https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:14:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1740149 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:22:13 +0000 JAileen 1740149@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, I didn't realize you had moved. What a beautiful view! If you're considering a grape vine and you have a dog, our vet told us grapes are toxic to dogs. We took out a huge grape arbor for that reason and also that it attracted raccoons, which are pretty vicious. We were afraid that they might injure our dogs. One of them cornered a raccoon under the deck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1740134 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:14:46 +0000 Anonymous 1740134@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Meredith, thank you so much for that link. I see some possibilities that sound good. Concord grapes are already reaching over the back fence from a neighbor's yard and the leaves are a bright yellow now. The second photo is the area in question. The existing vine is raspberry or blackberry and very stickery to be so close to a walkway. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1740080 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 16:45:22 +0000 Meredith 1740080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, what a stunning backyard! Beautiful fall colors. I delayed responding to you last post about vines, because it's a tricky question. I can think of several that could work (honeysuckle, trellis roses, clematis) but they won't shield the view in the winter. A creeping euonymus might work but could be a pain to keep pruned. Same with English ivy. Here's an interesting article with some other suggestions: <a href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/885#b" rel="nofollow">http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/885#b</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1740000 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 05:02:11 +0000 Anonymous 1740000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A couple of photos of our garden today...Virginia creeper on the fence, tree color and sumac outside the kitchen window.<br /> Bonus of Rocky Mountain National Park today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1733237 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:31:26 +0000 Anonymous 1733237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will have to give them a try. There are areas that get partial sun.<br /> Do you have any ideas for a vine? There is a trellis near a high use walkway that is now supporting some sort of thorny berry bush...not a good spot for thorns with a toddler visiting and furry dog. I would like something to replace it as it is also visually shielding the outdoor spa. The area gets afternoon sun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1732973 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:58:35 +0000 Meredith 1732973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The hosta will grow, but they won't spread much. We had a few planted by the previous owner oddly in the sun and they still survived. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1732969 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 21:46:22 +0000 Anonymous 1732969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Meredith, you have given me hope and a wealth a ideas. We have shady areas where I'd like to put host as but don't see them being used at all. I need to find out what will grow under aspens </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1731998 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:30:47 +0000 Meredith 1731998@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy: Those aspen are stunning! I miss those fall colors. </p> <p>I did not notice too much of a difference gardening in CO vs KS. There might be a few plants that can't tolerate the cooler zone, but I think you'll find water needs to be your biggest consideration. Between my yard and the neighbors' things that grew well include: sage, salvia, rudbeckia, cone flower, Veronica, anise hyssop, hummingbird trumpet, phlox, soapwort, verbena, clematis, lavender, peony, dahlias, roses, coreopsis, day lilies. Oh, and cinquefoil is a shrub, but has very pretty yellow flowers all summer.</p> <p>I highly recommend a trip to CO State's experimental gardens next August. It's a great way to see what's thriving. They also have a very informative website: <a href="http://www.flowertrials.colostate.edu/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.flowertrials.colostate.edu/index.php</a></p> <p>Berthoud has a smaller scale test garden focused on plants with low water needs: <a href="http://www.northernwater.org/WaterConservation/GardenPhotoGallery.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.northernwater.org/W.....llery.aspx</a></p> <p>High Country Gardens is also a source of ideas for regionally appropriate plants: <a href="http://www.highcountrygardens.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.highcountrygardens.com</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1731995 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:21:10 +0000 Meredith 1731995@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris1987: what a shame about your fruit trees, but glad you are getting some veggies. My lettuces are just coming up. This is my first attempt at a fall garden, so fingers crossed!</p> <p>Carla: Your garden looks beautiful despite the dry weather. I'm impressed by your orchids! I can never manage to keep house plants alive. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1731762 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 03:32:32 +0000 Anonymous 1731762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our garden was aquired and looking tired this late in summer. Here are some shots of Nature's garden<br /> Thank you, Meredith. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1731681 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:33:50 +0000 Meredith 1731681@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy, the plant you're seeing in the Frint Range is Russian Sage. In a rush, but I'll chime in later with some things that grew well for us when we lived in Longmont. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1731676 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:23:31 +0000 Anonymous 1731676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have had orchids bloom again after a rest. Sometimes the leaves even dry up and fall off. They are such a bargain as the flowers last for months.<br /> Runcarla, what is the plant in #7? We are new to out area and trying to learn what grows well and easily and seeing lots of this plant. Is it lavender? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1729003 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 01:20:32 +0000 Barbara Diane 1729003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not a gardener, at least yet, but enjoying the photos and discussion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728933 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 21:44:59 +0000 Carla 1728933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very dry and hot summer. Wonderful for people, but not so good for the gardens. The lawns were yellow until just recently. I gave up my big planting ideas for this summer since there was no way to water enough to establish new perenials. I did divide some hosta, and daylily without too much trauma.