Last year Micky, Minnie, Ben, Willard and all the cousins were here. This year they must of went on a carribiean vacation.
What have you ordered for spring 2009 - Part III
Dahlianut - from Calgary
I am looking for pictures showing Reader Rock Garden.
Any luck?
Patti what was used for the screen itself? just normal screening used on sliders?
This article has some pics. It is a very beautiful garden www.forrgs.com/Articles/AB_Fall05_reader.pdf
Dahlianut
Did you have taken pictures yourself?
Sorry I don't Reggie.
Wha, sorry, I did not mean wire screening, rather a wooden screen as you would find used as a room divider. I did use the frames of some old screen doors that I found in the basement of that house. I had the carpenter take out the old screening and had him fit in thin sheets a hardwood plywood. I took off the door hardware and filled in the holes and hinged and painted them. You could use any wooden frame and fill it in with sheets of bamboo fencing or bulletin boards or use fabric for a cheap good looking solution. Old shutters would work fine if they were framed out to the correct size or you could buy recycled louvered closet doors at a salvage place. I had him screw on some small metal "L" brackets at the bottom of each corner on the inside to make the whole thing more stable. It was a cheap and less permanent solution to an ugly, but needed unit. Patti
thx Patti
Nice copper piping job, Bill.
Not the best picture - new arrivals today a sure sign of spring - deutzia chardonney pearls and a new red bud burgundy heart that is purple through the entire season.
http://www.soonerplantfarm.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=1044
i will be keeping these in the garage until it warms up
:) - i kidded them and asked how i could keep it nice and shinny.
lol
Interesting article dahlianut. A nearby Mass. Audubon society area has as its foundation an old rockery near a house plus stream & pond area which can be explored by canoe. DH helps with the maple sugaring demonstrations. All the plants & shrubs in the rockery have not be fully ID as they were imported from around the world.
Patti amazing how creative people can get with bits of wood etc. Much better than throwing it out.
if anyone is interested in some inexpensive JM's check this out.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/952302/
Believe it or not, I finally placed my first order, other than the two co-ops! This is the latest I have ever gone. It's for Fairweather. Here it is:
Astrantia 'Moulin Rouge' - Masterwort
Astilbe chinensis 'Purpurkerze' ('Purple Candles') - Chinese Astilbe
Bletilla striata 'Innocence' Seedling - Woodland Orchid
Acer palmatum 'Katsura' - Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum 'Pixie' - Japanese Maple
Cercis chinensis 'Don Egolf' - Chinese Redbud
Forsythia viridissima Citrus Swizzle - Forsythia
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey' - Oakleaf Hydrangea
Illicium floridanum - Florida Anise
Kalmia latifolia 'Keepsake' - Mountain Laurel
Sinocalycalycanthus 'Venus' - Hybrid Calycanthus
Syringa Tinkerbelle - Hybrid Lilac
Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum' - Dwarf Korean Spice Viburnum
Viburnum opulus 'Xanthocarpum' - Yellow-Fruited European Cranberrybush
Viburnum plicatum f. tom. 'Magic Puff' - Doublefile Viburnum
Cedrus deodara 'Snow Sprite' - Deodar Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Osaka Tama' - Dwarf Japanese Cedar
Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan Sugi' - Variegated Japanese Cedar
Pinus parviflora 'Negishi' - Japanese White Pine
Pinus wallichiana 'Nana' - Dwarf Himalayan Pine
Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag' - Dwarf White Pine
O you got the 'Pixie'. That's the one that I want to try.
I was looking at the 'pixie' and the deodar cedar, too. SOOOO, are you picking it up in April or having it shipped? Great selection, Victor.
Too much to pick up so I'm having it shipped. Deodar cedar is one of my faves. That's the only one on the list that I'm getting 2 of.
great list victor - i will be getting the little honey as well
What's her name?
Heh wha good to see you. I was worried you might have really fallen in the pond.
Victor, where will it all go?
I have room, you can come visit them anytime. Patti
Ha! Good question. I did not plan on buying all that. The force took over.
