The beginning of a new hedge. Peach Drift ground cover roses.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Late Summer Plantings
Echinacea 'Summer Sun' planted by the sidewalk and drive.
It opens red orange and fades to this amber cream.
It's show will start about the time the summer daisy blooms fade.
Purple Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor' in the front flower garden, where a blue oat grass was recently removed. This is next to the rainbow knock out rose-they should make a nice combination.
Dwarf Asters...nice to get some Autumn color! These will come back each year.
The Cosmos are coming on finally.
Here I planted the Gloriosa Daisy, in the cutting garden. I like the amber and brown blooms with the blue tree.
At sunset.
The purple coneflowers in the sitting garden.
The new roses: Peach Drift groundcover roses. The most floriferous of the Drift family of roses.
And hey, color on a tomato!! I don't know if this is on it's way to being yellow, orange or red...we'll see. I bet it will be tasty though!
It opens red orange and fades to this amber cream.
It's show will start about the time the summer daisy blooms fade.
Purple Coneflower 'Prairie Splendor' in the front flower garden, where a blue oat grass was recently removed. This is next to the rainbow knock out rose-they should make a nice combination.
Dwarf Asters...nice to get some Autumn color! These will come back each year.
The Cosmos are coming on finally.
Here I planted the Gloriosa Daisy, in the cutting garden. I like the amber and brown blooms with the blue tree.
At sunset.
The purple coneflowers in the sitting garden.
The new roses: Peach Drift groundcover roses. The most floriferous of the Drift family of roses.
And hey, color on a tomato!! I don't know if this is on it's way to being yellow, orange or red...we'll see. I bet it will be tasty though!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Delayed, Instant Gratification
Rarely do I buy a big beautiful plant. I usually start from seed, find a little something at a local gardener's stand, or hit the sales. I've been craving Echinacea since I first saw it about eight years ago. It always seems ridiculously expensive at the plant nurseries, and I always pass it by. Today I hit the fall sales with my mom-friend and found huge blooming ones for $8! Sold. Eight years later, I have instant gratification with huge beautiful plants!
Echinacea Purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'
It's funny, I always thought the cones would be soft and powdery, but they are stiff as straws...cool!
Echinacea 'White Swan'
White Swawn found a home in the South Hill garden, not much happens here in fall so this will brighten it up. I love the bronze green of the cone.
Echinacea 'Summer Sun'. I really love this amber-cream color. It looks good next to the Rush with it's messy bronze tips.
I also fell in love with this Rudbekia Hirta/Gloriosa Daisy 'Autumn Colors', which looks absolutely fake!
Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' found a new home in the sitting garden, between two carpets of creeping thyme and next to the hammock table.
The tubular flowers open at the tips and attract hummingbirds.
The view from the sitting garden.
The purple coneflowers in their new home too, at the edge of the sitting garden.
Echinacea Purpurea 'Prairie Splendor'
It's funny, I always thought the cones would be soft and powdery, but they are stiff as straws...cool!
Echinacea 'White Swan'
White Swawn found a home in the South Hill garden, not much happens here in fall so this will brighten it up. I love the bronze green of the cone.
Echinacea 'Summer Sun'. I really love this amber-cream color. It looks good next to the Rush with it's messy bronze tips.
I also fell in love with this Rudbekia Hirta/Gloriosa Daisy 'Autumn Colors', which looks absolutely fake!
Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' found a new home in the sitting garden, between two carpets of creeping thyme and next to the hammock table.
The tubular flowers open at the tips and attract hummingbirds.
The view from the sitting garden.
The purple coneflowers in their new home too, at the edge of the sitting garden.
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