Subject: Re: Subject: ubject: Subject: Re: Subject: flowers, >Vera >Belin

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Bill:

Most of the ground is taken care of now with peat moss and other things that will help it grow. I've got alot of roses around the wall and they seem to do just fine. As for the azaleas , I've never had any luck with those. I've planted them and I killed them without even trying. I have gotten the hill planted with pines and rosemary. That seems to be doing well , but it took alot to find what would work up there on it. Thing here also is we don't get much rain, so we have to fine things that will grow without much water. That's why I went with the rosemary on the hill. It doesn't take much water. I guess you've been stuck in the mud at times also, huh? One time when I was young , my brother was watering the yard next to the house, I don't know if he hit a air pocket or what, but that hose just went right into the ground. Never could get it out, had to cut it and leave almost half of it there. That was strange.

Take Care

Vera

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Subject: Re: Subject: ubject: Subject: Re: Subject: flowers, >Vera >Belinda

Vera, Bulbs don't do well in clay at all (we also have triassic clay) it takes tons of peat moss, leaves, sand and bone meal to make it suitable for bulbs. A roto tiller after you mix all that together helps also. But I used to dig a hole and put the clay into a wheelbarrow, then mix in leaves (rotted ones are best), peat moss, a small box of bone meal and about an eighty pound bag of sand and chop it all up with a shovel. If I was planting azaleas, I would leave out the bone meal and try to find all the oak leaves I could as they are best for azaleas. Put lots of clay in your compost heap, it really turns to good soil faster there. We never had much luck with roses in clay. Ferns do well in shady areas. Rhodadendrums do well in our area if they are on the north or east side of the house also. Take care, Bill Werre