All left behind with my previous home!
*sigh* Kristi
Some of my favorite shade plants
How beautiful and well marked.Are the lucky new owners gardeners and will they appreciate it? I too left behind a lovely shade garden. Since we moved in Oct the realization is begining to hit as I plan for my new garden. I do have the ability to get divisions in the Spring.
Lanie
Beautiful! Must be a big job keeping weeds out.
Bernie.
Datdog and Lanie, I find myself drooling. This spring I intend to tackle my blank canvas. I can only hope for the success you two have shown. Carol
Lanie, that is beautiful. You really had to leave it behind? Yikes.
I'm afraid I can't get starts from the yard. The first reason, I moved out of state. The second, the new owners wanted the yard kept as it was. The joke was, they NEVER one time left the deck the whole time they viewed the house. I think they liked the idea of a instant garden.
I don't have high hopes that it will be maintained. I did leave them a list of neighbors that would be willing to take any plants they didn't want. Time will tell.
I will say, it was hard to leave it behind. You become attached to silly things in the yard. Not material items, things like the 'Cat' bird that would return EVERY spring and follow me around my tiny yard chattering at me till I threw him a bug. It even followed me into the house the day I was moving. Or my soil! I worked VERY hard to turn it into a nice loam. I had worms by the 1000's. I didn't use chemicals in the grass so I also had toads.
Those are some of the things I worried about and will miss.
Kristi
It must be so difficult leaving all your hard work and care behind. Those are two lovely gardens..
I hope I never will have to leave my gardens.
Kristi..what is the plant in bloom on the right side of our photo?
Yes, I want to know too? Is that a foam flower?
I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier, yes it is a Tiarella, 'Spring Symphony' one of my favorite Tiarellas. I did take this beauty with me- I think? Kristi
Thanks Kristi..I have put that one on my wish list of plants to look for in the spring. May I ask how long you have had that one..it is so full and lush..and does it take almost full shade?
I have a Hosta Garden that I started just two years ago..and would like to have some colour in amongst the Hostas. So far I had put some tuberous begonias in that bed for colour. ..and some coleus.
Cheers,
Carol
Looking good Starzz! The plant you see in the picture is in the second year of growth.
Another excellent Tiaerlla is 'Running Tapestry', forms a neat little ground cover.
Try some different color heucheras for some instant color.
Kristi
Good idea Kristi..actually I have a couple..
Chocolate Ruffles..is the newest one..but the rabbits kept eating it!..Hope it comes big and strong this year..
Maybe to be safe I should put a cage around it for awhile.
The new variegated vinca minors make wonderful shade groundcovers, and the white markings really show up in the shade. Very pretty blue-violet flowers, too.
Starzz, I have a lot of squirrels here. I sprinkle pepper litberally about once a week on those plants they like...
jkom, does the vinca bloom very profusely? and how long does it bloom?
It's hard to say because here in coastal Northern California, we have so few frosts that the plants are evergreen and bloom two to four times a year. I'm in my first year with them and my plants aren't too large yet, so the blooms are modest right now. I have a lot of other plants I use for shade flowers, so I was more interested in a strong foliage plant. One thing I noticed, the slugs definitely prefer the variegated fragaria (strawberry) to the variegated vinca minor!
Woodspirit..do you use ordinary black pepper or cayenne pepper? I have read about cayenne pepper being a help..but it would be expensive to spread it everywhere..I never know which plant they are going for next..Almost every day last year they took a fancy to a new one. They especially like the young tender plants..and impatiens.
Here is a blurry pic of one..
