New Garden Projects This Year #3

Victor,
I think they stopped the gardens of the world tour- or more correctly, they only have it during the annual flower show.
So I guess they are now one and the same.

That's too bad, in that case. I took the Gardens of the World tour long ago and it was excellent. This was the mid-90's.

columbine which have seeded themselves in the gravel driveway are showing color. I wish that they were not so enthusiastic.

I love them and have no problem with them reseeding. Easy enough to remove.

I wish they would re-seed here

Those blues and yellows will look great together, Jen.

I did not know Koi were so bad and so hard to take care of. No wonder I never see plants in Koi ponds.

I wish more would reseed here. I love columbines.

I have been working on a rock walkway in one of my beds. Here is a pic of it in progress. Shouldn't take too long to finish.

Karen

Karen your gardens are really marching along. Nice stone path and plants look great.

nice karen - are you just setting these in the ground or are you putting in some crushed stone and sand?

the walkway is looking great

Remember this March21?

These are the changes May12
Its really hard digging on the slope in clay but I insist on winning.
On the right Baptisia Purplr smoke,behind it Foxglove Foxy, beyond foxes Baptisia Carolina Moonlight
In front of the baptisia JI's Night Angel
Some agastache apricot spirit not doing well.
Penstamon Red Husker.If this area doesnt make it, I'll put bushes in there.

Nice, Jo Ann and thanks! The agastache may not do well there. They really like a well drained soil. The others I would think would be fine.

Thanks, Bill. I'm just putting the rocks in the ground. I plan to put in a creeping, very low ground cover in between the stones, like possibly elfin thyme or something like that.

Karen

NUTS Karen That explains a lot. I'll see how things work out and replace with something else later. The whole thing might end up Monarda and daylilies.

some of mine are already taking over in the second year will have to split them in the fall monarda spreads very quickly wow amazing and its is part shade I can just imagine it in full sun

Wow, I love this thread! I'm too busy getting ready for Holly's swap to work on any of my projects. An unwanted project is expanding my tree line bed back to that white fence my neighbor put up last month. It's 250' long by 6' tall. All my plants between the trees are low growing and white blooming. That area is very shaded for a large part of the day. Now I've got 3' to fill with taller colorful plants.

This is what I've potted up for the swap so far.

Columbines have long roots which they don't wish to have removed. Nice white one in driveway last yr, which refused to budge. So far they are blue. Lot of work with those plants, Stormla.

I planted two hundred columbines last month they are doing great I hope since I started them in january that they will bloom this year I started every kind I could find in seeds mckanas barlow natives every color cant wait to see them all bloom the bed is six by 80 should look amazing if they bloom I will post pics if now aw well next year hahahhaha

Sciccarella, I've never seen a bed of Columbine before. That should be amazing!

Luvly new walk Cousin Nut. ge1836 you've been busy! DH has one more piece of the lower deck to rip out and then I'll post a pic. It looks like a HUGE new space to work so I'm very excited. The columbines self sow here willynilly. I just luv them.

Thanks, Cousin Nut!

Stormyla, I don't remember which thread it was where we were talking about Petasites, but remember I mentioned a house where they had a ton of it growing on a slope? I took a picture of it last week. Here it is.

Karen

In that first pic they have the plain green Petasites in front, followed by the variegated one. A common name for that plant is Fuki. Here is a closer shot.

Karen

An even closer view....

wow pretty intense looking

And closer yet....

It sure is! I really like it, actually, and I decided to pick up a variegated one at a plant sale on Saturday. I planted it in my wet area by the garden shed in back. I think it will look great there.

Karen

how fast does it spread?

Here is another shot of my walkway the day after I put it in last Wednesday. We had gotten a good amount of rain, so it settled the stones in nicely. I will get more work done on it this weekend.

Karen

you could eat it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuki

I don't know. I'm hoping it will fill in quickly.

Here is one more shot of the walkway.

Karen

cool look at that one

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/80951/

You wouldn't want to eat too much of it, as it contains a chemical that's been associated with cumulative damage to the liver.

Karen

no ratings on this variegated one

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/134933/

Doesn't spread that fast unless in a wet area.

oh I see Victor has it... what a shock

:)

HE HAS EVERYTHING

I swear every time I look in the plant files... there you are Victor!

Wow! I gotta get me some of that Gigantea one. I have plenty of boggy spots in shade that I could use them to fill in with, and what a statement those make!

I see Victor has some of the variegated form, as his pic is in the plant files.

Karen

Hee hee!

ok forget the plant files.... we need a Victor files

LOL! I cross-posted with you guys!

Victor, I do have it in a wet area. Good, I want it to spread fast, as there is not much else there.

Karen

I'm over 900 pics now, though that does not even come close to some.