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Click photos to enlarge</p>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.comBlogger1367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-80445759215226547332023-09-21T15:45:00.002-07:002023-09-21T15:52:26.613-07:00Creating the Plum Tree Well in 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfQjV7i5KZzEb6AR6t5XJiclj5F-TSDG7RtC6KiLyNDu3Iv2H3g8bUrJPveCi_RbSNJqfHGCkURnR0JI2TBZek6zTIPEZWinWLjrde1vTCLUfsUVyeNykocy__ce_vZtDl_F57yirlGZZH_qAEjsU5AzOiG6K2nZzqpFt5WBd-_pYoCIzpO25sg/s800/1BeforeApril2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="800" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfQjV7i5KZzEb6AR6t5XJiclj5F-TSDG7RtC6KiLyNDu3Iv2H3g8bUrJPveCi_RbSNJqfHGCkURnR0JI2TBZek6zTIPEZWinWLjrde1vTCLUfsUVyeNykocy__ce_vZtDl_F57yirlGZZH_qAEjsU5AzOiG6K2nZzqpFt5WBd-_pYoCIzpO25sg/s320/1BeforeApril2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the bottom of the plum tree in April 2022.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_MqpwxBu6N3xh6D0g-xVgrsYUqR6YRQzvVZ7LLfSl5dKry0HcHyfRe2PXStEwZ9uw2v4qhlaShzp15pqlPpKX83DdTyXzw1MNZDMQVRulmjwDwsV474qxCvRoJvQhyYWfV3muMb6Yh-hCoy9a4NAmuWno9e7g1IXXPXtV6JGWoTOMsrCOGpjsA/s800/2AfterMay2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_MqpwxBu6N3xh6D0g-xVgrsYUqR6YRQzvVZ7LLfSl5dKry0HcHyfRe2PXStEwZ9uw2v4qhlaShzp15pqlPpKX83DdTyXzw1MNZDMQVRulmjwDwsV474qxCvRoJvQhyYWfV3muMb6Yh-hCoy9a4NAmuWno9e7g1IXXPXtV6JGWoTOMsrCOGpjsA/s320/2AfterMay2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the plum tree in May 2022 after creating the tree well.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGg9nAw2isglgjt6YCWuSHz_QZcSkZcYfBJ3ga3MN7qPZCtQnITNpAx7XEM8CAf8dXnaEBiRMlSkbvavukgxnZ-5TlASbGIbvjD1UY38Q8B2C2gQklofVqNZPGb5eaQIhMIh-xjuxRufP1LAkQCOQfCURxGqY-E3GrRdyh_SaBlG0KE7bs9WMKSA/s800/3AfterNov2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGg9nAw2isglgjt6YCWuSHz_QZcSkZcYfBJ3ga3MN7qPZCtQnITNpAx7XEM8CAf8dXnaEBiRMlSkbvavukgxnZ-5TlASbGIbvjD1UY38Q8B2C2gQklofVqNZPGb5eaQIhMIh-xjuxRufP1LAkQCOQfCURxGqY-E3GrRdyh_SaBlG0KE7bs9WMKSA/s320/3AfterNov2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the plum tree in November of 2022</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyEGw85gLZAMDEQbyRNythHfScMvO8s99c0YvAndOFRaeiorNw75AT3_IppBVrB7oTif7irYaVxC13uC6g4HDqJSPLKyn5raYGZLok-WtuOC3MplJzuWlJLRVDezoCy_CUIPH5JZENXeGy3zLCnO3D2LuwQfMFtM6yMeWqK2zA3EYMNE0Y-qUJw/s800/4AfterMarch2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyEGw85gLZAMDEQbyRNythHfScMvO8s99c0YvAndOFRaeiorNw75AT3_IppBVrB7oTif7irYaVxC13uC6g4HDqJSPLKyn5raYGZLok-WtuOC3MplJzuWlJLRVDezoCy_CUIPH5JZENXeGy3zLCnO3D2LuwQfMFtM6yMeWqK2zA3EYMNE0Y-qUJw/s320/4AfterMarch2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the plum tree well with crocuses in March 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OUGb4H5Jq57AWv-oWWHVr04ZU5l6RfiVZDtgUnl10qF436hEvyS6OZwTa5cs-swTgYx1-S1IjbPqMm3xzDIwKwwFhb4wTuyT9RgajLIFTFDop1O3lpvys2SA0IVycIMyvXigazZ6BSPtRDbRMzDZzdUWFLoPrI4O3BMe8zIinBxC17DYa6vFoA/s800/5AfterApril2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="800" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OUGb4H5Jq57AWv-oWWHVr04ZU5l6RfiVZDtgUnl10qF436hEvyS6OZwTa5cs-swTgYx1-S1IjbPqMm3xzDIwKwwFhb4wTuyT9RgajLIFTFDop1O3lpvys2SA0IVycIMyvXigazZ6BSPtRDbRMzDZzdUWFLoPrI4O3BMe8zIinBxC17DYa6vFoA/s320/5AfterApril2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the plum tree well with some scilla in the foreground</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4FG51Q1kUY0ZGoqelDQxrR4XvKH307PHw5LA9tAhXTLBMNZNZ9mWshZC99G5dby0Tu3qW_HwDUXiDoG3p80utiBlqGYtlCwZpo2YB-1zR57k6H2QXSpjIm0UHlVgXr0JP96Ojq9HxH6SoPptOE-nq6nyz8hfMhHxjPuHqzhKOXni8Nvu2ajG2w/s800/6AfterJune2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="800" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4FG51Q1kUY0ZGoqelDQxrR4XvKH307PHw5LA9tAhXTLBMNZNZ9mWshZC99G5dby0Tu3qW_HwDUXiDoG3p80utiBlqGYtlCwZpo2YB-1zR57k6H2QXSpjIm0UHlVgXr0JP96Ojq9HxH6SoPptOE-nq6nyz8hfMhHxjPuHqzhKOXni8Nvu2ajG2w/s320/6AfterJune2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the plum tree well in June of 2023. The June drop of the fruit has not started yet.</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> A good source of information for creating a <a href=" https://www.edmondok.gov/1401/Tree-Well-Maintenance" rel="nofollow"> https://www.edmondok.gov/1401/Tree-Well-Maintenance</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> tree well. Finished making the tree well around the plum tree on the 28 April, 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It has boards along the Pees side to keep his freaking weed eater off the roots of the tree, I hope. I moved the little yellow leafed veronica -- a piece to the little back rockery, a piece to the front little rockery, and another piece to the rockery next to the pond. After weeding, somewhat, and cutting back the wild hawthorne bush, I put in the boards with clay backing on my side and some stones and the left over grass stuff on the Pees side. I stuck little honeysuckle pilea cuttings in along the side of the boards and hope they catch hold. I added compost from the old bin, and then some leaf mulch from under the bench on top of the compost. I put in 3 fertilizer sticks around the roots about 4 feet from the trunk. Still more weeding to do. It rained overnight on the 29th, so this should all be good. I may add some more soil of some kind over the leaf mulch to hold it down. Perhaps some clay from under the deck, with sand added to it. Kept the tree watered over the 2022 year. Cannot find where we had plums last year, though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> There was a lot of June drop from the tree, this year, in June. And still lots of plums on in September. Some kids were under the tree with their ladder picking plums. Pat had a word with the people (Syrians ?) next door, and told them that the tree was ours as we planted it and take care of it so they are not allowed to pick the fruit. Haven't seen any kids there since. But we came home from grocery shopping a couple of weeks ago and that demented old Pee was out under the tree pulling down branches. His chair was sitting under the tree. I was furious. I had to physically throw him off my tree. I haven't seen him there since. We have managed to get quite a few pounds of plums this year, after all this hassle. I have made 2 batches of plum sauce, each of about 2 cups. We have had a huge pie with another pie plate of sliced plums frozen. And then I have 5 more cups sliced and frozen in 1 cup little baggies. We have been eating them fresh, for about 3 weeks now, too. So, making the tree well and keeping it watered, despite the drought has been a success.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-76300007046939770232023-08-18T17:10:00.003-07:002023-08-18T17:25:49.401-07:00The taking down of the Virginia Creeper in 2022<p> <span style="font-size: large;">In 2022 we had many renovations done in the garden. And the heat pump installed. Some of the garden renovations are shown on the composite of the Synopsis of the Journal entries for 2022 included below. The taking down of the Virginia creeper was not mentioned on the composite... just too many things done in 2022. As I am starting to do up yet more gardening pages I am doing this post so I can link it to the page about the Driveway Strip garden room <a href="https://www.mmmee.com/listDWS">https://www.mmmee.com/listDWS</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The text is an excerpt from my daily garden journal.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">August 11, 2022: </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Pat was complaining about the magnolia and the tree/shrubs on the other side of the driveway, including the virginia creeper. He has to get up on the ladder once a year and bring it down so that it does not get up on to the wires. Poor Pat! So after talking to him about taking it out or keeping it; I think I compromised at bringing it down to manageable height. I started this chore at 3:00 and came in at 5:00. I have a lot of it pulled down. There was a squirrel's nest or two under there. It has a lot of dried out vines. The ivy is very healthy. When I got to the top of the vines I see that the ivy has grown into cracks in the post. So, it is a good thing we are taking it down, I guess. I am now contemplating cleaning out the area around the post, entirely. I do not know if round up kills ivy, creeper or St.John's wort. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">August 12, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> I have the piles of debris along the driveway with the virginia creeper stuff. So, it is quite cleaned up. I worked at taking down more of the virginia creeper from about 3:00 to 3:40... came in for iced cappiccino and a cookie. Was back out till about 5:45. I have about 3/4 of the thing taken down. Pat and I do not know just yet how much of the creeper we are going to take down. Ground level would be good for me. The lower I go on clipping down the stems the thicker the stems become, so I do not know how much of this I can do with the long handled pruner. It has been a very good tool, but I think this bashing and crashing the creeper is taking its toll on it. This year has been full of this 'taking trees and shrubs down and cleaning up over-grown things', and renovation everywhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">August 16, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Was 18 degrees when I went out to the garden to continue taking down the creeper. I have it down to a knarly bunch of stems that look like a stump. I think I will leave it at that. Need to get the St. John's wort mowed down. Then I should be able to find someone to hall away the debris. The Davey Tree arborist comes tomorrow morning. Pat thinks I should ask them to take this debris... Would be nice if they could. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">August 17, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Saw Ben from Davey Tree this morning about 10:00 ish. We got all the things listed that I want done: copies of everything in the gardening folder.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">August 20, 2022:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> At about 9:00 Ben came by with his silver pick up truck and his tools. He has a good big hedge pruner, rake, shovel, broom and a tarp. Also has a pressure washer and other things I don't know about. He used the tarp to load debris onto, folded it and lifted the stuff into the truck box. He clipped the St.John's wort; on the Saanich property and up to the agave. I said I would do the rest, as there are plants in there that I do not want clipped down. It must have taken him a couple hours. The truck box was full and covered with the tied down tarp. I got his private phone number and his wife's cell. He uses his cell number for Davey Tree stuff, and the ipad they gave him. He uses his private phone with Davey so he does not need to be answering several different phones. $150. paid. 2 more months and he will be able to form his own company. I don't think Davey Tree minds him doing this side work, as long as he is not doing tree stuff that Davey would be able to charge for. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On August 18, 2023 I dug out some of the ivy at the base of the stump of the virginia creeper. The creeper has gone wild, with great big leaves that are lying on top of the St.John's wort along the ground. I pulled down the pieces that have grown up the post to about a 6 foot height. When I get the time I will move the creeper vines and cut back everything beneath them, and put them back along the ground again. The St. John's wort also has been growing like crazy.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagKk4r8WAglYJ4gLSaUp4rtGFjUPbBUPbuDg5F3vSMDXFFsQLqOj7ncqg9SUxC6dCTZaeRN6J2V61k33zUCFHNd3BGvU5c4dPRI4FwPPKqfYrZKFpL37a9mqeJF2D-91dLNuakwETTvy1P_VFFcu3CGKR1mFVU1PCpCIvKc5SLvN-VRaM-oNmOg/s1180/2022Synopsis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagKk4r8WAglYJ4gLSaUp4rtGFjUPbBUPbuDg5F3vSMDXFFsQLqOj7ncqg9SUxC6dCTZaeRN6J2V61k33zUCFHNd3BGvU5c4dPRI4FwPPKqfYrZKFpL37a9mqeJF2D-91dLNuakwETTvy1P_VFFcu3CGKR1mFVU1PCpCIvKc5SLvN-VRaM-oNmOg/s320/2022Synopsis.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbht64McHJnKA298pMfO-bzfd1TdBvvtpETTK3vfWmu_AYxH5-BchdQKA1ikHqesXR1iWos6NbBBkSND3Lc0D3GMXlqjt0xT-OhPu7fW9sjqk368eeT339qv416vreKQAz6Jye18__Tx9x6tgVskPXmPqJ2Ub3Ty7TGE8BAkKioFjTMdfxkOQyRQ/s800/A22Aug13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="800" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbht64McHJnKA298pMfO-bzfd1TdBvvtpETTK3vfWmu_AYxH5-BchdQKA1ikHqesXR1iWos6NbBBkSND3Lc0D3GMXlqjt0xT-OhPu7fW9sjqk368eeT339qv416vreKQAz6Jye18__Tx9x6tgVskPXmPqJ2Ub3Ty7TGE8BAkKioFjTMdfxkOQyRQ/s320/A22Aug13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4afWHtNpcJpcvu-zhkxR7oBtIQJSg4Tkrfw4qlE7sM27Ieh20VIxlEH1Ce9DEY6xpJG-1Hl25CvjlgoKL605e0JO-gbUYhgMpMXzKmeKxYin6IhRUhLcVQkCM_gOeUxLYcrQc1fCf2WPpjoEDYJKiOqotqzcuaPosg4o2Uzy_ajg5TExD6fyW0w/s800/BAug13Stump.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4afWHtNpcJpcvu-zhkxR7oBtIQJSg4Tkrfw4qlE7sM27Ieh20VIxlEH1Ce9DEY6xpJG-1Hl25CvjlgoKL605e0JO-gbUYhgMpMXzKmeKxYin6IhRUhLcVQkCM_gOeUxLYcrQc1fCf2WPpjoEDYJKiOqotqzcuaPosg4o2Uzy_ajg5TExD6fyW0w/s320/BAug13Stump.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMarq4WgBb4MRAhB2UaT7of4COP_m1OPIFGK__huDLf_5vUhlJkTGJr-C7kD-04stLXMbwigh_oed4WVhW8AnM1xD4gXR4mFkP7qPMcJsVPIfXKCcg7SG--tGyt0A77X8JKGllVuEb5OIXHtOOg35RtVgm11kFVMK_QpJjWR-aH-xPAGrmBEKsZw/s800/C23June13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="800" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMarq4WgBb4MRAhB2UaT7of4COP_m1OPIFGK__huDLf_5vUhlJkTGJr-C7kD-04stLXMbwigh_oed4WVhW8AnM1xD4gXR4mFkP7qPMcJsVPIfXKCcg7SG--tGyt0A77X8JKGllVuEb5OIXHtOOg35RtVgm11kFVMK_QpJjWR-aH-xPAGrmBEKsZw/s320/C23June13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-14094576020643968902021-09-06T16:57:00.000-07:002021-09-06T16:57:05.965-07:00The Salton Sea<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hsupnIOvVeE/YTanouevQzI/AAAAAAADHDg/ENpEcT5MGn0pR7uoa3Y7pTEeECF6xN8MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1066/SaltonSea2018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1066" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hsupnIOvVeE/YTanouevQzI/AAAAAAADHDg/ENpEcT5MGn0pR7uoa3Y7pTEeECF6xN8MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SaltonSea2018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> This is a photo from our trip to California in 2018. We are parked by what is left of the Salton Sea. In that regard I am copying a recent article that describes the mining of Lithium from the area.</span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-business-environment-and-nature-california-4870cb3b42d8292285130b66f56bc3ba ">https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-technology-business-environment-and-nature-california-4870cb3b42d8292285130b66f56bc3ba </a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake</span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">By ELLIOT SPAGAT</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">August 30, 2021 </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Greg Shank hits golf balls onto a dried up boating dock near his home in Salton City, Calif., Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Shank used to sail a boat on the canals near his property, which have since dried up. Increasing demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium, critical to rechargeable batteries, from geothermal wastewater around the rapidly shrinking body of water. But decades of economic stagnation and environmental ruin have left some nearby residents indifferent or wary. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Near Southern California’s dying Salton Sea, a canopy next to a geothermal power plant covers large containers of salty water left behind after super-hot liquid is drilled from deep underground to run steam turbines. The containers connect to tubes that spit out what looks like dishwater, but it’s lithium, a critical component of rechargeable batteries and the newest hope for economic revival in the depressed region.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal brine, salty water that has been overlooked and pumped back underground since the region’s first geothermal plant opened in 1982. The mineral-rich byproduct may now be more valuable than the steam used to generate electricity.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">California’s largest but rapidly shrinking lake is at the forefront of efforts to make the U.S. a major global player in the production of lithium. Despite large deposits of the ultralight metal in the U.S., Nevada has the country’s only lithium plant, and U.S. production lags far behind Australia, Chile, Argentina and China.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Decades of environmental ruin have left some residents on the Salton Sea’s receding shores indifferent or wary. They have been disappointed before, most recently by solar plants that failed to be the economic engine many hoped.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The Salton Sea formed in 1905 after the Colorado River breached a dike and two years of flooding filled a sizzling basin, earning it the nickname “The Accidental Sea.” In the 1950s, the lake thrived as a tourist destination, drawing anglers, boaters and celebrity visitors including Frank Sinatra.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">But storms in the 1970s destroyed marinas and resorts. Flooding wrecked many homes in the tiny, former resort town of Bombay Beach, and after the water dried, left an almost apocalyptic atmosphere that has recently attracted artists.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The lake level peaked in 1995 but, with little rain, has since been evaporating faster than Colorado River water seeping downhill through farms can replenish as farmers conserved more water.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Since 2003, the 324-square-mile (839-square-kilometer) lake has shrunk 40 square miles (104 square kilometers), exposing vast lakebed with microscopic wind-blown dust that contributes to poor air quality and asthma.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The sea has been a key stopover for migrating birds. But as the lake has shrunk, the fish population has declined, chasing away about 25% of the more than 400 bird species that populated it five years ago, said Frank Ruiz, Audubon California’s Salton Sea program director. Carcasses of oxygen-starved tilapia no longer blanket shores periodically with a stench that could reach Los Angeles because there are so few left.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In Salton City, a town of about 6,000, roads curve along empty lots, a legacy of its first developer who stopped construction in 1960. Street signs with idyllic names like Harbor Drive and Sea Shore Avenue mark a barren landscape of cracked pavement.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Pat Milsop, a 61-year-old retired restaurant owner, hits golf balls across a dry canal. His view is filled with dilapidated docks on bone-dry soil that harbored boats when his mother-in-law bought his house in 2004. He is skeptical that lithium will restore some of the lake’s glory.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“Are they going to do something good for the community or just buy up all the land and kick everybody out?” he asks. Nostalgic for livelier days, he plans to move to his farm near Lubbock, Texas.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The lake is at the southern tip of the San Andreas Fault, which has shifting tectonic plates that bring molten material closer to Earth’s surface. The only other part of the U.S. known to have more geothermal brine available is on the fault’s other end in Northern California.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Rod Colwell, chief executive of Controlled Thermal Resources Ltd., oversees construction of what would be the region’s first geothermal power plant in nearly a decade. General Motors Corp. said it invested in the project as it seeks to eliminate tailpipe emissions from light-duty vehicles by 2035.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The lake’s southern shores are dotted with small, volcano-like pots of bubbling mud caused by geothermal activity. In 2011, Colwell walked about a mile in the Salton Sea’s knee-deep water — all of it now evaporated, with a fine powder below a white, cracked crust.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Lakebed is considered an ideal spot for lithium. The company says it plans to drill down 8000 feet (2,438 meters) for super-hot liquid.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“There is no brine resource like this anywhere on the planet,” said Colwell, who relied on years of extensive, publicly available reports analyzing the area’s soil.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">He said the $520 million plant will start producing lithium in 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Owners of 11 existing geothermal plants around the lake’s southern shores are retooling for lithium and possibly other brine minerals instead of building from scratch. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. has state and federal grants for lithium demonstration projects and says it could begin construction for commercial operations in 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">EnergySource LLC opened its geothermal plant in 2012 and its sister company, EnergySource Minerals, has extracted lithium there on a small scale since 2016, said Derek Benson, chief operating officer. It plans to start building a $500 million addition for mineral extraction by the end of March.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">An easily overlooked metal structure faces the plant across a two-lane rural road. Bolted down by tons of concrete, it drills more than 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) underground for steam that allows for electricity to be generated and delivered to the Salt River Project, a utility with 2 million customers in central Arizona.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Before it’s pumped back underground, the brine is “borrowed” for a few hours to extract lithium under a nearby canopy, Benson said.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Extracting lithium from geothermal brine has never been done on a commercial scale. There are two dominant production methods: mining for rocks and using cooler brine that bakes under the sun in large ponds for about two years until the water evaporates. The Nevada plant uses evaporation ponds.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">San Diego-based EnergySource operates on the former site of Simbol Materials, a heavily hyped company that used geothermal brine and flopped in 2015 after negotiations collapsed over Tesla Inc.’s $325 million offer to buy it. Business decisions caused the company’s demise, according to industry experts and executives affiliated with the latest projects. Technology has since improved, they say, and so have market conditions.