New pics from my gardens

Darrell, I hope you drop in. Here's a pic of that variegated vinca rooting for you in my office.

Here's a view of the new front garden I put in this spring. Most of the stuff is dormant or almost done now, but I still like its peaceful atmosphere.

Here's a closer shot of one of the small benches and tables I put on the two mini patios in the garden.

My Toad Lily has buds, in spite of the whole plant being broken off twice by squirrels this year. It's in behind the bench shown in the previous picture.

Here is one of the two holly bushes I planted recently. A closeup showing its nice red berries.

Goldenrod - about 6 1/2 feet high, at the corner of the front garden where it can get some sun. It's already died back due to transplant shock. I just wanted to show off how big it is LOL

Here's a closeup shot of the third blooming of my Pacific Giant Delphinium. The picture does not do the colour justice. It is actually almost an electric blue that looks like it's glowing.

Echoes, here's a closeup of the Silver Cup Lavatera I'll be sending soon.

Nasturtiums are pretty I think.

Here's one of the Japanese Maples just planted today.

Here's the other Japanese Maple and one of the two Whitespire Japanese Birch, also planted today.

These are my favourite chrysanthemums.

Finally, here's the big spider in my container garden. I have to figure out how to get him out of there before I bring the Boston Fern in. Boy, can he move fast - just like lightning!

Looks fabulous Ginnylynn. Nice size maples you planted. I love your front garden.

Lovely. Oh how I covet a Japanese Maple. Not hardy here - have to keep it in the garage all winter! And I dont have agarage!

carol

Thanks for the compliments. I'm hoping for quite a display in my front garden next year. Some of the things that are hiding right now are Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Trillium (white), many different kinds of fern, Yellow Lady's Slipper, Bloodroot, Wild Ginger, and Downy Yellow Violet. The extreme heat and drought this year made it very tough on them, especially for new transplants. I also have Japanese Anemone that won't be blooming this year. Another squirrel casualty along with those toad lilies, and two Chelone (turtlehead) that I think are history 'cause they dug them right out of the ground.

Japanese Maples are iffy here too. Most are hardy only to zone 6. There are a few hardy to my zone 5 area, like the two we planted yesterday, but even with them it's recommended that they be protected through the winter months.

I have a few extra Chelone Ginny if yours are history.:)

Love your nasturium Ginny. Old fashioned, but should be in every garden.

A lovely menu of pictures, as per usual.

Joan ;•)

Ginny
I love the electric blue of your delfinium and 3rd blooming ...Wow.!
I have had two bloomings and now they are toast. I took a close up of mine and here it is . I thinks it is a similar color but yours is a double ?
I like your setting with the bench it looks very peacefull.
Ann

Ginny, thanks for the tour. Love to see what's happening in other peeps gardens. That is a very impressive chrysanthemum. I have to have it. Do you know which it is?

I have been doing lots of seed gathering. Said I wasn't going to bother, but just can't help myself. Cannot possibly plant them all, so offerings will be coming soon.

Thanks for the offer of some Chelone Pat. I might just have to take you up on that, especially if you have extra 'Hot Lips'. My DH picked those out himself and he's very disappointed that they're gone.

Every time I plant Nasturtium I wonder why I don't have it every year Joan. I think, though, that it's always a toss-up between having such a lovely flower and having the space they take up for something else that has caught my eye that year. LOL There's never enough room for everything I want to have!

My Delphs are just singles too Ann. It looks like the petals on mine are maybe just a little fuller than the ones in your pic, and the colour in your pic looks like it might be the same.

I have absolutely no idea which chrysanthemum that is Brenda. I bought it about four years ago in a little four inch pot at the grocery store. Can cuttings be rooted off of chrysanthemum, or is it best to dig and divide? I would be more than willing to send you some if you want.

Ginny I'm not sure of the name of my pink chelone. I've had this one for a long time. Here is a pic.

What a pretty colour! That could be 'Hot Lips', but since mine never got a chance to bloom I can't really say :-)

Ginny,

I am just now seeing some of the posts that have been made over the past couple/three weeks. (been busy here)

Those Chrysanthemums are really nice. I can see why they are your favourite. You wouldn't happen to know what the name is of them would you?

I am looking forward to getting that plant from you. I appreciate you taking the time to root it and send it.

I'll try to keep a better eye on the posts. :)

Darrell

Hi Darrell. I can sure understand being busy at this time of the year, don't worry about it.

No, I'm afraid I have no idea what the name of that chrysanthemum is. I bought it at the grocery store a few years ago in a small pot and just plopped it in my garden.

Please dmail your mailing info Darrell so I can get the vinca off to you on Monday. I've enjoyed the opportunity to share it with you. Since it was shared with me in the first place it seems kind of appropriate somehow :-)

--Ginny

So you've already answered my question about your mum being hardy in your zone - sigh! Would be nice to be able to leave stuff like that (and the acer) in the ground. Bad girl lynn, stop with the zone envy. Lets see what would an addition of a zone 7 room to the house look like and how much $ might it take??? LOL

Great pictures, Ginny! Luv the one of the chrysanthemum.
:) Donna

Brenda, Lynn, Donna - if any of you (or anyone else out here) would like me to take a cutting off of that chrysanthemum and root it for you I would be willing to try - maybe we could do a trade or something. If you would like rooted cuttings, I can take the cuttings now or in the spring. Spring is the recommended time. We could try now, but it might play havoc with it's growth/bloom times, I don't know. If anyone does know please pass it on :-)

--Ginny

Ginny I would luv to do a trade with you in the Spring. I've never done cuttings off a chrysanthemum. I wonder if just even taking a root would it grow into a plant like the phlox does.
:) Donna

That's a good point Donna. Actually, I dug up and moved some other mums this past June, and in the process I divided it into three separate clumps. They have all done fabulously well. Maybe I'll try taking a root off of the (faded red? what should we call it since I don't know its name?) chrysanthemum this weekend and replant it in a separate location, and then I can still fall back on taking a cutting in the spring if the root doesn't take.

--Ginny, who's willing to try almost anything once :-)

Hi ginnylynn,
I take 6" cuttings from my chrysanthemums in the spring when they're about a foot high, strip off all but the top 4 leaves, dip it in liquid rooting hormone, (find this works much better than the powder for these) and put them in small pot, usually 4-6 in a 4" pot. Keep moist but not wet. They root really well here, and I just plunk it into the ground when the roots are showing at the bottom of the pot, and by fall, have a nice small blooming bush! I do this every year, and find it also gives me at least twice, sometimes up to as many as 4 times as many blooms on the parent bush. lol!