2005 end of summer

15 years ago

This is the end of 2005 summer, and once again I dont have many pics, I probably ended up dropping it somewhere in my beer induced haze, or something like that. Or just frustrated that I didnt get enough done.

Paul

the correct picture for the pond

And then a real BIG bird!!

Pual

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (14)

sue_in_nova_scotia
15 years ago
OMG your large lab-bird is adorable!!!! just look at that face..The garden looks great, very lush and healthy...a lot of work there!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
15 years ago
didnt get enough done.. ???????

you are your own worse critic ...

ken
Related Discussions
I just finished my summer album for 2005
Q
Comments (28)
Thanks, everybody. I'm so glad you've enjoyed the garden pictures! IÂm sorry, Adam, I havenÂt checked in here for a while and didnÂt see your post until now. IÂm glad you liked the pictures! As for your questions... The rose and deck area is in full sun. My husband built the support for the climbing Fairy rose. Yes, those are foxgloves (they grow wild, and I transplanted some to the rose bed as an experiment) and delphinium behind the chair. The blue clematis on the obelisk is H.F. Young clematis. My talented nephew built the obelisk for me a couple years ago. There is also a President clematis on the same obelisk. Yes, thatÂs The Fairy again in photo #2 hanging over the lavender. As for spraying roses, I donÂt spray any of mine, including The Fairy. She puts out beautiful glossy green leaves in the spring, then the leaves turn yellow for a couple of weeks, then the bush is covered in tiny pink blossoms the rest of the summer. The yellowing leaf cycle seems normal for her, so I don't bother trying to "fix" it. My worst roses for blackspot are the hybrid teas, so I stopped planting those a long time ago. I've been planting tomatoes in the rose bed the last few years, and it seems to help with blackspot. Last summer I had no blackspot at all, even on Blaze, which is notorious for BS. I've seen Zephy grow in semi-shady areas in other peoplesÂ gardens. She gets full sun in mine. "Very pretty rhododendrons/azaleas? #32..what exactly is this plant?" I really should label photos, shouldnÂt I? I think the one you're looking at is a cherry blossom. "#33 Not sure what this plant is either?" The yellow one is Kerria japonica. "In photo # 41 of the spring album..what is that white vine behind your chair?" I had to look for it Â itÂs actually branches from the cherry tree, covered in white blossoms. It does look like a vine in the picture. "In your summer of 2004 album..in #1, what is that plant that is in the pot?" That's Osteospermum, or African daisy. ItÂs perennial in my sisterÂs yard, 30 miles from here, but I have to plant it as an annual. "In #4, that seems like a very clear view of the arbor that I assume is what the pink rose in Summer 2005 is climbing on. It seems like such a long span of horizontal without vertical support and I wondered how you did that..lol." There are three vertical supports for it, not always visible in the pictures, and the horizontal section is actually two separate pieces. It has held up very well so far. I was worried that snow would weigh it down, but it hasnÂt. "#46 looks like some kind of sedum or sempervien? It is gorgeous! So nice and dark." I donÂt have the name of that and donÂt remember planting it Â it may have come attached to another plant. It has always been a mystery to me how it got there. Thanks again, everyone.
...See More
End of summer pics
Q
Comments (6)
Southern il boy, I've come to learn after my visit with Boca Joe that my bananas may be Saba bananas. Ive cut them down to about 2 1/2 feet tall and dug them up. I'm going to store the psuedostems in perlite and peatmoss in large pots in my unheated storage room. Thats the best chancce they have for survival. They look alot like musa basjoo but Joe and I are just not sure. I'll be doing the same with my Dwarf Cavendish and all the pups from the larger bananas. Cross your fingers. The few palms and other plants; pineapple,succulents, crouton, cordyline(red sensation), ficus, lemon seedlings, will spend their winter in my SE living room. I also might try some shop lights for supplemental lighting. I'm sure pretty much everything will come through ok. Thanks for the comments guys.
...See More
south terrace summer 2005
Q
Comments (2)
I am Cherokee too. My mom's family have those same eyes. My sister & I always called them "Wolfy eyes". Mom calls them "slits". Love your home, the flowers and wildflowers and rock walls. Such beautiful country. I think I need to move to your neck of the woods! Gorgeous! I have lots of Native wildflowers "wild things" too, and grow many of the same flowers and trees. I particularly love the Nigela! Love blue flowers. I didn't realize they grew that tall. Beautiful. Do they grow from seed? I've never seen a Red Peony before, either. I love how you have a whole bank of them and offset by that humongous pot of deep blue Petunias. Beautimous! ~Annie
...See More
Four O'clocks growing at base of wall summer 2005
Q
Comments (2)
Awww, what happened to the picture? My four o clocks are only just starting to sprout, and I was hoping to get a "fix"...
...See More
Janice
15 years ago
Stupendous, Paul!! Gorgeous results of LOTS of REALLY HARD WORK--as is so obvious!!