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Demand for lithium has soared as more carmakers shift to electric. California has targeted 2035 to achieve zero emissions from all cars and trucks sold in the state. The Biden administration hopes to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“This is the moment where a number of trends, the confluence of them, have finally come together,” Benson said.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Detailed environmental impact reviews, required by California law, have not been released. Benson says his company’s geothermal brine technology uses much less land and about one-fifth the water of evaporation ponds and emits one-seventh the carbon dioxide of rock-mining.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Unique geochemical characteristics bring risk regardless of technology, said Alexander Grant, principal at research firm Jade Cove Partners.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“It’s very easy to fall into this narrative that the technology is not proven, but that is fundamentally not the right way to look at it,” said Grant, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory research affiliate. “The fact is that it’s hard to build lithium projects.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Smokestacks shooting steam at geothermal power plants are a towering presence amid flat fields of lettuce, melons and alfalfa.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Despite hugely productive land that stocks U.S. supermarkets with winter vegetables, Imperial County has a poverty rate of 22%, among California’s highest. El Centro, the county seat, perennially has one of the highest unemployment rates among 389 U.S. metropolitan areas.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Many farmworkers commute daily from Mexicali, Mexico, to pick vegetables in winter and melons in spring. In the summer, snowbirds flee stifling heat and people stay inside, making towns and fields look deserted.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Lithium has generated cautious optimism. EnergySource expects to contribute $80 million to $90 million annually to the economy, largely through payroll, taxes and royalties. Controlled Thermal Resources is expected to create 1,400 jobs, according to the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corp.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“How do we end up with this great opportunity before us but at the same time not get burned?” said Luis Olmedo, executive director of Comite Civico del Valle, which advocates for low-income and underserved residents, and a member of the Lithium Valley Commission, a state panel to promote the lake’s lithium resources.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">The lake depends entirely on Colorado River water gravitating through canals across hundreds of thousands of acres of chemical-laden farms. Amid growth, Arizona demanded its full entitlement of river water, forcing California to end its overuse. In 2003, squabbling California agencies settled on shifting large amounts of the state’s share to San Diego, meaning less water for Imperial County farms and, by extension, the Salton Sea.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Persistent drought tied to climate change raises the prospect of even less Colorado River water seeping downhill into the lake.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Longtime residents miss when eared grebes, cormorants and white and brown pelicans were more abundant.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“The noise was awesome,” said Carlene Ness, 74, who bought a western shore house with her late husband in 1999. “That’s what everybody bought for, and we have to fight for it.”</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In Calipatria, a city of 8,000 closest to the geothermal investments, lithium may be the biggest boon since two state prisons opened in the early 1990s. On a stifling July day, a gas station on the main street was the only establishment with activity.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Ruben Hernandez, 54, has worked for an Imperial Valley landowner since he was 8. He and his wife own a Mexican restaurant in the largely deserted town of Niland. His wife wants to stay, but “there’s nothing here, no town,” he said.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Lithium project backers who come for breakfast tell him he could eventually be feeding 20 to 30 people and delivering lunches to their plant.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">“If they are going to lift this town up, it would be great,” Hernandez said.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Terms & Conditions</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Privacy</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">All contents © copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.</span></div><div><br /></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-37465040913129556492021-06-12T13:08:00.003-07:002021-06-12T13:08:50.362-07:00April in the Garden in 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WNzTXzksL_k/YMUHqAfeEyI/AAAAAAADGyw/MDMNbF-gR9Q8Fx4TN9mQOA8ihDZIrtyHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1203/SpillwayApril21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WNzTXzksL_k/YMUHqAfeEyI/AAAAAAADGyw/MDMNbF-gR9Q8Fx4TN9mQOA8ihDZIrtyHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SpillwayApril21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the new spillway added to the waterfall in April of 2021. It is level and the water fall looks ok. The surrounding area, that is: the mountain for the waterfall still needs a lot of work to make it look more natural. I hope to be adding rock plants to the sides, and make this side a more gradual slope. The birds use the spill rock as a drinking place and a bird bath. All this bird attention seems to have added more nitrogen or whatever to cause a green algae to form. I have just started putting D-Solv into the pond and does seem to be working to get rid of the algae. We have also had some very windy days that add more debris to the pond. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr3ownDsa1M/YMUHjPo2qYI/AAAAAAADGys/mxa7e3el9ew0RU6D_SUL-ucqgvaScyRNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1203/PondEdgesApril21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qr3ownDsa1M/YMUHjPo2qYI/AAAAAAADGys/mxa7e3el9ew0RU6D_SUL-ucqgvaScyRNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/PondEdgesApril21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As well as the spillway I have renovated all the edges and the stepping stones. The edging plants are coming along nicely to fill in. I have moved the lantern several times, and it now sits at the end of the dry stream, which now ends at the curve in the stream that goes along the deck edge. This part of the old dry stream has some of my best moss. It grows over the wood pieces that line this part of the old dry stream. The little fountain adds more aeration to the water and looks good.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICCY2zjdyno/YMUHa9RLLeI/AAAAAAADGyo/0oTmNne2RQM5zFvaDB5BQgoXt5f05ekdACLcBGAsYHQ/s1181/CutGardenPath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="903" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICCY2zjdyno/YMUHa9RLLeI/AAAAAAADGyo/0oTmNne2RQM5zFvaDB5BQgoXt5f05ekdACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CutGardenPath.jpg" /></a></div>I have been doing a lot of path renovations this Spring. This is the much improved path that runs from the entry by the little rockery, along the cedar hedge to the other side of the cut garden where it meets the path that goes between the cut garden and the 5 feet of that side of this area that has Irises, herbs, oak tree, lilac.; and goes into the entry to the pond by the mermaid side of the waterfall.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNXQ6VDOlvw/YMUHVhmPeCI/AAAAAAADGyk/n_PoI1Ex64EQfFiYDnmob8EUWn8KwiZxACLcBGAsYHQ/s1223/SquirellBlack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FNXQ6VDOlvw/YMUHVhmPeCI/AAAAAAADGyk/n_PoI1Ex64EQfFiYDnmob8EUWn8KwiZxACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SquirellBlack.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This black squirrel, I think is the culpert that has been digging in the garden. Its a mutation and is bigger that the other squirrels. I haven't seen it lately, thank heavens. I haven't seen the nice, smaller red one with the fine big bushy tail, either.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ELU1FwWN_t0/YMUHSv-v2KI/AAAAAAADGyg/e1dOpa76FtIKmts02rFx8h9ODLe8ljQ8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1306/GBHApril21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ELU1FwWN_t0/YMUHSv-v2KI/AAAAAAADGyg/e1dOpa76FtIKmts02rFx8h9ODLe8ljQ8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/GBHApril21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This great big beautiful great blue heron, ate all of the lovely goldfish I had in the pond! So, I have put tomato cages into the pots at the shallow sides of the pond with bamboo stakes through them to act as a fence to keep the heron out, hopefully. The heron was even standing on the edge of the tub garden on the deck and ate both of the goldfish in there too. The tub in the woodland had yellow flag water iris, that are invasive. While emptying the tub I found a little comet gold fish, which got put into the pond, of course. I have since added 2 white comets and 2 gold comets to the supply of fish. One gold one in the deck tub. That happened a couple of weeks ago. I hope to resupply the sarrosas and the shubunkins. <p></p><p>I have been renovating the little rockery at the front to add the saxifrages and the 2 small tufa rocks into the little gold wall rockery. It now looks rather like a trough with 3 sections, (soon to be 4). It has 3 levels. The lowest level wraps around the middle levels to the back of the fourth level, and will eventually hold some taller plants. I have the thyme circle cleaned up and some top dressing added. It is looking quite good now. It could use 3 or 4 more new thyme plants. I have to keep all these new renovations watered. And we are in a drought! The cutting garden is doing very well with the watering. I have a very nice lupine showing a bloom now. And the strawberries produced 2 berries. We need some hotter weather for them to bloom, I think. The trilliums all survived. They are quite messy right now and that magnolia tree bed needs to be cleaned up; as well as all of the boulevard garden. The woodland, too needs some more work.</p><p>Because of all these renovations I have not taken the time to take any pictures. The rhodendrons were spectacular. They are just finishing up now. The roses are full of blossoms and fragrance now. The lilac was full of blooms and fragrance earlier, and its blooms have gone brown. Its time for its dead heading. The oriental poppies are finished blooming and will need dead heading too. We have had some cooler weather this week and I got quite a bit of the front garden weeded. It is looking pretty good too. The campanula in the little rockery at the back is in bloom! I must get picture of that one, at least. We are suppose to have rain tomorrow ... here's hopin'!</p><p><br /></p>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-75086139050854846892020-10-06T17:43:00.005-07:002021-06-12T13:48:40.350-07:00September in the garden<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nm15ygC1r50/X30EswOHDOI/AAAAAAADGhE/vbHT6pvdq3QQ8UC4qJfT9lvmB6z_ah6ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1211/TableNewLTV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nm15ygC1r50/X30EswOHDOI/AAAAAAADGhE/vbHT6pvdq3QQ8UC4qJfT9lvmB6z_ah6ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/TableNewLTV.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Pat found he could get a table that moved out of the path to the back from the front seats of the LTV motor home. He contacted the factory and they sent him the mostly assembled table. He installed it and it works very well. We tried it out recently. We should not have to pack it away under the bed, any more. It can stay where it is and move around easily for when we are travelling and when we are eating.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hk13KeyzGvo/X30Ef5dGryI/AAAAAAADGg8/Kv8pAXWyzusGfUmqlHBa45wIHGYgEMP8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1184/SaraShub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hk13KeyzGvo/X30Ef5dGryI/AAAAAAADGg8/Kv8pAXWyzusGfUmqlHBa45wIHGYgEMP8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/SaraShub.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">I was able to get photos of the fish. The is a sarasa and the only big shubunkin that I seem to have now.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IhNp02YEk34/X30ERCnAI8I/AAAAAAADGgw/2WnAf3BVZSgUtwSl1L1uANAStskfqbEOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1204/TinyBigGoldFish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1204" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IhNp02YEk34/X30ERCnAI8I/AAAAAAADGgw/2WnAf3BVZSgUtwSl1L1uANAStskfqbEOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/TinyBigGoldFish.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a very unusual tiny fish. It is older than 2 years as it has gone to its gold colors. It seems to be a miniature. Especially when you see it next to the bigger gold fish..</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PhfeLd6zCcY/X30EMLi3aVI/AAAAAAADGgo/58T6m1UQOeU_hFAScTHQcBjl_5hoXCBcACLcBGAsYHQ/s1216/ManyTiny.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1216" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PhfeLd6zCcY/X30EMLi3aVI/AAAAAAADGgo/58T6m1UQOeU_hFAScTHQcBjl_5hoXCBcACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ManyTiny.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a number of the ones that are still black with the little shubunkin that has already changed colors.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lY8R2jNblfc/X30EG_1bvvI/AAAAAAADGgk/buHQn8bBbxgBHObFp3lDOyKSj00srBsWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1184/CompareShus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lY8R2jNblfc/X30EG_1bvvI/AAAAAAADGgk/buHQn8bBbxgBHObFp3lDOyKSj00srBsWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CompareShus.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the bigger shubunkin with the smaller one and some of the smaller black ones. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwTk-vjSdU8/X30EDkldQJI/AAAAAAADGgg/ptYS9eshNCEf43kuMRey2jQ1EVZZ_FB9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1278/CompareShub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwTk-vjSdU8/X30EDkldQJI/AAAAAAADGgg/ptYS9eshNCEf43kuMRey2jQ1EVZZ_FB9gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CompareShub.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The bigger sarasa with the small shubunkin and the small black one.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjbi2w1K7lc/X30D_a1I0tI/AAAAAAADGgY/lDrhrx3E0BIBVbFQbOOUo2T8dpA9vtIwACLcBGAsYHQ/s1178/BlackWhite.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1178" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjbi2w1K7lc/X30D_a1I0tI/AAAAAAADGgY/lDrhrx3E0BIBVbFQbOOUo2T8dpA9vtIwACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BlackWhite.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Now this is another unusual size of a fish. The big black one is bigger than the older light gold fish. The black one is not yet 2 years old and I bought the light gold one a couple of years ago, The big black is beginning to turn gold. </span><p></p><p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4-AdxgBnpbk/X30D6_yPTII/AAAAAAADGgU/RvWdm_rMUCgyZ2bFowovK3a5sr1uYTMaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1262/BigBlack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1262" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4-AdxgBnpbk/X30D6_yPTII/AAAAAAADGgU/RvWdm_rMUCgyZ2bFowovK3a5sr1uYTMaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/BigBlack.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> The big black one compared to the size of the smaller black ones. Apparently the fish do not turn colors until they are at least 2 years old.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-98jnLrJXvkE/X30D3qhkYaI/AAAAAAADGgQ/MTzExh3OTxkzwp_9kBgFAuhdGKXygqnggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1213/2Sarossas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-98jnLrJXvkE/X30D3qhkYaI/AAAAAAADGgQ/MTzExh3OTxkzwp_9kBgFAuhdGKXygqnggCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2Sarossas.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>T<span style="font-size: medium;">he two sarasas that I have left from the original purchase of two or three years ago.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oZPde6nFGxk/X30DzR7ZRWI/AAAAAAADGgM/CQK43IBPClQkWHUFzPzIh9aVE7kVCjxCACLcBGAsYHQ/s1184/KaffirLily.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oZPde6nFGxk/X30DzR7ZRWI/AAAAAAADGgM/CQK43IBPClQkWHUFzPzIh9aVE7kVCjxCACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/KaffirLily.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a Kaffir lily or Schizostylis. It is a good plant for some color in Autumn. I am going to try to spread it around the garden a bit more. It is in the iris family of plants and grows from rhizomes.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sxxjH51wweE/X30Dwpkn1HI/AAAAAAADGgI/3-6_xdtvgw0Y_PEMRBTSNS7Sg_SQOmpdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1184/AutumnCrocus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sxxjH51wweE/X30Dwpkn1HI/AAAAAAADGgI/3-6_xdtvgw0Y_PEMRBTSNS7Sg_SQOmpdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/AutumnCrocus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Autumn crocuses are another good plant for Autumn color. I am slowly getting quite a number of them around the garden. The leaves show up in Spring and die down, and then the flowers come up and open.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGoWl4wYhO0/X30Ds5tfONI/AAAAAAADGgE/tzYXInpNkd01whRpKOom4HNO4THjM0PSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1198/ButterflyVerbena.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nGoWl4wYhO0/X30Ds5tfONI/AAAAAAADGgE/tzYXInpNkd01whRpKOom4HNO4THjM0PSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ButterflyVerbena.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><div class="yuRUbf" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.58;"><br /><div class="TbwUpd NJjxre" style="display: inline-block; left: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px; position: absolute; text-size-adjust: none; top: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="B6fmyf" style="height: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; visibility: hidden; white-space: nowrap;"><div class="TbwUpd" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 1px; text-size-adjust: none;"><cite class="iUh30 gBIQub bc tjvcx" style="color: #202124; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.3; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="eipWBe" style="color: #5f6368;"></span></cite></div><div class="eFM0qc" style="display: inline-block; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 2px; padding-top: 1px; visibility: visible;"><div class="action-menu" style="display: inline; margin: 1px 3px 0px; position: relative; user-select: none; vertical-align: middle;"><span class="mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color: rgb(112, 117, 122) transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 5px 4px 0px; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin-left: 3px; margin-top: -3px; position: absolute; top: 7.2px; width: 0px;"></span><ol class="action-menu-panel" data-ved="2ahUKEwjI-8aAnaHsAhWKIjQIHc9_AwkQqR8wAHoECAMQBg" jsaction="keydown:m.hdke;mouseover:m.hdhne;mouseout:m.hdhue" role="menu" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 4px; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 12px; transition: opacity 0.218s ease 0s; visibility: hidden; z-index: 3;" tabindex="-1"><li class="action-menu-item" role="menuitem" style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: none;"><a class="fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NnuimD_7wTIJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_bonariensis+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:NnuimD_7wTIJ:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_bonariensis%2B%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dca&ved=2ahUKEwjI-8aAnaHsAhWKIjQIHc9_AwkQIDAAegQIAxAH" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: block; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 18px; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></li><li class="action-menu-item" role="menuitem" style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: none;"><a class="fl" href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBD_enCA874CA874&sxsrf=ALeKk01xzqY6qSSbzotUeq0mZkWI_Rr5SA:1602030587209&q=related:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_bonariensis+verbena+bonariensis&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI-8aAnaHsAhWKIjQIHc9_AwkQHzAAegQIAxAI" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #333333; cursor: pointer; display: block; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 18px; text-decoration-line: none;"></a></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="IsZvec" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.58; max-width: 48em;"><span class="aCOpRe" style="line-height: 1.58; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #5f6368; font-weight: bold;">Verbena bonariensis</span> is a tall and slender-stemmed perennial. It can grow to 6 ft (180 cm) tall and can spread to 3 ft (90 cm) wide. At maturity, it will develop a woody base. Fragrant lavender to rose-purple flowers are in tight clusters located on terminal and axillary stems, blooming from mid-summer until fall frost. It is self seeding around my garden. The bees and butterflies love it. This one arrived in one of the pots on the deck. </span></span></div><div class="IsZvec" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.58; max-width: 48em;"><span style="font-size: medium;">July was very dry and I was watering quite a lot. We were away for about 3 weeks in August and the garden did not get any rain. It was very dry and most of the plants dried up. We had some rain a couple of weeks ago and I did manage to get some time to water a bit. I see that one of the gentians I thought was dead seems to be getting new little leaves. It was a transplant from the back little rockery to the little rockery at the front. The established rock/alpine garden plants all seem to be doing ok. I won't be doing any more transplants to the little rockery at the front until after the leaves fall. And then they can have the winter to put down some roots, and not be raked up when I collect the leaves. The trees are just now starting to turn colors. The garden needs weeding, as it got away on me in August and has not had any attention since then. The apples are not quite ready, yet. We did get a few grapes earlier. There were only a couple of plums and no figs. Hopefully, next year will be a better year.