tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60275552077631120502024-03-21T05:51:37.411-05:00The Garden at LibertyChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-42343919927194582872011-01-25T09:06:00.001-06:002011-01-25T09:13:33.928-06:00Home Run Rose is the Season Opener!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pwcertified.com/photolib/MediumJPG/Rosa%20Home%20Run%20Red_IMG_7564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://www.pwcertified.com/photolib/MediumJPG/Rosa%20Home%20Run%20Red_IMG_7564.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Home Run Rose</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>While enjoying the warm company of other garden professionals and enthusiasts, along with lunch and the (frozen) lakefront view of the Chicago skyline from <a href="http://www.rivanavypier.com/">Riva Navy Pier</a> on Thursday, I had the pleasure of hearing <a href="http://www.weeksroses.com/about.htm">Tom Carruth of Weeks Roses</a> tell us all about <a href="http://www.weeksroses.com/rose_home_run.htm">'Home Run' Rose</a>. <br />
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Bred from the Knock Out Rose, velvety red 'Home Run' boasts lifetime freedom from both black spot and powdery mildew. It is also the first rose to bloom and will bloom continuously throughout the growing season into fall, when it will produce both flowers and hips. Because of this extremely short rebloom cycle - no pruning, please!<br />
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Be on the lookout for this rose in the familar Proven Winners pots at your favorite garden centers this coming season and about mid-summer you may see, in smaller pots, an even newer <a href="http://www.weeksroses.com/rose_pink_home_run.htm">'Pink Home Run' rose</a>. What a color!<br />
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Thanks so much Proven Winners for the lunch invitation - I had so much fun getting the scoop on these interesting new rose cultivars and meeting several Chicago area bloggers face to face!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-56902457395643089922011-01-12T15:30:00.001-06:002011-01-13T02:32:54.610-06:00Bed-time Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div>Oh joy - the new <a href="http://diggingdog.com/"><span id="goog_1747035038"></span>Digging Dog<span id="goog_1747035039"></span></a> catalog came today! I opened my mailbox this afternoon and did a little happy dance right out on the front porch! Guess what I'm curling up with tonight?!! <br />
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Is it just me that gets this excited about reading all the juicy descriptions and companion plant suggestions?Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-57552342906880695252010-06-30T06:38:00.000-05:002010-06-30T06:38:31.177-05:00Good Morning America's Best Block in America<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpgxsZauecyccJ2-ffGEox_1FOdaV4U7lSPa1DTYVh41VjVwpqDc4IIMRBnhBdNL0R-8o1O9GIINS83dQzRpM3CR9oXKedvPNGaRnKI1trExptQe7iFw2-awzaRKfEBdbrgZt15bzflQ/s1600/P6280036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpgxsZauecyccJ2-ffGEox_1FOdaV4U7lSPa1DTYVh41VjVwpqDc4IIMRBnhBdNL0R-8o1O9GIINS83dQzRpM3CR9oXKedvPNGaRnKI1trExptQe7iFw2-awzaRKfEBdbrgZt15bzflQ/s320/P6280036.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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<em>I am so excited</em> - Good Morning America chose the winning block for their Best Block in America from the very neighborhood I live in!!!<br />
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My neighbors are an active, tight-knit group of people with a great sense of community and after the contest was brought to everyone's attention by Gina Seaton (hats off, neighbor!), many essay entries were submitted touting the reasons why this neighborhood is such a great place to live.<br />
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You can check out the article from last Tuesday's Daily Herald, <a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=389270">here</a>.<br />
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Tune in to Good Morning America this coming Thursday, July 1st, for a live view of a lively group of the great people who make up our very special community!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-65964332390728800382010-06-29T13:32:00.001-05:002010-06-29T13:33:49.824-05:00Janesville Rotary Botanical GardensI'm back in the garden again!!!<br />
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I have been on a bit of a garden hiatus since early April and missing the garden and all the parts of my gardening life, including this blog, desperately. <br />
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Last week I had two events gently nudge me back to my senses (because to not be surrouded by all that is garden, for me, is <em>insane!</em>); a visit to the Janeville Rotary Gardens with my Garden Club (organized by our Field Trip Planner - <em>thanks, Mom!</em>), and an opportunity to do more design plans for a client's garden I'd very much enjoyed working on in the past.<br />
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So let me share a few photos from the Rotary Gardens...for information on the Gardens, please click <a href="http://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/">here</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lNXdtYsncDGCC92y921rnD4-8jJd1Tg8AFSLQTgt2MI6sRDRqtRNQ91YKqQf9aCeEB8mTAXrvwT3yJnMIj7wHhSm6TCIgUVK7zhx0SXpDIuFW-0zJqwlgiX9YclFDE3_NkRTSpPFDYc/s1600/P6210082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lNXdtYsncDGCC92y921rnD4-8jJd1Tg8AFSLQTgt2MI6sRDRqtRNQ91YKqQf9aCeEB8mTAXrvwT3yJnMIj7wHhSm6TCIgUVK7zhx0SXpDIuFW-0zJqwlgiX9YclFDE3_NkRTSpPFDYc/s320/P6210082.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love these pale pink and apricot hollyhocks with the mellow brick walls...so English, in the English Garden</div><br />
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</div>I thoroughly enjoyed visiting and was very impressed by these gardens! I hope you enjoyed my photo tour, please check out the site's blog - as we were winding up our tour last Tuesday our guide, Art Hilker, was asked to do a <a href="http://rotarybotanicalgardens.org/virtual-tour-the-front-entrance-garden.html">podcast tour of the entry garden</a> by the blog's author and Director of Horticulture, Mark Dwyer!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-80639430647073422872010-04-15T06:02:00.009-05:002010-04-16T07:12:51.649-05:00Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - April, 2010Hello on this April Garden Blogger's Bloom Day! Let me start by thanking <a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/">Carol of May Dreams Gardens</a> for creating this celebration of bloomin' blogs! There is much to see so be sure to <a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/2010/04/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-april-2010.html">tour as many virtual gardens</a> as you have time for! <br />
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Here is what's in bloom at here at Liberty - I really feel like what <em>isn't</em> in bloom?! It seems like Mother Nature just flipped a switch this year and we went from the dead of winter to full-blown spring in a matter of moments here in Chicago! Seems even more so for me - I just started a wonderful new job and so I have been at the office, busy learning the ins and outs with far less time in the garden so far this season. I can assure you I had lots of fun taking these photos early yesterday morning!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDzXKsxwoo2tmfrCoHGBZ3FBEV8GMgagzGVP4AmzWcBWkWBFgfuGIo5u-bal28-jPv2zdEE1MFCFfDi2iJXVa30u2_8CBQQPKCwd8Hg4Sa0UNHKwU_cEbRKRbQvCkULKZXXgjKpktRgE/s1600/P4130072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDzXKsxwoo2tmfrCoHGBZ3FBEV8GMgagzGVP4AmzWcBWkWBFgfuGIo5u-bal28-jPv2zdEE1MFCFfDi2iJXVa30u2_8CBQQPKCwd8Hg4Sa0UNHKwU_cEbRKRbQvCkULKZXXgjKpktRgE/s320/P4130072.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A red tulip that came with the garden - usually blooms a bit earlier than most others...but not this year!</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hfTONxCeIKbBL2Tdq1H6xXKrPCxNgTQrzfY3AZSb370fu1147EhSDP_Lju1PKyOWGlY66lTHI6tBln6pmbWt6szo_Ozat7YipeQvwQu43wUhP14FUD7gQsqzwpmQVgBRbe7sSmzsTFI/s1600/P4130049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hfTONxCeIKbBL2Tdq1H6xXKrPCxNgTQrzfY3AZSb370fu1147EhSDP_Lju1PKyOWGlY66lTHI6tBln6pmbWt6szo_Ozat7YipeQvwQu43wUhP14FUD7gQsqzwpmQVgBRbe7sSmzsTFI/s320/P4130049.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Helleborus orientalis. This year I plan on adding some in the deep purplish shades along with the pales and purple spotted I have so I will have a mix bag of offspring down the road.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutOn8tw8WAdfO-yK5hvHTdr2LMsjH6V096BEIpu82hPmUnj1oBEUig7YVkJqElBn6K_3s-OJpDm-ZjF_hjloYWkG_BQ62K6oCzpKYy7339h0vmqYeSM85X1kOIlmxNNLr0khVlIKqQpA/s1600/P4130045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutOn8tw8WAdfO-yK5hvHTdr2LMsjH6V096BEIpu82hPmUnj1oBEUig7YVkJqElBn6K_3s-OJpDm-ZjF_hjloYWkG_BQ62K6oCzpKYy7339h0vmqYeSM85X1kOIlmxNNLr0khVlIKqQpA/s320/P4130045.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My pal Charlotte, showing off her handiwork</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B4zkW_g7ecX5pCSTMBEm7qLPn9vGve_2gQZX7b88qZVKHmp7ACPN5mySi-RAbxuWIyZVjdDLnLIN5uRjFG0lC_XUom6QgtpurlAVt3Ym4U-X_YL_MwnvLNDeiQqjkeBy5LOXDiN8A6Y/s1600/P4130042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_B4zkW_g7ecX5pCSTMBEm7qLPn9vGve_2gQZX7b88qZVKHmp7ACPN5mySi-RAbxuWIyZVjdDLnLIN5uRjFG0lC_XUom6QgtpurlAVt3Ym4U-X_YL_MwnvLNDeiQqjkeBy5LOXDiN8A6Y/s320/P4130042.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Species tulip - T. tarda - which open flat in the sun...</div><br />
