How well does your garden grow???

[MomsTn]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

TNBound,

Do you mulch your roses or place rose cones over them?

I use bark mulch around my roses.
I'm not really sure how they will do this winter.
We had a mild winter, and then, the last two weeks, it's been really cold.
Below zero for a week, and now it's in the teens.
I also use hay, preferable alfalfa. I put that in my garden.
Couldn't grow much of one this year, the season is just too short, and I really love growing things, especially flowers and roses.

You know, it's really hard when you have a green thumb, and you can't even get your hands dirty.
When we lived out west, I could grow practically anything.

What are some of the common flowers that grow there?
What has the strongest scent?

Thanks,

[jkmewright]

Originally Posted by TNBound

I use bark mulch around my roses.
I'm not really sure how they will do this winter.
We had a mild winter, and then, the last two weeks, it's been really cold.
Below zero for a week, and now it's in the teens.
I also use hay, preferable alfalfa. I put that in my garden.
Couldn't grow much of one this year, the season is just too short, and I really love growing things, especially flowers and roses.

You know, it's really hard when you have a green thumb, and you can't even get your hands dirty.
When we lived out west, I could grow practically anything.

What are some of the common flowers that grow there?
What has the strongest scent?

Thanks,

Well, Irises do very well and we have one called "grape escape" smells like grape koolade! Also the wild honeysuckle smells wonderful and it is everywhere. Phlox, azaleas, clematis are some other common plants here that do well. I like jasmine but I have not had luck overwintering it. Sometimes it comes back, and other times we have to buy a new one. Herbs are nice too and we grow them like weeds.

[MomsTn]

Originally Posted by jkmewright

Well, Irises do very well and we have one called "grape escape" smells like grape koolade! Also the wild honeysuckle smells wonderful and it is everywhere. Phlox, azaleas, clematis are some other common plants here that do well. I like jasmine but I have not had luck overwintering it. Sometimes it comes back, and other times we have to buy a new one. Herbs are nice too and we grow them like weeds.

I love irises, especially purple ones. My grandma had a lot of them in her garden when I was a kid.

I also love growing herbs, my favorite is chamomile. I would like to grow a patch of it like grass, and mow it, and just smell it's fragrance.

So, it sounds like I would be able to grow the plants and flowers that I love.

Can't wait...

[Imascot]

Thanks for all your great advice. Coming from an arid desert environment, I am excited about the possibility of getting my hands dirty and growing plants and flowers. We still have to 'plant' ourselves in TN-but the more we read and learn about TN and discover the kindness of its inhabitants-the more we think it's the place for us! Thanks to all!!

[jkmewright]

Originally Posted by TNBound

I also love growing herbs, my favorite is chamomile. I would like to grow a patch of it like grass, and mow it, and just smell it's fragrance.

Funny you mention chamomile. I bought 10,000 seeds off of ebay and had a nice patch in the backyard last year. It was just too cute and fragrant.

[jkmewright]

Originally Posted by Imascot

Thanks for all your great advice. Coming from an arid desert environment, I am excited about the possibility of getting my hands dirty and growing plants and flowers. We still have to 'plant' ourselves in TN-but the more we read and learn about TN and discover the kindness of its inhabitants-the more we think it's the place for us! Thanks to all!!

The kindness of TN inhabitants goes beyond the 2 legged creatures. Just wait til you find some nice daffodils or amarylis (sp?) popping up in your yard courtesy of the squirrels that stole bulbs from your neighbor lol

[MomsTn]

Originally Posted by jkmewright

Funny you mention chamomile. I bought 10,000 seeds off of ebay and had a nice patch in the backyard last year. It was just too cute and fragrant.

Wish I had seen it.
Will the chamomile come back in the Spring?
When my Dad lived in Crossville, he had pansies all year. It just never got cold enough to kill them off.

[jkmewright]

Originally Posted by TNBound

Wish I had seen it.
Will the chamomile come back in the Spring?
When my Dad lived in Crossville, he had pansies all year. It just never got cold enough to kill them off.

Well, it's my first year so I am not sure but we have so many annuals that come back.... I have my fingers crossed. I bought German (annual) and I hear that Roman is the perennial one so you may want to do Roman. The cost was less than $3. And my pansies are still out there bloomin their little hearts away! My neighbor asked if they were fake flowers lol

[MomsTn]

Originally Posted by jkmewright

I bought German (annual) and I hear that Roman is the perennial one so you may want to do Roman. The cost was less than $3. And my pansies are still out there bloomin their little hearts away!

I bought Roman Chamomile this year, but, most of it, I put it in containers.
I did plant a few plants next to my roses.
I'll have to wait until Spring to see if those plants come back.

I brought the pots indoors, but, the plants don't like it.