</span></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-19053916453327548342020-08-20T16:15:00.011-07:002020-08-20T16:21:56.363-07:00Some of the plants in the boulevard, the driveway and the inner front garden rooms, in June<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZCYAbRRVz4/Xz71MzwYFsI/AAAAAAADGXA/B2mW80DQPRAlmX8uxOvPcpu1tY4sw6qcACLcBGAsYHQ/s1193/1Jun19CrocosmiaBuds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1193" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XZCYAbRRVz4/Xz71MzwYFsI/AAAAAAADGXA/B2mW80DQPRAlmX8uxOvPcpu1tY4sw6qcACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1Jun19CrocosmiaBuds.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The crocosmia buds on June 19th. These are some rather aggressive bulbs. They are attractive to humming birds and easy maintenance so I have clumps of them everywhere in my garden</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4_U9iCBbohg/Xz71P_4B0VI/AAAAAAADGXE/6QvW83Mx0dc5-H2Gin3ohKO_gM5qMUNEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/2June19Erodium.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4_U9iCBbohg/Xz71P_4B0VI/AAAAAAADGXE/6QvW83Mx0dc5-H2Gin3ohKO_gM5qMUNEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/2June19Erodium.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This little geranium or it might be called an erodium grows next to the stone path with the golden oregano on the other side. In fact it is being overgrown by the oregano.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lge-IHKxFN0/Xz71RvOMPiI/AAAAAAADGXI/fVQEFAm1YSgfsilUoYn01BXe_H_dnO5BQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/3Jun19CampanulaClose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lge-IHKxFN0/Xz71RvOMPiI/AAAAAAADGXI/fVQEFAm1YSgfsilUoYn01BXe_H_dnO5BQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/3Jun19CampanulaClose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have campanulas of various kinds around the garden. This one grows in a fairly shaded area in the magnolia tree bed, next to the cedar hedge.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UU7hEfvaPz0/Xz71UOtx2zI/AAAAAAADGXM/tF8aCVbZkvADikKONbLHPqqQeo1BODieQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/4Jun19SedumAutumnJoy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UU7hEfvaPz0/Xz71UOtx2zI/AAAAAAADGXM/tF8aCVbZkvADikKONbLHPqqQeo1BODieQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/4Jun19SedumAutumnJoy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have a few of these Sedum, autumn joy, around the garden, also. This one grows in the same area as the above campanula. They both like more sun than they are getting, but they survive. They bloom at different times and so provide some color in this garden room for a longer period of time.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2sJS6RrprOo/Xz71YKymprI/AAAAAAADGXQ/majbk2sSs_gBUhHMICoOjYY1wMzZx_7ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s1136/5Jun19BlackBamboo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2sJS6RrprOo/Xz71YKymprI/AAAAAAADGXQ/majbk2sSs_gBUhHMICoOjYY1wMzZx_7ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/5Jun19BlackBamboo.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the cleaned up clump of black bamboo. When I took out the dried canes it makes the black canes more visible. I like the look of the clump thinned out. I will be doing more of this when I get the time. The black canes look good with the build up of the leaves that turn white.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_1eeEvVoDg/Xz71aj1WvUI/AAAAAAADGXU/Frdf_zed_w0feqIC700rKa6u0i9ahGjRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/6June19FrntRectangl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_1eeEvVoDg/Xz71aj1WvUI/AAAAAAADGXU/Frdf_zed_w0feqIC700rKa6u0i9ahGjRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/6June19FrntRectangl.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the rectangle bed on the west side of the boulevard garden room. The lovely big white veronica grows too close to the cedar hedge, with the little erodium beneath its feet. It is being crowed by the crosmias on the other side of it. So, I need to get in there and dig out some of the crocosmias.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gO6dOonKZ4Q/Xz71e1CQ-OI/AAAAAAADGXc/P4ITjwOsGiUSVxqfxPbFlAY5lBfbkYFdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1256/7JunFrntRecLavender.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gO6dOonKZ4Q/Xz71e1CQ-OI/AAAAAAADGXc/P4ITjwOsGiUSVxqfxPbFlAY5lBfbkYFdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/7JunFrntRecLavender.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the, approximately 6 feet by 25 foot strip that runs across the front of the boulevard garden. The French lavender is the star of the show for 2 or 3 months. I have cut it back now and hope it produces more bloom in the next little while. There are various other perennials in this area: lupines, foxgloves, achillea, irises, the blue grasses, pinks, all underplanted with thyme.The daisies keep coming back and so I have daisy boquets in May or June, until I get them all pulled out. There is another strip in front of this one that is about 10 feet deep by the length of the boulevard from our driveway across to the neighbors driveway. It is about 35 feet long, making the bottom 'green frame' around my front garden.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XOAMI92HxfI/Xz71huyRYEI/AAAAAAADGXk/tbXS1DgeID0tSDTIiKoRTbwajx2i07hJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/8JunFrntRecGrass.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XOAMI92HxfI/Xz71huyRYEI/AAAAAAADGXk/tbXS1DgeID0tSDTIiKoRTbwajx2i07hJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/8JunFrntRecGrass.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The blue grass, the pinks and the tall bearded irises. To the right side of the photo there is a tall bridal veil spirea shrub that I keep pruned to a globe shape.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vcB07OIqJGk/Xz71lEM0_gI/AAAAAAADGXo/4b5H5QrLZZMJtvToAJKDLTdlS0ToPeFTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1203/9JunBlvrdRightLychnis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vcB07OIqJGk/Xz71lEM0_gI/AAAAAAADGXo/4b5H5QrLZZMJtvToAJKDLTdlS0ToPeFTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/9JunBlvrdRightLychnis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">To the right of the Spirea shrub is another rectangular bed. The front strip is quite nice with the lychnis, some more pinks, the self seeding verbena bodinaires, and the plum tree to the right (out of the picture). Behind these plants the little rectangle became over grown with blue bells. I put leaves on them in the autumn to try and control them. I have transplanted some orange daylillies in there. They are in quite a lot of shade. The orange colors brighten up the corner. I need to clean cut back a tree that has been there since the beginning of the time the house was built. It has got away from me over the last couple of years and needs to be taken down to ground level again. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GxQpj4h9Hto/Xz71ndhwVtI/AAAAAAADGXs/6bxU1zo2TQUOMBFDguaKpzlU0JCKtizGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1179/11JunDrvwyCrepr.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GxQpj4h9Hto/Xz71ndhwVtI/AAAAAAADGXs/6bxU1zo2TQUOMBFDguaKpzlU0JCKtizGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/11JunDrvwyCrepr.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The virginia creeper goes up the telephone pole in the 5 foot deep strip between the neighbors driveway and our driveway. It turns marvelous colors in the autumn. It has st. john's worte planted beneath it. I have some fairly aggresive plants growing in the driveway strip. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ooufxy7ptFM/Xz71rdZqAwI/AAAAAAADGX0/BFrckKlJwokKT1ICHtY3HjT8XUbiuqzNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1244/12DrvwyKninofia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ooufxy7ptFM/Xz71rdZqAwI/AAAAAAADGX0/BFrckKlJwokKT1ICHtY3HjT8XUbiuqzNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/12DrvwyKninofia.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">The torch lily:</span> Gardeners should be diligent with watering during hot and dry spells. Provide a 2- to 3-inch (5-7.6 cm.) layer of mulch to help with water retention and for protection during cold winters. Cut foliage off at the base of the plant in late fall and remove spent flower spike to encourage more blooms<p></p><p>Kniphofia, also called tritoma, red hot poker, torch lily, knofflers or poker plant. </p><p>The striking red hot poker plant (Kniphofia uvaria) is in the Liliaceae family and is also known as poker plant and torch lily. This plant thrives in USDA zones 5 through 9 and is an upright evergreen perennial with a clumping habit. Over 70 known species exist of this South African native plant.</p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">As you can see I am not taking very good care of this plant. I did not realize that it should be cut back to ground level in the Fall. Nevertheless, this torch lily is a fairly tough plant. It grows in front of the mountain ash tree, with a tall rose, volunteer oregon grape, nasty black berries and bind weed for competition. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qrt1xpOVyBs/Xz71w4_o6xI/AAAAAAADGX4/cR25DU8kM80b3TshuCTlZOjP9Dx1JRZWACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/13JunDrvwyKniClose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qrt1xpOVyBs/Xz71w4_o6xI/AAAAAAADGX4/cR25DU8kM80b3TshuCTlZOjP9Dx1JRZWACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/13JunDrvwyKniClose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">a close up of the torch lily blossoms.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbX-57Yuk_Y/Xz713P_-dcI/AAAAAAADGYE/0F1lQtaYmv023X_9mcT_kNQChKpJ9ExcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/14JunDrvwyYucca.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbX-57Yuk_Y/Xz713P_-dcI/AAAAAAADGYE/0F1lQtaYmv023X_9mcT_kNQChKpJ9ExcQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/14JunDrvwyYucca.jpg" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the Yucca, next to the Virginia creeper, with the st. John's warte and an Autumn Joy sedum. The sedum and the Yucca are forming buds.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yucca is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish flowers. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yucca glauca is native to central North America: occurring from the Canadian Prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada; south through the Great Plains to Texas and New Mexico in the United States.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">This finishes the posting for my garden in June. I have been away for 3 weeks, so I do not know if there will be a July in the garden posted, as I have a lot of catching up to do in the garden.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Blogger has been making some changes. I guess any further photos will need to be much smaller to fit in the space provided. It always annoys me why they have to fix things that aren't broken. 😞</span></p>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-10805070948456349472020-07-25T14:28:00.001-07:002020-07-25T14:28:37.869-07:00Some of the Plants growing in the Inner Garden Room in June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> one of the rocks with some character between the Cotula and a Saxifragia.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifragia - Paniculata ‘aizoon’ white encrusted full sun X irvingii – 2” x $” jenkinsae, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">well drained alkaline soil.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Cotula hispida – blue green foliage, yellow ball blooms gravelly soil good drainage</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechina is a low-growing perennial to 10cm (4 in) tall, with trailing stems clad in paired ovate leaves and ending in 1 - 3 mid-blue, trumpet-shaped flowers 4cm (1.5 in.) long in late summer. Grow in moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil. Suitable for the front of borders. Performs best in sunny conditions. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">This gentian may not survive its move from the back little rockery. It looks ok here but since its move it has not been recovering from the transplant. Its very floppy and did not bloom last year, so I am not too bent about losing it. There are nicer gentians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SEMPERVIVUM</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This little red hens and chickens has had more chicken scratch added for drainage. (whitish color - a no no in proper rock gardens, but it looks good with the red).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another good lava rock from the Clear Water area of B.C. Not sure where I will place this rock just yet. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The plants in the above photos are part of the Rockery/Alpines Room in the front garden.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The following photos are plants from the Inner Garden Room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> CEANOTHUS</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">California lilacs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ceanothus is a genus of about 50–60 species of nitrogen-fixing shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family. Common names for members of this genus are buckbrush, California lilac, soap bush, or just ceanothus. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with some of the Kinnikinnick, Sedum, tall bearded Iris and the leaves of the smoke bush</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the Ceanothus flowers. The bees love this plant when its in bloom. The Davey Tree guys did a hard prune on this shrub in the late winter this year. It is looking very healthy with far more blossoms now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Leaves of the smoke bush that is under planted with the silver/red sedum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the stone path that leads to the sun dial circle. We see the Kinnikinnick, Ceanothus and tall bearded iris on one side and the Sedum and some of the smoke bush leaves on the other side.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">COTINUS Coggygria</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">is a large, upright shrub becoming spreading with age. In spring, the foliage emerges a rich maroon-red, darkening to a velvety purple as the summer progresses. Insignificant flowers mature into dusty wine-red feathery plumes, earning it the name Smokebush. The rich reddish-purple fall color completes the appeal of this fascinating colored shrub. An excellent choice for sunny locations needing year-round interest!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mature Height: 10-15 feetMature Spread: 10-15 feet Form: Shrub, upright, spreading with age</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Light Requirements: Full Sun Site Requirements: Tolerant of many sites except those with poor drainage Flower: Insignificant, yellow Bloom Period: June Foliage: Maroon to Purple Fall Color: Reddish Purple Fruit Notes: Reticulate drupe, wine-red, billowy</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">The sun dial circle has polygala and some short daisies (have to look up the name of the daisies) They have quite large flowers and seem to be tolerant of the clay soil. The other plant is excellent. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">POLYGALA chamaebuxus ‘purpurea’ (grandiflora) evergreen, pink, tiny, flowers - Purple with yellow tips (lovely) Mine has purple and yellow flowers, evergreen foliage.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One edge of this little 3 foot diameter circle needs another plant to fill in the bare area. I am thinking of getting an ice plant (delespernum) to grow here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a much neglected corner of the garden. It is doing very well. Maybe neglect is the practice needed in my garden. The shrub in the "hedge" next to the Ceanothus is a star magnolia. I removed some weedy little shrub from beneath it this spring and gave it a bit of leaf mold. It is doing wonderfully well, now. It bloomed earlier in the year. It grows next to the cedars along the property line, in front of the Boulevard Garden Rooms. Also in this corner there is Campanula. - the blue one we see and now further along in front of the cedars there is a another white one in bloom. The (red) valerine is spreading out a bit. And the strange white bloom is the Gas plant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Close up of the Gas Plant blossom</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The leaves of the Gas Plant.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">GAS PLANT DICTAMNUS Albus </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Growing gas plants (Dictamnus albus) reach a height of about 4 feet tall with quite woody stems at the base. In the early summer, June and July, Dictamnus gas plant blooms with long, spikes of white flowers set off by glossy green leaves. Once the flowers have faded, spectacular seedpods remain that are commonly used in dried floral arrangements.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Read more at Gardening Know How: Dictamnus Gas Plant Information – Tips For Growing Gas Plants<a href="https://www.blogger.com/GAS%20PLANT%20DICTAMNUS%20Albus%20%20%20%20%20Growing%20gas%20plants%20(Dictamnus%20albus)%20reach%20a%20height%20of%20about%204%20feet%20tall%20with%20quite%20%20%20%20%20%20woody%20stems%20at%20the%20base.%20In%20the%20early%20summer,%20June%20and%20July,%20Dictamnus%20gas%20plant%20blooms%20%20%20%20%20%20with%20long,%20spikes%20of%20white%20flowers%20set%20off%20by%20glossy%20green%20leaves.%20Once%20the%20flowers%20have%20%20%20%20%20%20faded,%20spectacular%20seedpods%20remain%20that%20are%20commonly%20used%20in%20dried%20floral%20arrangements.%20%20Read%20more%20at%20Gardening%20Know%20How:%20Dictamnus%20Gas%20Plant%20Information%20%E2%80%93%20Tips%20For%20Growing%20Gas%20Plants%20https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/gas-plants/growing-gas-plants.htm%20%20%20%20%20Once%20gas%20plant%20has%20been%20established,%20it%20should%20not%20be%20moved%20or%20any%20attempt%20made%20to%20divide%20it.%20%20%20%20%20%20At%20maturation%20after%20several%20years,%20the%20growing%20gas%20plant%20will%20appear%20as%20a%20clump%20with%20stunning%20%20%20%20%20%20stands%20of%20flowers%20poking%20from%20amongst%20its%20foliage.%20When%20it%20comes%20to%20gas%20plant%20garden%20care,%20%20%20%20%20%20the%20growing%20gas%20plants%20prefer%20consistent%20irrigation,%20but%20can%20withstand%20periods%20of%20drought%20%20%20%20%20%20once%20they%20are%20established.%20Slightly%20alkaline%20soil%20is%20preferable%20for%20more%20vibrant%20and%20vigorous%20%20%20%20%20%20plants%20as%20well%20as%20areas%20of%20cool%20evening%20temperatures.%20%20%20%20%20This%20herbaceous%20perennial%20may%20also%20be%20listed%20as%20dittany%20or%20fraxinella,%20members%20of%20the%20Rutaceae%20%20%20%20%20%20family.%20Some%20patience%20is%20necessary%20when%20growing%20gas%20plants%20as%20they%20take%20several%20years%20to%20mature.%20%20%20%20%20%20The%20strongly%20citrus-scented%20flowers%20and%20foliage%20may%20cause%20an%20allergic%20skin%20reaction%20in%20some%20people%20%20%20%20%20%20and%20seems%20to%20be%20repellent%20to%20deer.%20Gas%20plant%20is%20a%20non-aggressive%20and%20non-invasive%20specimen.%20Gas%20%20%20%20%20%20plants%20can%20be%20found%20in%20several%20different%20varieties%20such%20as:%20%E2%80%98Purpureus%E2%80%99%20with%20its%20mauve-purple%20%20%20%20%20%20blooms%20and%20deep%20purple%20veins%20%E2%80%98Caucasicus,%E2%80%99%20which%20is%20a%20taller%20varietal%20at%20up%20to%204%20feet%20tall%20%E2%80%98Rubra,%E2%80%99%20%20%20%20%20%20which%20blooms%20with%20lovely%20rose%20pink%20flowers%20%20%20%20%20Mine%20is%20white%20and%20grows%20in%20front%20of%20the%20cedar%20hedge%20by%20the%20sun%20dial%20circle.%20%20There%20is%20a%20hebe,%20some%20%20%20%20%20%20valerine,%20and%20campanula%20all%20in%20this%20same%20area%20by%20the%20star%20magnolia%20shrub.%20%20Its%20amazing%20that%20it%20%20%20%20%20%20survives%20at%20all.%20%20It%20hardly%20ever%20gets%20watered%20in%20our%20dry%20summers.%20%20I%20will%20have%20to%20give%20it%20some%20%20%20%20%20%20compost%20and%20more%20water%20this%20summer."> https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/gas-plants/growing-gas-plants.htm</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Once gas plant has been established, it should not be moved or any attempt made to divide it. At maturation after several years, the growing gas plant will appear as a clump with stunning stands of flowers poking from amongst its foliage. When it comes to gas plant garden care, the growing gas plants prefer consistent irrigation, but can withstand periods of drought once they are established. Slightly alkaline soil is preferable for more vibrant and vigorous plants as well as areas of cool evening temperatures.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This herbaceous perennial may also be listed as dittany or fraxinella, members of the Rutaceae family. Some patience is necessary when growing gas plants as they take several years to mature. The strongly citrus-scented flowers and foliage may cause an allergic skin reaction in some people and seems to be repellent to deer. Gas plant is a non-aggressive and non-invasive specimen. Gas plants can be found in several different varieties such as: ‘Purpureus’ with its mauve-purple blooms and deep purple veins ‘Caucasicus,’ which is a taller varietal at up to 4 feet tall ‘Rubra,’ which blooms with lovely rose pink flowers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Mine is white and grows in front of the cedar hedge by the sun dial circle. There is a hebe, some valerine, and campanula all in this same area by the star magnolia shrub. Its amazing that it survives at all. It hardly ever gets watered in our dry summers. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am hoping to find a purple one to plant in the little rockery renovation where I might have room for it next to the cedars and the Kinnikinnick, in the autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The sun dial circle borders on the 7 foot thyme circle. The bench sits in its nook in the cedar hedge and has become a nice private spot to enjoy the garden. The bamboo is next to the thyme circle. It is a constant chore to pick the dried bamboo leaves off the thyme. I will need to get a couple more thyme plants for the bare side of the circle, and give them more compost and sand, in the Autumn when the rains start. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Gertrude Jekyll English David Austin rose grows under the front sweet gum tree. The crocosmias to the left have buds. Beneath these taller plants there is a decorative oregano, dianthus, armeria, and a gentian cruciata. The fern leafed peony is just behind the gentian.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There is a pink flowering armeria under the fallen rose petals. ARMERIA maritima (Sea Thrift) is a compact, evergreen perennial boasting round clusters of pink to lavender (or sometimes white) flowers borne atop slender stalks. I have one white one and several pink ones.I cannot seem to get these plants to last very long - They need well drained soil.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.gardenia.net/plant/armeria-maritima-sea-thrift"> https://www.gardenia.net/plant/armeria-maritima-sea-thrift</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This compact evergreen plant grows only 6 to 12 inches high and from a woody tap root. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The slowly expanding mounded tuft is composed of numerous stiff, linear (needle-shaped), </span><span style="font-size: large;">dark-green leaves that usually have hairs along their margins. This dense rosette gives</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the appearance of a low-growing ornamental grass. In richer soils the leaves tend to fall </span><span style="font-size: large;">outwards leaving an open center. Since it is evergreen, it should not be cut back to the </span><span style="font-size: large;">ground in fall like many other perennials as that will affect spring bloom. In mid-spring </span><span style="font-size: large;">small pink to lavender (or sometimes white) flowers are produced in globular clusters </span><span style="font-size: large;">subtended by purplish, papery bracts on the ends of slender, unbranched, leafless stalks </span><span style="font-size: large;">that extend well above the foliage. Each flower has five petals joined at the base with </span><span style="font-size: large;">five stamens and five separate styles. Deadhead entire flower stems to promote additional </span><span style="font-size: large;">sporadic flowering throughout the summer. They can be used as cut flowers. The flowers </span><span style="font-size: large;">are followed by papery seed heads with a single seed in each capsule.Sea thrift grows best </span><span style="font-size: large;">in full sun in lean, very well-drained soil. The plants are drought tolerant and do not </span><span style="font-size: large;">tolerate moist soils. They frequently rot in the center, killing the entire plant, in heavy </span><span style="font-size: large;">clay soils that are too fertile, or after a prolonged wet and cool fall. Because of this </span><span style="font-size: large;">they have a reputation for being short-lived. However, given the proper environment these </span><span style="font-size: large;">plants can live for many years and require little maintenance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the Gertrude Jekyll rose. Nicely fragrant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The stepping stones that lead up to the back of the little rockery, in the front garden. After the fern leafted peony and gentian, we see the globalaria and the lithodara Grace Ward. The bergenia and the mountain avens (dryas) surround the West Coast planter. The planter has a primula auricola (I think) in it at the moment. Behind the bergenias there are Japanese primulas. To the right of the primulas there is a very nice hebe. Along the little gold wall, at the back there is some wulfeni, and aubretia. Then there is the newly renovated part of this little rockery along the little gold rock wall. Presently there are 3 saxifragias and a lewisia in this part of the renovation. I am waiting for cooler weather in the Fall to move the saxifragias and their tufa rocks, out of the pots I have on the deck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the gentian newly transplanted from the back little rockery. The name on the gentian was 'depresso'. Its the wrong name. GENTIANA Cruciata is the correct name.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Common Name: cross gentian Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet Spread: 1.00 to 1.75 feet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Bloom Time: August to September Bloom Description: Blue Sun: Full sun to part shade</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Flower: Showy, Good Cut Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tolerate: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Clay Soil </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Best grown in moist, well-draining soils in full sun to part shade. Easier to grow for the average gardener compared to other species of Gentian. Tolerant of drought and many soil types include clay. Plants do not tolerate root disturbance, and transplanting should be avoided once established. The best time to divide large clumps is in early spring just as new growth begins.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Noteworthy Characteristics</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana cruciata, commonly called cross gentian, is a herbaceous perennial native to forest edges, rocky pastures, grasslands, and dry meadows in Europe and western Asia. This plant slowly forms a clump about 8-12" tall and 12-18" wide. The lanceolate leaves (1-3" long) are bright green, glossy, and oppositely attached to the upright stems. The truly blue, trumpet-shaped flowers emerge in a cluster tucked into the leaf axils on the upper part of the stems from late summer into fall. Attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The specific epithet cruciata means "crossed" and refers to the shape of the leaves as viewed from above.</span><br />
'<span style="font-size: large;">Blue Cross' has a generally more compact and bushy habit compared to the species, and reaches 8-10" tall. The unopened flower buds are creamy white and intensify in color to a deep blue as they mature and open, creating a bicolor effect.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Problems</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No major pest or disease problems reported. Deer and rabbit resistant.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Garden Uses</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A beautiful accent plant for the front of a mixed border. Also suitable for rock gardens, woodland gardens, and container plantings. Makes an excellent cut flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the right one: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana_cruciata#:~:text=The%20flowers%20are%20violet%2Dblue,The%20fruit%20is%20a%20capsule.">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana_cruciata#:~:text=The%20flowers%20are%20violet%2Dblue,The%20fruit%20is%20a%20capsule.</a> See the images </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana cruciata, the star gentian or cross gentian, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Close-up on a flower of Gentiana cruciata</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana cruciata is a hemicryptophyte scapose plant of small size, reaching on average 20–40 centimetres (7.9–15.7 in) in height.[3] It has erect stems, the leaves are large, ovate-lanceolate, semiamplexicaul, about 3–8 centimetres (1.2–3.1 in) long. The flowers are violet-blue trumpets with 4 petals, clustered in the axils of upper leaves.[3] The flowering period extends from June to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite and pollinated by insects (entomogamy). The fruit is a capsule. The seeds are dispersed by gravity alone (barochory).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Habitat</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This plant prefers dry calcareous soil in forest edges, bushy slopes, pastures, grasslands and dry meadows, at an altitude of 200–1,600 metres (660–5,250 ft) above sea level.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Host for Phengaris rebeli</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Phengaris rebeli is an endangered butterfly which feeds upon G. cruciata. Female P. rebeli lay their eggs on the upper side of G. cruciata leaves and three to four weeks later, the P. rebeli larvae emerge and begin to feed on the seeds and flowers of this grassland plant. After the P. rebeli reaches its fourth larval instar, it drops to the ground to be picked up by Myrmica schencki ants and brought to their nests.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Female P. rebeli prefer to lay eggs on G. cruciata growing in clumps rather than individual plants, and on the taller plants, as they are less shaded and allow the eggs to grow and develop faster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another view of the gentian. It has two stems with tiny blue flowers, with four petals beginning to open now. It seems to have been a successful transplant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The iberis at the corner of the junction of the stone paths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like this rock. It is going to be the feature rock in the smoke tree bed. It is surrounded by Armeria that need far better drainage. There is a white one. I must get some good drainage rock around them. I need to keep the silver sedum from growing into their allotted space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The smoke tree looks good with its under planting of silver/red sedum with the red Mrs. Bradshaw geum in flower.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the transplanted saxifragias from the back rockery, and the lewisia down a bit from the saxefragias.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifragia paniculata - Grows on the top level of the little rockery next to the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Mossy red saxifragia. Have added chicken grit and pea gravel and a bit of </span><span style="font-size: large;">compost from the back bin.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> *****Moved to front little rockery reno on June 11, 2020 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifragia - Mossy Saxifrage Alpino Rose– red – woodland edger</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Saxifraga Arendsii - Sun to part shade, height 4 - 6 ", Spread - 12 inches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Blooms: April - June. Saxifrage form a low evergreen cusion of tiny shiny</span><span style="font-size: large;"> leaves. Small star shaped flowers appear in Spring. Excellent in rock gardens. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> *****Moved to front little rockery reno on June 11, 2020. It is beside the paniculata </span><span style="font-size: large;">on the top level with the gold small rocks and has a small pieces of tufa rock </span><span style="font-size: large;">between this one and the above paniculata. They both have top dressing of the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> chicken scratch stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Since this photo I have moved the Saxifragia that was in the Butchardt Gardens Cement pot, into this little back rockery. I gave the pot to Paul S. along with other plastic and terra cotta pots. He was happy to get the cement pot, as it has 'historical significance' in the alpine gardening clubs. It came from Rex Murfitt's home before he moved out to the retirement home. We have since lost Rex. Paul is taking good care of his saxifragias. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifragia in Butchart Gardens cement pot from R. M. Home: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Gerard Manley Hopkins' clone burseriana</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Certainly one of the better burseriana's, selected by H.L.Foster 1972. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Close to the typical var. but more dense and compact growing. Like most </span><span style="font-size: large;">burseriana's best in a very well drained soil because in our climate </span><span style="font-size: large;">burseriana's suffer from too much moisture in autumn and winter. Splendid </span><span style="font-size: large;">of course in tufastone and in a through. Slower growth and rooting.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> - I have a piece of this one in the big tufa rock with the Lilac Time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> - bloomed early Spring 2020 with large white flowers close to the foliage.</span><span style="font-size: large;">The foliage looks rather like pine needles</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The far end of the little rockery showing the hebe, the wulfeni and the aubretia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The lewisia from Cannor. There were 2 lewisias in the pot when bought. Only one survived. Not sure which color it is. Hope it is the orange/gold one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifragia - Mossy Saxifrage Alpino Rose– red – woodland edger</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Saxifraga Arendsii - Sun to part shade, height 4 - 6 ", Spread - 12 inches</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Blooms: April - June. Saxifrage form a low evergreen cusion of tiny shiny </span><span style="font-size: large;">leaves. Small star shaped flowers appear in Spring. Excellent in rock gardens. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This mossy saxifragia and the others are doing much better since I moved them. This one is even starting to bloom again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-Paniculata from the back rockery moved to the front in May 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Best planted in cool summer climates in part shade locations. Prefers moist, gritty, well-drained soils in part shade. Good tolerance for morning sun. Established plants have some drought tolerance. New rosettes form at the stolon ends or at the base of the rosette, resulting in plants sometimes expanding to form small colonies. Plants often struggle (thin out in the middle) in hot, dry and humid summers south of USDA Zone 6. Plants are difficult to grow well in the St. Louis climate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifraga paniculata is a circumboreal species that is native to rocky ledges and crevices in Europe, eastern Asia and North America south to New England and the Great Lakes. It is a stoloniferous perennial that typically forms a spreading basal rosette (to 6" tall) of flat, leathery, finely-serrate, oblong to obovate leaves (each to 1.5" long) with silvery encrustations on the margins. Flowers (each to 1/2" diameter) bloom in elongated clusters atop upright stems rising well above the rosette to 12" tall. Flower color is variable, ranging from white to creamy white to pink to yellow sometimes with purple spotting. Flowers bloom mid-June to August. Plants of this species are divided into three subspecies: S. paniculata subsp. paniculata (central Europe), S. paniculata subsp. cartilaginea (Causcasus) and S. paniculata subsp. laestadii (Norway, Iceland and North America).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Saxifraga paniculata is an alpine species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, with native distribution in the temperate northern hemisphere. Common names include alpine saxifrage, encrusted saxifrage, lifelong saxifrage, lime-encrusted saxifrage, livelong saxifrage, White Mountain saxifrage,(aizoon) and silver saxifrage.</span></div>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-64523005509715763402020-07-19T13:18:00.000-07:002020-07-19T13:18:03.555-07:00Front Garden in June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ugliest spot in the garden is this water meter reading thing. The meter maids come around to check the amount of water used. They need something like 2 feet of space on all sides of the meter. I once was fined for not providing this access. I guess some fat ass couldn't get into the smaller area. I really wish the thing had been put into the driveway where they would surely have enough space to read the meter. There is a little rock path leading into it from the grass path. The Irish heather is in front of it, partly hiding it. The lady's mantle, cement vase, moss rose and few other little plants are on the driveway side of it, under the magnolia tree. The trillium bed is in behind it with pasque flowers, iberis, arabis and a few others to hide it from the driveway side. On the left side of the photo there is the tall black bamboo, an old heather and the start of the Siberian irises to hide it from the thyme circle and other inner garden beds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the view up the stone path, past the David and on to the smoke bush and the back of the inner garden. We see the milkweed in the foreground. Across the path from the David is a decorative oregano, some crocosmias, dianthus, and on into the little rockery on that side.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the milkweed. It is, I believe a showy milkweed. Dave Dube sent this to me a few years ago. It does not set seed, so it must be some kind of a hybrid. I have started some 'soul mate' milkweed plants from seed. At least there are 2 of them in pots now that look a lot like this plant. Hopefully, I can get them transplanted to this area in the Fall. I also have one growing in the cut garden, and another kind that blooms with orange/red blossoms. This milkweed project has not been a great success. The monarchs need this milkweed to feed the caterpillars, apparently. I hope the ones in the pots bloom soon, so I know what I have. If I ever get enough milkweed plants growing I will import some monarchs, and see if I can establish some of them on the Island.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Showy Milkweed (Asclepias Speciosa) - This perennial plant can be easily established by sowing Asclepias seeds. It has up to 40 inch stems and large gray-green oval leaves that can be 5 inches in length. The flowers form on top of the stems and are rounded clusters of rosy-pink flowers. One plant can form a large clump by its spreading rhizomes. The Showy Milkweed plant, like its relative Butterfly Weed, prefers to be grown in full sun. It is quite drought tolerant after its second year of establishment as the root system is not well-established the first year after growing from flower seed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The French lavender that is in bloom behind the David. Its a nice view past the lavender, over the chartreuse marjoram and the thyme circle with a bit of the sun dial circle showing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have campanulas growing all over the garden. This one is under the Magnolia tree, near the trilliums.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another view of the water meter. If I keep it weeded it can actually look not too bad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The grass path that is the top border to the garden and goes between the two boxwood hedges. I really must do something about the crocosmias flopping over the stone path. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The stone path with the campanula glomerata across the path from the iberis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The black bamboo has lost a lot of its lower leaves. This year I cleaned out most of the dead canes. It can be thinned out even more, I think. But it is getting to look pretty good; and well worth the bother of taking out its runners, and picking up the leaves off the paths and thyme circle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This little spirea has very nice chartreuse leaves with pink flowers. It grows between the Siberian irises and the thyme circle. I need to take better care of it, as it is a lovely little thing, in the spot where it hangs its blooms over the thyme circle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Closer view of the campanula glomerata. Just beside it in the photo is one of the newly transplanted gentians. I believe it is the gentian acaulis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The thyme circle has had a bit of compost added to it, and I am paying better attention to keeping it watered. A few bees have even found there way to the flowers. It still needs more compost and perhaps drainage rock in a few spots, with new plants added. </span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-48231892921534490082020-07-17T17:02:00.000-07:002020-07-17T17:11:28.349-07:00The front garden in June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The old sidewalk path that runs along behind the old garage and changes to a chip trail right after the big fern. The fern covers our view of the old compost bin. T</span><span style="font-size: large;">he tall bearded irises on the right side of the photo need some attention. They are over crowded and never bloom. The left side has daylillies and a few other plants. Both of these areas of the woodland need some attention to planning for a nice display.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Western bleeding heart is a new plant in the woodland. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Dicentra formosa (western, wild or Pacific bleeding heart) </span><span style="font-size: large;">I need to remove the large leafed plant next to it. I do not know what it is. At the moment it has racemes of little blue flowers. Its very invasive. It might be a less well behaved Brunnera than my other ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In the front garden, June was the month for the roses. This is Iceberg by the entry way. Right now it needs deadheading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> a close up of the iceberg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The grass path that goes along the top of the garden between the two boxwood hedges. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The start of the grass path from the driveway. The wall flower has been in bloom for a month or more. It is still in bloom now. From this view of the grass path we see where it joins the stone path that goes to the inner garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A closer look at the entry to the grass path. To the right is the edge of the Magnolia tree bed. In this spot there is a milkweed (not yet in bloom) and foxgloves. I am letting the foxgloves go to seed, here and hopefully at the back of the new little rockery reno. Next to the foxgloves there is a french lavender and the david with the Siberian irises behind them. The bamboo is further down in this bed and borders the cedar hedge, with the decorative golden oregano, and the thyme circle on the other side of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is back at the top of the garden, again.; looking over the little boxwood hedge to the Bergenias and the Japanese anemones that are in front of the west coast planter, with a view of more of the stone path in the inner garden, and the burgundy smoke bush. The little gold wall in the little rockery is visible over the tops of the anemones. The anemones now have buds and the inner garden will become more 'private' when they grow taller.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the simplicity rose at the corner of my property, just behind the tall boxwood hedge. You can see the neighbors garbage cans that they keep at this front corner of their house for all the world to see. And clearly visible from the front entry to our home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the simplicity rose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lovely wine colored clematis grows across the grass path and the boxwood hedges from the simplicity rose. It stands by the cedar hedge and with some crocosmias and solomon's seal screens most of the inner garden and little rockery from casual view.</span><br />