<div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrrzCKukekHZYuhSMnqpVF4I4mc43FnoaM70buJpNAdFZ3_cT5ROQk6nIIPaQxcJpR1qK5ruEDJr_WHSQ3fq7DqucO_qZ1Px8H9y4sYQdrR-fffXINy0f_7dfVIXE97DCjlNhhg6B3Sk/s1600/P4100068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrrzCKukekHZYuhSMnqpVF4I4mc43FnoaM70buJpNAdFZ3_cT5ROQk6nIIPaQxcJpR1qK5ruEDJr_WHSQ3fq7DqucO_qZ1Px8H9y4sYQdrR-fffXINy0f_7dfVIXE97DCjlNhhg6B3Sk/s320/P4100068.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">like this, for a completely different look!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkLtAuhFxX6x-XBTCbuiZV_BnHVqCE-u_CgN9Z9J5_dquuVNi8CaGbo9TN0_B9VvHJQC-qUyNV3Eg4k7ye5ak22z_TAAb3DPlWgXVuOdvQSMSfUYQtm8gJfHEWLMDCezk6qdXoprt6sY/s1600/P4090049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkLtAuhFxX6x-XBTCbuiZV_BnHVqCE-u_CgN9Z9J5_dquuVNi8CaGbo9TN0_B9VvHJQC-qUyNV3Eg4k7ye5ak22z_TAAb3DPlWgXVuOdvQSMSfUYQtm8gJfHEWLMDCezk6qdXoprt6sY/s320/P4090049.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Erythronium, commonly known as Trout Lily due to the gorgeously mottled leaves. This one came with the garden and if I had ever identified it I can't recall...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NcZaG8Ls8G9gs6fAW7e7TK3X3RlOEP26GZVrlcwdRMJhIaPwk0Xstf5XBV2N8wztYLk_jx6XJDVdJ0p7Ljk8mA0VQ6oFNxRaKfDTRP17L7CqnHh0Yl_A1DrbeasPUCQfINPSG63KsPM/s1600/P4130028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NcZaG8Ls8G9gs6fAW7e7TK3X3RlOEP26GZVrlcwdRMJhIaPwk0Xstf5XBV2N8wztYLk_jx6XJDVdJ0p7Ljk8mA0VQ6oFNxRaKfDTRP17L7CqnHh0Yl_A1DrbeasPUCQfINPSG63KsPM/s320/P4130028.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beautiful 'Green Wave' tulips. You can see T. 'Negrita' still in bud and in the background a Dicentra - common Bleeding Heart - as well. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HiTwa6t45sEuN6mcPAdFRRkN9rJUZNvPy1F6ZgXLxoAdyuQWBiwuf9bjiJP1fu0LFRdeJRJGvHDLmftLo2q6AjtNcL2uyQOyDscnXL6xkTcC9QWMN-rVq0v7kRDiiBi-Q-6TpFofBuw/s1600/P4130023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HiTwa6t45sEuN6mcPAdFRRkN9rJUZNvPy1F6ZgXLxoAdyuQWBiwuf9bjiJP1fu0LFRdeJRJGvHDLmftLo2q6AjtNcL2uyQOyDscnXL6xkTcC9QWMN-rVq0v7kRDiiBi-Q-6TpFofBuw/s320/P4130023.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arabis blepharophylla 'Spring Charm' which I picked up at the end of the season last fall. I am crazy for this color!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEi2koBNKMqusFKYmJ_VnNk99K-ZKBjkDIM3n-19sJbJflkHzCT_oFWmO7xN9EDYvhdrya1FBlPCF45Bfa1-jsYGpYqnIk5AhD4YTJYaj6237wkU_Ury1dW_ihszsXyZ5p0ZS3q9HplM/s1600/P4130017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEi2koBNKMqusFKYmJ_VnNk99K-ZKBjkDIM3n-19sJbJflkHzCT_oFWmO7xN9EDYvhdrya1FBlPCF45Bfa1-jsYGpYqnIk5AhD4YTJYaj6237wkU_Ury1dW_ihszsXyZ5p0ZS3q9HplM/s320/P4130017.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Doronicum - great spring perennial. I need to find a new home for it and just might plant it in combination with the above Arabis and some Muscari, as well.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsojgB5uuvToDLL29wa5cvEdDLTSAw85BTKe5ykLDhJ8isJSa0j798ak-feZzXV2CBJM98umQggCr1nvVVqrpyH9dVW5cy5JBi8a3nqK_5MsSlUFQghFZMa-BuOs3228wX3uSEE-0ZoA/s1600/P4130011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRsojgB5uuvToDLL29wa5cvEdDLTSAw85BTKe5ykLDhJ8isJSa0j798ak-feZzXV2CBJM98umQggCr1nvVVqrpyH9dVW5cy5JBi8a3nqK_5MsSlUFQghFZMa-BuOs3228wX3uSEE-0ZoA/s320/P4130011.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful old quince - what a gorgeous color!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuONWwC3sasVXCdwlLt9dLh8_eixJKNOqzUhwfSu6MEEAUtC9_88vh8QtfTSY5-PwgQWTUJrz0qb0eFnMRYk6rO5HevGnIKQsdEwZUbJiSVcn7hbuKfcfIy_pElNXkqqFaeObLCx6YFew/s1600/P4130024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuONWwC3sasVXCdwlLt9dLh8_eixJKNOqzUhwfSu6MEEAUtC9_88vh8QtfTSY5-PwgQWTUJrz0qb0eFnMRYk6rO5HevGnIKQsdEwZUbJiSVcn7hbuKfcfIy_pElNXkqqFaeObLCx6YFew/s320/P4130024.JPG" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I believe this is Tulipa 'William and Mary'. Lily flowered, it starts yellow then picks up the blush as it matures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-45027347467688156482010-04-07T14:28:00.000-05:002010-04-07T14:28:25.422-05:00Katharine's Urban Paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIofDB4__WURf8_OLilb0lgUM9mjm7j2RCqIV9JGLR39h9TYqb58nz4Ee5Q7KDPydAP8mLMaFtqNe9bGRGsuTq4GVjQZ_w3tUXl5MbAG-oX3HAvQ_1JP-V2FAsZ2fz-H0P5tWk0D1Vok/s1600/P3220501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSIofDB4__WURf8_OLilb0lgUM9mjm7j2RCqIV9JGLR39h9TYqb58nz4Ee5Q7KDPydAP8mLMaFtqNe9bGRGsuTq4GVjQZ_w3tUXl5MbAG-oX3HAvQ_1JP-V2FAsZ2fz-H0P5tWk0D1Vok/s320/P3220501.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hey all, welcome back! The very next garden that I had the pleasure of visiting while in Mobile belongs to Katharine.. She is the owner of Garden of Weed'n. Her specialty is small garden designs, in which she promotes the use of native plants and eco-friendly solutions to pests and weeds. The above photo gives a preview of what is come...I won't spoil it by saying too much just yet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueTsqogZGNaGJMIjyGBdxINXHlfRLekdsUrht8JMqRNGWsTb3yw9QynOdhw62AwMYYQ3UFK2MDfRHvdRryFDa4qDjSsGJcMeL8ImdSxW7352ULYa-cdxqIzgDZrTz6BYioGVkfxLerss/s1600/P3220529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueTsqogZGNaGJMIjyGBdxINXHlfRLekdsUrht8JMqRNGWsTb3yw9QynOdhw62AwMYYQ3UFK2MDfRHvdRryFDa4qDjSsGJcMeL8ImdSxW7352ULYa-cdxqIzgDZrTz6BYioGVkfxLerss/s320/P3220529.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A juniper topiary named Mardi Gras* presides over this garden, giving yet another glimpse of the fun, light-hearted personalities of Katherine and her husband, Jim. If you look closely you will notice the lettuce - this is Katherine's front yard vegetable garden. To recommend this idea, let me pass along that she has found passers-by love to stop and chat with her about what she is growing and has experienced no trouble at all with anyone helping themselves to her produce! What a wonderful way to connect with and enhance the neighborhood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5652giE257FrdLewFKa0N3aHxTz6DmUtm_BIgj0vPUI7bEn-wEmdUzhYkI_5DsvfZhoy5LHtFFg5MPjkNnl68W6f9NVs_qmFpSdOabWSlhjd4F-tvbTPbINJkboD3WtnS4nIydJEIICQ/s1600/P3220502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5652giE257FrdLewFKa0N3aHxTz6DmUtm_BIgj0vPUI7bEn-wEmdUzhYkI_5DsvfZhoy5LHtFFg5MPjkNnl68W6f9NVs_qmFpSdOabWSlhjd4F-tvbTPbINJkboD3WtnS4nIydJEIICQ/s320/P3220502.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone came out to greet us, even this little guy peeked out to welcome Michael, my Mobile host with the most, and I as we were walking up to the front door. I can never resist signs of life in a garden!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPzFGDKrv-RnKhtBOTAGr2Y8MkrnLmu9aHagHAq334A4e1-bT1o08Lh8bjR9XljLKatmrsbLiQRNCADLzJUlbFsqOWKSI2Aa7A0O31wyFXPqtI2j9Bbona5Y6bmPA41EA1DUrNUwwU3g/s1600/P3220515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGPzFGDKrv-RnKhtBOTAGr2Y8MkrnLmu9aHagHAq334A4e1-bT1o08Lh8bjR9XljLKatmrsbLiQRNCADLzJUlbFsqOWKSI2Aa7A0O31wyFXPqtI2j9Bbona5Y6bmPA41EA1DUrNUwwU3g/s320/P3220515.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The potting shed. The brick wall you see is actually a building that backs up to the garden. Functional and charming to boot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhAzvBKGH7i55ZJ394Du8WTpa-3pQxCmwdBSk3MmELTV1yqF68UKFROjfB-ylxf_ZCsEs71XQ3rgVDcq65qQLUxb8WvRkiAQwo6YL2jmfUj-WkbTqeErgRT22RSCPYHBizI2Ynj6IrCg/s1600/P3220517.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhAzvBKGH7i55ZJ394Du8WTpa-3pQxCmwdBSk3MmELTV1yqF68UKFROjfB-ylxf_ZCsEs71XQ3rgVDcq65qQLUxb8WvRkiAQwo6YL2jmfUj-WkbTqeErgRT22RSCPYHBizI2Ynj6IrCg/s320/P3220517.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upon Katharine's recommendation I took a peek inside the potting shed and was delighted by the fragrance of this flowering Meyer lemon. I'd heard citrus trees in flower smell heavenly and can now <em>confidently</em> confirm this!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO5G4JiABk_ZUcU7NrSmoE1W9H5qUpQObtRA0IAblxZJILbG19NHbgydJD5tWWR687yoM6LJboeIVLjR0GV3LCOolMqL9JArl9SN4Ux6JbxkLrs89_FOJlnAGgNbco2PzdGyT481h6zk/s1600/P3220518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO5G4JiABk_ZUcU7NrSmoE1W9H5qUpQObtRA0IAblxZJILbG19NHbgydJD5tWWR687yoM6LJboeIVLjR0GV3LCOolMqL9JArl9SN4Ux6JbxkLrs89_FOJlnAGgNbco2PzdGyT481h6zk/s320/P3220518.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Meyer lemon was sharing its space with these eggplants which are nearly ready to be planted out in the raised beds. So heavenly for a warmth-starved vacationing gardener like myself to see! If you look closely you can see another wonderful plant at the back of the plant table - a rather large staghorn fern.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihjlB0s_p0N6LR9-H1URPRfyjTXpI8yydltJw_aVwcEBv_5zxqBk-tpPh1g77NUiZgCNnywqV3lCC1BUBO0J8jMtBsP16IWMlD7jLIbU8NQhV9aI0ePL30R1PtkRtuzPxhLO2becWMXg/s1600/P3220519.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihjlB0s_p0N6LR9-H1URPRfyjTXpI8yydltJw_aVwcEBv_5zxqBk-tpPh1g77NUiZgCNnywqV3lCC1BUBO0J8jMtBsP16IWMlD7jLIbU8NQhV9aI0ePL30R1PtkRtuzPxhLO2becWMXg/s320/P3220519.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The adorable, very well-behaved and appropriately named young corgi, Bilbo Baggins. You can just hear him saying "I am very cute, aren't I?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOMT24ZGBFT_3KwFeOETlP3vxDCSDWL1Fgv42nGASQ8a_hNR6CDVu_9qu5BDdpeBzP6JW0prfEU81-jLRXlTYu_r1U0cm-RZcke9_PP4ccWV7EzJ1VWUf56N-YAB6tD9DMjEGvl7vfxg/s1600/P3220508.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOMT24ZGBFT_3KwFeOETlP3vxDCSDWL1Fgv42nGASQ8a_hNR6CDVu_9qu5BDdpeBzP6JW0prfEU81-jLRXlTYu_r1U0cm-RZcke9_PP4ccWV7EzJ1VWUf56N-YAB6tD9DMjEGvl7vfxg/s320/P3220508.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, chickens, too! A Rhode Island hen and two auracanas - you can see one is attempting to make a mad dash to fly the coop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uyLSq-sVztXOGx7ln4l5Ez3Aly4CQXqm95pQk2EO0qDPI0ZPjEokJOIir5SPRLbUkGQTXg3SJ9HP95BeQhm7b3SgrE3gr6QO2VMVnDDNWZloi-7-5BfHMoFFGN1KApHdD3JFYgJmJhI/s1600/P3220522.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uyLSq-sVztXOGx7ln4l5Ez3Aly4CQXqm95pQk2EO0qDPI0ZPjEokJOIir5SPRLbUkGQTXg3SJ9HP95BeQhm7b3SgrE3gr6QO2VMVnDDNWZloi-7-5BfHMoFFGN1KApHdD3JFYgJmJhI/s320/P3220522.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A taste of Austin, TX, Katharine and Jim's previous home, providing a home for a lucky bird family. If you look closely you can just see that somebird has decided this is an <em>ideal</em> place and has moved in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WehWdDhhyLhXgptKyL_Lfj23WXkFNbMLyzY4Zd_U2-jW__aAOhUqzyHT7W1nN7R7x0Kp3jhJ2UnvMQ93OqnfFkiwR5qe1cvZp1v3xZiwV3geIixvFo4HsmABcAKCCgeg4rwuZOfoiIw/s1600/P3220524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WehWdDhhyLhXgptKyL_Lfj23WXkFNbMLyzY4Zd_U2-jW__aAOhUqzyHT7W1nN7R7x0Kp3jhJ2UnvMQ93OqnfFkiwR5qe1cvZp1v3xZiwV3geIixvFo4HsmABcAKCCgeg4rwuZOfoiIw/s320/P3220524.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is also a koi pond to allow for your quiet contemplation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Katharine, thank you so much for opening your garden to me and my readers, and thank you readers for joining me on another garden tour. I hope you've absolutely enjoyed your visit as much as I did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click <a href="http://thegardenatliberty.blogspot.com/2010/04/hank-and-steves-mid-town-mobile-oasis.html">here</a> if you missed Hank and Steve's garden and <a href="http://thegardenatliberty.blogspot.com/2010/03/bellingrath-gardens.html">here</a> for Bellingrath Gardens. Next up, the Mobile Botanical Garden!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>*If you are not familiar with Mobile, you may not realize that Mardi Gras is celebrated just as it is in New Orleans, though with more of a family oriented flair!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-86024529686698223052010-04-04T14:45:00.000-05:002010-04-04T14:45:43.757-05:00Hank and Steve's Mid-Town Mobile Oasis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsT9sFjUogI8e7z2WAgs8yE1gBhDLL8YMeSjDS6FtvA9M6YhYvhdQHANqZ6mD5KBUTdq2_iDt_gafXwUKGtPZl7HR1kL80hq5nu_WWMPBkUUGHb6E48yu2wXd4d0Wmm1NS3WAwvSxjNo/s1600/P3220489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsT9sFjUogI8e7z2WAgs8yE1gBhDLL8YMeSjDS6FtvA9M6YhYvhdQHANqZ6mD5KBUTdq2_iDt_gafXwUKGtPZl7HR1kL80hq5nu_WWMPBkUUGHb6E48yu2wXd4d0Wmm1NS3WAwvSxjNo/s320/P3220489.