Garden Projects - 2010

Growling with envy!

Pretty!

just noticed one of my stone arches fell with all the wet weather - did not expect it to last this long - had been collecting flatter stones to rebuild so it was going to come down anyway - there may be a fith mushroom cap in that pile:)

One of them? I thought you only had one!

Lights are flickering again.

Harper I have those LED candles set up all over.. I love those things!!

I have the old standard. Flashlights and traditional candles. It's not the lights I'm worried about, but the heat. The boiler would work great, but I think it's on an electric start.

Wha, post a picture of your collapsed arch. Then we can all marvel at what you resurrect.

I took a photo today of where my new bed is going to be. Here is the space. Imagine a curved bed connecting that annoying little round bed around our well with the all those random shrubs in the foreground. It will extend up past where I was taking the photo from, so it is bigger than it appears. But I think I have way too much stuff on order already for it, however there is another long bed that is near by which is rather empty, so I will use it for the overage. Patti

with all the rain we had patty that is probably pretty soft turf right now - get to it:)

will try and get a shot later - have some errands to run

Wha, It is rather soft and so am I. Maybe I will go out and lay it out today with a hose. Doubt I will start to dig today. But soon. Patti

Nice project, Patti----does it get much sun?

harper here is the smaller one still standing - and my milk jugs of winter sowing for a back drop:)

this one is sturdier than the other because it is smaller and rocks flatter, also helped it is set on rock not the ground.

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patti here is the pile of rocks - funny just a couple days ago i looked out there was pleasantly surprised it was still standing - it is on dirt, although i had taken it down and put in a crushed stone base under it leaving a small layer of dirt on top - thought i had done pretty good - not!

it was going to come down anyway as i have a bunch of flatter rocks to use - hope it will be as sturdy as the other one - if it continues to fall in the winter no big deal as they are not to hard to build - maybe i should start the base right on the crushed stone below ground level?

Robindog, Yes, part of it gets full sun and some will get part sun. No deep shade. I am looking at some sun tolerant hosta for it too. I am planting shrub roses in there along with lots of iris, lilies, and perennials. I have 5 powder river...3-4" white cushion mums coming too from a coop that I will plant there too. Perhaps a pale blue aster. No doubt I will plant digitalis, veronica, and some shasta and Hydrangea. Pretty full and no annuals yet. Patti

Acanthus mollis Rue Ledan
Aconitum cammarum Eleonora
Allium schoenoprasum Snowcap
Arisaema candidissimum
Baptisia var. alba Wayne's World
Cynanchum ascyrifolium
Galtonia candicans
Geranium pratense Black Beauty
Geranium clarkei Kashmir Green
Geranium pratense Galactic
Gaura lindheimeri So White
Helleborus -multifidus-subsp. hercegovinus
Helleborus niger Sunset Group
Hemerocallis Ice Carnival
Liatris spicata Alba
Nepeta clarkei
Phlox Minnie Pearl
Platycodon grandiflorus Fairy Snow
Salvia nipponica Fuji Snow
Salvia guaranitica Argentine Skies

Japanese Iris Bewitching Twilight
Japanese Iris Pacific Breeze

Tall Bearded Iris Cafe Bleu
Tall Bearded Iris Chinook Winds
Tall Bearded Iris Dancing in Ruffles
Tall Bearded Iris Grand Circle
Tall Bearded Iris GoldkistI
Tall Bearded Iris Like the Wind
Tall Bearded Iris Morning Sunrise
Tall Bearded Iris Ripple effect

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Artful Tradition
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Awake
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Bluebeard's Ghost
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Green Tree
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Lap Cat
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Lovesick Blues
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Sailboat Bay
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris Shout

Siberian Iris Countless Cathleen
Siberian Iris Schwefelbluette
Siberian Iris Lady Walpole

Div. 1 Asiatic Hybrids White Lilium
Div. 7 Oriental Hybrids Cocossa Lilium
Div. 7 Oriental Hybrid Carolyn Lilium
Div. 7 Oriental Hybrids Siberia Lilium
Div. 9 Species White Twinkle Lilium
Div. 9 Species Lilium formosanum