POLYGONATUM<br />
also known as King Solomon's-seal or Solomon's seal<br />
Solomon’s sea is an elegant woodland plant that is native to North America. Although the dangling, white flowers and the black seed pods that follow are charming, it’s the arching stems and foliage that make Solomon’s seal such a favorite in shade gardens and woodland settings. Once established, Solomon’s seal slowly spreads out and creates a nodding blanket of foliage that turns a golden yellow in autumn.<br />
Leaves: The slender, arching stems of Solomon's seal have alternating lance-shaped leaves that are either green or tipped with white.<br />
Flowers: Small, tubular, white flowers dangle underneath the leaves. The species name of P. biflorum refers to the fact that the flowers grow in pairs along the leaf axils. Solomon's seal will bloom in mid-spring to early summer. The black seed pods that follow will persist into summer. More mature plants tend to have more profuse flowers and are a bit showier. But it’s the plant form rather than the flowers that make Solomon’s seal such an interesting plant.<br />
There is a variegated form that is fragrant: Polygonatum odoratum, commonly called fragrant Solomon's seal, is a rhizomatous, shade-loving perennial that typically grows to 18-24” tall on low, gracefully arching, angled (as opposed to cylindrical), unbranched stems. It is native to shaded slopes and woodland areas in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.<br />
My plant grows in the front garden between the front little rockery and the cedar hedge, near the boxwood hedge.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The vines of the clematis that have climbed up the cedar hedge seem to be dried out and dying. I noticed this happening on the clematis by the back deck. The part that is on the cedar has dried out. I am not sure what is doing that to the clematises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a different view of the Gertrude Jekyl rose, and the west coast planter., adjoining this part of the little rockery. The stone path divides both sides of the little rockery. This rose is very fragrant. It needs dead heading, watering and feeding just now. As do all of the roses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little snapdragon comes up like a short-lived perennial. It grows in the cement vase that sits at the grass path entry to the front garden from the driveway. I need more of snapdragons!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This part of the stepping stones path that goes from the old sidewalk to the entry to the moss/water garden room, was very over grown, with clover and other weeds. It took quite a few hours to get it all dug out. It needs to have Corsican mint re-introduced to it. Also need some gravel added between the stones. The grass area that is under the apple tree is full of clover and ajuga. The clover is suppose to be good for the bees, although, I have not seen bees on my clover. Also the clover is a nitrogen fixing plant. Interesting information on how these plants are good for the garden <a href="https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/nitrogen-fixing-plants-microbes">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The waterfall on June 15. The mermaid is back in its place. But I really need to make a good revision of this waterfall. Maybe get a big rock that has been drilled for a water feature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Brunnera 'Jack Frost' newly planted out into the moss garden. As you can see this is before I cleaned up and weeded this area. It is now all cleaned up, but the leaves from the bay laurel are constantly falling and need to be picked up. The lantern is moved to a better spot closer to the water, next to the stump from the old plum tree. This old stump is beginning to decay. I can use it as a planter for some sort of special little plants that like a woodsy soil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The mountain laurel is in bloom on the 19th of June.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the side of the pond that is next to the deck. The Wulfeni is growing very well in the clay soil between the edging rocks and the cement slabs for the walking path. Wulfenia x schwarzii: this tough and compact perennial is perfect for morning sun or part shade! In the Plantain family, it is related to Veronica & Parahebe. Dense rosettes of leathery leaves are crowned by spikes of soft violet-purple flowers for 3 or 4 months in spring and early summer. Neat & tidy and oh so pretty! It is evergreen, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I really like this coral bells plant with the purple leaves. It is a fairly new addition to the water garden room. It grows in a little niche at the feet of the towering clematis that provides ample shade for it. When I am standing on this little 'viewing cement platform' it is right beside my feet. There is a stepping stone path (made of plastic that looks like rock) that goes under the deck. And on the other side of the platform there are astilbes, lily of the valley then the dry stream and more moss with a hepatica, a small maiden hair fern that is indigenous to our area, and few other special shade plants. I let the bright yellow Welsh poppies seed around the moss.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The special little fern: adiantum aleuticum subpumilum (VIRAGS $5) a lovely fern. A Truly DWARF MAIDENHAIR Fern, and a very slowly spreading ground cover. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shiny, glossy black stalks hold aloft contrasting, limey-green pinnae. Rarely available, it takes good drainage and light shade and rich soils. Deciduous Size: 6" - 9" Height and Spread: Small - Under 1' in height or spread in 5 years. Garden Use: Ground cover, Rock garden ferns</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Origin: Pacific Northwest. Soil: Sand Clay Chalk Loam Moisture: Moist but well-drained pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/143603/i-Adiantum-aleuticum-i-Subpumilum/Details">https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/143603/i-Adiantum-aleuticum-i-Subpumilum/Details</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> needs to be kept moist. It grows in the moss near the hepatica </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the waterfall side of the pond. If I squeeze past the clematis; trying not to step on the wulfenii, or the London Pride saxifragia, I come to the tall dark green leaves of the golden loosestrife. This is a good sturdy plant and is lovely in bloom now. Lysimachia punctata, commonly called loosestrife, is native to central/southern Europe and Turkey,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but has over time escaped gardens throughout many parts of the northern U.S., particularly in the northeastern states, where it has naturalized in waste places, ditches and along roadsides. It is a rhizomatous perennial that grows to 3’ (infrequently to 4’) tall on stiff upright stems clad with pubescent, ovate to lance-shaped, medium green leaves (to 3” long)in whorls of 3 or 4 (occasionally opposite). Cup-shaped, five-petalled, bright yellow flowers (to 1” across) in axillary whorls </span><span style="font-size: large;">bloom from May to September. Additional common names for this plant include yellow loosestrife, garden loosestrife or whorled loosestrife. Notwithstanding the common names, Lysimachia is a member of the primrose family and not the loosestrife family (Lythrum). Lysimachia is not as aggressive a spreader as the infamous purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria. grows by the cedar hedge and the pond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Lebanon cedar. I have cleaned up around it and clipped it into its tight shape. We see the water hawthorne below it in the water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the side of the pond opposite the clematis and wulfenii side. It leads to the waterfall. It is bordered by the little boxwood hedge that has the yews growing above. This hedge separates the cutting garden from the water garden. We see the little silver willow and the closest corner and going down the path, the pendula willow grows next to the waterfall. When transplanting both of these willows I tried to stretch their roots into the water. It seems to have worked because both of them are doing well and liking where they are planted.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In my old notes I found some scattered information on the willows: Salix repens Boyd's Pendula BOYD'S DWARF TRAILING WILLOW</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Aka Alpine Willow. This weeping pussy willow originally introduced from China is now found throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Willow is an old world tree, much celebrated in poetry. Twigs and branchlets divide into thin stems that hang in pendulous curtains to the ground. Leaves sometimes with whitened or silky undersides. The stubby catkins are silver maturing to cream. Only 16" to 20" when fully grown. Likes sun. Deciduous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I believe this one is Salix helvetica - Swiss Willow</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The one with large pussywillows and cinamon bark. Truly lovely 'in bloom'. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Apparently this one is very forgiving to being pruned to shape it. I may start to do that to keep it within its space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The stepping stones through the moss and corsican mint from the old sidewalk to where this part of the stone path meets the other stone/moss path that goes from farther up the old sidewalk past the grass that surrounds the apple tree, and on into the water garden/moss area or into the strawberry patch and the cutting garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In cleaning up this part of the stone/moss path I removed the big dark hellebore that was crowding out the rhodos. There is also a lot of Houttuynia – cordata “variegata” invasive/ bog / l ft / (Chameleon plant)/ Yellow, red, green leaves. It smells like oranges when it is damaged. It is, indeed, invasive. Most of the leaves are now green. I am digging them out when I get time. I may have to stategically apply some round up to them. I can leave some growing under the deck in the deep shade. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have added some leaves and green clippings for a bit of mulch in this spot and will be adding compost from the bin when I get time. The ferns, a mondo grass, and some nerines grow along the steps up to the deck. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moving along the stepping stones around the corner we see the entry way to under the deck. There is a big hosta, and across the stones from it is a white azalea, and then the big hyperion rhodo. In front of these plants are the primulas. The moss is quite nice in this area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The big hosta, the azalea and a foxglove. The stone (see above) just before the hosta, has been moved over by about a foot, towards the azalea. The azalea is pruned back a bit and cleaned up. The weeding and cleaning has been done along both sides of this stepping stones path. It is looking quite nice. The Corsican mint has a wonderful fragrance when walking this path. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the anemorella, double white, growing on the moss/water room side of the path. The clump is growing nicely. Next to it on one side are some primulas and on the other side we see the little blue hosta. The hosta is out doing itself in bloom this year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ANEMONELLA</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Growing Anemonella thalictroides (Rue Anemone)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Latin Name Pronunciation: ah-nem-on-el'-lah</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> A native of Eastern woodlands, this diminutive charmer has delicate blue-green foliage </span><span style="font-size: large;">reminiscent of Maidenhair Fern, topped by flowers shaped like tiny Anemones in spring to </span><span style="font-size: large;">early summer. Only reaching four to six inches, plants are deer resistant and low maintenance. </span><span style="font-size: large;">They may be slow to establish, but given time will spread to form colonies 12in across. Divide </span><span style="font-size: large;">in early spring.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Light/Watering: Rue Anemone requires part to full shade. This plant will flower for a longer </span><span style="font-size: large;">period if sufficient moisture is received, so water if conditions become dry in spring.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Fertilizer/Soil and pH: Anemonella thrives in moist, sharply drained soils rich in humus. A pH </span><span style="font-size: large;">near neutral is preferred (6.8-7.0), so add lime if your soil is more acidic.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pests/Diseases: Protect from slugs if they are a problem, and allow good air circulation to </span><span style="font-size: large;">avoid powdery mildew.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Companions: Ferns, Primula, Erythronium, Claytonia virginica, and Cyclamen coum make lovely </span><span style="font-size: large;">woodland companions.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little blue hosta is in the shade of the Harry Lauders walking stick shrub, with other shade loving plants that bloom earlier in the year. Further along the path are the epimediums. They, too, are rather exuberantly filling up a lot of space and need to be clipped back, or I will really need to move a very nice primula that is becoming crowded out. Perhaps it can be moved in the Fall over to the place in front of the rhodos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the path continuing along from the entry to under the deck, past the epimediums and all, towards the path going across and into the water garden and also into the strawberry patch/cutting garden. There is a little creeping plant growing along the stones here. It is from an old planting. I believe it is a veronica. There is also an all green rock plant, from an old planting. They are tough enough plants to survive my care. I might take cutting or pieces of them to put into the renovated area of the little back rockery where I have a bit of space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a photo taken from the entry way to the strawberry patch, back towards the steps up to the deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Maltese cross Lychnis. My mom grew it in her garden. I have some of this plant in the cutting garden as well. The humming birds, bees and butterflies seem to like it. It, too, is a tough plant that can survive my care and maintenance. The fig tree in this bed had a severe pruning by the Davey Tree guys in late winter. It is growing a lot of leaves that pretty well cover all the plants in the bed now. I don't see any figs on it. Maybe next year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The apple tree also had a light pruning. It looks like there is going to be a good crop this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the Japanese/moss/water garden area that grows across the stones path from the Fig Tree garden room. We see the little bamboo, some of the epimediums and the big Harry Lauders Walking stick. At the bottom of the photo is the SCLERANTHUS uniflorus that is growing in the little rockery. Across the path on the right are some of the plants that surround the pond and on back to the edge of the deck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The basil</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a big white pot on the deck is a Verbascum 'Temptress Purple - 38-45 cm. (15 inches) Full sun. And a Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream' General information: Bright rose-pink daisy-like flowers bloom June - Sept. Green foliage on vigorous plant with mounding habit. Grows 12 - 18 inches tall and wide. Good cut flower. Suggested uses: good in containers, borders, and mass plantings. Soil: moist. Exposure: full fun. And a 'Red Fox' Veronica spicata. Sun to part shade, 12 - 30 cm tall, the same width. Keep well watered. Theverbascum may not survive, there are lots of coreopsis, and the veronica has black spot on its leaves. This pot was to be my 'butterfly garden' on the deck. I don't really recall seeing any butterflies on it. If I can save the Verbascum I will put it in the front little rockery. There is a self seeded verbena bodenaries in this pot. The humming birds like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This pot is on the patio. There is a nice campanula in bloom now. The pink plants are the little erodium that falls over the rock wall next to the step up to the old sidewalk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This pot sits at the other side of the garage door from the one above. It contains crocosmia "lucifer" and dragons blood sedum. The sedum would make a good plant for hanging over the little gold wall at the front. But it would probably not get enough sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been planting milkweed seeds all over in the garden. I seem to have one growing in this pot and in another brown pot. I shall wait for them to bloom to see if they are the 'soul mate' ones and then try and get them transplanted in the Autumn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I think this is a veronica. It is an old planting in front of the rhodos and it hangs over the little rock retaining wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The erodium put on a spectacular show. I have dead headed it and hope it blooms again. It grows under the grape at the corner of the garage in the patio area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the rhodo with the little veronica and the creeping phlox which is finished blooming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Going up the old sidewalk we pass the very nice white foxglove. I am going to save seed from it and hope that it comes true to its pure white color. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These 3 pink foxgloves are in front of the new rhodo and ferns. The rhodo will grow to at least 10 feet tall so in a couple of years this should be a nice setting next to the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The grapes look like they are going to produce a good crop this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the cleaned up stepping stones that go around the fig tree bed. More on this later. It is all weeded and just needs watering and maintenance. The fig tree got a heavy pruning by the Davey Tree guys and I do not see any figs on it yet. The red Maltese Cross Lynchnis is doing well. This bed needs a little attention to some of the plants that are not big enough for the rest of them. There are 2 miniature roses that have to come out. </span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-67856689234987645012020-07-12T13:24:00.003-07:002020-07-12T13:24:42.963-07:00Some of the renovations to the little rockery at the back in June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> All of the gardening photos are from the 19th of June. This is the renovated entry way to the strawberry patch and the cut garden. The DIANTHUS simulans rock bun lives on top of rocks.. it is in the front and the back little rockeries. It is evergreen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I think this is a lewisia. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">this is the little spruce, the delespernum, the campanula raineri and a little lewisia. The ice plant had only one little blossom earlier. The campanula does not seem to be doing very well. At the risk of losing it I should try to take a cutting to propagate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a little daphne and the scleranthus, and some globalarias at the other end of the little rockery.</span><br />
SCLERANTHUS uniflorus<br />
Knawel cushion, New Zealand moss, Gnarled cushion, Four-flowered knamel<br />
S. uniflorus is a cushion-forming, evergreen perennial with tiny, linear,<br />
bright green leaves and inconspicuous, greenish-white flowers in mid- to<br />
late summer, each followed by a small, yellow seed. <br />
Evergreen Cushion or Mound Forming<br />
Requires a well-drained sandy or gritty soil. Best in sun. Drought tolerant<br />
once established. Remains evergreen where hardy Not a good choice for regions<br />
with hot, humid summers. <br />
Can be sheared once a year to encourage the production of fresh leaves. <br />
Tends to die back in the centre with age. Once this happens, lift and divide<br />
the clump.<br />
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Australian Astroturf: Scleranthus biflorus & Scleranthus uniflorus<br />
Light: Full sun Soil: Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil.<br />
Water: Regular water, drought tolerant when established.<br />
Height: Scleranthus biflorus- 2-4” tall. Scleranthus uniflorus- 1-2” <br />
Spread: Slowly, 6-10” in a year. <br />
Hardiness:Scleranthus biflorus Zones 6-9, Scleranthus uniflorus Zones 7-10.<br />
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Another moss look-alike that is in the Dianthus family. These adorable cushion plants<br />
are ideal for rock gardens, patios and paths, fairy gardens and much more. Scleranthus<br />
biflorus is the fluffier of the two species. Scleranthus uniflorus is the densest and<br />
