tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post3971840419324907094..comments2024-03-12T14:02:09.820-04:00Comments on Riverdaze…: MISS IVY'S RED DRESSGrizz…………http://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-30218375177278514452012-09-29T13:46:17.968-04:002012-09-29T13:46:17.968-04:00Jayne…
Poison ivy and poison oak both color up ea...Jayne…<br /><br />Poison ivy and poison oak both color up early—one of the first plants to do so, in fact. (So does poison sumac, though that's not likely a plant you need be concerned about.) The thing is, there is no single set color for their leaves—just as there's no single design leaf design, or that either can be a low ground cover, small shrub, or climbing vine—and they can turn anything from a pale-tan to washed-out lemon, canary yellow, gold, orange, scarlet, crimson, or a burgundy so dark it's almost a brownish-purple.<br /><br />To be on the safe side, learn to recognize their "leaves-of-three" design, which, really, is pretty easy. Then you won't get fooled by leaf shape, growing characteristics, or autumn color. Plus you won't have to lather your rash with pink calamine lotion and play that old doo wop hit by the Coasters while you grit your teeth and try to keep from scratching. Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-11848380982877327942012-09-29T13:29:42.469-04:002012-09-29T13:29:42.469-04:00Weaver…
Frankly, I'm getting my hopes up for ...Weaver…<br /><br />Frankly, I'm getting my hopes up for a great fall-color year here…mediocre might be more like it, and maybe poor. Given the record-breaking heat and spring-through-summer drought, who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.<br /><br />I don't know whether you have poison ivy there, either—but we do have plenty of Virginia creeper here. Also called woodbine by many of the folks I grew up around, it's one of my favorites come autumn—early on, spiraling its cool flames of scarlet, burgundy, and crimson up the boles of countless trees. I have lots of it in my yard, especially on the big, white-trunked sycamores which lean over the river. Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-44206304544468005832012-09-29T09:42:23.789-04:002012-09-29T09:42:23.789-04:00Gee, call me fully uninformed! I had no idea that ...Gee, call me fully uninformed! I had no idea that the poison turns such a pretty crimson! ACK! Now I'll really be paranoid as I look around me...lol!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322683719539438825.post-78557423226871997792012-09-29T05:33:12.094-04:002012-09-29T05:33:12.094-04:00I am hoping for great things this Autumn here Griz...I am hoping for great things this Autumn here Grizz. We have had such an abysmal Summer that only the wonderful leaves of Autumn will give us any recompense. Miss Ivy would be a start. Not sure we have this Ivy here but we do have Virginia Creeper which can put on a good show.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com