Accessible Gardening: Practical Matters for Physically Challenged Gardeners, 1 by seacanepain

seacanepain wrote:
Added my own additions to the "office jungle" today. Coleus I liked enough to bring cuttings inside. One that just has leaves that are green splotched with white, but it grows to waist height. Shaped like a small shrub. The other has black velvety-looking leaves with scalloped edges I would like to see more of it next year. Would like to have enough to use as background plants in the Northern Stone Garden, (a.k.a. the "Guy Garden") There are many "black" flowered and dark foliage plants there. I didn't want it there this year because I thought it would look too tropical. Originally, wanted to create something that would remind me of a northern woodland, but think I will change the focus to dark flowers and foliage. Develop the Northern woodland look somewhere on the three acres we are clearing this winter. More room to work there and that area seems naturally cooler. The presence of underground water or just the lay of the land, I guess. We've just about decided to turn the new area into working, fenced off plots. What people usually think of when they think "community garden." Keep the center area as communal space to relax. Leveling and flooring the original acreage remains our priority. We will work the new area as time permits. (Jim)