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome to Hank and Steve's Garden! This home and garden are as charming as it's owners - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Leading up to the gate is a stand of bamboo arching over a welcoming path that was assembled with flagstones unearthed while creating this garden. Already you can see the garden is a hands on labor of love. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsyRITQ2FRrLnC4ncoSuuHpiesGli-4bt2_byvllxoBzS1AjbU6ZLXTlG5L87-ngf596gAVyZuqw6o1oZgFeE4Qg7B7TdSALMRPgbo8g9Cg7jeJzYnJ3DPRkE6vrU6axABFPO2Ceg308/s1600/P3220478.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsyRITQ2FRrLnC4ncoSuuHpiesGli-4bt2_byvllxoBzS1AjbU6ZLXTlG5L87-ngf596gAVyZuqw6o1oZgFeE4Qg7B7TdSALMRPgbo8g9Cg7jeJzYnJ3DPRkE6vrU6axABFPO2Ceg308/s320/P3220478.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was so taken by this planting at the other corner of the house's front, a combination of crepe myrtle trunks (which have beautiful bark) and shiny, spiky vase shaped Sago palms next to a hedge of variegated Pittosporum that runs along the front of the porch (just beyond the right edge of the photo).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YhGb5PKpOrlaRyKejd0Y3T3h6qDNnJKKhV8zyv8srl4cnabDqQi9iIAzKCFWKpnlkVLbj0IMvgegdI-ty_lyl31QGZkdnTd7UWs5e8tqZfhq-ASUlJsJwxy3QVyuqqS9Oqb7pwIBvO8/s1600/P3190284.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YhGb5PKpOrlaRyKejd0Y3T3h6qDNnJKKhV8zyv8srl4cnabDqQi9iIAzKCFWKpnlkVLbj0IMvgegdI-ty_lyl31QGZkdnTd7UWs5e8tqZfhq-ASUlJsJwxy3QVyuqqS9Oqb7pwIBvO8/s320/P3190284.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a closeup of an older crepe myrtle so you can see its colorful textured bark. Isn't it cool!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47X1PlI36LG8eKld3nRFAqwcnjLgiMiGwyis6cGisr1o8fMi9VKmw1PudvbqwmeBAfF-Z849CZpvIeIwoUp8u6uW1h9wionK0cFD0lGr1psLK7aTFIaSRGzRVCCbuWjJ1eMlf636xYw0/s1600/P3220476.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47X1PlI36LG8eKld3nRFAqwcnjLgiMiGwyis6cGisr1o8fMi9VKmw1PudvbqwmeBAfF-Z849CZpvIeIwoUp8u6uW1h9wionK0cFD0lGr1psLK7aTFIaSRGzRVCCbuWjJ1eMlf636xYw0/s320/P3220476.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Canary Island Date Palm II. The first was actually stolen, right from the front lawn!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyRPtzv7uVszYUvuDgni5Lg7fmv38118rpkri5zN9phQysLtWyUv_67XmwY8CQWtTd2d6nZij8ThyphenhyphenkrKiUChpre07VE4U8MeF4tA1RUvtIziSytD9ZKFdlfnL1I8wSVz02qS5DPZCJZY/s1600/P3220445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyRPtzv7uVszYUvuDgni5Lg7fmv38118rpkri5zN9phQysLtWyUv_67XmwY8CQWtTd2d6nZij8ThyphenhyphenkrKiUChpre07VE4U8MeF4tA1RUvtIziSytD9ZKFdlfnL1I8wSVz02qS5DPZCJZY/s320/P3220445.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving into the backyard, here is a Magnolia stellata selected for the pink blush to its blossoms. This is one of many plants bought at the <a href="http://www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org/sps2010.htm">Mobile Botanical Garden's plant sale</a>, held every March. This year it was the 25th through the 28th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKBUocxbR2AAMvu7IuEAQPfdGW0xEzPT8NfTJ7CYca-9LlNMOCnszING67MC-aRUzeziLqTFU88a1MaOBkp9k1c58ffRGiPv5LGch4wkXM35tJpKOVYFwPiMmrXRLYPowW8Mn0SKQcF8/s1600/P3220449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKBUocxbR2AAMvu7IuEAQPfdGW0xEzPT8NfTJ7CYca-9LlNMOCnszING67MC-aRUzeziLqTFU88a1MaOBkp9k1c58ffRGiPv5LGch4wkXM35tJpKOVYFwPiMmrXRLYPowW8Mn0SKQcF8/s320/P3220449.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">European fan palm, one of the many tropicals Hank and Steve grow. This one made it through the harsh winter Mobile suffered - not all warmer zone plants were so lucky. I love the spiky, airy fronds contrasting with the thick glossy leaves and rounded forms of the camellias and azaleas in the background. So much of this garden is made up of layers of woody plants that provide privacy, ongoing interest and an absolute sense of envelopment...you truly forget about the world right outside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO4_V_PCtvTSJNDGPlmJH4huWrwhhDt-idNTBfAZsk6JoTvo1vK7ASBKigGEgFQ9RJ0AbZcrXzyUnuG1-Ud2hXzwauY_BpkaM-UXsap2j_0KQV47EKccn8O2oxE7KsnoGbGHhPRfwA80/s1600/P3220447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqO4_V_PCtvTSJNDGPlmJH4huWrwhhDt-idNTBfAZsk6JoTvo1vK7ASBKigGEgFQ9RJ0AbZcrXzyUnuG1-Ud2hXzwauY_BpkaM-UXsap2j_0KQV47EKccn8O2oxE7KsnoGbGHhPRfwA80/s320/P3220447.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Beautiful Magnolia rubra. While admiring the blooms I mentioned I'd like to add a smaller pink flowering magnolia to my garden. Steve informed me that this magnolia would be a good choice as it adapts well to pruning. Good thing, I know myself well enough to know I'd be cutting off branches by the armload to bring inside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP5p7_svVF-KNAH2TyZ15zvX5HTt62N6KER4ov85FOCFGrc2lbv1JE9jnNBM6uAGTY2mLK_e7e7FW3ESsAQGXmvE0vnmEe4onfGbSFM7qydilpeZPjMU-RDUYHfSY6AAHVkkU5_pe3Do/s1600/P3220455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMP5p7_svVF-KNAH2TyZ15zvX5HTt62N6KER4ov85FOCFGrc2lbv1JE9jnNBM6uAGTY2mLK_e7e7FW3ESsAQGXmvE0vnmEe4onfGbSFM7qydilpeZPjMU-RDUYHfSY6AAHVkkU5_pe3Do/s320/P3220455.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Magnolia nigra. Another beautiful saturated pink bloom. This plant is not as tall, with a more shrubby growth habit than many magnolias. Another candidate for me to consider!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd9bGqZZDsWmAFBW2P5huQu96BBOYWLw-LC7inJKI9ZlJ6ja4uLZTHhMk62be1wIdmhmpcZYrWEcjAT-ZEL2FRHyYpXcID4wNuPLk27iRmu4ns9QnYD4a618MeS_qKL0NupylHm-xFlY/s1600/P3220457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXd9bGqZZDsWmAFBW2P5huQu96BBOYWLw-LC7inJKI9ZlJ6ja4uLZTHhMk62be1wIdmhmpcZYrWEcjAT-ZEL2FRHyYpXcID4wNuPLk27iRmu4ns9QnYD4a618MeS_qKL0NupylHm-xFlY/s320/P3220457.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daintily lifting her skirts to tiptoe through the jonquils from Steve's Grandma's Farm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-68096707342226964212010-03-31T12:25:00.002-05:002010-04-09T10:10:47.554-05:00Bellingrath GardensThe first garden my friend and tour guide Michael took me to while I was visiting Mobile (click <a href="http://thegardenatliberty.blogspot.com/2010/03/yall-will-love-lovely-mobile-alabama.html">here</a> for the first post of The Mobile Series) was beautiful <a href="http://www.bellingrath.org/">Bellingrath Gardens</a>, lovingly created by the very interesting and generous Walter and Bessie Bellingrath. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0UYS866rRPHWFLbr_AUehQz6TyrTw0KlYrdKgbr-2cmkQzM_yx7HFYWVuksC3uPjAlMlazt51sZaqQnfZBO0FDJ8VQRbBNz1x_0YvbMaRLKTGp4TJS6PT2S8m_G9Qqv2_anLsKPtl7A/s1600/P3190228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0UYS866rRPHWFLbr_AUehQz6TyrTw0KlYrdKgbr-2cmkQzM_yx7HFYWVuksC3uPjAlMlazt51sZaqQnfZBO0FDJ8VQRbBNz1x_0YvbMaRLKTGp4TJS6PT2S8m_G9Qqv2_anLsKPtl7A/s320/P3190228.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Entrance to the Conservatory, located at the far end of the Rose Garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I hope you enjoyed your virtual visit...if you'd like to see more photos of the garden later in the season click <a href="http://bigjauntsandjourneys.blogspot.com/2009/05/bellingrath-gardens.html">here</a> for a great post at Big Jaunts and Journeys I just stumbled upon!<br />
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Stay tuned for more from Mobile...<br />
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Update April 9, 2010: click <a href="http://blog.al.com/living-press-register/2010/04/azlaeas_of_bellingrath_gardens.html">here</a> for an article on the arrival of the big spring event in Mobile, the blooming azaleas!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-76834907729570933532010-03-26T12:00:00.000-05:002010-03-26T12:00:37.962-05:00Y'all Will Love Lovely Mobile, Alabama!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iqNwazrzacphHGipv9zgfixZvJuyZ615yS-3gn9FpTCLQNkIXvhyphenhyphenFdl-dfrerRFcm7YnpnUs1oKNRv4jqMeg80De51y3yflnQb3ZL93YdLVgQ2MjiyjLCLPsTs64Y9ejKO6tpdXfbY8/s1600/P3180208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iqNwazrzacphHGipv9zgfixZvJuyZ615yS-3gn9FpTCLQNkIXvhyphenhyphenFdl-dfrerRFcm7YnpnUs1oKNRv4jqMeg80De51y3yflnQb3ZL93YdLVgQ2MjiyjLCLPsTs64Y9ejKO6tpdXfbY8/s320/P3180208.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I'm back from my trip to visit my dear friends (and former neighbors) Robert and Michael in Mobile, Alabama - I absolutely enjoyed myself! I had never been to Mobile and now can highly recommend a visit to anyone who, like me, enjoys a city with a personality. Wonderful buildings, charming neighborhoods, colorful history, delicious food and <em>heaps</em> of that famous Southern Hospitality!<br />
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I was kept <em>busy</em> as Michael showed me nearly everything there is to see, so over the next week I will be sharing the many gardens I visited while there. It'll be just like you were with me, I'll be sharing them in the same order I saw them! I'll be posting on <a href="http://www.bellingrath.org/">Bellingrath Gardens</a>, Hank and Steve's Mid-City oasis, Katherine's wonderfully creative urban paradise, <a href="http://www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org/">The Mobile Botanical Gardens</a> (they are having a plant sale through the 28th - go if you have the chance!), <a href="http://www.mobilejapanesegarden.com/">The Mobile Japanese Garden</a>, and I'll even be including a few photos from gardens and city parks we passed on the morning dog walks like the one above in the Oakleigh Historic Neighborhood with the Camellia and picket fence. Don't you just love that liriope edging?! <br />
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I hope y'all enjoy everything as much as I did!<br />
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I have had another early crocus for years, 'Goldilocks', which I always thought was early...but the Tommies beat Goldilocks by a long stretch this year. And Goldilocks is in a microclimate, too, in an effort to have blooms by March 1st. Not this year!<br />
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</div>Indoors, I've been enjoying the above hyacinths and muscari up on my sleeping porch for the past couple weeks, too.<br />
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Much thanks to Carol of <a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/">May Dreams Gardens</a> for organizing Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - click on over to her blog to see what she has blooming, too! <br />
