Garden Projects #8

Karen, you are a worker! Great plans....I love pink DLs, but not many are a true pink.....

Anyone remember the Slope Garden.
Here is an update

It will look great when the hostas get a little larger.......

3 years will be about enough time.

Jen, I did something similar to that chess board design in my yard (on a much smaller scale though) and I planted it with dwarf mondo grass instead. It might require mowing once a year to keep it nice and neat looking but so far it's been practically maintenance free for me.

GS, did you use the black mondo grass? That stuff looks really nice.

Looking good, Jo.

Yes, Marilyn, many pink DL's are not true pink, but I guess it's all a matter of having different shades of pink. Here is a sampling of what I have in there so far.

Fairy's Petticoat, Fairy Tale Pink

Karen

Hard Candy Christmas, Pink Scenario, Pink Super Spider, Papa's Pride

Promises Promises, Pink Cotton Candy, Final Touch, Pink Embers.

There are many more as well.

Karen

Yeah, too bad hubby nixed that idea. I guess "do whatever you want in the backyard" comes with conditions...LOL......only with approval

daylily flowers already karen!

I know this isn't a garden project but when do we ever stay on topic....LOL

Just got my daughter new bedroom furniture, loft bed with a play area under it and built in storage steps and desk and dresser....so taking all the stuff out of her room....looking at the rug and thinking wish we can get rid of the carpet before putting this massive furniture(now mind you I did NOT say it out loud)
hubby comes in the kitchen and says "would you like me to remove the carpet and put down wood floors before we put the furniture in her room?" well YEAH! She's going to have the nicest room in the house
Why does 1 project always roll into another one?

Maybe he was feeling badly about mixing the chess board idea heehee

You're joking, right Bill? I was just posting examples of the flowers that are in there. They aren't blooming yet, of course.

That's great, Jen! Good thing he mentioned it.

Karen

I like the pink in Hard Candy Christmas...also Pink Embers....

Ya Hard Candy Christmas and Pink Embers look the pinkest(at least on the computer)

I have one from Ollalie Farms that's quite pink, but it's a NOID...

You guys are on my subject. :) Lots of pink DL's, all depends on the shade your looking for and with eyes or not. ^_^
Solids:
Harbor Gate, Antique Rose, Siloam Double Classic, Woodside Romance, 'Jersey Girl'

With Eyes:
'Tuptin', 'Mary Ethel Anderson'', 'Janice Brown', 'Rocky's Eye', 'Cranberry Angels'

Dragon's Eye, Soft Summer Night, Autumn Serenade, 'Sue Rothbauer, 'Peppermint Pinwheel,

'Rhinestone Kid', 'Kalahari Jewel', 'Lady Eleanor', 'Hard Christmas Candy', 'Exotic Candy' and many, many more. ;)

Pixie,are those blooming now?
or from your files?

Wow...those are wonderful...love Woodside Romance!

Nice collection there, Celeste! Several of those I would love to have, and a few I do have.

Karen

No Jo! LOL From my files. Thanks Robin & Karen

feel like putting on my pink suit and call me pinky lee!!!

lol

Celeste, Normally I am not the biggest pink DL fan, but I would be thrilled with many of those beauties. Great collection. It certainly brightens up this rainy dull day for me.

We filled the truck up with plants from Vt and Western Mass over the weekend, but it is not dry enough to start planting them yet or even unload them from the truck which arrived on the ferry yesterday. It may clear off this afternoon. Hopefully. I will shoot some pictures of our haul. Included a nice Japanese Maple and way too many perennials, along with veggie starts and annuals. I was bad.

I have to head back to Boston for Medical appointments on Monday and then to Vt to supervise the last work on our renovated kitchen.
When I left yesterday morning they were installing the appliances. The Counters got installed on Tues and look great. The plumbers were about to install the toilet and faucets in the kitchen and bath and were moving the hot water heater to a better spot in the basement as I left. I met with the man who will do the tiling and I did the final layout for a couple cabinets that are being built on site, so I am mostly done. We met with the woodworker last Friday who is building a large maple Island for us and picked out the slabs of wood for it. It will be the focal point of the kitchen and our son's culinary stage. On Monday he called and had a couple of questions for me, so I stopped by his workshop on Tues and found that he had already done a great deal of work on it. I was shocked as I expected it to be weeks if not months. It is stunning. He said he got so into the project that he wanted to see the grain in the wood, so he went to work on it over the week end. We picked wood with old tap holes in it to make it interesting.