a bit lighter green. Both species are evergreen and can tolerate light foot traffic.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A view of the whole little rockery. There has been more work done on it. I have moved the gentians and the saxifrages to the front. I will need a few more little rock plants for in this area. I have not found the name of the plant in the strawberry jar. I should take cuttings of it also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The strawberry jar, the big red-ish rock and the big daphne with the bay laurel at the edge of this entry into the strawberry patch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the veronica spicata in cutting garden. They are about a foot tall, both blue and beginning to spread a bit. I have a white one in the front rectangle of the boulevard garden that is about 3 feet tall.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Veronica spicata is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is 1–3 feet tall and bears 1 foot long spikes with blue, pink, purple and white flowers. Cultivated varieties include blue, red and white. Wikipedia</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Veronica speedwell thrives in conditions as wide ranging as full sun to partial shade and in loamy, sandy or clay dense soils. However, it does prefer a sunny location with well draining soil. The soil pH can be as liberal as neutral, alkaline or acidic, with moisture content from average to quite moist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The tall bearded irises at the back corner of the cutting garden. There has been some of the twigs cleaned up, but more done in July.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a new plant from this spring. The lupine should be good next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The strawberries have had a feeding of mushroom manure. Most of the hopeless rhubarb has been dug out. The strawberry plants are looking green and healthy. I think the berry production is over for this year. We only had about a dozen this year. Hopefully there will be a better crop next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a view from the strawberry patch across the bit of grass and on up the old sidewalk behind the old garage to the back of the woodland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">An overview of the cut garden. Since this photo I have weeded it, and raked off the oak leaves. I put several little bags of old dried leaves and twigs onto the back woodland path. This garden needs more feeding also. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was very busy in the garden in June. I did not seem to have time to photo the on going renovating, weeding and watering. I estimate that I was spending approximately 30 hours a week in the garden. I have most of the garden rooms cleaned up. I only have the woodland to finish weeding, pruning and removing the sumacs, sweet cicely, etc. Then I will only have regular weeding and watering maintenance to do. And the fun part: finding new plants that I might like to have in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The globe flower in the tub garden on the deck. This tub garden has 2 pots of water iris, 2 gold fish and a lovely little miniature yellow water lily. The globe flower is in a pot of its own beside the tub . I must keep the globe flower well watered and the tub topped up. It seems to lose quite a lot of water to evaporation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The big golden globes are tall and iridescent. My photos do not seem to quite capture that glory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up. Trollius Chinensis</span>. Globe flower. 2 - 2.5 inch bowl-shaped golden yellow to orange flowers. Blooms in Spring. 3 feet (90 cm)tall. Placement: Borders, beside wet areas. Care: Plant in moist soil in area with morning sun and afternoon shade. Intolerant to heat. <span style="font-size: large;">There is another of these Globe flowers in a black gallon pot sitting on the shelf of the pond. It may need a bigger pot. It is in bloom now on July 10th. The white pot also contains a hyacinth and several crocuses that bloom in the spring before the globe flower is up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little solar fountain is an added attraction in the pond; especially to the humming birds. They like to try and get a shower in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Japanese water Iris</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of this gorgeous iris</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I also have a pure white Japanese iris. It too has multiplied. The blooms seemed to be very tall this year and flopping about. Some of the research on them. Its a bit confusing. But if you go to the website you can see new varieties.</span><br />
JAPANESE IRISES https://socji.org/the-iris-of-japan/<br />
much confusion over naming these irises<br />
iris ensata, the Japanese iris, Japanese water iris (Japanese: hanashōbu), formerly I. kaempferi, is a species of flowering plant of the family Iridaceae, native to Japan, China, Korea and Russia, and widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. Japanese iris may also refer to I. sanguinea and I. laevigata, both native to Japan.<br />
Iris ensata is an erect herbaceous perennial growing to 80 cm (31 in) tall, with strap-shaped leaves. The flower, appearing in midsummer, is purple with a flash of yellow on the falls. The bluish purple color of the flowers is an example of the copigmentation phenomenon.<br />
Habitat<br />
Widely distributed throughout the Japanese archipelago and elsewhere, I. ensata is very hardy down to −20 °C (−4 °F). It prefers a boggy or marshy environment and soil with a low (acidic) pH. In favourable conditions it will eventually form sizable clumps.<br />
Iris ensata var. ensata) grows in the wet land and is the most extensively cultivated variety in Japanese gardens. According to the place where it was cultivated, I. ensata is classified into three strains – the Edo (Tokyo), Higo (Kumamoto Prefecture) and Ise (Mie Prefecture).<br />
Upon being introduced to the west in the mid-19th century, a new chapter was opened in the cultivation of this species. In America it was intensively hybridised to produce many new cultivars. Perhaps the most influential breeders in the United States have been Arlie Payne of Indiana, the Marx family of Oregon, Arthur Hazzard of Michigan, and Currier McEwan of Maine. Between them they have produced plants with large blooms and a wide range of colours. In the UK interest in this plant has been equally strong. The national collection is held at the Marwood Hill Gardens in Barnstaple, Devon.[4]<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_ensata#/media/File:Iris_ensata_var_ensata2.jpg PICTURE Shows my iris.<br />
The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit:-[5]<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_ensata#cite_note-13">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_ensata#cite_note-13</a> includes 'Gallery"<br />
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'Aldridge Visitor'[6]<br />
'Alpine Majesty'[7]<br />
'Barr Purple East'[8]<br />
'Caprician Butterfly'[9]<br />
'Crystal Halo'[10]<br />
'Flying Tiger'[11]<br />
'Frilled Enchantment'[12] Iris ensata 'Frilled Enchantment'<br />
Japanese water iris 'Frilled Enchantment'<br />
'The Great Mogul'[13]<br />
'Hue and Cry'[14]<br />
'Katy Mendez'[15]<br />
'The Mancunian'[16]<br />
'Returning Tide'[17]<br />
'Rose Queen'[18]<br />
'Southern Son'[19]<br />
'Variegata'[20] <span style="font-size: large;">Japanese water iris 'Variegata' This one is on my wish list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These are the Siberian Irises that I had originally purchased. When I get time I should like to find them again. I only have the white one and this deep blue one left. I think it is "Steve", although it blooms just behind The David.</span><br />
Siberian Iris<br />
Ceasar’s Brother – blue/gold Miss Dulth – reddish purple<br />
Silver Edge – silver/blue Perry’s Blue – pale blue<br />
Steve – dark blue Ruby Wine – wine/white<br />
White Swirl – white Anniversary – white/yellow<br />
Butter & Sugar – white/yellow<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am adding the list of other Irises from previous purchases. I have a few tall Dutch iries left. The bronze and golden one is particularly lovely.</span><br />
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Dutch iris – white perfection – 20”<br />
• Frans hals – bronze & purple<br />
• Blue wedgewood<br />
• Old original light blue and yellow<br />
• Bronze beauty – yellow/bronze<br />
Dwarf Dutch iris<br />
• J.S. Dyt – 6” reddish purlpe late Spring<br />
• Cantab – blue – 6”<br />
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• Reticulata<br />
• Species Danfordiae – yellow/brown spots 6 – 8”<br />
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Japanese Iris – Kaempferi – unnamed white<br />
Kaempferi – beni-botan- royal purple<br />
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Tall Bearded Iris<br />
Indian Hills – purple/gold GayParasol – silver white/rose falls<br />
Wabash – white/blue Gala Madrid – yellow / orchid<br />
Sir Knight – dark blue/purple Loop the Loop – purple border On white<br />
Indian Chief – bronze/red/carmine Royal Touch – dark purple<br />
Miss Houston – light blue Twist of Fate – light blue & black<br />
Superstition- deep maroon/black Snow Cloud- sky blue & white<br />
Indigo – deep blue/all one color Study in Black – black<br />
Orchidium – fuschia Cranberry Ice – berry red<br />
Starring Roll – huge frilled yellow Chinese Treasure – pink & white<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Of the Tall Bearded Iris I have (I think it is) Indian Chief all over the garden. Starring Roll - I must move some of this one into the Iris bed behind the old garage when I get that area cleaned up. Indigo which is huge and also must be moved with the golden one. I cannot remember any other ones in bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The bird of the month having a both. House sparrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are quite a few birds using the bird bath as long as I keep it clean and filled up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The honeysuckle in bloom, also on the deck. Not my favourite plant. I might replace it with some of the Jasmine that is very fragrant and in bloom now. Also a vine with small white blossoms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> the Lilac Time saxifragia -- in a big white pot with a tufa rock and a couple other saxes. There is also another pot with a tufa rock and more saxes. All to eventually moved to the little renovated rockery in the front garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> the maltese cross. The butterflies like it, so I now have a few of them growing around the garden. The pink/silver lychnis puts on a great show in the boulevard garden now. More on this later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A photo of the whole pond. The mermaid is back in its spot by the pendula willow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Quite a few changes have been made to this little rockery in the last 6 weeks. And still more to come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the north end of the little 15 feet of the little rockery. Since the Irish heather on the left was crowding the entry path, I move these cement blocks over to the right a few inches. I took out most of the dianthus at the front. The dianthus at the back is now at the edge of the pathway into the strawberry patch. There will be pictures. Just this morning moved stones around this end of the rockery to try to create more of a 'crevice garden' on a small scale. I moved the big gentian at the back of this photo to the front little rockery a while ago. It might survive the move. Have to keep it watered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This shows about 3/4 of this little rockery. There is a delespernum, the campanula raini, and the little lewisias. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">Continuing to the right in the photos we see part of the strawberry jar and the big daphne. In front of the daphne is another gentian</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;">that I have moved to the front garden. The </span>SCLERANTHUS</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> uniflorus </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Knawel cushion, New Zealand moss, Gnarled cushion: is in the bottom right corner of the photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Four-flowered knamel</span><span style="text-align: left;"> uniflorus is a cushion-forming, evergreen perennial with tiny, linear, </span></div>
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bright green leaves and inconspicuous, greenish-white flowers in mid- to late summer, each followed by a small, yellow seed. </div>
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Evergreen Cushion or Mound Forming</div>
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Requires a well-drained sandy or gritty soil. Best in sun. Drought tolerant </div>
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once established. Remains evergreen where hardy Not a good choice for regions </div>
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with hot, humid summers. </div>
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Can be sheared once a year to encourage the production of fresh leaves. </div>
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Tends to die back in the center with age. Once this happens, lift and divide </div>
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Australian Astroturf: Scleranthus biflorus & Scleranthus uniflorus</div>
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Light: Full sun Soil: Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil.</div>
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Water: Regular water, drought tolerant when established. </div>
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Height: Scleranthus biflorus- 2-4” tall. Scleranthus uniflorus- 1-2” </div>
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Spread: Slowly, 6-10” in a year. </div>
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Hardiness:Scleranthus biflorus Zones 6-9, Scleranthus uniflorus Zones 7-10.</div>
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Another moss look-alike that is in the Dianthus family. These adorable cushion plants </div>
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are ideal for rock gardens, patios and paths, fairy gardens and much more. Scleranthus </div>
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biflorus is the fluffier of the two species. Scleranthus uniflorus is the densest and </div>
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a bit lighter green. Both species are evergreen and can tolerate light foot traffic.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ALYSSUM Basket of Gold Alyssum - full sun, sharp drainage, 8 - 10 tall x 12 -14 spread.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Is in the edge by the stone path of the little rockery at the back. It bloomed earlier than this May 24 phtoto. It is a new plant from last year. It seems to be growing a bit from the scruffy little thing it was last summer. I think it is a tough enough plant to survive in my rock garden. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a close up of the little Daphne domini that I transplanted in the little rockery. It grows towards the front of the bed with the big red rock between it and the big daphne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think this is the other gentian that I moved to the front little rockery. I think those 3 gentians are going to survive very nicely in the front little rockery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">DELOSPERMEUM -Cooperi - fire spinner - lovely ice plant. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Delosperma Fire Spinner® has vibrant tri-colored flowers of orange, red and lavender that are </span><span style="font-size: large;">unique in the world of perennial flowers. Outstandingly colorful. An evergreen ground cover, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this ice plant blooms in late spring. A 2011 Plant Select winner. Drought resistant/drought </span><span style="font-size: large;">tolerant plant. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I need to figure out how to make this plant produce more blooms. The plant has been in this spot for 2 years and is spreading nicely, but has had only one bloom each year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This small spruce has been in this spot for quite a few years. It, the big daphne and the little lewisias below have been in this little rockery for quite a few years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These little lewisias self seed around a bit. They are blooming abundantly so they must be happy where they are growing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the top of the strawberry jar. I cannot seem to find the name of this plant in my notes. I will keep searching.. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Behind the little rockery is the strawberry patch and beyond that is the cutting garden. There will be more renovations on this area as time goes on.</span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-53644797666235155772020-07-04T11:28:00.001-07:002020-07-04T11:28:14.616-07:00the moss/water garden in May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A view of the waterfall.. Someday this waterfall will get a cement base for the rocks, I hope. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The London Pride saxifragia, some of the water iris (not yet in bloom), my best mossy edging rock and some of the Wulfenii along the side of the pond next to the deck. The light was terrible for this series of photos, but its all I had time to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The yellow loosestrife before it blooms. It is a tall striking plant in bloom with its golden flowers and dark green foliage.. It is now in bloom. It has a long bloom period.</span><br />
LOOSESTRIFE (yellow) Lysimachia punctata, commonly called loosestrife, is native to central/southern Europe and Turkey, but has over time escaped gardens throughout many parts of the northern U.S., particularly in the northeastern states, where it has naturalized in waste places, ditches and along roadsides. It is a rhizomatous perennial that grows to 3’ (infrequently to 4’) tall on stiff upright stems clad with pubescent, ovate to lance-shaped, medium green leaves (to 3” long)in whorls of 3 or 4 (occasionally opposite). Cup-shaped, five-petalled, bright yellow flowers (to 1” across) in axillary whorls bloom from May to September. Additional common names for this plant include yellow loosestrife, garden loosestrife or whorled loosestrife. Notwithstanding the common names, Lysimachia is a member of the primrose family and not the loosestrife family (Lythrum). Lysimachia is not as aggressive a spreader as the infamous purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria. <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In my garden it grows by the cedar hedge and the pond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This lovely little Japanese red cutleaf maple is one of the original plants for this garden room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the side of the pond where the stump of the old plum tree is. A few years ago I renovated the stone paths. I am slowly developing the little area into a nice pond-side garden room. We see the waterfall that is across the 9 feet of water. At the corners of this side of the pond we see the two little willows. The willows are set so that their feet are in the water. Lovely in the Springtime with the pussy willows. We see some of the water iris at the edge and on the right is part of the Lebanon cedar at the corner by the stone/cement path along that side of the pond. Last year I planted a few irises and some minature goldenrod, and a few other perennials. Just a few days ago I moved the lantern to this area. Its a work in progress. The dutch iris are too tall for the lantern. I need a lower growing plant in the area. Blue eyed grass would work, but I am not that fond of its aggressive seeding about everywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the Wulfenia.</span><br />
Wulfenia x schwarzii: this tough and compact perennial is perfect for morning sun or part shade! In the Plantain family, it is related to Veronica & Parahebe. Dense rosettes of leathery leaves are crowned by spikes of soft violet-purple flowers for 3 or 4 months in spring and early summer. Neat & tidy and oh so pretty!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It grows along the deck side of the pond along the edging rocks. It is spreading very nicely in the clay soil. Amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little hosta grows along the stepping stones and moss that is across from the fig tree bed. Its planting hole has been improved with compost and it is spreading out in the clay soil. I once read that if you can get plants established in clay soil they do very well. I do not understand that, but this hosta (and other plants in my garden) growing in its compost spot in the clay is a fine example. The Wulfenia, above is another good example. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This Brunnera 'Jack Frost' is a new addition to the moss/water garden room. It grows along beside the dry stream, in the moss area, and near the red of the Japanese maple. It has shade and I will be giving it abundant water until it is established. I grew it in a pot for a year before planting it out earlier this year.</span><br />
Brunnera macrophylla `Jack Frost'... 1gal $15.00ea at Fraser Thimble Farm<br />
Ht.35cm. Z2. This early spring bloomer produces stunning mounds of silver foiled<br />
foliage topped with sprays of blue.<br />
Common Names: Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not, Heartleaf Brunnera<br />
Plant Type: A slow-spreading, clump-forming perennial.<br />
Mature Plant Size: Brunnera is not a large plant. It forms a low mound with the height<br />
coming from the flower stalks. Expect it to reach a mature size of 12 to 20 inches (h)<br />
x 12 to 24 inches (w). Many of the cultivars will spread less quickly than the species.<br />
Sun Exposure: Plant in partial to full shade. Brunnera can grow in full sun, but it will<br />
need more moisture. The variegated leaves can easily burn in direct sunlight and plants<br />
may go dormant in extreme heat.<br />
Bloom Time: You will start to get sprays of blue flowers in mid- to late spring. Brunnera<br />
can stay in bloom for about 4 weeks.<br />
Flower Color: The delicate, 5-petaled, blue flowers come in sprays held above the foliage.<br />
They range from pastel to electric blue, often with a yellow center.<br />
Leaves: The first leaves of the season tend to be oblong, but later leaves are heart-shaped,<br />
slightly puckered, and many have a tendency to curl or furl. They can be a solid deep green<br />
or variegated or spotted with silvery-white tones.<br />
Native Area: Siberia and parts of the Mediterranean but has not become invasive when grown in<br />
other areas.<br />