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P.S. This will be my last post before my vacation to Mobile, Alabama! I'll have lots of great photos to share mid-week next week ofboth public and private gardens I'll be visiting (can't wait!!!), so y'all come back and visit with me then!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-34137199103528802572010-03-09T13:28:00.002-06:002010-03-09T13:30:51.137-06:00The Hunt for Burgundy Sedums<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_jFoAD7NQAYo-FJbLh7XIJFchcMou6jw9nEqFb3OFfi31jJhFMGc-GrPktiuM0ZzEbwANt-2jrqo9ZjINm38xjfGrJxgD5djRIY4QmA-92tFAX5XadXZY9X1wT4Af2AQjSMW3uZZpU0/s1600-h/P8150144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_jFoAD7NQAYo-FJbLh7XIJFchcMou6jw9nEqFb3OFfi31jJhFMGc-GrPktiuM0ZzEbwANt-2jrqo9ZjINm38xjfGrJxgD5djRIY4QmA-92tFAX5XadXZY9X1wT4Af2AQjSMW3uZZpU0/s320/P8150144.JPG" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sedum 'Purple Emperor' with 'Cottage Red' Marigold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Seems slightly out of season to be posting about sedums now, but I have my reasons. I have been reviewing my garden notes from last season in preparation for moves come April and I started dreaming about finding a burgundy sedum that remains upright instead of flopping come late summer. Here are my findings so far...<br />
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Sedum 'Arthur Branch' - This is the first burgundy sedum I acquired. I had completely forgotten about him until I came across his name while doing the Upright Burgundy Sedum Research. Now I'm wondering - has he crossed with Sedum 'Purple Emperor' and created the race of floppy burgundy sedums that plague me come September?<br />
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Sedum 'Purple Emperor' - I know I have because I distinctly remember my Mom sharing some with me. Does it flop late in the season? Yes - it's not just me. After researching, I see other gardeners noting the same plant behavior (do plants behave? Is that another post?!).<br />
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Sedum 'Matrona' - Oh I just love. Though I don't technically think of her as burgundy...actually glaucous to me - a smokey color with tinges of blue and burgundy in the foliage. While researching I keep seeing Matrona lumped in with the burgundies so I am simply following suit. Now I see a new variety which is actually a mutation found on Matrona. Maestro, available at <a href="http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Current/Detail/08908.html">Plant Delights Nursery</a> is said by Tony Avent to be better than Sedum 'Black Jack' at resisting sunscorch. I am finding out so much about these various available varieties!<br />
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Sedum 'Black Jack' - apparently this one gets sunscorch. See above listing.<br />
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Sedum 'Xenox' - Don't have. Do I want to try? Can anyone with experience tell me more? I do know Piet Oudolf used this in his design for the <a href="http://seasonalwalk.com/index.html">Seasonal Walk</a> at the New York Botanical Garden last year (now this could be another post - if you didn't visit and see it in person, please, check out the link!). It was so rainy in NYC that this sedum didn't thrive and some were replaced with other plants during the season. No mention of floppiness.<br />
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Sedum 'African Sunset' - Found this one while perusing <a href="http://www.diggingdog.com/">Digging Dog's site</a> - it must be good if they carry it. Have yet to find any reference to floppiness.<br />
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I'm looking for recommendations so I <em>do</em> appreciate any feedback on any of these or others I have not listed. Thanks!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-52743449402682497512010-03-08T13:45:00.002-06:002010-03-08T14:14:06.156-06:00Let Them Eat Tomatoes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucvqh5fXDjKQDDZjZQWWTOM0ziidT0MQvdOVyclNtAzD9udzsI5hVHPO9W27-D0bYFIAhQDVFGWA7164k4amDbyG-HIXbHumRRJ2fIn1McoyIRJvAi2LjbNUKMAYPf8gvuJyANfQbhqY/s1600-h/P3070083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiucvqh5fXDjKQDDZjZQWWTOM0ziidT0MQvdOVyclNtAzD9udzsI5hVHPO9W27-D0bYFIAhQDVFGWA7164k4amDbyG-HIXbHumRRJ2fIn1McoyIRJvAi2LjbNUKMAYPf8gvuJyANfQbhqY/s320/P3070083.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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These tomato seedlings are from my neighbor - he saves the seed every year and always starts them early. This year he started far more than he needed, knowing a few of us in the hood would welcome his generosity! This year these delicious and productive 'Machine Gun Charlies' are the only tomatoes I'm planning on growing. <br />
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Usually I grow a few different varieties - with two constants: my favorite all around tomato, 'Black Krim'. In my opinion, the perfect tomato sandwich tomato; my favorite cherry tomato - 'Sunsweet'. These rarely make it to the kitchen - I eat them right off the vine. Actually, when our dog was a puppy she eagerly ate these as treats. I <em>truly knew</em> we were soulmates! I may cave and pick this one up if I see it, or if anyone starts any extras I'd bet I could find a home for it (hint, hint, Mom!).<br />
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I do have a preference for heirlooms...the very few times I tried a 'Better Boy' type I was impressed by the yield, yet disappointed in the flavor. I know last year a lot of the country had issues with tomato woes that the hybrids are bred to withstand, so please, trust yourself when choosing varieties. I was lucky enough not to have experienced a tomato crop failure.<br />
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Margaret Roach (who has lots of excellent tomato advice for avoiding last year's issues) recommended <a href="http://awaytogarden.com/finally-waking-up-to-riesentraube-tomato">'Reisentraube'</a>. I decided to forgo a seed order this year (to avoid requiring an addition to the house for starting seeds and storing the packets in the off-season) yet after reading her post I nearly caved. I had the shakes for about a half hour then I remembered the famous gardener saying - there is <em>always</em> next year. If you grow it, let me know what you think!<br />
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If you are without a garden or have limited space, why not try growing your tomatoes in pots? <a href="http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/tomatoes-for-containers.html">White Flower Farm</a> has several recommended varieties in their catalog and this link includes their growing information. I also had a friend recently recommend growing the tomatoes upside down. Now I've never tried this but it does seem to me it's such a unique idea that is also fairly well known...so there must be something to it!<br />
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One last thing on tomatoes - my favorite tomato companions. Dahlias, Ageratum 'Blue Horizon' and best of all, Basil. Mmm, I can almost hear the cicadas!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-34033183324207159142010-03-07T14:16:00.000-06:002010-03-07T14:16:36.593-06:00Snow Is On The Melt!From grey to Yay!<br />
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This post today is purely for my own amusement and encouragement. <br />
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I was <em>going</em> to label last year's photos of new irises and compare notes with photos for all of this year's change ups in the garden. In looking through my photos I was inspired to do a little project first - to compare a photo taken today with one taken from the same spot last year during the full blown growing season...a taste of what is to come, what I have to look forward to. Just a little motivation;)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Phew, I needed that! Now I'm ready to think in color, texture and long season again and finish up those plans for the upcoming season that is fast approaching!</div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-10651009600945701532010-03-02T14:24:00.039-06:002010-03-02T17:45:43.945-06:00Yes, Virginia, There IS a Garden Under There!Since Christmas we have had snow cover...I am thrilled to see the garden beginning to emerge! I ran out this afternoon and took a few photos<br />
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These sempervivums are just outside my basement door. The garden slopes away from the house here and so I have taken advantage of this and planted all kinds plants that need that sharp drainage a hill provides amongst the stepping stones that lead down to our patio. It started out as an herb garden... and if I had any amount of self control in my own garden, well, I suppose I'd look out my second floor window right now and see pigs flying by.<br />
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</div>This guy, Festuca 'Elijah Blue', is still blue, even after being buried under the snow for months. He looks pretty good.<br />
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</div>More blue, this time Juniper 'Blue Star', surrounded by Dianthus 'Bath's Pink'. The juniper is new to my garden, I happily planted it this past October. I haven't seen it in months! I can't wait until its large enough that I can still see it above the snow during the winter.<br />
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</div><div align="left">Bergenia 'Winterglow' at the edge of the wall by my driveway, there are also baby Hellebores planted there, still hidden by the snow. <br />
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I planted all these plants so I could enjoy them during the winter - that was the idea, anyway. I plan, God laughs!</div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left">Now that I can see the garden again I am excited to finish up my plans for the upcoming season as well as start on some garden chores - this is a great time to do some pruning, start a little clean up (staying out of wet beds, don't compact that soil you've worked so hard to improve!) <em>and</em> I'll be out there soon cutting branches to force as well. </div><div align="left"><br />
