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Comments (54)So many pretty pictures. Prairiemoon2, I like that hosta, as well. I think we are all behind on our work. Spring is the time for doing things outside, and Ma Nature is not cooperating. I still have work to do on our little sailboat for the summer, and I can't get to it with this kind of weather! Very frustrating. I'm tired of the continual damp chilly wetness! I love the picture of you oriental poppy bud. I have a poppy the birds planted (in honor of their method of planting I call it my Oriental Poopy--because I'm just that funny and I have two boys) and each year I wonder how many gardeners pull a stray seedling because they so resemble thistles! As for Baptisia, I believe they do have a large taproot, which is why I wanted to start from seed. I've seen some in the store but I'm not keen to buy them. I'd pot up a seedling any day, but I don't like getting mature taproot plants form a nursery. They are supposed to be slooooooowwwwwwww growers, and mine sure did follow that path! I'm am very glad to hear they are tenacious, though! Claire, I don't remember seeing Spanish bluebells before. They go on the "want" list! Very nice! I also have an unnamed lilac in the same color, so I wonder if it is a Charles Joly. Still waiting for the buds to open so I can smell it. It is doing just OK in it's spot. I really need to pile some compost/leaf litter over it for some extra help. It gets plenty of sun, but I've been doing some pruning of very old growth the last couple or years and it still needs more work. Claire, I also want to say something about your "forest." My attitude towards trees and sun made a 180 degree shift last year after reading Ken Druse's book The New Shade Garden. It is really lovely, in my opinion, and was inspiring to me. He has multiple pictures of trees living in the canopy which are normally planted by landscapers in full sun. There is an astoundingly beautiful zen quality of seeing a redbud in the canopy with a few beautifully shaped branches reaching in all directions for the sun. Each bud seems to be highlighted and appreciated, instead of a mass bundle of buds like you see in full sun. I have fallen in love with what happens in the canopy of my tall oaks. It's really changed how I view my shade. I would love to see your natural forest. I'm sure it is just as inspiring! And, on a side note, I have one Aralia 'Sun King' which has obviously been the hotel for some slugs this spring. Finally put out the beer canisters, and boy are the slugs heading for the bar now, thankfully. Poor Aralia....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - May & June 2020
Comments (129)Sue, i love how the lime hydrangea leaves contrast with the house. I'm currently really interested in the designing something that contrasts well with my house. Yours look fantastic. And the containers is beautiful! It's amazing how many beautiful gardens are on this forum. Thyme, the deer ate my rhododendron buds, not squirrels. Thank goodness squirrels leave them alone! Usually by now something has eaten my astilbe buds, as well, but so far I'm in for 100% flowering this year. Unbelievable! Was considering removing them if all I ever saw were munched stems. I agree with you on the Mt Laurel. Good thing you already have a husband, or surely some single gardener would agree and woo you just to get to see that every other year! Does you husband ever get jealous of the laurel? ;-) Again, so many beautiful roses. Claire, I'm always amazed at what you've managed to fit into your property. Not only is it amazing diversity, but it ll looks like every single plant is in the perfect spot. NHBabs, you have the patience of Job with your voles. I thought I had tons of voles but i've come to find out i have far more moles. I am glad as it seems they are not doing the damage voles would! There are some voles, but I don't have the damage you and others have. I wish the dianthus has lived for you. Always a delight to see your many clematis! prairiemoon, i LOVE fragrance. i have about twelve peonies planted together, and in that mass they create good fragrance. mock orange is going on the list to plant so i can enjoy the smell. After about three days of good rain, I expect my soil is rejuvenated quite deeply now. We had rain on May 18, and one downpour in early June of which I am sure some just ran off and didn't soak in, but I was still grateful. This long soaking rain was beautiful to see. Everybody I met here talked about how happy they were to see rain! Welcome, July!...See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - November 2021