Soil: Brunnera is not particular about soil pH, but it does like rich, moist soil. Lots of organic matter and organic mulch will help it become established quickly and keep it growing well.<br />
Propagating: Only the species Brunnera macrophylla will grow true from seed. Start the seeds in<br />
fall if you want blooms the first season. When the plants are in good growing conditions, they<br />
will self-seed on their own.<br />
Brunnera cultivars are started as plants. Although they will set seed, they do not grow true to<br />
seed and the resulting plants will not necessarily look like the original plant.<br />
Brunnera plants prefer rich soil but do not require supplemental feeding, as long as the soil is<br />
not too poor or dry.<br />
Water: Keep new plants well watered. While Brunnera plants prefer constant moisture, they will<br />
become more drought tolerant once they are established. Mulching will help maintain the cool,<br />
moist soil that Brunnera prefers.<br />
The species, with solid green leaves, is readily available. It has the lovely sprays of blue flower<br />
and is an extremely tough plant. Some of the newer cultivars include: Brunnera "Diane's Gold"<br />
- Golden-yellow leaves and blue flowers.<br />
Brunnera "Hadspen Cream" - Large leaves with irregular white outer margins.<br />
Brunnera "Jack Frost" - Silvery leaves with green veins.<br />
Brunnera "Langtrees" (aka "Silver Spot") - Leaves are dotted with silver. A very hardy plant.<br />
Brunnera "Looking Glass" - Silver leaves look almost metallic<br />
Brunnera is also a great choice for containers. The variegated leaf varieties will make a nice<br />
filler throughout the season. Many are hardy enough to remain in containers throughout the winter, with a little extra protection.<br />
Use Brunnera in shade gardens, woodland settings, and near ponds. It can make a great ground cover and looks beautiful lining a path or border, although it can take a while to fill in.<br />
Since deer and slugs do not often bother Brunnera, it makes a nice alternative to Hosta. Companions with different textures and leaf shapes include hellebores, iris, hostas, bleeding heart, geraniums, and even late-blooming daffodils.<br />
The older leaves may start to get tattered and can be cut back during the growing season, to<br />
encourage new leaves to fill in. Don't cut the whole plant back to the ground in the fall.<br />
The leaves will help protect the crown during winter and you can easily prune the plant in the<br />
spring when the new leaves begin to emerge.<br />
If you do not want your plants to self-seed, deadhead as the flowers start to fade. If you would<br />
like to collect the seed to sow, allow the flowers to dry slightly, then cut and let then finish<br />
drying in a paper bag. The seeds will fall off as the flowers dry.<br />
Divide in early spring. Brunnera can be short-lived and dividing your plants about every 3-5 years<br />
will keep them around longer.<br />
Pests: Since Brunnera prefers cool, moist shade, slugs may become a problem, but varieties with<br />
thicker leaves are rarely bothered.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Since I have European wall lizards in my garden I do not seem to have trouble with slugs.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have some of the species Brunnera growing in the woodland for years. I have not divided it and it has spread out nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The moss garden room gone wild on May 30th. This is truly magical in May when it is all cleaned up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> More of the Wulfinia</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lupines growing in the boulevard garden. Love the color of this one. I do hope it seeds around this area of the boulevard garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The honeysuckle privet small hedge in the boulevard garden. Its not a great hedging plant but the bees love it, so I leave it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lovely white foxglove by the fig tree. I am letting the foxgloves seed all around the garden. I hope I can get some of this white one's seed to turn out to be white. Hopefully on the west side of the pond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I cannot find the name of this big leaved plant. It is quite aggressive and I have to keep it under control. I have quite a few of these aggressive plants in the woodland. I should get rid of them, but they look soooo 'woodsy'. After I finish the cleaning up the pond area I am going to do more work in the woodland area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Earlier in the year I cleaned up part of this area of the woodland, including the big fern and the old lily of the valley shrub that grows over the old compost bin. I think I am winning the war of the bluebells in the woodland with the leaf mulch, but have to keep after them too. Lots to do yet in this area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The long view up the old sidewalk and back into the woodland. The little plastic rings you see are where some milkweed seed was suppose to germinate. I don't think I will get any of them to grow, now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The oriental poppies grew along between the old garage and the old sidewalk. Across the sidewalk is the fig tree bed. The poppies are all finished blooming now. I don't keep the heads for the poppy seed. The part of this flower bed where the poppies grow does not look very good now. The plants are dying down. I need to find some plant to grow between the poppies that will cover the drying poppy foliage. There are tulips in the spring before the poppies. A rather large clump of lily of the nile at the far end that is coming into bloom now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> there are 3 shades of these poppies. a pink, an orange and the red. They all look good against the white of the garage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> the 9th of May in the back corner of the cutting garden with the rosemary in bloom also. I have moved this tall bearded iris all of the garden. I have lost the name of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The 17 of May with the white columbines in front of it. Again, in the Cutting garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The 17th of May in the driveway strip. It is holding its own in this area where there are self seeded chicory, st. John's wort, arabis, roses, nasty black berries and other vigorous plants to compete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the 17th of May shows the dutch irises in the area where the plum tree stump is. You can see the lovely silvery leaved willow that is next to the pond. A day ago, I moved the lantern to this bed. I am thinking of moving these taller plants to the other side of the pond where they will be backed by the green hedging cedars. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The 24th of May, again, in the cutting garden. They have a long bloom period and are going to be good in bouquets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> May 24th. This lovely dutch iris is in the boulevard garden in the west side rectangle with the silver leaved lychnis. I have the boulevard garden mostly cleaned up now. The lychnis is in bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More of the Dutch irises by the pond on the 24th of May. I bought an inexpensive bag of mixed dutch iris. Of course they are not the best. You get what you pay for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The lovely tall bearded iris along the driveway strip in front of the cedars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another photo of the dutch iris in the pond area. Looking at this photo, I can see where they are too tall; especially with the lantern there now, and the wrong color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the yellow water iris in the tub in the woodland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The west side rectangle of the boulevard garden. More on the boulevard garden later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I do have a nicely colored dutch iris in the pond area. It blooms before the water irises that are a very similar color. The water irises are almost finished blooming now, though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A tall bearded iris in the driveway strip. It is all this royal blue color, very tall and flopping over every year. There is also an all golden tall bearded iris beside this one. I shall have to move them. Not sure where I will find the room, though.</span><br />
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GAS PLANT DICTAMNUS Albus<br />
Growing gas plants (Dictamnus albus) reach a height of about 4 feet tall with quite<br />
woody stems at the base. In the early summer, June and July, Dictamnus gas plant blooms<br />
with long, spikes of white flowers set off by glossy green leaves. Once the flowers have<br />
faded, spectacular seedpods remain that are commonly used in dried floral arrangements.<br />
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Read more at Gardening Know How: Dictamnus Gas Plant Information – Tips For Growing Gas Plants <a href="https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/gas-plants/growing-gas-plants.htm">https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/gas-plants/growing-gas-plants.htm</a><br />
Once gas plant has been established, it should not be moved or any attempt made to divide it.<br />
At maturation after several years, the growing gas plant will appear as a clump with stunning<br />
stands of flowers poking from amongst its foliage. When it comes to gas plant garden care,<br />
the growing gas plants prefer consistent irrigation, but can withstand periods of drought<br />
once they are established. Slightly alkaline soil is preferable for more vibrant and vigorous<br />
plants as well as areas of cool evening temperatures.<br />
This herbaceous perennial may also be listed as dittany or fraxinella, members of the Rutaceae<br />
family. Some patience is necessary when growing gas plants as they take several years to mature.<br />
The strongly citrus-scented flowers and foliage may cause an allergic skin reaction in some people<br />
and seems to be repellent to deer. Gas plant is a non-aggressive and non-invasive specimen. Gas<br />
plants can be found in several different varieties such as: ‘Purpureus’ with its mauve-purple<br />
blooms and deep purple veins ‘Caucasicus,’ which is a taller varietal at up to 4 feet tall ‘Rubra,’<br />
which blooms with lovely rose pink flowers<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Mine is white and grows in front of the cedar hedge by the sun dial circle. There is a hebe, some </span><span style="font-size: large;">valerine, and campanula all in this same area by the star magnolia shrub. Its amazing that it </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">survives at all. It hardly ever gets watered in our dry summers. I will have to give it some </span><span style="font-size: large;">compost and more water this summer. The other day I gave these plants some compost from the old compost bin. I hope to find another gas plant to get established somewhere in the garden where it can be a feature plant.</span><br />
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The common name, "perennial bachelor buttons," originates from the fact that bachelors traditionally inserted these flowers in their buttonholes when calling upon their lady friends. Centaurea montana and Centaurea macrocephala are perennials, but there is an annual bachelor button (Centaurea cyanus). <span style="font-size: large;">The bees like them. But that is not enough for me to keep them around the garden, except maybe a few in the woodland. They are very agressive and have taken over any garden bed where I let them grow. </span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-65606319033418384722020-06-29T13:32:00.004-07:002020-06-29T13:32:56.440-07:00some of the columbines in May<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very nice blue columbine in the newly renovated little rockery in the front garden. Unfortunately there will be no columbines in the rockeries. I generally let them self seed all over the garden. I am going to start controlling them a little better. Most of them are finished blooming and I am letting them form seeds to continue the show. I have the little gold rock wall more or less finished now. I have 4 saxifragias transplanted in the top level, a lewisia tucked into an upper corner of the second level. The second level will hold the bigger of my tufa rocks and more saxifragias. The top level will hold the smaller tufa rock and 2 or 3 more saxifragias. More of the progress in the June photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This one, I also removed. It is a nice clear blue, but it is in the space where I now have a pink and one of the gentians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very nice nearly white columbine. They look good backed by lots of dark green plants. Cedars perhaps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> a close up of the light blue one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The light blue with one of my very best mauve ones. I don't seem to have a photo of the mauve in May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This columbine is a dark purple, that is not showing up in these photos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This pure white one is growing in the cut garden where I hope to keep it growing end self seeding every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I could not capture the perfection of the columbines. Must try on a less sun filled day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a favourite. It grows by the sun dial circle by the California lilac. I must move some of the seed to the cutting garden. Hopefully it will come up there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This area in the center garden room at the front has a nice color combination growing under the burgundy of the smoke bush. The geum, Mrs. Bradshaw, looks good with the golden blossoms of the silver sedum. The geum is slowly forming a clump, with a little more care and attention to feeding it compost and water. I have just dead headed it and will wait to see if it produces more bloom. This little bed is beginning to look pretty good. There is this part of it; and the unseen end of it has alliums in the spring and some sea thrift that need a bit more care. And then there is the new gentian next to the gorgeous campanula globorata, that is just out-doing itself with dark purple up-facing bells. The campanula is at the juncture of the stone path that goes more or less east and west, and the stepping stones that go up past the little rockery and the stepping stones that go down to the thyme circle; going north and south. The iberis in white and in bloom earlier, is across the stone path from the campanula. Both of them have their time as the plant of the month at this juncture of the inner garden paths.</span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-55547305111830121742020-06-25T15:03:00.002-07:002020-06-25T15:03:48.577-07:00The gentians<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">GENTIANS:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Gentiana Acaulis - in front of the big gentiana (gentiana stemless)Gentiana acaulis, </span><span style="font-size: large;">commonly known as stemless gentian or trumpet gentian, is a much-loved, dwarf, mat-</span><span style="font-size: large;">forming, blue-flowered, alpine perennial that typically grows to only 4” tall but </span><span style="font-size: large;"> slowly forms a spreading ground cover-like carpet to 6” wide or more. It is native </span><span style="font-size: large;">to alpine grasslands, rocky meadows, screes and alpine/subalpine coniferous forest </span><span style="font-size: large;">at altitudes up to 9700’ in a number of European mountain ranges including the Alps, </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pyrenees, Apennines, Cevennes, Cantabrians, Carpathians. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Glossy, evergreen, elliptic </span><span style="font-size: large;">to lanceolate leaves (to 1” long) grow in small basal rosettes which form a tufted </span><span style="font-size: large;">carpet over time. Showy, deep gentian-blue flowers (each to 2 1/2” long) in the shape </span><span style="font-size: large;">of upward-facing trumpets bloom singly in May-June. Flowers appear to sit directly on </span><span style="font-size: large;">top of the basal foliage (flowers are stemless as indicated by the specific epithet). </span><span style="font-size: large;">Each flower has 5 sharp-pointed corolla lobes (petals) and a green-spotted throat. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This gentian is noted for its deep true blue flower color.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> ****June 16/20 Moved to the front rockery. It is next to the Campanula glomerata from </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sandy. Added peat moss/sand/pea gravel and compost from the back bin. The bottom </span><span style="font-size: large;"> leaves were going yellow. I think it really needs that compost. Watered it in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana septemfida var. lagodechina is a low-growing perennial to 10cm (4 in) tall, with </span><span style="font-size: large;">trailing stems clad in paired ovate leaves and ending in 1 - 3 mid-blue, trumpet-shaped </span><span style="font-size: large;">flowers 4cm (1.5 in.) long in late summer. Grow in moist but well-drained, humus-rich soil. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Suitable for the front of borders. Performs best in sunny conditions. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> ****June 16/20 - Moved to the front with peat/sand/pea gravel and some leaf mold. Added a bit </span><span style="font-size: large;">of compost from the back bin. It has long stems and needs 1.5 foot diameter space. It is </span><span style="font-size: large;">next to the dark maroon coral bells (heuchera) and above the red hens and chickens. Watered </span><span style="font-size: large;">it in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana depressa is a tufted to cushion-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with dense, </span><span style="font-size: large;">overlapping, ovate, dark green leaves and, in autumn, bell-shaped flowers with pale </span><span style="font-size: large;">green tubes and blue petal lobes. Evergreen</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Gentiana depressa (Gentiana depressa) will reach a height of 4 inches and a spread </span><span style="font-size: large;">of 12 inches after 2-5 years. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Suggested uses: Rock, Ground Cover, Gravel, Cottage/Informal </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cultivation: Grow in reliably moist but well-drained, humus-rich, acid soil. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Plant in full sun where summers are cool and damp. Provide shade from hot sun </span><span style="font-size: large;">in areas with warm, dry summers. Suitable for an alpine or rock garden. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Soil type: Chalky, Loamy, Sandy</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Soil drainage: Moist but well-drained</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Soil pH: Acid Light</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> ****June 16/20. Moved it to the front. It is next to the pinks and just in front of the </span><span style="font-size: large;">Gertrude Jykle David Austin rose. Gave it peat moss/sand/pea gravel/decomposed bark mulch </span><span style="font-size: large;">and some compost from the back bin. Watered it in. Must remember to keep it watered.</span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-84400927206979540832020-06-24T17:05:00.001-07:002020-06-24T17:05:09.355-07:00May renovation of the front little rockery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In this photo from May 9th I have the stone path cleaned up and the bluebells and montebretias dug out. The ibiris is in bloom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> May 9th the aubretia, hebe, globalaria, lithodara (Grace Ward), and the mountain avens are in bloom. I have started to straighten the little gold wall and back fill the edges with clay and pot shards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the widening of the stone path where it goes between the smoke bush and the California lilac.