Floribunda Fragrant Wave
Floribunda Lime Sublime
Floribunda Margaret Merril
Shrub rose Glamis Castle
Shrub rose Ilse Krohn Superior
Shrub rose Pillow Fight

Calycanthus x Sinocalycalycanthus raulstonii Venus
Caryopteris x clandonensis White Surprise
Cornus Silver and Gold
Cornus Variegata
Daphne mezereum
Exochorda 'Niagara' Snow Day™ Surprise
Lonicera ynuuanensis Pat's Variegated
Kitaibelia Vitifolia
Viburnum farreri White Perfume

Wha, Cool pile. It was very nice. I remember. Sure you will do something even better. Patti

Beautiful list but i stopped and drooled on 'Bluebeards Ghost', been eyeing that one hard!!!

Don't know how you do it, Patti!

Victor, I just keep trying to keep up with you. How is the snow at your house? Patti

Very deep. About 18 inches I would guess. They're predicting up to 24 inches when it's done!

That's a lot of snow for your boys to shovel. Patti

Thank you, Dahlia, Harper, Bill and Patii! It's nice to see things coming together finally. Patti - that is some list!!! Where do you buy your bearded iris from? Like Celeste, I really love that Bluebeard's Ghost! I can visualize how beautiful that new curving garden will be! I can't wait to see photos of it!

Bill - sorry to hear your stone arch fell.....good thing you were expecting it. I LOVE how you do those! Now you can have the fun of rebuilding! That shot of the smaller one is amazing! So..the key is to build them on stone and not soil?

Donniebrook, I am getting those from Snowpeak. I have to list the ones I am getting from Siberian Iris Gardens that are getting planted in the new bed. I just finished entering them . I ordered a few more for other places from Polly's wonderful list too. Patti

Here are the ones going in that new bed.
Siberian Iris Seneca Moodstone
Siberian Iris Soft Blue Iris
Siberian Iris Summer Skies
Japanese Iris Gull's Wing
Japanese Iris Anytus

Wow what a list of plants Patti. This is going to b a really nice bed when it is done. Can't wait to see the pics of the progress you make. Sounds just lovely.

Who was looking for a lot of these awhile back.? Wha? http://www.greatgardenplants.com/index.php?pageId=727&utm_source=New+%26+Existing+Subscribers&utm_campaign=a12f4cd8b3-2_27_2010_Deal_of_the_Day_Burning_Bush_Hedge&utm_medium=email

Louise--do you think that Pixie dwarf bougainvillea would be happy as a houseplant in Connecticut? I know Logee's sells some varieties...and I'm jones-ing for a puppy update!

That would be me who wanted them Phoebe, and Wha who had them! LOL

too bad Celeste I just gave one away last year

Thats OK Allison, I think Bill wants Red Daylilies and I want BB.....im sure we can strike a deal. ^_^

Burning bush is on the invasives list here in Putnam County.

invasive list here too - yes i think i have promised three to you celeste :) i have not forgotten - and the trade was pink quartz :)

Oh yeah! lol

Nice arch Bill. Sure you're not Italian too?

not I tal young or I rash :)

What? You have a rash?

Thanks, Patti. I am so looking forward to seeing your new bed in bloom! It will be stunning!

