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Post by braided-rug on Aug 13, 2005 22:59:40 GMT 10
We have been living here since late January last year. The nicest thing we inherited in the garden was a Japanese garden bed out from the back sliding door. You go out onto paving and to the right there is a bed with a large Japanese maple and two smaller ones in it.
Last week we moved the old azalea from there as it was growing under the small maple since we have been watering it for a year. Next we have to move the papyrus, it is getting up into the tree from water as well!
There are pebbles in there and ferns and nandinas. The girls used to call it a fairy garden.
Last November we bought a statue to continue the theme elsewhere in the back yard. Also bought two camellias last winter. There is a rockery nearby to this at the end of the paving walkway. There is a square marked out in front of it, then sleepers going down to the clothesline and up to the lawn.
The rockery has iris japonica from our old house, this is getting much sun, but loving it here.
The driveway garden at the back was empty when we came, we have a yellow summer buddliea and a green goddess lily under it and we planted a wintersweet to hide the neighbours shed and to provide perfume. Also trying out a ephorbia.
Trying to grow a cotoniaster (sp?) for the parrots.
Out the front we recently put in an arch, it needs anchoring to the ground.
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Post by ellise on Aug 14, 2005 2:53:26 GMT 10
I'd love to see pictures of your gardens! They sound so lovely and peaceful.
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 14, 2005 13:15:43 GMT 10
Here is a picture of our rose garden. It is new and I'm not sure what to do to disguise the fence. The tulips are planted in from the edge and they are starting to come up. au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fiveraggedys/detail?.dir=/95fd&.dnm=277a.jpg&.src=ph&.tok=phi2VdDBZWl56LREThere are also some callas in the back more in the shade and nerines for autumn. The coreopsis are in the opposite side to the callas, stripey and pink in between the roses, they have not many leaves atm. Roses are David Austins, red mostly, not sure what the centre one is yet. The flowers that are there already near the fence are white hellebores and one jonquil. The bulbs that are up are transplanted blue bells. |
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 15, 2005 13:59:13 GMT 10
On the weekend dh planted out three juniperus communis repanda, a kind of flat growing conifer. We got the idea from visiting a Japanese garden last autumn (March).
We had a bank that the previous owners made up from the side of our shed that is at the end of the driveway in the backyard.
We were given about 7 magnolias and four were planted along this bank. Now with the conifers planted in between them we won't have to mow, it is quite dangerous. Any bit that isn't covered with the juniper will have a rock placed on it. We are lucky that moss grows here. Can't wait for the magnolias to flower, I miss the one we had before.
Today was exciting, I received some winter squash seeds, and some colored sunflowers, both I haven't seen I don't think. They are not common here. I had to ask my friend if winter squash was planted in spring! I also have the catalogue to read and that will be exciting to see other American vegetables, and hopefully a nasturium, all the seeds are not hybrids. I want my nasturiums to grow up apple trees, not to be in little clumps on the ground as the newer ones are here.
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Post by Admin on Aug 16, 2005 15:03:37 GMT 10
your gardens sounds lovely. Thanks for the photos of your Japanese Maples. We have two of those as well. One is a Japanese Laceleaf Maple, and the other is just a Japanese maple tree.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 4, 2005 23:05:58 GMT 10
We have hedges of osmanthus along the paving and they are pretty now, in flower. DH found some clumps of mondo grass that have grown well and after planting them out they went all the way around and it looks good. The magnolia out the front has two colored buds, it was exciting. Today it was so warm my daffodils from our old house, well one, came out, they have three heads on the same stalk.
The short fence out the front now has a big row of snowdrops in front of it.
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2005 0:15:56 GMT 10
BR, sounds simply lovely. Don't you just love expanding your gardens and looking at them at their peak time.
I have a lovely magnolia at our country home. I wish it wasn't so big to bring here. LOL. Maybe I will plant another one here this spring.
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Post by Deed on Sept 5, 2005 3:02:31 GMT 10
Braided, your gardens sound lovely, wish we could see them!  |
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 5, 2005 22:35:31 GMT 10
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Post by Admin on Sept 5, 2005 23:11:49 GMT 10
BR, I love the way you landscaped along your fence line. Very pretty. Thanks for sharing with us. Keep gardening..
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 5, 2005 23:35:25 GMT 10
The back fence has a native wattle out now, to my surprise. It is the green bush near the tall gumtree near the woodshed. Near the wallflower is a buddleia that is shooting so much, maybe this time next year it will be tall, it has lilac flowers to match the fence as well.
Your country home magnolia sounds really nice. We have some in the main street here on the way out of town and I noticed today they are nearly out, and very pretty.
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2005 1:03:48 GMT 10
Br, it is spring there now? I am not sure of the differences in our seasons. I think they are backwards, correct? It is fall here!
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 6, 2005 9:13:50 GMT 10
It has been spring here for 6 days! My husband has been to the States/Canada in September/October a couple of times or more, and enjoyed your fall at least for a couple of weeks.
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Post by Admin on Sept 6, 2005 11:31:18 GMT 10
Thanks BR, I enjoy learning about the differences in our two cultures. Thanks for telling me. What is your Autumn like there?
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 6, 2005 12:39:37 GMT 10
I am not sure what kind of trees Kentucky? has. Hubby brought back photos of upstate NY, well we don't have that. Our native trees are always the same color, except they are pretty during a growth spurt and they do grow mistletoe. We do have towns like Bright that has autumn festivals and it is pretty there. We don't have cornstalks for sale for decorating or whatever you have them for, I haven't a handle on that yet. DH took photos of displays on people's doorsteps and places that sold those things. Now that it is spring, I have forgotten autumn but I will see if I have photos or can read what I wrote about it then. There is no Halloween lollies for sale either. Like Beth said, we have Allens here, but they are not the same!
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