Garden Gems 2012 #4

thought i would post some pictures of what is planted around some of the pond.

First is a JI Pink Puffer,
Second is a NOID JI from SOJ,
Third is a white JI in front of a crimson queen jm, there is also innocence weston azalea behind the lantern which also blooms white
Fourth has is a sunglow dogwood, in front of that is a picea abies tomba, to the right is a ice blue champ. conifer, a few different sedum, and a strawberry blush hydrangea i think to the left.
Fifth has Kamagata JM, a ginkgo, and monet weigela

Very nice



Sorry you have to see your garden thru the Hope fence, Allison

so nice Bill.. the JI are awesome!!.. Jen.. I thought she was doing better until yesterday she popped up on the retaining wall even with the fence there.. I could do nothing but tell her to get down and shoot her with the hose.. LOL.. no way can I chase her down the street.. had to do something

First is a pack on mini conifer with some nice small rocks and sedum
Second is a HUGE catipillar!
Third has first frost hosta, gold carex grass, a jm oshu shirade, dwarf rose glow barberry, jm murasaki kiyohime, conifer Reis Dwarf and Goldener Traum.
Fourth is water lotus Rosea Plenta
Fifth is jm green cascade that will be trained to arch the stream

caterpillar is too cool

Looks so good!
LOVE the caterpillar and do I see another rock critter by the jm green cascade?

Whole place is way cool! Very nice! Allison, I really like the lisianthus...cannot grow it....found the tag for this guy...either I have garden elves, or senility has set in...I suspect the latter, but it's Lionheart.....Chocolate Canary is nearby, but hasn't opened yet.....

I don't feel so bad they are floppy RD.. they came that way.. LOL.. wasn't my lack of sun this time.. sure that's not helping though.. that lily is really cool

Nice Bill!
Allison wish I had a "Winston fence" nothing is keeping him out, great shots though! Your containers are looking great.
Lionheart is pretty Marylin.

that would be the rock frog jen:)

it might help Ronnie.. MIGHT teach him not to go there

Glad opened today, first Oriental of the season 'Touching', Monarda, the only hosta blooming, Astilbe

had Randy take pics of the under the sea coleus

Nice Allison

thanks.. I really like these new ones

Pretty pink on the monarda, Jen....yeah, those coleus look like they have tentacles!

Love the color of the glad Jen.
Randi did well! Looking good Allison.

thanks Ronnie

Looks great Bill(under statement) love those JI's!
Allison, sorry you have to have a "Hope's view", nice shots anyway. Jealous of the hummers....not one here yet. I think they are afraid to drown! Love the sea shells!!!
Jen nice glads and 'Touching' goes so well with it. :)
Annuals:
1 & 2) Torenia
3) Calibrachoa 'Cherry Star'
4)Exotic Impatiens
5) Black Eyed Susan Vine

1) Veronica
2) Dianthus
3) Clustered Bellflower
4) Burgundy Iceberg
5) Echinacea Sombrero Hot Coral

WOW Pixie those torenias look wonderful,Mine arent so hot this year.

Maybe not but your lilies and astillbe's are wonderful!!!!!!

Love that impatiens, Pixie, never saw one like that....& Jo, those color combos are gorgeous! Love the white monkshood....

Ive had it 4 years a meracle.
I'm watering like mad and painting Marilyn Its damp but heavy paper is the key
The first painting is 45x20 go for broke I always say
The second is in stage 5 and the third is just starting

Ooooh, really beautiful, ge.

Pretty Celeste, your torenia do look good, mine aren't so hot either. I love Sombrero Hot Coral!

Cosmos

Oh, Jo. They are lovely!!!

I love cosmos. They seem so happy to me

nice to come here and see some color! Joann those are very nice!

Now I wish I had planted cosmose. Its on my list for next year.

Jo, those paintings are just beautiful!!! I'm doing roses, finished with one, almost finished with second.....no cosmos out here yet, but many are up....they just come up anywhere in my veggie garden....

I have problems with self sown plnts.Not as prolific here as in other gardens,or I am weeding the weeplants in spring.

I have that problem myself JoAnn.. lovely blooms all.. and your paintings are just fabby!!!

I must have sown a thousand larkspurs over the past 4 years.I only have 2 plants.
I have given up.

Larkspur like the cold soil....seed out in early April.....

The plant that has impressed me the most so far is an unnamed Columbine. I got the seeds in trade 3 years ago with assurances it was deep blue pompom style & it breeds true. There was a 2 x 3 ft patch open in the nursery so they were tossed in there, lots of seeds. I kept it weeded and fed to get this They glowed in the sun & dominated in the shade in May. The camera does not record the proper color.
Andy P

Stunning!!

nice Andy.. great color too

It is more blue or more purple, either way it is gorgeous!!

Then there are the Hens & Chicks. Major winter hardscaping generated refuges, a few went into old sneakers. They almost never bolt to seed, ever. What are the odds of growing a new leg. I still have a pail of these succulents. Got shoes?
Andy P

Love those blues, Andy