New Garden Projects This Year #5

i do not think i want any more details :)

teee heee

It is sad that so many amature's try a pro job & get hurt or lose their lives. We have a good supply of forewood after 2 trees were taken down last spring.

In my defence, the tree we cut down wasn't big and we did it in small sections. And after I cut a few branches by myself I waited for DH to do the rest together. I did enjoy your pictures JoAnn!

Thank gawd it was cool and breezy that day or I wouldh have been uncomfortable.
Bill!! Sorry its been rainy here and I have been confined too long.

Oh, My, JoAnn!!! LOL Nice to see you having fun up there!!

What a hoot! JoAnn I now know how you keep warm. ^_^

Oh, Kathy, that purple vanda orchid is just gorgeous! Very nice!

Karen

Thanks, Karen. All those buds are now open. I guess I need to take more pics. Gotta have fun before the winter comes, Louise!

I went to a JM grower yesterday and was blown away by the colors.
I'll go back today if sunny and photo.
He lives a mile away so its no problem.
I bought TreePeonies from him last year.

I love all the fall colors of the JM's. I need to get myself more. Here is my Full Moon JM in it's fall finery last week.

Karen

Here it is in late evening, just as or after the sun went down.

A closer look at the foliage.

And a very close look....

nice karen! wish mine was that big:)

Thanks. Mine's really not that big, maybe just looks bigger in the photo. It's not as tall as me yet, and I'm 5' 3". I think it could be about 4' to 4 1/2'. Somewhere in that range, anyhow. It's a very slow grower. Besides the big red JM that my mother planted years ago, and is taller than our house, it's the only one I have. I need more!

Karen

Just came back from Robert Greendyke's JM nursety.
Had to get outta there befor I lost my mind. Too mucj beauty in mid morning sun

I must have 25 images, just couldnt stop clicking.
Thats Robert he has stopped hybredizing JM's and Tree Peonies ,he's 88 and says he's too old.

I boiled the choices for upright JM's to Orido Nishiki
and Seriyu
I have decided on Seriyu because I have a corallinum along that garden.
Seriyu has beautiful green bark and yellow orange leaves now.

Oh that is so beautiful, JoAnn! Great choice!!

DD and SIL are digging the hole.
The bark is lizerd green

Wow - is the one shown the one you bought? Gorgeous.

Hi Kathy! Beautiful vanda!! And what will "we" be doing on Tuesday????? I hope you have a fantastic birthday!! Any new plants on the horizon???? LOL

very very nice joann - those pictures are great - i would be in trouble there for sure!

i am curious what the price range was for those big ones? The nursery i get my larger ones have some for several hundred into the four figures. the katsura i got was 33% off and only $100.

going to have to look into the Seriyu - don't have that one.

There is a need for wha.
DD and SI have hit 2 huge rocks.
I did buy the one shown.
Seriyu i the name .
I'll have picks of the planting later when the hole is big enough.
SIL had the van and ancient trailer for hauling manuer for the gardens so I bought the tree today in order to get it home from the nursery a couple of miles away. The hybredizer is 88 and has a helper but no delivery.

All of his trees are about the same height.
This one is about 6 or 7 feet and was $375.00
His prices depend on variety and availability.

great tree - like the color and the leaf shape is very intereting

that makes sense - not cheap, for that size well worth it - you will be very happy!

At 74 I dont have a lot of time to wait 10 years for a tree to mature.
He had a 40 year old red featherleaf that was just amazing.
No wonder you and Victor love them so much.

The tree is planted
http://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/SeryiuPlanted#


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I just love the lizard green bark against the red leaves

Oh, Jo Anne, that tree is heavenly! I think I'm in love! The bark makes me think of the palo verde trees in the deserts of Arizona. They have green bark also. Your tree is spectacular. I'm turning green with envy!
Karen

It will save my astilbes from frying as well as the actaeas.
Just enough shade.

I love all the wonderful fall colors here! Very nice! I am going to need some help from our tree lovers about which to plant for great fall color. I need some really bright red ones for the back edge of my property. I want ones that get rather large. So they can hold their own against the oaks and pines back there.

I'm with you, Karen. Green with envy and I was just thinking of the Palo Verdes today (lived in Tucson for 2 years). Gosh JoAnn I'm so excited for you!!

Wow - gorgeous tree, Jo Ann! Good for you! But I don't like the sound of you saying that at 74 you can't wait a few years......I think you've got LOTS of good years left in you!!! Your quick wit, your great talent and your wonderful sense of humor will keep you going for MANY more years! Yay to that!

Here, here!!

:)

Its the body that's giving me problems.
It's not fair to have a Mercedes Benz mind and a Ford Pinto body.
LOL

great stuff Karen & Jo Ann!!!