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The path narrows again as it passes the smoke bush and goes around the little sundial circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The campanula globerata grows next to the stepping stones that go down to the thyme circle. Beside it I have prepared a space for one of the gentians that I have now moved from the back garden rockery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The space beside the columbine (which has been taken out and replaced with a dianthus) is now filled with one of the gentians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More progress on the little gold wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This area by the gold wall now has the lily and a columbine removed. The bed has had more drainage sand and pot shards added, along with a bit of compost, some chicken scratch and some good top soil. The red mossy saxifragia and the saxifragia paniculata from the back rockery were added with little tufa rocks separating them. The Saxifragia from in the Rex Murfitt cement pot from Butchardt gardens has been added to the same area by the little gold rock wall. They are top dressed with some pea gravel, chicken grit and a smidgeon of tufa rock dust. Keeping them watered in, and hopefully they will like the spot where they are now. I have given the cement pot that held the saxifragia to Paul S. Rex Murfitt grew saxifragias in these cement pots from Butchardt gardens and there was a sale of his stuff when he moved to the care home a few years ago. Paul said that he is going to plant one of Rex's saxifragias in the pot. When I downsize in a few years who knows what might happen to my garden, so its good to have things go to someone who appreciates them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This hebe is in full bloom on the 9th of May. It is now finished blooming and dead headed. A bit of compost added. I do not remember seeing blooms on the Wulfenii beside it. The Aubretia is next to the Wulfenii, has now finished blooming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The west coast planter has the umbelicus plant in it. The other malva self seeded thing has been pulled out and the lovely little Primula auricola is in this pot. The soil has been enriched a bit. I need to add chicken grit top dressing to this pot. I need another special plant for this big pot. Something that might hang over the edges. I have some dragons blood sedum that might just do the trick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is looking over the 4 foot diameter sundial circle to the 7 foot diameter thyme circle. The polygala bloomed earlier and the little arctic daisies are just now coming into bloom. I need one more plant to fill in the side of this circle in the bottom of the photo. The soil needs improving. But the polygala and the daisies are growing very well. Maybe a portulaca would not be too agressive in this spot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is looking from the stone path down the 3 round pavers to the bench at the back in its nook. The thyme has been fed more compost in spots. I keep the bamboo leaves picked off of it. The thyme is beginning to fill in again, with attention to the watering and addition of good compost to it. It is in bloom now. But there does not seem to be as many bees as there used to be on it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The big lava rock from the Clearwater area that I will need to find a special spot for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The smaller lava rock that is now in the first layer of the renovated little front rockery with this red hens and chickens, a silver foliage with yellow balls plant (I forget its name) and a little saxifragia with silvery foliage. I have added more compost to these plants and chicken grit top dressing. They are all doing much better with a little attention to the care and weeding of the bed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This interesting rock now sits by the silver sedum and the sea thrifts. I have taken the sedum back a bit to give the other plants in this bed a chance to grow. This is under the smoke bush tree and the area I sometimes call the center or smoke tree bed. There are getting to be some interesting plants in this little bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is a very special rock that Bryan gave to me. It is from Yellow Knife. It was so sparkly and nice when he gave it to me. I must see the Rock Hounds shop about getting it polished up again. Although, it is gaining a different kind of mossy type character now. I will have to find a special spot for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A close up of Mrs. Bradshaw geum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the geum and the sedum in bloom at the same time with the burgundy leaves of the smoke bush above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The sedum has crossed the little stone path by the sundial circle and a couple of tall bearded iris are sharing this little space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> An overview of part of the front garden from the front entry way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the portulaca that grows in the Magnolia bed. It is far too shaded and needs a much more gravelly bed. It is suppose to be easily propagated from cuttings, so maybe I will try to add some of it to the sundial circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The smoke bush garden room. The campanula glomerata is in full bloom now. It is a gorgeous deep purple color with lots of up facing bells. You can see the little empty space beside it where the solar light stands. I have now planted the stemless gentiana in there and it is doing fine. Hopefully I will have blooms on it next year. Along the other side of the campanula there are some globularia plants. this bed needs more compost added to the soil. There is a hebe in there that has never bloomed. But it is a good evergreen plant with a nice form and dark green foliage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A closer view of the sundial circle. You can see where the edge needs some vigorous plant that needs gravelly soil to grow there. Perhaps the portulaca will be perfect for the difficult spot. </span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12149850205484929079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11611917.post-66173817898979802892020-06-22T16:55:00.002-07:002020-06-22T16:58:09.276-07:00May in the garden: Some of the perennials.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Since I keep the bird bath full I am seeing more birds on the deck. The house finches are frequent visitors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This nest is under a heather next to the little boxwood hedge. I could not trim the boxwood hedge until the birds hatched. </span> <span style="font-size: large;">On May 9th the Rofous sided Towhee's nest was empty. I had checked a day or two before and thought I saw some feathers on some pretty big baby birds. I did not take pictures or stay too long as I did not want to disturb the birds. Apparently the birds do not take very long to lay the eggs, hatch them and the babies are ready to fly. </span><a href="https://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Towhee.html"> Rofous sided towhee</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The humming bird was enjoying the wall flower for about 3 - 4 weeks as long as it was in bloom. It still has few blossoms now. But I shall dead head it and see if it produces more flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This wallflower grows by the entry to our home. This is how it looked on the 3rd of May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is it on the 24th of May when the humming bird was feeding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Some of the tulips were still in bloom at the beginning of May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The bleeding heart plant was huge this year and the blossoms lasted a long time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tree peony that grows by the entry way to the house. The magnolia, this big peony and the wall flower are all in the same area and put on quite a show in May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This primula veris grows by the rhodos by the steps up to the back deck. I have primulas growing along the stepping stones in the moss/water garden room. This plant was being crowded by the purple hellebore that grew under the rhodos. Just a couple of days ago I removed the hellebore and few other weedy plants from under the rhodos. I am sure the rhodos and the primulas will now grow and look much better. I am letting the dame's rocket and foxgloves grow across the stepping stones in the fig tree bed. These plants put on quite a show after the bulbs in the area were finished. I have cleaned out most of the weeds in the fig tree bed and it is looking a bit bare in spots. I might need to encourage some sort of little ground cover for under planting the rest of the tall plants in this bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This lovely little veronica -- not sure which one it is -- grows along the edge of the fig tree bed across the stepping stones and their moss from the epimediums. As you can see this was before the area was weeded. I shall try to encourage this little plant to go everywhere in the fig tree bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This little veronica grew at the edge of the stone path in the front garden. Just the other day while trying to find it, I seem to have pulled it out or it was taken over by the more agressive erodiums and the chartreuse ground cover. I love the color of that ground cover. The little veronica had the same color leaves. I shall have to find another one and a place for it, in the new little renovation at the front. It is a lovely little thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This allium is on the east side of the pond. I am trying to encourage foxgloves and maybe a lupine to grow in this area. I have a yellow blooming loosestrife that has established a big clump, growing in the area now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have had this creeping phlox (sublata) for many years. It has grown to overhang one corner of the retaining wall by the steps up to the old sidewalk. It is lovely in bloom and looks good otherwise with its nice dark green needle like leaves. As I cleaned up around the rhodos I see I now have given another little rock plant from years ago, that is growing along this rock wall some more space to grow. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It has bluish foliage and dusty blue flowers that look really very nice in this shaded area. It might be another veronica. It, too, will benefit from my taking out the agressive hellebore and any others. (Photos in the posts for the June garden)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are the perennial geraniums that grow along in front of the cedar hedge in the 5 foot strip between the neighbours on the west side and our driveway. They are excellent plants. The only thing that seems to grow threw them is the bind weed. The morning glory is a constant annoyance. It grows all along the side of the neighbous property and has for as long as we have been here. I don't know how to tell them that this is not a pretty flower that we want growing here. The geraniums do a good job in keeping the weeds out. Maybe I should just plant them all along this edge of the driveway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little erodium grows in the rectangle on the west side of the boulevard garden. It is a very good edging plant for the tall white flowering veronica spicata, and the other taller plants in that bed. Across the little privet hedge from this plant grows the big French lavender. So its a good color combination. I just need to get the erodium to spread out a bit more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is is later in May still blooming. And it is still blooming now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the French lavender spreading out over the grass. You can see that this is before the crocuses have hardened off and I could cut down the grass. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the lavender. NO bees on it! It is usually covered with bees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In this photo you see the little erodium, the honeysuckle privet hedge and the lavender. This is after I had cleaned up this boulevard garden room. The daisies get pulled out because they would take over the planet if you let them. The bouquet of daisies lasted a long time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another closer photo of the creeping phlox.! I need more of this well behaved plant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Years ago I planted this gas plant by the cedar hedge that separates my property from the boulevard garden. Also planted valerine, a hebe and a companula in this spot. They are all hanging on, but not doing as well as they could if I took better care of them. They will need compost if and when I get time to do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like the form and ease of growing this solomon's seal. It grows in the bed next to the little rockery at the front. This is where I am renovating the area to enlarge the rockery. I have left the gorgeous wine colored jackamani, some of the montebretias (for the humming birds) and the solomon's seal in an area of about 6 feet by about 7 feet. This area backs on the cedar hedge along the east property line, and the little boxwood hedge that borders the grass path. I spent a lot time in April and May digging out montebretias and bluebells, from the rest of this area to create more space for the gentians, saxifrages and any other plants that will fit. The area borders on the stone path. Well... more on this later with the pictures</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This Star of Bethlehem sparkling white flowers popped up in the rectangle just discussed in the boulevard garden. Another lovely in plant in bloom. It did not last long and then was gone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is another older plant. It was put along the newly made cedar hedge in the back garden. It is now over shadowed by the western red cedars. I must cut out a bit of space for it to peek out. I cannot remember its name. I must give it more compost and water too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little white azalea that grows in the moss/Japanese/shade garden just at the edge of the front deck post. Yesterday I cleaned up this vigorous little plant and weeded the stepping stones next to it that lead under the deck. There are ferns and a big hosta near it. I let the Welsh poppies self seed in the area.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Davey Tree guys did a severe pruning on the fig tree. It is now starting to leaf out. In the Spring the bulbs beneath this tree put on a fine show. Now there are dames rockets, foxgloves and a tall maltese cross lychnis growing in the bed. I weeded this area while weeding the stepping stones and doing a through clean up around the rhodos. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The French lilac was spectacular this spring, and very fragrant. Recently I dead headed the lilac as high as I could reach, taking out dead branches. Next year it will need to have its top lowered so that it can branch out more and perhaps have even more blossoms than it did this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The hyperion rhodo that is by the front post of the deck. I have weeded it and pruned any obvious branches and taken off the old blossom heads. I have dug out the weedy hings that used to be tri-colored and smelled like oranges when bruised. I dug out the purple hellebore that was taking over the rhodo bed. This now gives the primula veris a little more space. I gave the rhodos and azalea a bit of peat moss. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Close up of the hyperion rhodo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I had 3 rhodos growing in the space where I now have just 2 left. I moved one in the winter time with its whole wet root ball, to behind the old garage in the woodland. I have been giving it compost and old leaves for mulch for a few years. It is looking so much better this year. I have mixed up the names of those rhodos. I am calling this one Lee's dark purple. Not that any of them are purple, but it is one of the names I have in my old garden journal (from before my computer)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this is now Lee's dark purple in the woodland beside the old compost bin, from which it gets a good feeding. I trimmed back the pin oak to two stems and cut off all the branches below the roof line of the old garage. This pin oak was very tall with wide branches that were sweeping the garage roof. It has lovely Fall color. I don't really want to lose that color in the woodland. So I will try to keep it shorter and the branches off the garage roof . Its too bad to lose its elegant, tall spreading shape. It was at least 30 feet tall when I had Davey Tree guys take it down. The other branches are sumac limbs. The sumacs do not live very long. They tend to form clumps. So, I am taking the old ones out, as they are falling over the fence and the douglas fir tree. I have a pile of branches that do not fit into the green bin, so will have to wait another month to be removed. With all the weeding and pruning going on, they may have to wait even longer. I pruned the old lily of the valley shrub, too, so that added to the pile. The big fern by the compost bin got cleaned up also. The woodland area needs more cleaning up yet. I am throwing some of the Autumn leaves at the back of the woodland and under the Japanese cedar. Its quite dry under there, but the blue bells are getting smothered, or dug out ... slowly I am winning the war of the bluebells.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my newest rhodo Orestrephes. I put it between the house and the deck stairs. It is to replace the camillia that grew there. I had Pat take that down because it was beginning to bump the kitchen window. He left a bit of a stump with branches. That part of the camillia is now looking like it has variegated leaves. There ferns around them that I keep cut back. Now the Rhodo is finished blooming and given a bit of peat moss, and is dead headed. The foxgloves are growing up in front of it. The bees and humming birds seem to like them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> These are the other 2 rhodes from the original planting. The names I have are Royal Purple and Catawbiense-Boursault Purple. Neither look purple to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Close up of the Wisteria blossoms in the Western red cedars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> More of the Western red cedars in bloom. On the right side we see the fire thorn in bloom. Earlier this Spring I gave it a good pruning to a lower height and cleaned up the sides of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More of the wisteria in the Western red cedars. The wisteria is cut back to ground level in its original spot at the corner of the cutting/herb garden. It has developed a long branch that grows along the ground and this branch sends up twining shoots up into the trees. Apparently it will not hurt the cedars. I do have to keep on eye on it and cut off its shoots as there really could get to be too many,</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the little Japanese red maple growing near the pond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> May is the best month in the garden and also the busiest. The boxwood hedges finally got pruned and the grass mowed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The older hedge closer to the house is taller and the one closer to the inner garden is smaller and I will keep it this way. I finally got the grass mowed, and some of the weeds dug out of the grass. This grass path goes from the driveway over to the neighbour's side where it meets their 5 feet of grass. The path is the top frame of the garden, the neighbour's grass is the frame along the east side. Nearest the street is about 10 - 12 feet deep of grass containing the crocus field in the early Spring. This grass runs the width of the lot. I have to wait for the crocuses to harden off before I cut the grass. The grass is tall and thick and I need to give my little mower some help by cutting the tallest of it by hand. The final side of the frame is about 5 feet wide by about 20 feet from the street. The green frame is interrupted by the Magnolia bed but the appearance of the first 20 feet from the street gives the impression of the frame continuing to the top curved grass path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This lovely wine colored Jackimani clematis climbs up the metal stand and into the hedging cedars and into the sweet gum tree, next to the little boxwood hedge. Beneath it after the new renovation of this area, there is a few feet square feet of wild looking tangle of the clematis, montebretias, soloman's seal, and foxgloves, if they self seed. In making the new renovation I spent quite few hours digging out montebretias and bluebells along the cedars up to the stone path and over to the little rockery. All of this is beneath the branches of my best air conditioner, the sweet gum tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the clematis. As you can see I did not really take the time to get good photos. I was so busy getting the garden cleaned up and the renovation made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A close up of the bee on the first blossoms of the California lilac.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I had the Davey Tree guys do a pruning job on this shrub to take it down a bit in height and take it back a bit off the stone path. It is coming back from the severe pruning very nicely. The bees love it. It grows as part of the hedge along the neighbour's side. A small star magnolia and some more perennials, under planted with the silver sedum, some valerine, tall bearded irises, a hebe, a gas plant. The stone path leads past these plants and around the sun dial circle where it ends at the thyme circle. There is a tall cedar hedge from the neighbors side towards the other side where our driveway is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The magnolia blossom. I can't believe I only have one photo of the Magnolia. It has been the star of the garden for most of April and is now, in May finishing up and growing its leaves. The magnolia got a bit of cleaning up by taking out dead wood and branches that were too low over the water meter access.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also under the sweet amber tree are 2 David Austin roses. In the foreground is part of the cement David, and the background has the black bamboo. The bamboo also needed some attention to removing dead canes and weeding violets and bachelor buttons out of the Magnolia tree area. The David is across the stone path from the David Austin roses. There are Siberian Irises in bloom behind the David and in front of the bamboo. I love this bamboo stand, especially when there is a bit of breeze. It is well worth keeping the runners under control.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A close up of the Prince, David Austin rose. It has a wonderful fragrance. All of the blossoms on it have gone and it is now dead headed. I think it really should be out from under the sweet gum tree and into more sun. I don't seem to have photos of the Gertrude Jekyll rose which grows in the same area. Both of these David Austin roses were pruned back earlier in the Spring, and have bloomed very well because of it. The Gertrude Jekyll is in full bloom now and is perfuming the whole front garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a close up of the Simplicity, semi double pink tea rose that grows just behind the tall boxwood hedge next to the neighbour's garbage cans, and their 5 feet of sidewalk. Its a very tolerant plant of their abuse of my plants along that side of our property. It is in full bloom now. It will need to be pruned down a bit, as it is getting quite lanky, and fed. I don't seem to have photos of the Iceberg rose that grows next to the entry way. It is a floribunda white rose. It is blooming profusely right now and has to be kept cut back off the doorway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the spirea bridal veil that grows in the boulevard garden in the strip just behind the crocus field. It is need of a pruning. As you can see this is before I got the grass clipped and trimmed. Quite a lot my time was spent cleaning up the boulevard garden and it is looking quite nice now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The smoke bush is under planted with the silver sedum. It looks wonderful with the sunlight shining through the burgundy leaves. This inner garden bed has been cleaned up and weeded. This bed borders the thyme circle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More of the clematis. There is another dark purple jackamini clematis beside the chimney in my 5 feet of property between the houses. I have yet to get photos of it.</span></div>
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