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Give her a visit and leave a comment for a chance to win!</div><div> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG8QJvYcPyrfugDJk9zoGCkdB26mtymsqEjDe-SpbWbb9SxF9G3APCSd7GvTsF1gLgDVoQpdoCHU76ievTSi2HYdgsYScP-c4yA5cBrluM0_pAUKLlcbl2c9yoFf8-mWaLls5rvf4lHw/s1600-h/P2250005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442264810074316114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG8QJvYcPyrfugDJk9zoGCkdB26mtymsqEjDe-SpbWbb9SxF9G3APCSd7GvTsF1gLgDVoQpdoCHU76ievTSi2HYdgsYScP-c4yA5cBrluM0_pAUKLlcbl2c9yoFf8-mWaLls5rvf4lHw/s320/P2250005.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Speaking of seeds, I've been enjoying starting seeds on my new plant stand with grow lights! Up until this year I have been making due with a jury-rigged stand consisting of woefully inadequate parts and am thrilled to finally have the real deal!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A good friend and neighbor passed his unused stand along to me - wasn't that thoughtful? Even better, he saves seed every year from his absolutely amazing tomatoes and this year he has extras to share! I won't have to be tempted sneak over to his garden after dark this August for tomato rustling :-) </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So far, I only have lettuce seeds sprouting. 'Black Seeded Simpson' and 'Merlot' are the two I decided to go with this spring. Definitely need to pick up more for the rest of the season thru fall. Does anyone have any great suggestions? I feel like I have tried every variety that claims to be slow to bolt! My veg garden gets pretty warm in the summer so that could be my problem with lettuce past the end of June.</div><br /><div></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-89702242971778810262010-02-04T15:27:00.006-06:002010-02-25T06:38:15.484-06:00Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - February 2010<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVVa1koNG8EEl4Tz-48RJiN870wMoEBbZcmp4V0QK4zaBUXWG7O5PLDF6-qEwqqArpclZKey60iAYv7VmlEWowOMN7oZerCMoiK7Z48PAoju4vYNg0MMyCNioMdV6T_xM3Svbjs1mzkk/s1600-h/P2130043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438472183321378978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVVa1koNG8EEl4Tz-48RJiN870wMoEBbZcmp4V0QK4zaBUXWG7O5PLDF6-qEwqqArpclZKey60iAYv7VmlEWowOMN7oZerCMoiK7Z48PAoju4vYNg0MMyCNioMdV6T_xM3Svbjs1mzkk/s320/P2130043.JPG" /></a> Love in Bloom<br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">And that's about it, around here!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">p.s. Thanks to the fun and energetic <a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/">Carol of May Dreams Gardens</a> who started this monthly posting event!! I have been enjoying everyone else's posts for some time and am excited to be joining in...and I'll be even more excited when I really have some <em>garden blooms</em> to share =)</div></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-81226726622268774902010-01-22T06:14:00.003-06:002010-01-22T06:29:17.275-06:00Forestfarm 2010 CatalogI just made a note for myself at my desk and was struck, yet again, by the fact that I have the brand new <a href="http://forestfarm.com/">Forestfarm</a> catalog sitting there, waiting for me...and I haven't even cracked it open yet!<br /><br />No wait, that's a lie, I did look at the photo pages in the front to check out the pet photos :-)<br /><br />I love this catalog, and like Katherine S. White, I'm a big fan of nursery catalogs, in general. Forestfarm is wonderful - so many plants and they grow them there. These people have such an amazing bank of knowledge. And they share it in their catalog. How cool is that?!<br /><br />So as for me and the catalog, usually I curl up with the catalog, a mug of tea and a pen and start reading. I can't wait to find out things I didn't know about a plant, plants new to me, things I've forgotten - I just love new ideas and am an information addict. <br /><br />I keep all the old catalogs, too. Since they grow their own plants their catalogs change and I do refer back for information on a plant. This year's catalog is bigger and I can't wait to find out if that means they have even more plants in there!<br /><br />Check it out - they have great prices, too!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-11719144044126299872010-01-21T12:46:00.005-06:002010-01-25T07:12:58.107-06:00Texture in the Garden<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsha6ScOuE1C5xvWl3iIM2eAXuGJo_SbraxhcAz9XnzqR2AmFtCFSEM1N51ERh5I1wi2oSZqstNZQF9sgfWoxbGpC53nm_4KSvDzLLTg8UuT62WVbpeJGu8YHo3n-fcM3OSiDAK22fGsU/s1600-h/PB190017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429267772449573810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsha6ScOuE1C5xvWl3iIM2eAXuGJo_SbraxhcAz9XnzqR2AmFtCFSEM1N51ERh5I1wi2oSZqstNZQF9sgfWoxbGpC53nm_4KSvDzLLTg8UuT62WVbpeJGu8YHo3n-fcM3OSiDAK22fGsU/s320/PB190017.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Verbascum bombyciferum. First year foliage.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Just came across these photos taken this past November. I was struck by similaries <em>and</em> differences and just how beautiful and amazing the plant world is.</div></div><br /><p><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoY10Bx-NZrsfLdFAvV_zqzI_5Izm3guq5lzy_HULlO2R4bIe7GD3FcPqQuaSPversXSmJPvcLv9c-gM3oWFjz5j-Wbg-kT9tk4iWvpXHToYkmdgvcqj4N3VuEfFv_rw9ho8CmV7lDzk/s1600-h/PB190018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429267776771439842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoY10Bx-NZrsfLdFAvV_zqzI_5Izm3guq5lzy_HULlO2R4bIe7GD3FcPqQuaSPversXSmJPvcLv9c-gM3oWFjz5j-Wbg-kT9tk4iWvpXHToYkmdgvcqj4N3VuEfFv_rw9ho8CmV7lDzk/s320/PB190018.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">'Nero di Toscana' Kale</span></p><br /><p>wildly different textures...<br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_yRkG0KQKJ464U8nigqZTtIvXAK1bp4SrWSGWrc4judr65Qn5iQm-zY13g8lO3sn8rIeCDd-umKfE_Q4vgJeveMzMM7nn8ej-2F24c-Rfvubo0PnHqX_9aViEOk3emLfUCHLKYOpWtM/s1600-h/PB190024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429268849492959746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_yRkG0KQKJ464U8nigqZTtIvXAK1bp4SrWSGWrc4judr65Qn5iQm-zY13g8lO3sn8rIeCDd-umKfE_Q4vgJeveMzMM7nn8ej-2F24c-Rfvubo0PnHqX_9aViEOk3emLfUCHLKYOpWtM/s320/PB190024.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Rapini or Broccoli Rabe</span></p><br /><p>different shades of green</p><p><br /><br /> </p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXunnMYGX5lKH3Ikj7Jbk2ohKQAUZb6ah-LUctLrBnJ01G9k-3AeRheJj4L8bOl5P23aapmlxJi31tCMZiQBYtjNkQU2rnQRk5NjIOfJ8-PA7-wuB7jSKUMZECiu8X7ETL5GVCNFQSDcs/s1600-h/PB190023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429267789449291282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXunnMYGX5lKH3Ikj7Jbk2ohKQAUZb6ah-LUctLrBnJ01G9k-3AeRheJj4L8bOl5P23aapmlxJi31tCMZiQBYtjNkQU2rnQRk5NjIOfJ8-PA7-wuB7jSKUMZECiu8X7ETL5GVCNFQSDcs/s320/PB190023.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Centaurea cyanus or Bachelors Buttons</span></p><br /><p><br /></p>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-80594053133649640102010-01-21T10:17:00.005-06:002010-01-21T12:44:31.355-06:00Wake Me When It's Spring!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03HwiqtBGYND25BjnClJZZ1QMMvk-yYWmmz6AphxKNfx9kczZ5nw8abcfOaVbojOnuGIGR8dYg8W966x6r5TIENAO1RoJIpTdL-E3JnCNcqtvcFyC94dm_fKuC42dHqzW3L0AFajOJUA/s1600-h/PC130004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429229977923357746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03HwiqtBGYND25BjnClJZZ1QMMvk-yYWmmz6AphxKNfx9kczZ5nw8abcfOaVbojOnuGIGR8dYg8W966x6r5TIENAO1RoJIpTdL-E3JnCNcqtvcFyC94dm_fKuC42dHqzW3L0AFajOJUA/s320/PC130004.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-64477372270943924732010-01-19T12:44:00.011-06:002010-01-20T07:40:10.737-06:00How to Create Captivating Plant Combinations, or Have Daylily, Will TravelI've been going through my photos from last summer, trying to organize (we're <em>supposed</em> to get organized in January, right?!). I came across a series I took one mid-summer afternoon of a daylily that came with my house. Since I don't know it's name I call it 'Liberty'. All I know is that it is an older variety, planted more than 25 years ago. I have also found that while I like it...I'm not sure why because I feel like no matter where I move it or combine it with its color fights with something!<br /><br /><p>So, inspired by Vita Sackville-West, I plucked a bloom and wandered about the grounds... yeah. Because my house and garden look <em>so</em> much like Sissinghurst. I hear it all the time.<br /><br /><p>Let me start over.<br /><br /><p>I picked a flower and walked around looking for possible companions in spots I know the daylily will be happy. Daylilies are easy, full sun to part shade (the more sun the more flowers) and nearly any soil conditions, though diminished flowering in hot, dry spots. Here are some of the photos I took!<br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtW73IMOaREUHk9CYa7XtRa1tb9LQ3pLKW0QxJAm5_Bog9-ws8bxBePPfFaf3m4OEVTBof0lbFjkJhgv18MAemTSKpyskoLVSFONpznQ9IIgT5e19q0rg7tyim67YFxVYa_1LCx-hutlk/s1600-h/P7300007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428529414049488210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtW73IMOaREUHk9CYa7XtRa1tb9LQ3pLKW0QxJAm5_Bog9-ws8bxBePPfFaf3m4OEVTBof0lbFjkJhgv18MAemTSKpyskoLVSFONpznQ9IIgT5e19q0rg7tyim67YFxVYa_1LCx-hutlk/s320/P7300007.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">with Rudbeckia. I like this, the daylily's color doesn't look muddy</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DAmS7w-ctY-44LvyMPd-IL4mkqcekDzPfxch74NA1fpKguVWDnc0qnAN9L8o6qJ2-tnKVYTgxzR6XYJm6i0Ph_4yUhyphenhyphenj02r-egxVYX_AIr5tp1orA8GRYh_UEMjRs9-S_YM-m6GdEUs/s1600-h/P7300012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428529415990467794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5DAmS7w-ctY-44LvyMPd-IL4mkqcekDzPfxch74NA1fpKguVWDnc0qnAN9L8o6qJ2-tnKVYTgxzR6XYJm6i0Ph_4yUhyphenhyphenj02r-egxVYX_AIr5tp1orA8GRYh_UEMjRs9-S_YM-m6GdEUs/s320/P7300012.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">with Daylily 'Paprika Velvet'. 'Liberty' looks a little muddy, however, the deep rich orange does a little blendy thing I like. And I like daylilies with other daylilies. Perhaps a yellow...<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IK52v9tIkeqV0RPJl0-l4CSVPKvVY0RMcffdtkOCTXSUDWizPYpajnb2tf1w9wh7hnMT3cwqt8pEXKWqv2HuW4LtOXwrgeLgReSxJbPAkGgGn4w8AnxzNz1FpKxihiiA5wmTmA32khA/s1600-h/P7300023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533421306937218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IK52v9tIkeqV0RPJl0-l4CSVPKvVY0RMcffdtkOCTXSUDWizPYpajnb2tf1w9wh7hnMT3cwqt8pEXKWqv2HuW4LtOXwrgeLgReSxJbPAkGgGn4w8AnxzNz1FpKxihiiA5wmTmA32khA/s320/P7300023.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">with tiger lilies. Doesn't grab me. I was thinking orange, burgundy spots...oh well. Not bad but not fab, either.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYS41yPolLrNu4DUAyvWWTy7emVmKP2YvvFhd8xvJq7UZJnuQpt1Wfk5JHdu74rIxu7hFC45lF3xvkAyEm-XxadCQcsVyAVtvlPuXhVwymuQDuzbwBZzZPhpmFFFyAPHiYr3JRP5Vdbg/s1600-h/P7300027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428534423361761362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYS41yPolLrNu4DUAyvWWTy7emVmKP2YvvFhd8xvJq7UZJnuQpt1Wfk5JHdu74rIxu7hFC45lF3xvkAyEm-XxadCQcsVyAVtvlPuXhVwymuQDuzbwBZzZPhpmFFFyAPHiYr3JRP5Vdbg/s320/P7300027.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">with a yellow variegated vinca. I kind of like this. And it's the start of a theme...</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInDB1M6dLYPqB9irGm7p6vGnNC1ykcMMvN9yprSzU-_qwts_5kdxLpXWIruqTaj8cvO2sij8a4vebz_4jwshamtKduhnRKS5zaVsmksDmriAXDGz41Jdh4Ok05uizpvGFPiZxuLn-iaA/s1600-h/P7300020.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533441715924834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInDB1M6dLYPqB9irGm7p6vGnNC1ykcMMvN9yprSzU-_qwts_5kdxLpXWIruqTaj8cvO2sij8a4vebz_4jwshamtKduhnRKS5zaVsmksDmriAXDGz41Jdh4Ok05uizpvGFPiZxuLn-iaA/s320/P7300020.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">with apple green Hosta plantiginea, Heuchera 'Palace Purple', chartreuse Sagina subulata 'Aurea' aka Scotch Moss<br /></span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPkbQzAYfe3YFnw7VxtenyStjELlcc2CUUlwTzgB2DgD3Txi-orTuQkXBjDTQmTLpXJVUndo0dSR2c48O_vpMt6aED1ixflQuCmfUYkKX2Y39rjRam5OzPI3uBxDiJGLBsq_pRhjiW8o/s1600-h/P7300019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533438670365330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPkbQzAYfe3YFnw7VxtenyStjELlcc2CUUlwTzgB2DgD3Txi-orTuQkXBjDTQmTLpXJVUndo0dSR2c48O_vpMt6aED1ixflQuCmfUYkKX2Y39rjRam5OzPI3uBxDiJGLBsq_pRhjiW8o/s320/P7300019.