Gardening experiments

[wtg]

Saw this video and I'm encouraged by it.

Link to video

The video says the pine is a stone pine.

I have a dwarf Swiss stone pine; it's my favorite evergreen on our property. Not the same as the one in the time lapse, but hey, a pine is a pine!

I have its cones and it has seeds.

Come spring, I'm gonna do some seed planting!

[wtg]

The other thing I'm going to try to propagate is my dwarf gingko. We had it taken down last year because it had gotten much too large for where it is located. I didn't have the stump ground out and it sprouted after it was cut down. I've covered the shoots with a cage to protect them from the rabbits; I caught them nibbling on the leaves a few months ago.

We'll see if I get anything to take!

[Big_Al]

Good luck. I've grown trees from seedlings but have never tried propagating the seeds themselves. It shouldn't be too difficult because trees naturally self-propagate, albeit sometimes with the help of animals or the wind.

That being said, we have a couple of oak trees in our yard that were naturally propagated and a whole fence row of assorted oaks, wild cherries, and sassafras trees and a black oak at the rear of our yard that were also naturally propagated. The sumacs are constantly trying to take over flower beds without any assistance.

Big Al

[Steve Miller]

I’d like more green and less mulch in the back yard so I started a couple of patches of Irish moss. It seems to grow very slowly so I also started patches of Common Thrift, Dianthus, and Mother of Thyme. Those three seem to be growing much more quickly and the Dianthus and Thrift also flower.

We’ll see what survives the winter.

[wtg]

@Steve-Miller said in Gardening experiments:

Irish moss

Ha! This stuff is growing like crazy between the bricks on our patio. I should try moving some out into the beds. Like you, I'm looking for a non-mulch alternative.

The Irish moss blooms, too. You just need a magnifying glass to see the flowers.

https://www.thespruce.com/irish-moss-plant-profile-5070468