Mini Garden Gazette
Happy Fall Planting! **Photos may take a moment to load** |
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Hi ,
The cooler weather is slowly returning to the Great Northwest but the days are still sunny warm. It feels
good to get my hands in the soil, sit on top of (my) world and putter away at my miniature garden. I'm preparing for a few videos this season for the Miniature Garden Society's relaunch campaign so there is a little sprucing to do!
Hope your enjoying your fall planting days. Find your "must-do's," inspiration,
information and fun in this month's issue and remember...
Whatever you do, make it fun,
PHOTO ABOVE: Our in ground garden in the sunshine. That's one of our oldest Nana Hinoki Cypress in the center. It could be about 20 years old now. Have fun in the miniature garden this season while the kids are back to school!
!! Miniature Garden
Must Do's !!
Check your conifers for any conifer dieback.
1. A conifer is any plant that produces cones, like Spruce, Juniper, Pine, Cryptomeria or Cypress, for example.
2. Dieback is a natural exfoliation process that happens throughout the year. - - Part the branches of your miniature or dwarf conifer gently to look inside to the middle of the plant.
- - If you see any dead foliage, get some gloves on and slough of all the dead leaves and make sure the slough-off to the
ground.
- - If you see foliage that is not quite dead yet, meaning it is still yellow in color and not brown, check back in a week or two so you can easily slough it off naturally. It's a bit tedious to try to get scissors in there and cut the half-dead growth out and not harm the shape of the plant at the same time. Let the plant do its thing naturally.
- - Clean up the dead foliage around the base of the trunk or shrub so light and air can get inside.
- - No conifer dieback now? Check each month throughout the winter, conifers shed at different times.
Bonus Bonsai
Tip!
- If you have a tree with a trunk (as opposed to a multi-stemmed shrub,) after you clean up the foliage, take a minute or two to unbury the base of the trunk a little from any mulch or soil.
Do this gradually over
several seasons if you really want to get into showing a little "root-flare" at the bottom of the trunk, it helps the wee tree to look older and more established. This is a Bonsai technique called nebari.
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Tiny trees make tiny gardens I can't say enough good things about our wee 2" potted trees. Above, that garden is about 8" from corner to corner. The Tsukumo Sawara Cypress is on the left, Jean's Dilly Dwarf Spruce is in the middle,
Platt's Black Brass Buttons. A hardy combo for Zone 5 (-20F) or a sheltered Zone 4 (-30F.) In fact, the plants are hardier than this ceramic pot, it would crack in a cold winter like that!
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On the
Mini Garden Guru Blog:
~> A good overview of what you need to know! <~
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Fall To-Do's in the Miniature Garden
~> Tips on what to do and for how long you can do it. <~ ~>
Squirrels are Godzilla in miniature. <~
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ICYMI
~> Tired of websites with no face or name? Us too. <~
~> Tips to do now while the weather is still
nice <~
~> What to expect & how to keep gardening <~
Baby Lemon Cypress trees Smell like heaven!
A great little tree to plant a mini garden with right now. That wonderful green color is PERFECT for a Halloween garden with bright orange pumpkins and bats in the trees. Then, with a quick exchange of accessories, you can have a very fun Thanksgiving garden scene with turkey decorations and scarecrows.
But wait, there's more! Now look at that shape - it's a darling little Christmas tree to decorate for the holidays!! Picture the tiny, twinkly decorations and presents under the tree.
Fun and versatile to grow: Outdoors: Hardy zones 7-10, part sun. Indoors: cool spot with 6-8 hours of bright indirect
light. Cupressus macrocarpa Wilma Goldcrest.
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In the Miniature Garden
Center Store this Week!
Let us know if you need help selecting plants for your projects,
we are glad to help where we can.
- Mini Tree Set of 5 - includes an hinoki Cypress, Sawara Cypress, Jean's Dilly Dwarf Spruce, Thymeleaf Cotoneaster & the Blue Moon Cypress
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