Around the Yard #26: Spewing Fish, Pole Beans & Throw Away Seedlings

They are all beautiful but that last one is outstanding. Bet they look fabulous in your garden….....I know they would in mine. :-)

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

Trash Flower ey??? Really!!! Love the colors of those daylilies Scott … my Stella are starting to pop now, and noticed a few buds on some of my other varieties … my garden is about to explode with color … so seeing yours makes me that much more filled with anticipation …

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Wow I love the color of them all.I didn’t think they would flower the first year from seed.Nice additions to your collection.Does that mean you get to name them too?

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Love the fish. Nice lilies too.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Bon: No, the seedlings are several years old. Flowered first last year and he didn’t like them.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Oh ok.I thought it seemed a little quick for the seeds to grow that big in one year.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

wow love that fish, clever, the daylillies are amazing for rejects…...

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

Thanks.. ;)

So, who’s taking bets on the pole bean system.. Total failure with 200 or so plants destined to hit the ground? Or will it work swimmingly..

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I am so jealous of you zone 5 and 6ers…

I normally don’t go for too much lawn art but I do like the idea with the fish… especially next to the pond like that.

-- Zone 4a or 4b... depending on where you are standing!

gosh.. you always have such amazing things to show us
toss away plants.. !!!

pole bean system… well. ... I’m going to say that if it starts leaning you will prop up the centre and in the end will have success. :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Like the idea of the PVC for the beans!!

And the fish “planter” is a great idea! Looks lovely.
And those Daylilies, I would love to have them in my beds! They look great Scott!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Had some high winds come through last night which knocked the one end over and the pipe down. I’m scuttling the PVC idea in favor of doing two more tripods. I’ll then wrap twine around each tripod @ 16” spacing to allow growth up the mas.

I could anchor the tripods into the ground, but with the winds we get from time to time, I’d still be worried about them pulling out. Especially being what will basically be a growing curtain to catch the wind.

As for the PVC, I can re-purpose it later on.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

At least it happened now, and not when it was supporting all those runners!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

good thing you found out now—oh, that’s what Dini said lol :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

I had put them back up minus the pole and a storm blew through.. We lost 10’ off the top of our one Paw Paw tree, and a large limb out of the pecan.. Needless to say, they blew over again.

~sigh~

I’m going to cut some stakes and tie them to the ground to be sure.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

oh dear :(

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan

Nice shots, Scott.

Sorry to hear about the trees. We invest so much time and energy, not to mention $$$, that it is always upsetting to see damage to them.

-- jroot

Rather bummed about the Paw Paw.. They had such beautiful shape.. Both of them matched.. Now it’s all wonkey looking.

Guess I’ll wait and see how it grows out next season before I decide anything. They’re slow growing though.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

Scott I always use rubber coated rebar rods to anchor my trellis’ and tripods down and they work great when the winds get pretty high.I like that I can pound them in pretty deep and then I wire them onto the trellis and tripods.Maybe something like this could work to anchor your beans.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Sound advice, Bon.. Thanks for reminding me about that. I’ll see if I can’t pick some up in the next few days.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b