread would go to the Goodmine and so still be accessible for people without archives. If there are effortposts you've made itt, dig them up and we can link or quote those in the new thread to make them a little easier to find.
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Oct 22, 2020 02:30
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Thanks for the the thread reboot input! How do we think the OP should be organized? Any volunteers to contribute? Some quick thoughts I'v had: 1. Plants-they rock!-some words about plants and how neat they are. Maybe some 'what is horticulture?' if we are sticking with Horticulture for the thread title (which I think is a good term) 2. Outside Ornamentals- This thread is mostly for ornamentals, after all. Should we break it down by size (shrub, trees, etc) or annuals/perennials or flowers/foliage? I'm inclined towards herbaceous/woody as a decent way to break things up-plants you see year round vs. plants you don't? Any volunteers for this? Oil of Paris? 2b. EffortPosts from this thread to link to (please volunteer your own-don't be shy!)I know I did one about camellias at some point and I think one about Old-Fashioned roses too that I will dig up. They don't have to be super detailed-pictures are nice when talking about plants imo. 3. Inside Ornamentals- Houseplants, succulents, all that stuff. I am death to houseplants so I can't help, but I know some of you know a ton about those things. Link to Bonsai and Hydroponics threads? Again, share your effortposts and we can link them here. 4. Taxonomy- I don't want to scare anyone away, but it can't be a plant nerd chat zone without some brutal arguments over taxonomy and confusion over common names. 5. Trees?-There's kind of an outdoor plants thread that's maybe about trees over in TGO but It doesn't get much traffic. Trees are awesome maybe we should say a few words about trees? 6. All the stuff I forgot This thread has a very broad scope which is why I love it-if I have forgotten something you care about-let me know! 7. Books/websites/yootoobs?- PYF garden books/websites/youtubes. There was a little plantbook chat in this thread a while ago I will try and find, but please contribute your own favorites! 8. Design?- What plants look good next to other plants, how should gardens be laid out. Maybe I'm the only person that cares about this kind of thing, idk. Please please someone volunteer to write some chunks of this-y'all have way more knowledge about most of this stuff than I do. I don't think it needs to be hugely in depth (maybe make an effortpost in the new thread we can link to in the OP if you are super into XYZ?) but enough to get a new person excited about the topic and give them the groundwork of 'hey these are houseplants they are cool'
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Oct 28, 2020 23:31
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Solkanar512 posted:Having a 2nd or 3rd post for online seed/plant shops would be useful. There’s such an insane variety of disease resistant hybrids and old heirlooms out there that you can pretty much find anything you want that will fit your space and climate. Including a seed/plant source list is a good idea too. Oil of Paris posted:I'd be down to write the intro and the outdoor ornamental section. I think "trees" as their own topic would more or less get subsumed into this as well and probably don't need their own section, unless its about planting them correctly, in which case I think I've got a couple big posts somewhere in here about the special considerations around that. Wallet posted:I don't know nothin' about nothin' except a little bit about succulents. I can write a little thing up about them if we don't want to lump that in with general houseplants though I know space is probably at a premium given that list of topics. Let me know.
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Oct 29, 2020 18:00
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I did garden design in school and once upon a time a design of mine was selected as a runner-up for a historical site in Ottawa.  I think plant choice is an aspect of design that does depend on climate, but stuff like 'have a focal point at the end' or 'put colorful flowers in front of a dark evergreen hedge' or w/e is pretty universal. Any and all contributions are appreciated!
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Oct 29, 2020 18:29
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Maybe give it a very vigorous shaking to try and get the rest of the berries to drop so you can clean them up? If that is indeed a ligustrum, it's definitely normally a shrub so there's a case to be made for you 'cutting it back' to basically the ground and letting it grow in fuller. Or least tell the HOA that if they get mad at you for cutting it down.
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Nov 5, 2020 18:58
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the fart question posted:Hey I’ve got a purple oxalis in an indoor pot that’s done great over the summer, but it’s got a bit big and bushy. Can I just cut that sucker back or will that kill it? Judging by the oxalis in my lawn, you can cut it back every week and it will never die
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Nov 8, 2020 00:34
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I haven't forgotten about rebooting this thread-life just happened and I haven't gotten around to it, but hopefully that will happen soon (this week?). Oil of Paris has written a great new OP-get your effortposts ready and we will link them in a table of contents kind of thing!
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Nov 17, 2020 19:12
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Ok Comboomer posted:In case y’all didn’t know I have a bit of a Euphorbia/Croton/Euphorbicae collecting thing going—and, naturally, the season has me noticing all these neat poinsettia varietals People grow them in their yard here, but they seem to change colors after christmas? It's a definite old lady plant. My great grandmother had some 6' tall.
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Dec 11, 2020 19:01
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Oil of Paris posted:It also goes without saying that I know plenty great plant pics have been posted in here by much more powerful posters than myself, so just please don’t make me search for them Old fashioned roses: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543738&userid=94772#post494194917 Camellia post: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543738&userid=94772&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post502556698 Some zinnias: Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Since there was some zinnia chat, here's some zinnias: Kaiser Schnitzel posted:I've never grown edible ginger, but I grow a bunch of ornamental gingers here in 8b/9a. Very easy to propogate from tubers, or sometimes they start growing baby plants on spent flowers (there is a name for this but I can't remember it). They like some shade, but otherwise are pretty bulletproof. They go bananas in August/September when everything else is too hot and tired to grow and then die back with a frost but come back every year. There a guy out in the country (where it is colder) I know who grows turmeric and ginger for a local health food store. Some other goon's amazing flowers/photos: amethystbliss posted:Yay! I'm so happy to have found this thread. I started my first ever gardening project in the fall - a tiny 4x4 raised bed cutting garden. I just kind of dumped a bunch of flower bulbs under some soil and hoped for the best. Now I have the prettiest garden blooming with anemones and ranunculus and I'm hooked. An incredible tree: Platystemon posted:This magnificent specimen of Quercus lobata in Mendocino County is the largest oak on the continent.
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Dec 12, 2020 16:33
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Hello Hobbyists and Crafters of all sorts! Our friends from Creative Convention are visiting with their Travelling Showcase of Wonders and they want to see all the cool and fantastic things you've been working on! Go show them off and admire the handiwork of other talented goons! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3946255
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Dec 14, 2020 02:54
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MY CAMELLIAS have been blooming for a week or three and I am reminded once again that camellias are definitively and objectively The Best Ornamental Plant.
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Dec 14, 2020 18:55
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I'm turning this into a commemorative sixer thread to memorialize this momentous occasion( plant thread, 2013-2020). Post a picture of a plant/flower and it's scientific name if you know it (or idk, maybe you just to become compost?) and I will add a pretty plant to your rap sheet. I'll do these tonight (or whenever you tell me) so as not to interfere with your regularly scheduled posting. Camellia japonica 'Purple Dawn' (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dec 15, 2020 14:56
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Wallet posted:Is it too late? Nope! Closing it tonight.
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Oops! I forgot to close this and do commemorative 6ers last night, but will do them tonight. This thread is off to the goodmine, the new thread is here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3951612
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