Camellia sasanqua started blooming this weekend
November blooms
Blue Bedder Sage and Rudbeckia
Purple Coneflower and Red Shrimp Plant
Four Nerve Daisy and a visitor
Red Hummingbird Sage
It's not a bloom but it's color, Bloodgood Japanese Maple.
Lovely blooms and gardens Everyone!!!
Such a pretty view, Ken!!
Datura.
Cosmos:
All of my salvias are doing well.
purple angelonia, raspberry salvia, Souvenir de St.Anne roses. I'm sorry they're lying on their side! On my computer the photo looked right...
I'll try one more time, with some Iceberg rose standards.
Wow! that is gorgeous, is it your back garden? I couldn't really call it a back yard.
Very formal and lovely.
Josephine.
Thank you,Josephine. I really appreciate it. It's all pretty new and needs some time to mellow and fill out. And yeah, it's definitely the most formal area I've got. The rest is more relaxed!
I always appreciate your postings on Dave's Garden-- so generous to share your experience and lots of helpful tips.
Nancy
I would like to do something like that with herbs or native plants. On a smaller scale. The really formal look doesn't go too well with my "country" house.
My Goodness, NLaw! How lovely! Those Iceberg standards look wonderful.....always my favorite standard.
Annette_M -- I have another bed with germander edging that has a cottage look, loose and natural. Something in me really loves evergreen edging in beds, whether clipped or softly rounded or natural,-- to set it off and give the basic line that will look good even when everything else is dormant. After that, absolutely anything goes! If tastes change through the years ( or if we get old, creaky, and tired!), it's easy to try something totally different inside.
Thanks, NLaw. I tried germander several years ago, thinking I could use it for a border, but I don't think it likes my sandy soil. It didn't live through the first winter. I may have to look at it again. I use herbs where ever I can. I find them useful in cooking as well as being a great plant in most of my gardens.
I agree. I think the sage with gray-green leaves and purple stems is one of the prettiest herbs, but really they're all pretty and so varied.
Where I have the germander is a fairly tough site-- partially shaded most of the day, but at times the hottest West sun gets through to it. So far, it hasn't been bothered by anything. I'm not very knowledgeable about the different varieties, but I've got Teucrium chamaedrys. It hasn't bloomed much.
Come to think of it, I haven't seen any in the nurseries, along with cuban oregano. I like to use the cuban oregano in different places because it's variegated, giving highlights to darker areas.
I have Cuban Oregano,but keep it in a pot and put it in greenhouse for winter. Can I put it in garden and leave? For some reason I treat it like a tropical and I can't remember why. I love the texture and varigated look.
Annette_M and phyllisb59, if you have pictures of your Cuban oregano, I'd love to see them. I'm not familiar with the plant and it sounds beautiful.
NLAW, I'm sorry, I don't have any pictures on this computer (they are in my external hard drove, somewhere), but I do have some rooted cuttings in my gh that I will try to post tomorrow. In the meantime, go here:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56260/
They really do add interest.
Those are very nifty. I really like them a lot. Sort of like a bigger-leafed lamium.
Thanks!
NLaw's photo takes the prize. I'm usually not one for formal gardens, but this one is really inviting and beautiful.
You are so kind! Thank you very much.
I love the pattern in the boxwood, but that's where the formality is meant to end! I don't want it to be stiff, but it is still in its babyhood. (Less than a year old) It may take another year or two for the plants inside to look as lively and exuberant as I can see in my mind's eye....