Even though it is windy and 50 degrees the sun is shining and I just enjoyed a bit of the morning in the garden. We are zone 4 so things are just getting started. Every year the birds give me free shrubs. I love potted plants but they dry quicker than the garden so I limit anything fancy to what I can remember. But for years I have taken those plants that the birds plant for me and potted them up and they do really well. The junipers and cotoneasters actually survive winter in their pots. I love shaping the cotoneasters. Oh, so this morning I went out and potted some of those cotoneasters. They are the evergreen shrub that put on a purple berry that the birds love. So, if it grows really easy in your yard it might make a free shrub. I have also had great success also potting up currants and honeysuckle bushes and they also survive winter in their pots.
Tribalcrime - how true, I never thought of it that way. This spring when the robins returned their was about a dozen of them that had a feast in the juniper berries. Pooped them out around the yard. I said to the hubby, "here comes next years new little trees" -
Free Shrubs for Pots
Posted - May 05 2010 : 08:41:37 AM
