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Posted by betsey on July 14, 2009, 7:40 am
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> On 7/13/09 7:38 PM, in article
> cf4a13a9-6457-4cc1-812b-091d98d75...@l31g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, "betse=
y"
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> >> betsey wrote:
> >>>> On 7/12/09 7:23 PM, in article b8v6m.21795$Il.14...@newsfe16.iad, "S=
haron
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> >>>>> As promised, pictures of the front with the new paver patio and
> >>>>> walkway. Plus the Hays Hill and plantings.
> >>>>>http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3D93347&id=3D647467565&l=3D674=
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> >>>>> I think it needs mulched. =A0But we haven't done that yet. =A0Some =
of the
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> >>>>> plants (especially the sedum varieties) are spreaders. So I wanted =
to
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> >>>>> give them time to do that unimpeded. =A0We'll see if I get mulch do=
wn
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> >>>>> there by this Fall. =A0It's too hot to even think about working out=
there
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> >>>>> right now. :(
> >>>>> Sharon
> >>>> You are invited to come down and help me transform our front & backy=
ards;
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> >>>> LOL :>) They're as plain as can be with just the shrubs the builder =
put
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> >>>> in. Neither DS or I have any idea how to change & make it more
> >>>> attractive.
> >>>> Emily
> >>> i have one word for you...
> >>> hydrangeas (i've never met one who didn't want to come live at my
> >>> house!!)
> >>> betsey
> >> My neighbor has a gorgeous one on the side of the house. =A0Blue and p=
urple on
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> >> the same bush. Just gorgeous!!!
> >> Sharon
> >> --
> >> Never try to teach a pig to sing. =A0It's a waste of time and just ann=
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> > as i said, i've yet to meet one that I didn't love....they just thrill
> > me to pieces all summer long.
> I like them, too. =A0We had one in our yard when I was growing up in mid-=
MS,
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> that was also blue/purple, but haven't seen any here in/aroound the Houst=
on,
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> TX area. =A0
> Maybe I haven't been to the right neighborhoods, since I was forced to gi=
ve
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> up driving about 7-years ago and don't get "around town" as in the past.
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I think you can grow hydrangeas most anywhere...but they do like to
have "wet feet"...especailly their first year. they are also really
easy go grow from clippings. (see, if you lived in south jersey, i
could share with y'all!!)
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> > As promised, pictures of the front with the new paver patio and walkway=