Comments (23)Dee, you bought the Julia Child rose? Wow, that’s great, it will be all ready to just start growing in the spring. So many orders have been delayed, you won’t have to wait for it to be delivered to get it in the ground. And that’s two nice roses still on your shrubs! I have a couple of buds left and I’m still amazed at how good the foliage on Julia Child and Beverly look. Petunias are really hardy annuals I guess. Too bad those never got out of their container this year…lol. But if you leave them there and pile some mulch around it they might survive the winter. Or you could stick them in the middle of a compost pile. I decided to leave my dahlia tubers in the ground. If they live they live. I dug out a grouping that was in a container and decided to put those in the middle of the compost bin. They’ll make it or they won’t. We got out and did some work today. It was freezing this morning, colder than freezing! 22F on the back porch. Normally we’d be out there early trying to get things done, but today we waited until 12n, when it was 40F by that time. Full sun, blue skies. It was very pleasant working out there. I wasn’t thrilled with the harvest from our tomatoes last year, so I decided to make more of an effort, so today, we started a lasagna bed where they are going next year. My DH cut up some cardboard and we laid that down, then he shoveled out half the compost bin and we layered that with a trash barrel full of chopped up leaves, and topped it all off with more compost. Should be much better soil there next year. I had to move a Lily bulb. The last time I had to dig one up, I had already cut the dead stems off. This time I left about 3ft of the stem on it. It was much easier to dig it up and move it that way. We are now working on getting the large annual pots emptied and put away. I left mine out last winter and two very nice 22” clay pots were all busted up. And I have some other material that is like paper mâché, cardboard, something. It’s very sturdy and has lasted many years, I just don’t know what material it is. Last year I left the pot full over winter and it developed some vertical cracks on a couple of sides. They're still useable but, this year I’m putting them away. I still have perennials in them that grew pretty large and I’m trying to find a place for them. Nepeta, Sedum and a Penstemon in one and a Phlox paniculata in the other one. I had one pot of Black Pearl Sedum waiting to be planted and we got that planted and an Oriental poppy moved out of the way of the tomatoes. And that’s that. I’m ready to stop for the day. Tomorrow morning I should be able to finish up all the outdoor pots and get them put away. DH hasn’t stopped yet. He just keeps going and going. He’s already mowed the lawn today, Set up a fire pit for company tomorrow. Broke down half of the compost pile, helped me and now he’s putting the tomato cages away in the eaves of the garage and finding a place to put a tall wooden trellis for the winter. He already tried to clean out the front gutters this morning but the leaves had enough water in them to freeze and he couldn’t get them out. Monday is supposed to be 60F, so we’ll have to wait for then. We are almost done for the season! There's barely a leaf left on trees and shrubs. We’re having company tomorrow in the backyard with a fire pit for Hannukah. My daughter already made the Brisket and DH will make the latkes tomorrow. I am really looking forward to it. When we first started getting together in the yard, I was not happy about it, but we got a fire pit and we are all enjoying it much more now that we have that. Even when it's been mid 40s, on days when the sun is out and there's not a lot of wind, it's very comfortable and such a nice change to be outdoors in the fresh air this time of year. And I hate to leave this long post on a Photo Thread with no photos [g] ....so.... My poor broken clay pots. I didn't enjoy them this year in this condition and I'm probably going to just break them up after i empty them. Pennisetum That's Babs on the left, and her brother Fritz on the right. They are such fun company! They love running through the leaves....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread March 2024
Comments (13)Thyme, I would love a division of that yellow Hellebore! I'll have to find something to trade you for it. Actually I have two new Hellebores, that last year were new and looked new, so I'm waiting to see what they look like this year. One of them has variegated foliage which I hope will work out well in that bed. And I've found small Hellebore plants take forever to get any size in my garden, so I've started buying them in gallon pots now. So this variegated one should be big this year, I hope. The 'Fire Island' Hosta....has it done well for you? It really didn't do that well here. And actually the rabbits are eating my Hostas if I don't cover them as soon as the leaves start unfolding. I don't know how it will go this year, now that we had the section of fence replaced that needed it. I would like to think they will stay out but I know that is wishful thinking. [g]...See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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