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Post by braided-rug on May 15, 2008 21:14:38 GMT 10
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Post by braided-rug on Jun 23, 2008 17:14:58 GMT 10
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linda
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Post by linda on Jun 23, 2008 20:04:45 GMT 10
Beautiful, BR!
Linda
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 15, 2008 9:20:17 GMT 10
The plants I bought on ebay are doing very well. An iris that dh found on the roadside, not a formal roadside planting, sometimes in the mountains plants just have grown by the road, not exactly like weeds as but yes, I guess weeds, it is too hot here for heaps of weeds to grow by themselves: has turned out to be a Japanese styled iris of some sort. A variation of maybe a pond iris, like monet's garden perhaps. It was such an insignificant thing in the garden bed here. With regularly water from the watering system at our new house it has bred up and is flowering now in the middle of winter. I am very impressed. I may design the garden around it.   I also found a magazine, perhaps Australian Country Collections with a picture of another rose a short red one, with money plants and this penstemon near it and it looked very nice. (p15 July/August) and Rose Campion, Lychnis sp. |
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Post by violet on Jul 24, 2008 10:14:28 GMT 10
We've got some of those irises, too, Br. The original next door neighbour had them growing in her garden, and one day, to my delight, one appeared in our garden.
When there was more water around we had quite a few of them, but there are not so many now. They have a lovely scent too. I think they're gorgeous.
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 10, 2008 18:53:20 GMT 10
It is a shame they need lots of water as they look good in a large group. Here is some bulbs that are doing very well out in the open. Today dh took six standard roses from our current house to our new house. They are pink, red and white. Apparently tree roots were found with the rose roots, no wonder they weren't doing well.  |
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Post by violet on Aug 11, 2008 11:37:30 GMT 10
Gorgeous!!
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Post by braided-rug on Aug 25, 2008 16:35:12 GMT 10
On Sunday hubby went with our second son to finish the rose garden I helped design. I mostly worked out where I wanted the walkways. Two of our roses were in an old garden bed, planted by the previous owner of our new house. The edges of the bed have to be moved so we don't get caught between the bed and the fence with a snake.
Some other roses are under a tree in a wet spot. I found one red old-fashioned rose we had in a pot that I had bought up the street, a homegrown rose. Altogether we found nine roses to plant and seven box hedging plants that are quite tall.
Hubby got six of the roses in, as the holes had to be dug, the soils mixed and gypsum added. We had some leaves left in a pile from autumn for mulch.
The space the new garden is in is a whole block joined to the main house block. It is just open space and the area shares the same fence etc. it just hasn't been planted out. I was surprised allowing for walkways etc. how much area will be planted out now and how garden like it will be. Such a change from a paddock with that thick couch grass in it.
The roses, are red, orange, a dark yellow, burgundy and a couple I am not sure about.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 27, 2008 11:43:59 GMT 10
I am really happy with the difference this bed and six standards planted along the fence has made. Also the redesigning of the old bed.
I put on sunblock yesterday and spent a lot of time in that garden.
I also found a spot for a white dogwood and dh planted that in the same area in another patch of lawn towards the front of the block near the road.
Then I found a place for an aucuba. It is going to make the laundry dark if it stays where it is. It would have been planted too but we had to come home so the puppy could be fed before dark. As you know animals usually eat before dark rather than after dark.
The aucuba is quite large and has the house colour in the leaves, so I think it will help tie the fence colour in as well, which is also yellow. The fence would be more on its own way over on the second block half.
I am so happy with the mountain type plants, it really suits the place, especially since there are so many bush birds. It really reminds me of being home at my Nana's house when I was little and of the farm including the piece in the bush. I could imagine being there in this season.
The bluebells are lovely. I was also impressed with the lungwort that is usually hard to grow, so pretty. I have a photo but because we weren't there much there are bugs eating the leaves, but may show you anyway.
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Post by braided-rug on Sept 27, 2008 11:48:55 GMT 10
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 5, 2008 22:03:27 GMT 10
Wow, those look pretty on this background. The aucuba got moved, and now we are thinking of moving a large azalea that we don't have room for here. We are thinking of extending the south (read north in the US) side bed to make room for the camellias at the back, and put the azaleas and helebores etc. at the front. It is amazing how quickly you can fill up a spare block when you try, well at least the front part of it. |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 9, 2008 21:08:04 GMT 10
I have a new picture to compare to last November. Some things are better, some worse.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Dec 20, 2008 14:55:06 GMT 10
DH will be weeding this area today. A red exotic looking poppy flowered near the side verandah which was very special. My tube of feverfew is very tall. Apparently one of the tube buddlieas is flowering too, a yellow one.  |
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