I let Jenny's hair down yesterday. Once she takes root in this spot I will cut her hair and set her in another spot where I want her to grow & let her root down again. I wonder how long I can get away with propagating this way. Too easy.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Rapunzel
I let Jenny's hair down yesterday. Once she takes root in this spot I will cut her hair and set her in another spot where I want her to grow & let her root down again. I wonder how long I can get away with propagating this way. Too easy.
My Admirers
Coco & Babs...they have been giving me the tiniest meows lately when I am walking through the garden & past their door. Begging me for their freedom..
The Moon bed
The Moon bed, named for it's crecent shape, hugs the edge of lawn furthest from the house. A neon purple Russian Sage is going to be beautiful backdrop for the lawn. 
I also have a neat box leaf Hebe (my garden book says it can grow to 6 feet!) 
and a rock with a very pretty grass I have not yet identified. At each tip of the moon I planted lavenders. I also planted lavenders on the other bed that hugs the grass. I'd like to say I hope they'll be pretty, but right now I just hope they will stay alive. 
They're telling me I can't cure their transplant blues with water...so leaving it alone to help it live is a hard one...I'm watching them carefully. In fact, I'm doing a test, watering two (probably a bit too much) and the other two I am leaving alone but still watering occassionally. I'll see who does better & take it from there.
Autumn plantings
Angels fishing rods, corkscrew willow and pacific Irises.
Russian Sage, moss and Bronze grass.
A red maple leaf.
Pink Weigela from Tita.
Our first garden spider.
Autumn Crocus.
Diablo Ninebark, grass & russian sage.
Pacific Iris & Red hot pokers.
Baby tears.
And as Jon likes to call them, baby's teeth.
Hosta, autumn joy sedum and some kind of boggy reed grass.
The beginings of a shade garden
An autumn moon bed.
Rosemary, Iris, grasses and euphorbia.
Maidenhair Fern.
Hydrangea bloom.
Sedums from Tita. Looking good girls. I promise I will plant you soon, just let me figure out what needs your happy apple green faces. Tulips would surely love to grow up through your carpet. Mini pink tulips I think. Now, where....
Russian Sage, moss and Bronze grass.
A red maple leaf.
Pink Weigela from Tita.
Our first garden spider.
Autumn Crocus.
Diablo Ninebark, grass & russian sage.
Pacific Iris & Red hot pokers.
Baby tears.
And as Jon likes to call them, baby's teeth.
Hosta, autumn joy sedum and some kind of boggy reed grass.
The beginings of a shade garden
An autumn moon bed.
Rosemary, Iris, grasses and euphorbia.
Maidenhair Fern.
Hydrangea bloom.
Sedums from Tita. Looking good girls. I promise I will plant you soon, just let me figure out what needs your happy apple green faces. Tulips would surely love to grow up through your carpet. Mini pink tulips I think. Now, where....
Euphorbia monster
A Euphorbia I picked up on a garden tour in West Seattle a month ago. Although looking pretty and modest with only 2 limbs at the moment, I know this one is going to be bold. A sea monster reaching for a dainty coral skinned girl. One of the gardeners gave me two small maple trees, red hot pokers, and this beauty. I love how blue green it is...and I think this bed is going to have a coral and blue thing happening.
I am planning on moving a Coral Bark Maple to this bed from the front yard landscape that the builder planted. One too many trees up front I think...and this bed could really use such a pretty addition of structure. The blue and coral is promising me it will look good with the rocks, the blue oat grass, the blue creeping juniper and the burgany tipped semperviviums. AH! I'm definitely excited about this area. It will eventually have the garden shed against it's back, to be painted the color of our house (light grey).
Jason in the house
My adorable & energetic nephew Jason getting worn out walking the edges of the new path over and over and over...
The Herb Garden
Looks pretty magical to me, with the sun rays coming down to greet the freshly made herb garden planting beds (along the right side of the grass). I created a dirt path that starts at the old mill wheel and snakes through this bed...creating three raised burms for planting herbs, roses and a few perennials. Mint, Sage and a mysterious grass have planted their roots in the part closest the lawn so far. 
Behind are two rose bushes with a mass of orange daylilies between them. The third section (straight back) has Rosemary and Fireglow Euphorbia. It's going to be gorgeous! =) 
This morning I planted Narcissis, tall pink Tulips and Magic/Surprise lilies next to the rocks that guard the path behind the grass. Thyme is planted throughout all three areas, here and there. Everything wants to put on roots before winter arrives, so I am feeling some urgency to get everything in...but I am trying to plan it out a bit too, so for now the rest will have to wait.
Behind are two rose bushes with a mass of orange daylilies between them. The third section (straight back) has Rosemary and Fireglow Euphorbia. It's going to be gorgeous! =) 
This morning I planted Narcissis, tall pink Tulips and Magic/Surprise lilies next to the rocks that guard the path behind the grass. Thyme is planted throughout all three areas, here and there. Everything wants to put on roots before winter arrives, so I am feeling some urgency to get everything in...but I am trying to plan it out a bit too, so for now the rest will have to wait.
Leaving the old garden
My plants in waiting...patiently sitting in the dappled shade of the garden at the old house. Clockwise: fern, honeycomb buddleja, coleus, fireglow euphorbia, rosemary, sedum, hebe, blue star creeper and lilacs. I hope they all make it!
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