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">with Hosta 'Frances Williams' and Amsonia</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLyttawxJDylRtfpjavGY68Ll4I26zNWCYl3h6N4UQtTRHe1RzTMQUdYa4FY6HJrRpIGEWkxWOvpzBv9-ZSCkP1D0epp1vA4RxkEWnx9fY971WP8oDcYPzn1ZeolFfHovNtMCvKMi17o/s1600-h/P7300018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533431996932354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLyttawxJDylRtfpjavGY68Ll4I26zNWCYl3h6N4UQtTRHe1RzTMQUdYa4FY6HJrRpIGEWkxWOvpzBv9-ZSCkP1D0epp1vA4RxkEWnx9fY971WP8oDcYPzn1ZeolFfHovNtMCvKMi17o/s320/P7300018.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">with Euonymus 'Emerald and Gold'</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCm7Ti3LJld1spUXgFF_Jqr11e5JP1JeLcp1hU46zyCOj1QXJPiAvcJoJK3FPqQE0a3_lBZqXM8e6B2B0J9V9mdoTuvbDHpm2Plt3xkHl-przqY1HOThR5RViJ3N_GLUk1YXWT0UgA8I/s1600-h/P7300017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428533426314300018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCm7Ti3LJld1spUXgFF_Jqr11e5JP1JeLcp1hU46zyCOj1QXJPiAvcJoJK3FPqQE0a3_lBZqXM8e6B2B0J9V9mdoTuvbDHpm2Plt3xkHl-przqY1HOThR5RViJ3N_GLUk1YXWT0UgA8I/s320/P7300017.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">with Hosta plantiginea and Hydrangea 'Annabelle'</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">I'm still not sure I love the daylily with anything. It looks ok in several photos but after looking at it for so many years I know what happens to me when I look at it in my garden. It has a lot of brown that to my eye falls flat at certain times of the day and if I see it anywhere near pink my eyes bleed. I may try it up front with all the greens and yellows but I may also decide it's time to let it go. Maybe someone else would like it better and let it shine in their garden!<br /><br /><p>This is one way to play. As I wrote above, I learned this while reading articles of Vita Sackville-West's. She would wander around with a bloom, looking for other plants to combine and make the most of all present. And I know from reading of many other wonderful gardeners, they do this as well.<br /><br /><p>And while you're out walking around, take some photos - they give you the perspective to observe things like a plant's form and texture and how it combines and contrasts with surrounding plants, and allows you to learn to trust your eye, to know what you find pleasing.</div><br /><div><br /><div align="left"></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-82867159293132526082010-01-18T16:19:00.002-06:002010-02-15T08:17:09.983-06:00Garden Volunteers Part II<div align="left">This is the second post to follow up with more reseeders I employ each growing season in my garden. For Part I <a href="http://thegardenatliberty.blogspot.com/2010/01/garden-volunteers.html">click here</a>.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnETKhtODyetWK5FDh27jqZRCuBLr_-OIHYj6WIada30Ifw6vKp-4HUofWzQkOARwq4vXn5Q9Ca15YggiUDF7CGvN6AKfvBsuB1bqoMNUFvti0-wjNqQsP9Z5VlE7vYSTKTL7pk7A7YY/s1600-h/P7040037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423767336068458402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnETKhtODyetWK5FDh27jqZRCuBLr_-OIHYj6WIada30Ifw6vKp-4HUofWzQkOARwq4vXn5Q9Ca15YggiUDF7CGvN6AKfvBsuB1bqoMNUFvti0-wjNqQsP9Z5VlE7vYSTKTL7pk7A7YY/s320/P7040037.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Nigella damascena 'Miss Jekyll' with Perilla frutescens off to right</span><br /><br /></p><div align="left">Nigella is one of those plants I tried growing for years with no success. I'd sow seed again and again and if I got one plant that would be it, with no reseeding for the next season. I'm a sucker for blue and reseeders as well so this really vexed me! Enough to keep trying! Finally, after nearly a decade, it has established itself in a few areas of my garden. I love its ability to mingle well with other plants. I scatter its seed as it ripens, throughout the growing season, so I always seem to have some blooming, making me happy.<br /><br />Perilla, on the other hand, has never had any problems establishing itself. It will reseed readily and grow nearly anywhere, sun to shade. I like burgundy foliage and use perilla in bouquets, as well. It is technically an herb, though I personally couldn't imagine eating it. I have gotten used to its smell although I'm not sure I really enjoy it. I can remember one visitor seeing it growing in my garden and telling me - insisting - it was purple basil. Then she plucked a leaf and chewed it. She didn't say much after that!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhceDf_wudH-ePVPaG8i1xPNlIr3LcjiHsVhckOb_eywmBp4ZrqTS7245Fcn30ULIJHbUvAcZGS-H2SdtU7IsVbSYlgxOhyphenhyphenskRSj6fYq8QaAfK2v_6iAzKmXGwAEu_D4pYzORAEOod_os/s1600-h/P7040082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423768484294955442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhceDf_wudH-ePVPaG8i1xPNlIr3LcjiHsVhckOb_eywmBp4ZrqTS7245Fcn30ULIJHbUvAcZGS-H2SdtU7IsVbSYlgxOhyphenhyphenskRSj6fYq8QaAfK2v_6iAzKmXGwAEu_D4pYzORAEOod_os/s320/P7040082.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Pink Hollyhocks with Clematis 'Jackmanii'</span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><br />This was one of the joys of my summer! I had no idea these hollyhocks would be rosy pink. I've had 'The Watchman' which is black, and 'Creme de Cassis' which is a mix of cream and burgundy. Neither variety is nearly as tall as these - well over my head. I might be exaggerating when I say ten feet tall, but they seemed like it! I now have quite a few babies around this mother plant from deadheadings. Much to look forward to!<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4OZDKTo0Jli5A33Lxm1_IWYQgprI0o-fbzNjyTc3rXhHoGN2veOLexEXIUgg1YJXeRecNLBmBTcrHsRHFYTZneAw4xEa8kC7rJIet53BJNrwaClIPiKeeIh4fdRQV0TC4K44D0CILbU/s1600-h/P8150141.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423770774301874402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4OZDKTo0Jli5A33Lxm1_IWYQgprI0o-fbzNjyTc3rXhHoGN2veOLexEXIUgg1YJXeRecNLBmBTcrHsRHFYTZneAw4xEa8kC7rJIet53BJNrwaClIPiKeeIh4fdRQV0TC4K44D0CILbU/s320/P8150141.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Portulaca aka Moss Rose, Calendula, purple Verbena, Teucrium 'Purple Tails'</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Not the greatest photo but some more of my favorites. I'll start with the portulaca. This reseeds freely for me between the crevices in my patio. A good lesson I learned from my mom. She pays attention to these things. The happy coincidence here is the color, echoing the calendula. I had no idea what color the blooms would be when I moved the portulaca here. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">That's something else. I move many volunteers through most of the growing season. I try to look for rain in the forecast - the combination of a good soaking and overcast skies works magic. If it is hot and sunny I will put up a little shade for the plants with bamboo stakes, burlap and clothespins. If it's also windy I'll drape the burlap down close to the ground for even more protection from stress. And then I leave this not so pretty but useful protection up for a few days.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">Another move from the patio's crevices is the purple verbena. This plant came from my mom along with that genius lesson. I don't know if it is hardy here - I don't know its name to look it up - but it reseeds for me every year this way. This coming year I'm going to grow it amongst my bearded irises. I loved it when I saw the two grown together around the drive court at Mettawa Manor, the amazing home of Bill Curtis and Donna LaPietra, a few years ago while visiting during <a href="http://www.gardenconservancy.org/">Open Days </a>. I tried this combination this past season, not so outstanding with all the rain and cool weather. Next year!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="left">The other plant, not blooming, pictured near center, is Teucrium 'Purple Tails'. Hmm, not sure of a common name. It does look like mint, to which it is related. I have grown this for several years, best on a slope. Then I had to move it because I just knew I would like it better somewhere else and it did not make it through the winter - though it did reseed. Another lesson, winter drainage. At any rate, next year this perennial will bloom in a color I call dusty purple - greyed out a bit. Very similar in color to Salvia 'Purple Rain', if you are familiar with that one. It blooms and blooms, a doer. Piet Oudolf used a Teucrium in the amazing garden he designed along with Jacqueline van der Kloet for the <a href="http://seasonalwalk.com/">Seasonal Walk </a>at the New York Botanical Garden (seriously, check it out, this <em>is</em> amazing and I can't get enough!)<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVRuE__V-9Trv5oeYX7ab543E7wOko68wwK3SoFSyDK3jeDRtbpy8-z66i1OniYg_0sCFDEUVPqMZAXuUO8VYq2rS6dFqcfvuyTN_bk0bjHHr5t99Mazh9d6h0o0t1amsX02h9eV0Pis/s1600-h/P7250211.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423756050640788146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMVRuE__V-9Trv5oeYX7ab543E7wOko68wwK3SoFSyDK3jeDRtbpy8-z66i1OniYg_0sCFDEUVPqMZAXuUO8VYq2rS6dFqcfvuyTN_bk0bjHHr5t99Mazh9d6h0o0t1amsX02h9eV0Pis/s320/P7250211.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Eryngium planum</span><br /></div><br /><div align="left">Steel blue and <em>striking</em>. This one never fails to get the attention of non-gardeners and gardeners alike. There are also other varieties which I believe do not reseed - a bonus as this plant has a long taproot and can easily be propagated by taking root cuttings. Which for me means if I try to dig it up I leave bits of root behind and the plant will return. Sigh. I'd like to try E. 'Sapphire' - if anyone has grown it, let me know. Maybe there is another I need to try, too - I seem to remember there is an olivey colored one? <em>Give your suggestions!!!<br /></em><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKbxl1-U2UZbjkfKWKWb_GiqTOGSLZAK23_lctDjwqo5aDSHuCoR6Af5zm6k4qbAuUwoQkBrop2FnWDIkOzZTPCEfdKdG4YL1TsNbmCc6FZU2vlaxGf7c088UjvD1cMd51BZypIND6-U/s1600-h/P7270008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423766299082497810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKbxl1-U2UZbjkfKWKWb_GiqTOGSLZAK23_lctDjwqo5aDSHuCoR6Af5zm6k4qbAuUwoQkBrop2FnWDIkOzZTPCEfdKdG4YL1TsNbmCc6FZU2vlaxGf7c088UjvD1cMd51BZypIND6-U/s320/P7270008.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Euphorbia marginata, or Snow on the Mountain</span><br /></div><br /><div align="left">This is another that took more than a few tries to get it to establish itself, now I have drifts. Grows to maybe waist high and looks so fresh late in the summer! If you grow it, be careful when touching the plant. All euphorbs are poisonous - it's actually the sap inside the stem that irritates. Especially your eyes if you rub them after working with this plant. Not that I would know personally;-)<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEz5Ts7CgZ5BGRVBeNBVg7DHYts62Y-8ilX16s2NXowQPoGyMVXEjWLzmG8FniFXdDA3Eula4ShvtZBD4QMxBL-7rnGhG2kX_iiKDdHD7ObbdM26c5ihWIQs_0icL0USzIx5Ew28LQXY/s1600-h/P9110227.