Though I will still have to deal with the outside mess and exterior painting and some planting, but that can wait. My pal from Brooklyn came up to see the Vt house and did some thinning out of saplings and junk shrubs in the woods behind the house which was way helpful. He went and bought himself a bigger lopper which of course he has zero use for at his apartment in NY, so it will live up there and be super useful for us in the future. He hated the old kitchen as it was so dark, dank and had low ceilings. He (6'3")will love coming the new space and coming up to the house with his wife and daughter whenever they want to use it which will make it a good trade off. Patti

I lived for trades when I was a potter. Its amazing what you can trade for.
Electrician wired my studio .

Patti, sounds like the work is lovely....maple is a favorite wood....I was hoping for maple cabinets, but settled for birch....my DH had a lot of the Scots in him.....don't forget to take photos! Glad you got what you needed....notice I didn't say wanted....in the plant dept. Hope medical appts go well.

Here is a list of my new kids. I began planting them yesterday after getting them all entered in my Garden Journal. Some of this stuff (GH) goes in containers so I will do those next week when I get home, but the rest will get planted today. We bought many of the perennials in six packs from one of our favorite nurseries in VT which sells them for 4.25 which is a wonderful way to add a mass of something. We did a bunch of it yesterday so only about half to go. Gorgeous day outside so it will be a pleasure. DH planted a big mess of cool weather starts in the veggie bed yesterdat, so we are not too far behind. But neither are the weeds. Dang they grow fast with some rain. We have one paeony totally open as are the lilac which don't bloom until Memorial day for us normally Patti