</p> <p>Basil was amazing (in pot on deck) and besides regular consumption I've had to cut it down to keep it from bolting. Made 2 batches of pesto to freeze in ice cube trays for winter use. </p> <p>I'm having fun experimenting with with orchids. The first one I got stopped blooming (after 3 months) and the stem shrivelled. I got a mauve one and kept an eye on the white one. Last month (after a 3 month rest) it started blooming again. The mauve is going to sleep though. I just picked up a 3rd (yellowish with some mauve.) the grocery store has them, and when they go on sale ($14. CA) I can't seem to resist! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728882 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 18:58:57 +0000 Chris987 1728882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love hearing gardening stories!</p> <p>We're still getting tomatoes from DH's veg garden and some peppers. Leeks will be later. He is about to put in the seedlings for the late summer lettuce crop. The basil, mint, and rosemary in pots on the deck is doing well but I'm getting really tired of hand watering. &nbsp;</p> <p>In the perennial beds, phlox and a couple of butterfly weeds are still valiantly trying to bloom despite the worst drought in decades. I need to plant more annuals next year so things don't look so bare this late in the year. I do plan to put in some mums soon. The forsythia, which is huge and very old, is so parched that leaves are withered and drooping, which I've never seen before....I'm afraid it might not survive until next spring. </p> <p>On top of that we had a freak ice storm in&nbsp;April just after buds formed on our fruit trees, and there has been no fruit at all.&nbsp;We have&nbsp;apple, pear, and quince trees, most&nbsp;ornamental although we do eat the asian pears but not this year.</p> <p>UmmLila I empathize.....I've gotten sore muscles etc from too much gardening int he past and so frustrating when it happens just when you need to do MORE work. </p> <p>Ha...dogs as bean thieves.....LOL! </p> <p>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728765 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:00:25 +0000 Meredith 1728765@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachey: Sounds like you are still getting some delicious things out of your garden. What a shame about your peonies! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728724 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 05:53:45 +0000 rachylou 1728724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Whoa! $6700! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728723 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 05:51:32 +0000 rachylou 1728723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lots of cherry tomatoes. Cucumbers and green beans aging on the vine. Didn't get a wild amount, but still a little more than I can eat. Lots of lemons. Lots of basil and sage. My mint, cilantro and dill are a little spindly. I failed to pinch when the time was right. My peonies came up but never bloomed... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728690 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 01:39:52 +0000 Meredith 1728690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ummlila: That story about your mom is unbelievable. What a nightmare! Hopefully next summer you can spend more time in your own garden! And I think a little doxie would be so cute with a pbgv, but trouble for sure. They are so sweet and playful with each other but they do love to be naughty! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728684 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 01:33:22 +0000 Meredith 1728684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen: Your veggies look lush and delicious! And I am so envious of your fruit trees! My yard is not sunny enough to plant trees in the ground, but I've played with the idea of a container espalier in a sunny spot on the patio (example below). Thanks for sharing the photo of your fence. I will need to do something similar. Georgia is a little bean thief as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728674 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:51:16 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1728674@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>O, I have a hound too (pbgv) and i have long thought that a mini dachshund girl would be a great (though likely also naughty) companion. My garden is a mess because I started out strong and then got a repetitive stress injury to my forearm /elbow while weeding for my mom and had to do pretty much nothing since mid July by way of upkeep. I am down to zinnia, rudbeckia, spider flowers,impatiens, blackeyed susans and petunias as a result.</p> <p>My mom, who is 79, has an acre that's about 70% daylilies. My latest drama with her: she hired a landscaper to do a major weeding at the end of August. Took them 4 and a half days and three people &nbsp;-- and they gave her a bill for $6,700! Who does that? And whose mother actually pays that? Still trying to sort that one out but it's hard to get people to regurgitate funds they have received !!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728672 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:47:20 +0000 JAileen 1728672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your dogs are too cute! </p> <p>The entire garden is kind of ratty looking. This was a big year, fruit wise. We have tons of apples. It was crazy planting five apple trees. We also had a ton of peaches. Our best peach tree lost a major branch. Next year we won't have any apples, and may not have any peaches, either.</p> <p>The vegetable garden is still producing tomatoes and green beans. We have a tomato salad and marinated green beans nearly every night. Despite having two terriers, we have rabbits. We finally built removable chicken wire enclosures for the beans. We've been using them for several years. It also keeps out the dogs. The black one, Mr Skunky (not his real name), likes green beans a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/late-summer-gardens#post-1728633 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:10:12 +0000 Meredith 1728633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's been a while since we've seen everyone's gardens!</p> <p>I spent today cleaning poor-performing tomatoes and eggplant out of a bed and planting cool fall veggies. Of course my dogs immediately start digging, so I used pots and sticks to "fence" the bed. I'm thinking it will hold up for two days :/ While working, I found a swallowtail caterpillar. There's no appropriate food for that type in our yard, so I bought him some parsley and fennel and built him a house. Next year I plan to plant dill, parsley, and milkweed for the butterflies.</p> <p>1. Showy zinnias<br /> 2. Duplicate<br /> 3. Pecks of peppers<br /> 4. Rudbeckia<br /> 5. Feeble attempt to protect my garden from...<br /> 6. The diggers<br /> 7. Caterpillar "house"<br /> 8. Scarlet runners</p> <p>What's happening in your garden? </p>