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423771841005458178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEz5Ts7CgZ5BGRVBeNBVg7DHYts62Y-8ilX16s2NXowQPoGyMVXEjWLzmG8FniFXdDA3Eula4ShvtZBD4QMxBL-7rnGhG2kX_iiKDdHD7ObbdM26c5ihWIQs_0icL0USzIx5Ew28LQXY/s320/P9110227.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Verbena bonariensis</span></div><br /><div align="left"><br />I really have a thing for this plant. Which is good as it reseeds readily. It blooms from sometime later in July thru frosts. I use it a lot in bouquets and throughout the garden. It has provenance, too. Now, it's been growing in my garden for years and before that my mom's, but prior to us, the very seed that sprouts in our gardens each year happens to be the offspring of seed that grew in nature activist <a href="http://www.for-wild.org/people/otto.html">Lorrie Otto's </a>Wisconsin garden who in turn got her seed from Christopher Lloyd. Oh yes, as in <a href="http://www.greatdixter.co.uk/">Great Dixter </a>. The very place, and man, who made Verbena bon so popular. I'm also a big fan of his <em>and</em> hers so I get some pleasure out of all this. And that is what gardening is all about, anyway - pleasure. Connections. </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><div align="left">I have also found that even over and above Butterfly Bush the butterflies flock to this plant. Late summer I can sit on my patio and count numerous Monarchs and Yellow Swallowtails enjoying their feasting. Hummingbirds like it, too.<br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2AadFEYHEHsbdIhA-vjvwLLw3hXE-gI9rVAD8cto8Wm-SKttMw8hKaCbrsW6drlT4beG4EagUQ5ftnGK1TpX2hnNZ4UsnQYGcWRpXAvzJS6j_y5wFSOGe3_8L3xbUWGcv7Aep57oOKg/s1600-h/P8100043.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423769744716184514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2AadFEYHEHsbdIhA-vjvwLLw3hXE-gI9rVAD8cto8Wm-SKttMw8hKaCbrsW6drlT4beG4EagUQ5ftnGK1TpX2hnNZ4UsnQYGcWRpXAvzJS6j_y5wFSOGe3_8L3xbUWGcv7Aep57oOKg/s320/P8100043.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Echinacea, Larkspur, Cleome, Nicotiana langsdorfii</span></div><br /><p></p><br /><p>All of these reseed for me, for years I left the seedheads of Echinacea intact, for the birds. This has resulted in nice clumps and drifts in a few places in my garden. No complaints, Echinacea is a trouble-free plant for me and I like it in the garden as well as in bouquets. I deadhead now, occasionally dropping a seedhead or two if I'd like more plants. I have E. 'White Swan', also. It is not as vigorous and I'd like more. I'm thinking of trying some of the newer varieties - some of which have been developed by Piet Oudolf - 'Green Jewel', 'Virgin', 'Vintage Wine' and 'Fatal Attraction'. Has anyone tried them? What do you think?</p><br /><p><br />Cleome is fun one, its large ball shaped flowers float above other plants from midsummer on. I think my plants are 'Rose Queen', originally purchased ages ago. I'd be willing to bet from <a href="http://www.superseeds.com/">Pinetree Garden Seeds</a>. This is a reliable reseeder, not too rampant, although I usually weed out more than I keep. It looks good in drifts or with a few sprinkled through a border.</p><br /><br /><p>Nicotianas are a favorite of mine. I love their colors, especially N. mutabilis. N. langsdorfii reseeds reliably for me, more so in the patio cracks. N. mutabilis I have to make sure I save...and I usually start it indoors, the earlier the better as I have had years when it doesn't bloom until so late in the season that it's barely started blooming and the frosts hit it. One of my favorite combinations is N. langs with the above mentioned Verbena bon - the butterflies and hummingbirds like this combo, too!</p><br /><p></p><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423772682149361746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQN6sa-1g6lIcGPqwCT6sD1cY9AMfI-EokGGPWIz8Ltte9IH1W8EhyLrkLxhkOXxEw9BtgxOYAlFrv0xhHK0HV_zF3GHSqotNXkIK8HitMIROGqjk6zJuPSv3Ud9J5gnLCDiyitP93SXI/s320/PA040042.JPG" /><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Salvia farinacea 'Victoria Blue' with Marigold 'Cottage Red'</span><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="left">Late in the season, early October, actually. Love the punch. Another reseeder (especially in cracks!), though I believe if you are just a zone warmer than I am (Zone 6 for you) this will overwinter. I've actually had it overwinter for me and now that I think of it the plants were on a slope near the south side of my house which tends to be a microclimate. Good winter drainage and warmth. Hmmm...and I'd been <em>only</em> remembering it may have been a milder winter. Last summer I thought it did pretty well deciding to come up by this great Marigold I picked up at Target, a Burpee's Fordhook Collection seed selection. I'm hoping this is a reseeder, I really loved it. The ferny foliage and purple tinged stems next to a nursery planting of Sedum 'Purple Emperor' and S. 'Matrona' in the veg garden constantly caught my admiration even before the orangey red flowers constantly caught my eye! I also love that it's taller (30" so says the seed packet) and bushy.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">So those are a few of my volunteers I rely on, I'd love to hear what volunteers you love to look forward to each year!<br /></div>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-87423268599013666962010-01-06T09:24:00.020-06:002010-02-15T08:22:02.817-06:00Garden Volunteers<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03QfvRML64XqAp4Un2bLeEu3vq_wa-x0p81lt7l3ebN5uuM4oCdgRzuFh414Ip1PFoTndnaIR8UXu4-pKGfj-HVwnOvtlnAHJMHrtJHCOt39AGP4thMW2J1AmvfArVyFLwkYgLvZ-YRw/s1600-h/100_0340.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423676760950910786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi03QfvRML64XqAp4Un2bLeEu3vq_wa-x0p81lt7l3ebN5uuM4oCdgRzuFh414Ip1PFoTndnaIR8UXu4-pKGfj-HVwnOvtlnAHJMHrtJHCOt39AGP4thMW2J1AmvfArVyFLwkYgLvZ-YRw/s320/100_0340.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Myosotis (aka Forget-me-not) 'Blue Ball'</span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left">I have many, many plants in my garden. This one, pictured above, is about as close to a weed as you can get. Perhaps to some it is a weed, though I'd never consider it one. It reseeds freely and I encourage this. I let lots of it go to seed, letting some fall where it may and then I pull the dried stalks of seedheads and lay them down in other places I'd like it to bloom for me the following spring. I suppose technically it is a biennial - foliage first year then flowers the next - but I have had it my garden long enough that I hardly pay attention, I no longer have a spring without it. I have the straight species as well, it came with the garden. I like it just as much, for different reasons. It doesn't seed about as much, it winds and weaves around other plants and it blooms later in the summer and into fall.</div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUfD67VYqAkws_ZpCvdzKLvgTdI_wp6se7Z-eDq8hS7yfP-B4Ogc83bwXm6AVp5L3nbe_ULAQx9BWYVQVyanYQ5e4fUkUic95aw3_Pe9G5n-kl3ZdiZdyxyY6bhm6p-h3-3H6tLe1Uoo/s1600-h/P6260195.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423678956483585378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUfD67VYqAkws_ZpCvdzKLvgTdI_wp6se7Z-eDq8hS7yfP-B4Ogc83bwXm6AVp5L3nbe_ULAQx9BWYVQVyanYQ5e4fUkUic95aw3_Pe9G5n-kl3ZdiZdyxyY6bhm6p-h3-3H6tLe1Uoo/s320/P6260195.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Dill with Centaurea cyanus aka Bachelor's Buttons</span></div><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /></span>Dill is another plant I allow to reseed. I love the color of the flower and its effect, I love the smell of the foliage. Actually, the foliage is pretty great to look at, as well. Lacy and see through. Mostly it grows in the veg garden but also here and there through other borders. It reseeds freely as well and to me weeding it is no chore as it smells so wonderful to pull.</div><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left">The Bachelor's Buttons are another I love. I am a sucker for blue. I used to have a black one that reseeded as well and I'll have it again, knowing this time to save the seed! The blue with the burgundy was wonderful. Great cut flowers and if you take the time to deadhead you will have blooms all season. They also have the added benefit of blooming both early and late in the season.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEC34WoeV_LgPXhevESXLYKxqMgPXDMLF0XuoqdUyc19YGVkGoi969INIJpHsNMtlOd9ohvj6CpCrh2ndtYEBRhA6sMiLCX_jfMYHjKy-vaUIY04jEo5u1zK1T-m0PZN4ymv0MtJlNCg/s1600-h/P6260200.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423680846986838578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWEC34WoeV_LgPXhevESXLYKxqMgPXDMLF0XuoqdUyc19YGVkGoi969INIJpHsNMtlOd9ohvj6CpCrh2ndtYEBRhA6sMiLCX_jfMYHjKy-vaUIY04jEo5u1zK1T-m0PZN4ymv0MtJlNCg/s320/P6260200.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Calendulas, Papaver somniferum aka breadseed poppy and snapdragons</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="left">I love that the above photo shows a planting I never would have thought to put together - with the punchiest colors. School bus yellow calendulas and snapdragons with pink poppies and snapdragons. Cheeky. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">All these plants reseed, the poppies and calendulas freely, the snaps well enough. Usually with snapdragons I leave the deadheadings on the ground next to the plant as I work. I prefer the tall ones which is funny because both the plants and the seed are harder to find. I always have at least a few of the deep red 'Black Prince' and always mean to look for other varieties that do not come in a mix. If you have any sources, let me know!<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdhZuhh0mBQnqnuSa3Z_COz5QqXCuJeEbs0jWna40TlPugbl_8Vq7BYAVTGMUybILx3IV3xykgQW2TEv4SFoc9e3OIzML2LG2pp5JB_cs2T9klx3au36sJ5cneZTgui4sK7uymMWvs6k/s1600-h/P6260198.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423679308517646706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihdhZuhh0mBQnqnuSa3Z_COz5QqXCuJeEbs0jWna40TlPugbl_8Vq7BYAVTGMUybILx3IV3xykgQW2TEv4SFoc9e3OIzML2LG2pp5JB_cs2T9klx3au36sJ5cneZTgui4sK7uymMWvs6k/s320/P6260198.JPG" /><br /><p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Breadseed poppy and pale pink malva</span> </p><p align="left"><br />Two pinks. One more of a melon, the other with a touch of lavender. I am not even sure of the Malva's name, I suppose it could be a Lavatera. Either way, related to the Hollyhock. I believe it came from my mom's garden as a stowaway on another plant (as seed). She says this looks like a Malva she originally purchased from White Flower Farm. It grows to about two feet and about as wide and will rebloom if you deadhead. Which is a good idea as it reseeds some and has a long taproot that requires a good rain to make it easy to pull. Perennial.</p><br /><p align="left"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqI8t0eDRguKAM4SFCVmOGYzFtVj6WAyxSK21MdiVCLP0Pf5Y5Mz_edfcd9Z24r_tpNR7-y6UrG-D5iYeRCuHPdgf31OTxhxnGjU3Etz3tnjmh34tkj3hxX30opYFZdTBVqkPe99GwyI/s1600-h/P6260241.