Dale's strain Heuchera americana peach bed 6 pk
Happy Hour Peppermint Portulaca gh 2 6 pks
Adriatic Bellflower Dickson's Gold Campanula garganica Jmaple bed west
African Daisy, Cape Daisy, Osteospermum Flowerpower Spider Purple Osteospermum gh
African Daisy, Osteospermum Zion Pink Sand Osteospermum gh
Autumn Fuchsia Autumnale Fuchsia gh
Balloon Flower, Chinese Bellflower, Japanese Bellflower Sentimental Blue Platycodon grandiflorus well bed 6pk
Barred Horsetail Equisetum japonica stream
Basil Boxwood Ocimum basilicum middle herb bed
Beach Plum Prunus maritima north yard
Big Betony Appleblossom Stachys macrantha peach bed
Bleeding Heart Valentine Dicentra spectabilis dell north bed
Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eyes Blue Daze Evolvulus glomeratus gh
Bluebeard Gold Giant Caryopteris peach bed
Clematis Miss Bateman Clematis old beach plum bed
Coleus, Painted Nettle mixed 6 pack Solenostemon scutellarioides gh 6 pk
Coleus, Painted Nettle Black Dragon Solenostemon scutellarioides gh 6 pk
Coleus, Painted Nettle, Flame Nettle Fairway mix Solenostemon scutellarioides gh 6 pk
Common Cosmos, Mexican Aster Yellow Garden Cosmos bipinnatus lower herb bed 6 pk
Common Rue, Garden Rue, Herb of Grace, Herbygrass Ruta graveolens Clarence bed
Coriander, Cilantro, Chinese Parsley Coriandrum sativum veggie bed 6pk
Cushion Spurge Bonfire Euphorbia polychroma Jed's bed
Delphinium Magic Fountains Dark Blue/Dark Bee Delphinium peach bed 2 6 pks
East Indian Lemon Grass Cymbopogon flexuosus gh
False Sunflower, Ox-eye, Sunflower Heliopsis Summer Pink Heliopsis peach bed
Geranium Maverick Salmon Confetti Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Fish Geranium Madame Salleron Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Fish Geranium Bullseye Cherry Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium Ringo 2000 violet Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium Mrs. Quilter Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium Ringo 2000 white Pelargonium x hortorum gh
Floribunda Rose Eyeconic Lemonade rosa lower herb bed
Floss Flower, Ageratum Lemon-Lime Ageratum houstonianum gh
Foxglove Snow Thimble Digitalis purpurea old beach plum bed 6 pk
Garden Verbena Obsession eyed mix Verbena gh 6 pk
Garden Verbena Obsession Berry Tart Mix Verbena gh 6 pk
Globe Thistle Blue Glow Echinops bannaticus peach bed
Goat's Beard Horatio Aruncus dell iris bed north
Golden Juniper Gold Cone Juniperus communis north yard
Grecian Windflower, Poppy Anemone Pandora Blue Anemone coronaria well bed
Grecian Windflower, Poppy Anemone Saint Brigid Pandora Fuchsia Anemone coronaria middle perennial bed
Hen's and chicks Sempervivum dell north bed 6 pk
Hollyhock Spring Celebrities lemon Alcea rosea ac bed 6 pk
Horned Violet, Tufted Pansy Sorbet Mixed Viola Ned's bed 6pk
Hydrangea Lemon Daddy Hydrangea ‘’ macrophylla east yard
Impatiens Fusion Glow Impatiens gh
Jacob's Ladder Touch of Class Polemonium reptans dell iris bed north
Jacob's Ladder Brise d'Anjou Polemonium caeruleum dell iris bed middle
Japanese Maple Orange Dream Acer palmatum dell north bed
Larkspur, Candle Delphinium Summer Skies Delphinium well bed 2 6 pk
Ligularia Osiris chameleon Ligularia dell Iris bed middle
Lobelia Riviera Marine Blue Lobelia gh 6 pk
Lobelia Riviera Blue Eyes Lobelia gh 6 pk
Lupin, Lupine Chandelier Lupinus old beach plum bed 6 pk
Maiden Pink Albus Dianthus deltoides lower herb bed 6pk
Moss Rose Tequila Mix Portulaca grandiflora lower herb bed 2 6 pk
musk mallow Alba Malva moschata long bed middle 6 pk
Nasturtium Duckalicious Tropaeolum gh
New Guinea Impatiens Harmony White Impatiens x hawkeri driveway walk lg 6 pk
New Guinea Impatiens Strike Orange Impatiens x hawkeri timber bed lg 6 pk
Ornamental Sweet Potato, Sweet Potato Vine Goldfinger Ipomoea batatas gh
Pansy Skippy XL Plum-Gold Viola cornuta dell iris bed south 6 pk
Pansy Velour Frosted Chocolate Viola chocolate bed 2 6 pk
Pawpaw Asimina triloba chocolate bed
Petunia Suncatcher Pink Lemonade Petunia gh
Petunia Blackberry Ice Potunia series Petunia x hybrida gh
Petunia Hurrah Velvet Petunia gh
Phlox Lord Clayton Phlox paniculata peach bed
Phlox Triple Play Phlox glaberrima old beach plum bed
Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily, Tritoma Flamenco Kniphofia uvaria hot bed south end 6 pk
Rose Periwinkle, Old Maid, Vinca Pacifica Mix bubble gum Catharanthus roseus inkberry bed 3 6 pk
Rusty Foxglove Gigantea Digitalis ferruginea chocolate bedSea Holly Big Blue Eryngium slacker bed 6 pk
Sea Poppy, Horned Poppy, Orange Horned Poppy Glaucium flavum f. fulvum ac bed
Shasta Daisy Lacrosse Leucanthemum terrace Bed
Snapdragon Snap Daddy Antirrhinum majus lower herb bed 3
Snapdragon Rocket White Antirrhinum majus well bed 2 6 pks
Sweet Alyssum, Sweet Alison, Seaside Lobularia Easter Bonnet Lemonade 2 6 pks
Sweet Potato Vine Illusion Midnight Lace Ipomoea batatas gh
Trailing Petunia Bicolor Cabernet Petunia gh
Trailing Petunia Cascadia Violet Skirt Petunia gh
Tussock Grass, Tufted Hair Grass, Hair Grass, Hassock Grass Northern Lights Deschampsia caespitosa gh
Two-row Stonecrop Dragon's Blood Sedum spurium dell north bed 6 pk
Viola Eye of the Tiger aka angel Tiger Eye Viola chocolate bed 6 pk
White Bergamot, Eastern Bee Balm, Beebalm Bradbury's bee balm Monarda bradburiana long bed east end
Yarrow, Milfoil, Colorado Achillea millefolium peach bed
Yarrow, Milfoil, Staunchweed, Sanguinary, Thousandleaf, Soldier's Woundwort Pineapple Mango Achillea millefolium peach bed
Yerba Mansa, Lizard Tail Anemopsis californica stream
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wow! that's quite a list!

Wow...I got tired just reading the list! What a huge job.....digitalis Snow Thimble caught my eye, as did the white bergamot....I had phlox Lord Clayton, but it died on me...will have to replace it, as I love the salmon color.....there will be some lucky folks who get to see all that on the garden tour!

Ohhh ma'gawd

agreed, tired from reading - forget about planting all that! impressive list.

And it's alphabetical!!! Double wow!!! Awesome list! Happy planting

I planted a flat of snaps today....that was enough in the surprising 80 degree heat.....

is that all?

Holy crap!

OMG, a thousand times over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible, Patti. You are truly Wonder Woman. Lady, I don't know where you find the energy to do all this. I sure can't keep up with you. Maybe if I was retired and had the time....

Anyhow, the last couple of days I've been busy in my gardens. Got a bunch of new daylilies planted, did a lot of weeding, and did some mowing of the back trails. Weather was perfect today. I have lots and lots of buds on my TBI's and can't wait to see them all blooming, though now comes the fun of staking them up. Wish they would develop big clumps with lots of blooms like the dwarf and median ones do. Oh, well, they're so pretty, they make up for that lack.

Karen

Patti