tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post2827441565718521037..comments2023-10-22T09:42:36.750-04:00Comments on Casa Mariposa: Fixing the Big Uglies: The Iris IncidentCasa Mariposahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-15945194215644915332012-05-16T09:00:42.699-04:002012-05-16T09:00:42.699-04:00It is great seeing your before and afters. I was w...It is great seeing your before and afters. I was working on a new flowerbed yesterday and I am sure I got half of my plant placement dead wrong. It is how we learn. We make mistakes and then figure out a solution to correct them.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116583212813729057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-31162955206071070122012-05-15T11:46:53.672-04:002012-05-15T11:46:53.672-04:00Although I said I was leaving the garden to its ow...Although I said I was leaving the garden to its own devices this year, I moved a large and very heavy clump of ornamental grass. For a couple of years it had been making its corner of the garden look really scruffy and one morning last week I could stand it no longer. It's funny how we get those moments of "this will no longer do."Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830177691014290662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-25345317466679461282012-05-15T10:53:24.405-04:002012-05-15T10:53:24.405-04:00I always like seeing garden transformations. They ...I always like seeing garden transformations. They always seem to be great improvements. Yours looks fabulous! Hostas always make such a difference in a garden bed. Well done!The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-72107922579280231572012-05-14T11:18:20.921-04:002012-05-14T11:18:20.921-04:00It looks lovely now. The more plants we gardeners...It looks lovely now. The more plants we gardeners move, the more we learn, right? :)Hoover Boohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083294821646284424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-19024489101667434312012-05-13T23:29:34.607-04:002012-05-13T23:29:34.607-04:00I love your River Birch and its flaky bark and how...I love your River Birch and its flaky bark and how you've changed the two gardens. Sweetbay said it well - garden evolution. I have areas badly in need of the same treatment because sunny areas have become shady as the trees I planted grew bigger (who'd have guessed?).Roslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940119240313980400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-75464058474936372312012-05-13T21:17:53.958-04:002012-05-13T21:17:53.958-04:00Your garden makeover looks great, and sounds like ...Your garden makeover looks great, and sounds like normal garden evolution to me! I love your plant choices.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-89609493000455554362012-05-13T18:14:50.899-04:002012-05-13T18:14:50.899-04:00I'm juggling plants right now and wondering wh...I'm juggling plants right now and wondering where to put things. It's a hard time trying to figure out how wet or dry the soil will be and how the light will change through the season due to growing plants. I wouldn't say you did so badly. and at least you recognized the problem and corrected it! All my siberian iris I purchased last year died and I'm wondering if I dare try again.Margueritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377516887669269657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-30785245311929286072012-05-13T17:53:03.121-04:002012-05-13T17:53:03.121-04:00I'm glad the Iris is doing well now. I'm l...I'm glad the Iris is doing well now. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this series! <br /><br />I'm glad your ground cherries are doing well. I have one ground cherry seedling, and it's a sad little specimen. :( A lot of my seedlings died when I went away for a week in April (ground cherries and others), and I haven't had a lot of free time this spring to replant and stay on top of things. I hope I don't have a pathetic garden this year.Bumble Lush Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729677514605178020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-65433575767618287732012-05-13T17:40:22.714-04:002012-05-13T17:40:22.714-04:00This looks like a great fix for the uglies. I want...This looks like a great fix for the uglies. I want one of those River Birches too. I have the perfect spot for it.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-85864519950965350802012-05-13T16:26:56.389-04:002012-05-13T16:26:56.389-04:00Glad to hear that the siberian Iris are now thrivi...Glad to hear that the siberian Iris are now thriving, such lovely plants. It's a shame that plants can't tell us beforehand if we're putting them in the wrong place, isn't it?Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725991262021867082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-36905166015458629352012-05-13T15:43:49.185-04:002012-05-13T15:43:49.185-04:00Brilliant! I would have followed the same path, so...Brilliant! I would have followed the same path, sometimes we take a little while to figure things out. Your comments about the River Birch has me thinking about a very wet area in our yard. Perhaps that would be a good solution....maybe. :-)Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-14456012594143764032012-05-13T14:56:38.177-04:002012-05-13T14:56:38.177-04:00Wait, you can't put plants with different ligh...Wait, you can't put plants with different light and moisture needs just anywhere? You can't? I surely did and I am having the same issues re-doing several beds that have plants in all the wrong places. So nice to see, in such detail, that I am not alone!<br /><br />Those iris collapsus (ha!) now look really good. It's hard to make changes when the transplant process makes everything worse for a while until it settles in. You can't tell if you made the right moves or not at first. You are making great strides in fixing the big uglies, and I am enjoying seeing how it all developed.Laurriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13657951570419825095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289863235108169853.post-89629394227916809662012-05-13T11:46:57.258-04:002012-05-13T11:46:57.258-04:00I love how you said, "I had become a master o...I love how you said, "I had become a master of misplacement." lol <br /><br />Your plants are just gorgeous. I'm so glad that the Irises are enjoying their new spot. Your River Berch Garden is lovely, especially your hostas. How adorable (my mom plants hostas as well and I always swoon over them). <br /><br />Neato Bluebird. That's awesome that there's a family of them in your garden :-DBleufleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596357941321142710noreply@blogger.com