Comments on: happily ever after in a sea of sedum http://awaytogarden.com/happily-ever-after-in-a-sea-of-sedum Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/happily-ever-after-in-a-sea-of-sedum/comment-page-1#comment-56107 Margaret Sun, 15 May 2011 13:39:11 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5658#comment-56107 Welcome, Tricia, and thank you for the encouraging words! I don't have deer any longer (have a fence) but I do not recall these being eaten years ago, nor do woodchucks and rabbits seem to make the sedums a target (they can get into my place, sadly). I'm sure deer will eat sedum, if hungry enough, but with other choices I doubt this would be the the first one they'd pick. Welcome, Tricia, and thank you for the encouraging words! I don’t have deer any longer (have a fence) but I do not recall these being eaten years ago, nor do woodchucks and rabbits seem to make the sedums a target (they can get into my place, sadly). I’m sure deer will eat sedum, if hungry enough, but with other choices I doubt this would be the the first one they’d pick.

]]> By: Tricia in Western NY http://awaytogarden.com/happily-ever-after-in-a-sea-of-sedum/comment-page-1#comment-55879 Tricia in Western NY Sat, 14 May 2011 15:54:44 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5658#comment-55879 Once again, your post topic is just exactly what I was mulling about (or bemoaning) this morning. I just got three different types of sedums (stonecrop, autumn joy and ellacombianum) from a Wayne County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners’ sale last week and have been itching to put them in the ground. The sedums are going to function as beneficial attractants, borders and in-betweens, so they’re just sitting around waiting for the stars of the show to appear. As our seed-starting efforts ended pretty much in disaster (results here http://www.lettherebegarden.com/2011/05/plague-pestilence-cold.html) we’re buying nearly everything as seedlings and can’t really do anything with heat-lovers until Memorial Day. The picture of the frog was a classic! I was concerned about the deer issue. I’m trying to be very careful about not attracting them—trying to grow as many things they don’t like as I can. I did read Neil Soderstrom’s Deer Resistant Landscaping book, and he mentioned they don’t like things they have to bend too far down to eat because they can’t keep as careful a watch out for predators. I wondered if your short sedums had escaped their notice, as did Alisa in Pittsburg’s. We’ll be fencing the vegetable garden, but everything else is pretty much open for browsing. You are the go-to blog, as always! Once again, your post topic is just exactly what I was mulling about (or bemoaning) this morning. I just got three different types of sedums (stonecrop, autumn joy and ellacombianum) from a Wayne County Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners’ sale last week and have been itching to put them in the ground. The sedums are going to function as beneficial attractants, borders and in-betweens, so they’re just sitting around waiting for the stars of the show to appear. As our seed-starting efforts ended pretty much in disaster (results here http://www.lettherebegarden.com/2011/05/plague-pestilence-cold.html) we’re buying nearly everything as seedlings and can’t really do anything with heat-lovers until Memorial Day.

The picture of the frog was a classic!

I was concerned about the deer issue. I’m trying to be very careful about not attracting them—trying to grow as many things they don’t like as I can. I did read Neil Soderstrom’s Deer Resistant Landscaping book, and he mentioned they don’t like things they have to bend too far down to eat because they can’t keep as careful a watch out for predators. I wondered if your short sedums had escaped their notice, as did Alisa in Pittsburg’s. We’ll be fencing the vegetable garden, but everything else is pretty much open for browsing.

You are the go-to blog, as always!

]]> By: brenda Rose http://awaytogarden.com/happily-ever-after-in-a-sea-of-sedum/comment-page-1#comment-19847 brenda Rose Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:47:27 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5658#comment-19847 My favorite creeping sedum is Bertram Anderson. Gorgeous smoky purple foliage all season long with hot pink blooms. Stunning! My favorite creeping sedum is Bertram Anderson. Gorgeous smoky purple foliage all season long with hot pink blooms. Stunning!

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