tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post116231531352614456..comments2023-02-18T10:35:31.888-05:00Comments on South of the River: Finally, some progress (I hope)Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12582646420350461950noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162918290890040932006-11-07T10:51:00.000-06:002006-11-07T10:51:00.000-06:00Susan, the Austin garden bloggers are trying to ge...Susan, the Austin garden bloggers are trying to get together. Please send me an e mail if you're interested.<BR/><BR/>anndoubleu at hotmail dot comAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162701129639901492006-11-04T22:32:00.000-06:002006-11-04T22:32:00.000-06:00Annie --I wasn't actually thinking about the name ...Annie --<BR/><BR/>I wasn't actually thinking about the name of your blog when I asked the question. But it's kind of funny, I guess.<BR/><BR/>The rose is not some expensive heirloom, just a one-gallon $15 rose from the Rose Emporium (but bought at the Natural Gardener, as I recall). But it's about to bloom so I hate to dig it up now. And it just now looks established. What to do? I suppose I'll ponder for a while.<BR/><BR/>-- sSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582646420350461950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162700518723985832006-11-04T22:21:00.000-06:002006-11-04T22:21:00.000-06:00Several hours later, Susan it occurs to me you mig...Several hours later, Susan it occurs to me you might be joking about my blog name, which is the title of a song about a transplanted person - I seldom remember that it might refer to an actual plant!<BR/>AnnieAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162686873115188302006-11-04T18:34:00.000-06:002006-11-04T18:34:00.000-06:00Stoloniferous!! Sorry about that, Susan. It might ...Stoloniferous!! Sorry about that, Susan. It might not be the exact term, but in the north many shrubs like Red-twig dogwood, clethra, forsythia, spiraeas, mockorange, hydrangeas, weigela, some lilacs and some old fashioned roses spread outward with new stems coming up from under the ground. <BR/><BR/>So you could sort of pry some shoots with their roots off to make a new shrub, [that's how a lot of shrubs become passalong plants] or encourage the shoots to come up where you wanted them, removing the ones you didn't want. <BR/><BR/>This could also work if your neighbor on the other side of the fence has a spreading plant that you like... sometimes all you have to do is water on your side of the fence and see what happens! Like moving the rails in front of a steam locomotive in an old Western, but very, very slowly. <BR/><BR/>Annie [no spelling guaranteed - no time to look them up!] I don't remember transplanting a big rose, but moved lots of small ones, some of them here. Mine were not expensive heirlooms.Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162666944211910822006-11-04T13:02:00.000-06:002006-11-04T13:02:00.000-06:00Annie -- I love that word: stononiferous. Does tha...Annie -- I love that word: stononiferous. Does that mean growing horizontally? Google did not know. <BR/><BR/>I'd be more sure that the rose would grow in the direction where the blank space is if it got sun from that direction but it doesn't really. I have experience with plants growing out toward the sun but never with trying to coax a plant to grow sideways.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever transplanted a rose? Like I said in the post, this one has been in the ground about 18 months.<BR/><BR/>-- SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582646420350461950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33495399.post-1162613146506185572006-11-03T22:05:00.000-06:002006-11-03T22:05:00.000-06:00This plants-in-motion story was fun to read, Susan...This plants-in-motion story was fun to read, Susan - and a good reminder that no matter what the label says, we're dealing with living things when we garden, so they can surprise us. I spent part of today moving things that were planted in the 'perfect spot' last year, which turned out not so perfect. So after reading your tale of trying to dig up the Esperanza, I'd better make sure my two young Tecoma plants are really in the right place. <BR/><BR/>In the past I've coaxed a few large perennials and shrubs to move by themselves. I would compost, feed, water and mulch only the preferred side. The shrub grew more on that side, and sentup the new shoots there, while I gradually pruned back the other side. It took a few years with a stononiferous shrub - I'm not sure whether your rose grows like this. <BR/><BR/>AnnieAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.com