Phoebes - I'm not really sure how the Pixie would do inside. I think if you put it out in the sun during the summer months and brought it in for wintering in a very sunny window, it might do ok. They like lots of full sun, heat and not a lot of water. Here they are very drought tolerant and bloom most of the time. It wouldn't hurt to try it though. If it didn't bloom, you could put it outside in the summer. Today we went with our friends from Canandaigua to a very neat plant sale on Pine Island. The plants were terrific and the prices very good. They had some gorgeous bougainvilleas - quite large for only $12.00. I really should have bought one of the white ones. I lost out on several plants I loved just because I went to find Hank to show him. By the time we got back, they were gone. He bought a "Bolivian Glory" plant (not in plant files) that has very striking bright orange flowers, and the plant is a full shade plant. Unusual to see that much hot color on a shade plant. I bought a very unusual bromeliad (not sure what its name is) and 6 pretty white-flowered plants for shade or sun. The plants were not your usual known plants. I had no intention of buying anything, but that ended up being self deception on a big scale. We wanted to expose the puppies to a crowd, as is recommended while they are young, so that was my game plan. They did extremely well and there were lots of other dogs on leashes as well. They have now been exposed to most of the situations we can think of that they will encounter, and they have been very comfortable with each one. They get good grades so far, except for the play barking at each other that can get old fast sometimes. I'll post some photos of the new plants at some point soon.

Celeste - we have burning bushes in NH. They are supposed to be invasive, but I've never had one self-sow. I can't understand what is invasive in their habit; maybe it's only because they are not native to the area. Ours don't turn that awesome red color because they get too much shade. There is a hedge of them on our way into Keene that is enormous and incredible in color in the fall.

Great mushroom rocks idea, Bill. I love it! Can't wait to see it all finished. I hope you're wearing safety goggles when you chip away at those rocks. I love your idea to use the white oak for stems. Awesome shrooms!!!!!! All they need is the Travelocity gnome under them (I just ordered one, actually, from Amazon.com and am eagerly awaiting his arrival). How about soaking the bottoms of the stems in creosote to preserve them? Just the part that will be in the soil. I know it's a good preservative.

Ric and Holly, I love the idea to make that garland on your yew hedge. That'll look really nice. I love how it looks even now. I've never been a fan of yew hedges, but yours is grand. I saw that documentary 'A Man Called Pearl'. Really good. He's a great inspiration. I love your boulder pile. Is that the Travelocity gnome I spy in your garden?

Yep, deer love yew, and they love arborvitae, too.

Cousin Nut, I love your Alice in Wonderland nook. Great!

Patti, I'm envious of all the great things your ordering for your gardens this year. They'll look 'simply fabby', as Cousin Nut would say. That's quite a list you have going there. I sure wish I had the money to get tons of stuff for my gardens this year. I haven't hit that lottery yet, but it's coming.

JoAnn, I have jury duty on Monday. Wish me luck in not getting picked. Oh, I used that Liquid Fence last year and had great luck with it. The year before the deer had stripped all my daylilies of their buds at the end of July, and this past year, I'm guessing cause I sprayed the LF, the deer didn't touch them, nor my hostas, which they also feasted on they year before.

Oh, Victor, I must have that weeping Dawn Redwood! I love it! You're baaaaad!

Very nice flowers in your bed, Louise! I, too, love the 'Pixie' bougainvillea. So cute! I want one. I have been having good luck with plants in my enclosed porch. I have 2 bird nest ferns that have been flourishing in there, as well as a brugmansia I'm overwintering, and a palm tree of my sister's. They are all doing well, though the palm not quite so much. Next time you see plants you like and want to show Hank, put them in your cart and bring them to him, so that way no one can take them. If he's not interested, you can always put them back.

Hooray for baby lemons, Marilyn!

Our burning bushes here are very prolific seeders. They are considered invasive because of this, and because they aren't native and will take over areas where natives should grow, leaving less room for the natives. Same with the Japanese barberry, Norway maple and many other alien invasives.

Karen

Here's my take on magic mushrooms. The guy in the pic is my brother.

thx karen - i did buy some stuff to hold off the rot - now need to check that it will not hurt the plants

What a great list of plants, Patti---I know you mentioned a sun tolerant hosta---I have Piedmont Gold which does great with a half day of sun. I bought it because someone in the city I was raised in hybridized it---when I was in high school we had to ride city buses, & just before mine would come, the Piedmont bus would pull in---this man also hybridized CT Yankee lily. He lived in the Piedmont section of the city---anyway, I really like it. Bill, the arch was super--didn't know you could build something like that without using mortar.

Bill's new thread (gotta help him along ^_^):

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1079397/