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423681415701934322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqI8t0eDRguKAM4SFCVmOGYzFtVj6WAyxSK21MdiVCLP0Pf5Y5Mz_edfcd9Z24r_tpNR7-y6UrG-D5iYeRCuHPdgf31OTxhxnGjU3Etz3tnjmh34tkj3hxX30opYFZdTBVqkPe99GwyI/s320/P6260241.JPG" /></a><br /><p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Breadseed Poppy</span></p><br /><p align="left">Isn't this a beautiful color combination? And I just love the jagged edges. I started out with one variety of Breadseeds, 'Single Danish Flag'. Beautiful red flowers with white where the above poppy is purple and then that startling bright green center. I want to say I ordered the seed from <a href="http://www.cooksgarden.com/">http://www.cooksgarden.com/</a>. Then I found Hungarian Breadseed Poppies from <a href="http://www.seedsofchange.com/">http://www.seedsofchange.com/</a> and as my husband is Hungarian, well, I couldn't pass them up. They are shades of mauve. I've grown both varieties for years and they have crossbred, creating some that look like one parent or the other and some that are uniquely wonderful like this one. I also have 'Lauren's Grape' which, from what I have read, comes true from seed.</p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeCzOT3nQvBoSMVEyZHkRTEPkLvmxRR4q-z9SKdSU0EYVINAzGfonxUueV_rSnTa7FEL7o28pGw2JT6l54DvFwVWT-5NrTJD55aiW4B0ySIM_WTOI7oXCYqGJ56S9fQkhwwX30Qqi_k4/s1600-h/P7250204.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423756044573072194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeCzOT3nQvBoSMVEyZHkRTEPkLvmxRR4q-z9SKdSU0EYVINAzGfonxUueV_rSnTa7FEL7o28pGw2JT6l54DvFwVWT-5NrTJD55aiW4B0ySIM_WTOI7oXCYqGJ56S9fQkhwwX30Qqi_k4/s320/P7250204.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Consolida ambigua, or, Larkspur</span></p><br /><div align="left">I love larkspur. Delphiniums melt in our wild midwest summers - not that that stops me - but larkspur is like a great old reliable friend. I have a lot of it, it reseeds freely for me. It grows tall, to maybe four feet if it is happy and will also grow in a decent amount of shade, I have found. It peaks around mid-summer and is good in bouquets. I used to be very picky and only want the blue but I've loosened up in more recent years. Looking at this photo, I might rethink that and stick with the blue. Every once in awhile some will come up that are that wonderful electric cobalt like a delphinium and those are my favorite.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Y3BA7mDpFtLVE7fHUSc8c6Rjeq_w1u6FE9mVjoaRnDlaJ8S8k_5HYeh2fHXJGQA8ZPpc13fjmNHjXn-DsEwNSSGBZ12Pe6fGanEHJHQSgchEovOz3v9d68Nw7Enzg9rN80rh6XBp8I/s1600-h/P7200080.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423684468890707874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6Y3BA7mDpFtLVE7fHUSc8c6Rjeq_w1u6FE9mVjoaRnDlaJ8S8k_5HYeh2fHXJGQA8ZPpc13fjmNHjXn-DsEwNSSGBZ12Pe6fGanEHJHQSgchEovOz3v9d68Nw7Enzg9rN80rh6XBp8I/s320/P7200080.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Silene armeria with Sedum 'Matrona'</span><br /><br /></p><br /><div align="left">This Silene is another that reseeds freely. However, given the fact that this plant will bloom from mid-summer on due to reseeding thruout the growing season, it is a favorite of mine. Plus it is a strident shade of pink. I like that. To me, it goes with everything just because it has such confidence of color. Look below and see what I mean. Do you agree? I'd love to know what you think.<br /><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9Cyq5wsdr8keEAfy24HG76oSTnHYX1gg9OxLSq-ad5tbMxLAV0xTPbwnv0IAUrlXCzIBLHV5Tx1flHzSDsqwc_98vILo8YfnWULDnPowTmnNhlTyerAGd7qkQR9ujvlRuQGw4xrYnEc/s1600-h/P7250209.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423756049342809458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9Cyq5wsdr8keEAfy24HG76oSTnHYX1gg9OxLSq-ad5tbMxLAV0xTPbwnv0IAUrlXCzIBLHV5Tx1flHzSDsqwc_98vILo8YfnWULDnPowTmnNhlTyerAGd7qkQR9ujvlRuQGw4xrYnEc/s320/P7250209.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Silene armeria with California Poppies</span></p><br /><p>Totally unplanned, yet this was one of my favorite combinations this past season. Good thing as I saw a lot of it. This happened to be right out my back door and I am in and out with the dog and garden all day! </p><p>I have had California Poppies growing in this space for awhile and enjoy them - recently I learned the secret to their success. Being poppies they really aren't suitable for transplanting. What they want is to be sown on cold ground. Now I knew this with breadseeds, I direct sow them in February. I could have sworn I'd tried this with California poppies in other areas of my garden and perhaps I did. Sometimes I do not have successes which is why I keep trying - variables during a year are variable year to year! I'll try it again, I am eager to have California poppies in other colors in other hot dry areas of the garden. <a href="http://www.selectseeds.com/">http://www.selectseeds.com/</a> has several that are mouthwatering. That's where I found the tip about direct sowing on cold ground.<br /><br />That's enough for today, I actually need to go out and shovel snow! Stay tuned for another <a href="http://thegardenatliberty.blogspot.com/2010/01/garden-volunteers-part-ii.html">upcoming post</a> on its way with more of my favorite garden volunteers!<br /></p>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-80364816298764495052010-01-05T16:18:00.008-06:002010-01-06T09:13:21.658-06:00Wordless Wednesday - Winter Sun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRDAUBfR5mEXzmaxwrPEXLVqQgWOwLEF-Ivfwl2RAzC17SAcVqe-KP9nZqvlijwRZCAv_4M1mVurimppd_dLrV5k_fCRrFnYsANmdw6d-g2SWHh8Zt9nqSZ4zBqMpoET1JvEH5JDAd68/s1600-h/P1050078.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423644900404400850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRDAUBfR5mEXzmaxwrPEXLVqQgWOwLEF-Ivfwl2RAzC17SAcVqe-KP9nZqvlijwRZCAv_4M1mVurimppd_dLrV5k_fCRrFnYsANmdw6d-g2SWHh8Zt9nqSZ4zBqMpoET1JvEH5JDAd68/s320/P1050078.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbLEv-0nkEN8Th6IA_2ljLyHjIYANNIhX_nYN8Hx6UuK-ZUmXRDeBl4le0Un-HpQzHF105t0UpbdErPV51Ys25SgZy-pjHJqsZlewWLhgYDe0bE50ZR1GUvwZeQyboMWwaFl3PyX7DrKE/s1600-h/P1050073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423006312564912914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7cHgPtqKodK8ffMlSbWWsZ1NIjVVjRykdK0HMH1bNa4HbKVCgQW8reGlvCvfsC8AlNN3v3k0hdYVyUKkzUCdMNx1-g_q01ja9fnzG-2YhzaEqsluAEHpbt9ztBLLJlH9zTB7Xum6vtE/s320/P7250121.JPG" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Dill with poppy seedhead, Sweet Pea 'Captain of the Blues' and the smidge of orange middle right is Calendula 'Touch of Red', in bud</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><br /><p>Before I can even seriously consider my seed order - which at this point is still a wish list - better yet, a dream-on list...<em>where</em> would I grow all these seedlings? where would I <em>plant</em> all these seedlings? <em>how much space do I really think I have?</em> </p><p>wait, sorry. </p><p>let me start over. </p><p>Before I can even seriously consider my seed order, first I need to go through all the seed I have saved. I thought I was pretty genius this past growing season and instead of simply letting things reseed willy nilly and surprising me I decided to take control and save seed so I could decide where things would grow. Novel concept. Let's just say I <em>like</em> my garden all full of surprises. Last July, a local Garden Club member, much to my delight, called my garden a serendipity garden...so true. I'm hoping I have learned a great many lessons from watching what reseeds where and with whom and can plan near as well as Mother Nature. She thrills me every year.</p><p>My seed saving method is straight forward; let the plant go to seed, let the seed ripen on the plant, collect the seed, store it and keep it dry until ready to sow. Labeling obviously optional! I am somewhat casual in my approach... </p><p></p><p>I grow a large mix of plants and have a pretty good basic knowledge of which I can start from seed - some won't come true - and if I ever have questions I turn to the internet or my collection of various reference materials. </p><p>I'll be posting a list of what I have saved as soon as I have a little time to go through it all... </p><p>I would love to know what you do - and what seed you take the time to save.</p><p></p>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027555207763112050.post-78970174321934142792010-01-04T10:26:00.000-06:002010-01-04T11:14:38.331-06:00Baby, It's Cold OutsideThis song has been stuck in my head along with I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (sung by Billie Holliday, wouldn't you know) for the past several days...it IS cold outside! And to compensate, I have been immersed as much as possible in garden. My love.<br /><br />Garden photos, plans, dreams, dream plants...so I thought I'd share a few photos from early in this past season and hopefully spread the garden love. Warm it up a bit.<br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422926037908121938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1dft70WgpqznyS18nK2cFjN3uaBZiT2UQ2KXshmhC33Vklb9MJt4mXVVom8uIPD_KFTJRdrYv0d8ThEyZhb1UZkVwuA6arzFfsMKfI7HiVYRGYlMiVtGtD42CjP_MecriceDMUQdnsw/s320/100_0314.jpg" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Clematis 'The President' with Prunus x cistena</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E0ImXU21tw3d9JCQPKDt4zBOkQpNxkVys-FdNeufznGgVFnK5Mxsr9qRkkQTs1WEtOzkuWLhVfmjsf07xv26d-1lFZWbi_mogB-yxFN6CueLw4qOrvztVxRBRWCamFlie2gHi83jmK0/s1600-h/100_0335.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422928943854028146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E0ImXU21tw3d9JCQPKDt4zBOkQpNxkVys-FdNeufznGgVFnK5Mxsr9qRkkQTs1WEtOzkuWLhVfmjsf07xv26d-1lFZWbi_mogB-yxFN6CueLw4qOrvztVxRBRWCamFlie2gHi83jmK0/s320/100_0335.jpg" /></p></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3E0ImXU21tw3d9JCQPKDt4zBOkQpNxkVys-FdNeufznGgVFnK5Mxsr9qRkkQTs1WEtOzkuWLhVfmjsf07xv26d-1lFZWbi_mogB-yxFN6CueLw4qOrvztVxRBRWCamFlie2gHi83jmK0/s1600-h/100_0335.jpg"><p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Myosotis 'Blue Ball' with Viola 'King Henry' and Sedum acre</span><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMZMcJyb2T_XjTz0QpuydN1J5wJWiruQw-DDuvtsi_oAqF8yLRDegBgZkY2vFH_2FZvu1p-NYVJvlB29knF3KJ5hO9-h_2VdG9zlq_cQ8JppWA_3SVMfJzXiL8iD3TMz4KXe0W0hSLq4/s1600-h/P6060082.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422933009113307826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMZMcJyb2T_XjTz0QpuydN1J5wJWiruQw-DDuvtsi_oAqF8yLRDegBgZkY2vFH_2FZvu1p-NYVJvlB29knF3KJ5hO9-h_2VdG9zlq_cQ8JppWA_3SVMfJzXiL8iD3TMz4KXe0W0hSLq4/s320/P6060082.JPG" /></p></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMZMcJyb2T_XjTz0QpuydN1J5wJWiruQw-DDuvtsi_oAqF8yLRDegBgZkY2vFH_2FZvu1p-NYVJvlB29knF3KJ5hO9-h_2VdG9zlq_cQ8JppWA_3SVMfJzXiL8iD3TMz4KXe0W0hSLq4/s1600-h/P6060082.JPG"><p align="center"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Centranthus rubra aka Jupiter's Beard<br /></span><br /></p>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05630677950156429865noreply@blogger.com0