I love your big black 'Lab-bird', too! Is 'he' or 'she' an English Lab. er, make that--English Lab Bird, that is?

I know what that luscious large leafed vine growing on the garage is, somewhere in the back of
my 'blonde-brain' but the name is illusive this a.m.--can you bring it forward for me, please!!!:o/
I must get me some of that for next Spring, however, if it needs very much sunlight, it may not do well
for me!!!

You definitely have an 'artistic' bent, I'm thinking!!! You're a natural 'designer' in your gardening!
pzelko
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks folks!! The Lab Bird is a friends Dog His name is Nike, (never thought about naming an animal after a shoe, but somebody somewhere named their daughter after the Moon!) He just calls it a black lab.

Hey J, the dark green vine is a Morning Glory, it mostly gets its sun late afternoon, and reseeds it self quite a bit, the lighter green one a sweet potato vine, which doesnt need much sun at all, some of mine wilt in full sun.

Paul

2006 to come along soon!! that was the year that I got a new camera for my birthday!! Oh, and dug in the larger pond, Less grass in those pics Ken!!
plantbug
15 years ago
What a lovely garden.
greenthumbz4mn
15 years ago
THE GREAT MYSTERY PLANT---Paul, in the 6th picture down, there is this tall plant in front of the green garage. In 2004, that plant was not there. In 2006 the plant is there plus it's full grown. It has to be either your soil, your climate, your magic, or I'm hallucinating--please don't tell me it's the latter!!!!!! Anyway, your new garden is gorgeous. I notice you're using a lot more color now, and you said you had a bigger area to plant in. You also like to grow up as well as horizontal--which I also do a lot of. The lay-out of your beds are lovely, and it really shows in the pics that take in your whole back yard. I love your "Water Fowl"--I notice he is actually sitting in water! I love it all and think you are most talented. I'm also thinking these are pics from 2006. Does that mean you have 2 more years of pics in hiding. You know we can never get enough!!!!! Thanks. Mary
Babka NorCal 9b
15 years ago
What a marvelous profusion of color! If you did that much in 2004-05, I'm almost afraid to see photos from 2008. I'll expect to see hanging plants growing from the gutters.

-Babka
hostasformez4
15 years ago
OK Paul!!! 2003 to 2005! You got a great deal done IMHO. Love it that you use coleus so much. Such wonderful color combinations in your plantings.

Thanks for 'hurrying' for me!!! LOL As soon as I finish this I'm going back and re look all the pictures and enjoy each and every one again.

Connie

PS, 9 days left before we leave so HURRY Paul!
pzelko
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks Plantbug!!

Mary, thanks!! the big plant in the back is a Spirea, it was planted to the left of the front of the house in the 2003 pics. It was pretty big so I pruned all of the weeping branches and then moved it to the back, then it started to grow straight up and then out. I prune it done to about four feet every year ( well may 2 feet).

Thanks Babka, with new camera is was taking pictures almost every other day (looking at thes now they look kinda blurred on the web page, they look clearer on my computer), I have enough pictures to post to make you bored, well maybe not!!

Connie I really like to use the coleos (spell check someone?) I have about 4 diferent types right now that I am growing (as cuttings for this spring) And multiply over winter. And I am trying to get this all posted!!

Thanks

Paul
mary52zn8tx
15 years ago
Love your garden! What a treat for dreary winter. It is so cool to watch a garden progress over time. You are an artist! I wish I had your touch.
Mary
User
15 years ago
Paul, Your garden's are fantastic...and I can't imagine what would have been left to do in 2006 and beyond. Beautiful!!
hostaholic2 z 4, MN
15 years ago
You're right, you didn't get enough done, you forgot the hammock or better yet the hammock chair so you can sit and enjoy the beauty you've created. Absolutely gorgeous!
pzelko
Original Author
15 years ago
Oh no!! no room for a hammock!! Need all that precious area for more plants!! Maybe I should just lay down in the ostrich ferns that are taking over. or get a ladder and sit atop the garage and look down!!

Paul
just1morehosta
15 years ago
WOOOOOOOOO,A top of garage shot would be pretty.
Fantastic gardens,wish i could come for a visit,you sure know how to arrange your plantings,great job,and i loved walking through your garden,thanks for the invite,:0)
Carol

2005 end of summer

Comments (14)

sue_in_nova_scotia

ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5

Related Discussions

Janice

pzelko
Original Author

plantbug

greenthumbz4mn

Babka NorCal 9b

hostasformez4

pzelko
Original Author

mary52zn8tx

User

hostaholic2 z 4, MN

pzelko
Original Author

just1morehosta

COMPANY

BUSINESS SERVICES

GET HELP

CONNECT WITH US

2005 end of summer

Comments (14)

Related Discussions

pzelkoOriginal Author

pzelkoOriginal Author

pzelkoOriginal Author

COMPANY

BUSINESS SERVICES

GET HELP

CONNECT WITH US

pzelko
Original Author

pzelko
Original Author

pzelko
Original Author