Paul asks…
Can I do a Bog Garden ?
I was thinking about doing a bog garden,and i was wondering if I could do a “natural” one as in I could let the plants live outside.I live in central Arkansas,and my climate zone for gardening is 7.Is this suitable to were I could have a a bog garden out side and it be living lol?
GardenersCardiff answers:
A bog garden can be grown in any climate zone. The climate zone would effect which type of plants you would have the greatest success with.
The easiest one to make would involve a large plastic pool or a hole with a plastic liner with the addition on suitable soil components.
William asks…
Tropical plants for zone 7?
what plants look tropical and are good for a tropical garden in zone 7
GardenersCardiff answers:
As you can see according to the link below it doesn’t start until zone 8.
However there are some that give a tropical feel and are cold hardy to zone
7.
Many of these can be purchased at a local garden center for less cost.
Also I recommend Clumping Bamboo unless you want a rhizome barrier to dig 3ft deep. Some of theses ferns can go to zone 3.
Elephant Ears
http://www.elephantearsplants.com/elephantearsvarieties.htm
Cold Hardy Bamboo/Clumping
http://www.bambooheadquarters.com/store/clumping.php
Bamboo Plants
Bamboo Green Panda
Bamboo Green Screen
Bamboo Green View
Nandina Dwarf Firepower
Nandina Harbor Dwarf
http://www.greenwoodnursery.com/page.cfm/36757
Some of the Ornamental grasses.
Http://www.paradisegarden.com/shop/searchresults.php?category=grasses&aff=ov07
Tropical and Subtropical Plants by Hardiness
Order Seeds – Tropical Fruit Database – Tropical Ornamentals –
List of Plants With Pictures – Fruits Around the World – Vegetable and Fruiting Annual Database
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/fruits_ornamentals_by_hardiness.htm
*********Ferns
http://www.gaiser.org/RidgeTop/ferns.html
*********Cold Hardy Palms/zone 6 & 7
http://www.seedman.com/coldhard.htm
David asks…
I have bad gardening hands?!?
I have had terrible gardening experiences, no kidding.
Just recently I tried to plant this seed, but it was cold outside (Really cold). So.. I place the seed ( in it’s planting pot) by the window to grow. A few days later (could have been weeks ), the damned seed grew mold and nothing sprouted! Absolutely nothing! Okay, so I through the mess away and this time the weather was fair. I placed the seed in a nice soil out side (GREAT soil I know many seeds would like the opportunity to be in that kind of soil), two months had gone by and not a damn sprout, not even a root (one seed I let nature do it’s thing and the other I took care of and nothing happened).
I have many experiences with this bad gardening hands of mines, but those are the most recent ones that I had.
How can I resolve this problem? What do you are these bad gardening hands? And what causes of them?
GardenersCardiff answers:
First – find what gardening zone you’re in . And it sounds like you’re planting too early outside. The cold will kill the plant before it gets to sprout.
Also – when planting in a pot and it’s cold outside, don’t put the pot too close to the window….the cold can still get to it.
Get yourself a gardening book – something basic – it will help a lot!
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