Is the force going to plant them all too? Hope so. Patti
dnut - very funny - if you do not hear from me by sunday..
and yes i was thinking the same thing about the great 1/4 acre
and yes victor my wife does do a little hair color thing (secret!!) although i was referring to the hydrangea - gumba (her word)
What a list.Cant wait to see the pictures.
Victor, I'm so glad to see the force visits us all!
ok you enablers ... anyone here grow Epimedium?... I can't decide
http://www.fairweathergardens.com/genus.php?type=Perennials&genus=Epimedium
I loved all the selections--am very jealous I can't grow the deodar cedars. Before I plant, I have to dig out all the pennisetum grasses I planted---that should be fun---my back is killing me today because of all the sand I swept off the brick walk & part of the driveway. Hope I can entice DS to do some digging. The only thing I bought this week was a pkg of broccoli raab---have never tried growing it before, but I like it.
Yes, Allison---I have 3 or 4 varieties--they have all clumped out nicely---the blooms aren't conspicuous---you have to go right up to the plant---but they're very delicate blooms, pretty---& they love the shade!
I have lots of shade.... hhhhmmm decisions decisions... but if they are kind of like my toad lilies ... maybe not... don't get me wrong toad lilies are beautiful but the bed they are in... isn't close enough to enjoy them.. unless I am weeding
ROBINDOG gave me one last summer.
I never realized how sweet the flowers are.
I dont know what variety mine is.
Epimediums have interesting foliage and it is nice for shade. But the blooms are barely visible.
I have to employ the magic garden shoehorn again.
I see- I got it for foliage as background for showier plants
I have a basement. It's cool and damp and not good for much except storing stuff. And it floods occasionally. We have to keep a sump pump on down there. We have a seasonal pond that the water flows into. It's wet there most of the year, so I've been planting a lot of moisture loving plants there. It gets a lot of shade, though, so I'm limited as to what I can plant. This year I'm starting the Japenese primroses from seed, so I hope to have many growing in that area. I have some bugbane and ligularia down there, and a rodgersia. Also have a bunch of astilbe and jack-in-the-pulpits. I'm thinking of putting in some skunk cabbage.
Victor, I think the mice are cute, too. I hate killing them. I've found them a few times in the bin where we keep our dry dogfood in our enclosed porch, and I've put them outside. I have had mice as pets before, but they really stink. BTW, nice list of plants you have there in your Fairweather order. I love deodar cedar, but have never seen it growing around here. When I lived in Reno there were many in that area.
That's a nice, shiny, new oil burner, Bill! We use a high efficiency propane burner here at our house. We love it.
Patti, spring has started in my mind, too, especially since we had 2 days in a row with temps in the 50's and lots of snow melting. I've heard and seen geese returning and have heard more birds singing. It seems as if spring is just around the corner, though I know winter is not over yet.
Cousin nut, that was a great article on the Reader Rock Garden. I printed it out for one of my gardening friends to read and enjoy.
Iris, where is that rockery you mentioned? Do they have a website I can check out? That sounds like a place I'd like to visit.
I have a few epimediums, Allison, and I like them. Would like to get more. I have plenty of woodland areas they would just love. I need more woodland plants, especially ones the deer won't care for.
Karen
Mass. Audubon: Ipswich River Sanctuary (in Topsfield MA). It should have a website, but I don't know it, or if the rockery is featured on it. It is just part of the grounds.
It's a snowful day so I'm shopping for my shade gardens:
hosta 'Beckoning'
hosta 'Dancing in the Rain' ^_^
hosta 'Elegans'
hosta 'Abiquqa Drinking Gourd'
hosta 'Fried Green Tomatos'
hosta 'Blue Umbrellas'
Heucherella 'Stoplight'
Heuchera 'Dolce Mocha Mint'
Tirella 'King's Ransom'
polygonatum multiflorum variegatium
sedum 'Black Jack' (full sun, just thought I'd sneak it in there when I wasn't lookin)
Dancing is perfect for you!