Three from raintree nursery at the garden show. Dianthus from last year looking ragged.....
Saturday, February 23, 2013
gold heart dicentra
Gold leaf bleeding heart, three - two by the back fence, one near the back patio/path. Bareroot from Sundquist nursery at the garden show.
Three rose pink trillium
By the pack patio near the tassel fern that survived winter unscathed and the black prince fuchsia the dog keeps trying to kill.
From Sundquist nursery at the garden show, bareroot.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
different crocus
I know a got a few different kinds. Last year, only the generic purple snow crocus came up. This year, looks like I'm going to get another kind too! I planted
http://www.bloomingbulb.com/p-49204-fuscotinctus-crocus-10-bulbs.aspx
http://www.bloomingbulb.com/p-47788-prins-claus-species-crocus-10-bulbs.aspx
http://www.bloomingbulb.com/p-49203-blue-pearl-species-crocus-10-bulbs.aspx
to go with last year's
http://www.bloomingbulb.com/p-48114-mixed-species-crocus-10-bulbs.aspx
so we'll see. The pattern is not what I planted, but the moles and the squirrels will do what they do, and random it is!!
columbine and tulips
And sun today!
It's so bright it's hard to see, but the columbines that didn't do wonderfully last year are emerging. Some of the tulips are poking through between the shadow of my head and the phone.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
tiny plants
It looks like a tiny astilbe is coming up under the big rhodie! Last year I did not water them enough and they seemed to die, though I left their roots in place. I didn't expect anything, but left a couple inches of stem to show where they'd been, so I didn't disturb them. Just in case. Now - I see a tiny pink shoot!
There's also a small shoot under the rhodie that looks like a brand new Oregon grape. There are four along the western fence, from the corner by the big rhodie to behind the scraggly rhodie. I think they are managing to spread!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Spring planning
I got a trellis net - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BZ8FXS - that I want to hang on the east fence that gets a lot of sun. I think I want to try growing a vine of hops along it.
Pole beans - they do well around the yard, but I'm not sure what to grow them against. They grow easily 6' tall. I was thinking about letting them clamber up the new maple trees, but B doesn't think that's a good idea. I don't seen why not, so long as it's the trunk and lower branches and not shading out actual leaves, but ... I guess I'll be putting in some poles. Taller poles than I got last year, too. Or letting it climb over the red flowering currant again; that worked fine.
Peas - they also need room to climb - not sure yet where they'll go either.
Tomatoes - a cherry or grape tomato in the hanging planter on the deck or by the garage, and another in the sunny area either by the house patio or by the red maple. Both did fine last year. Maybe one in planter, two in the ground. Might try a couple of varieties said to do well here in seed catalog.
Strawberries - in the pop-out hanging planter on the deck - or elsewhere?
Clematis to grow up in the scraggly rhodie
Lettuce, bok choi, spinach in the deck planters and perhaps try them on the ground in the shade near the grass path and along the west fence path
Something lower-growing for the sunny beds along the east fence
Patio cucumber in a pot with a little trellis - back patio if I can track sun, otherwise front yard?
Basil, oregano, thyme - how to keep from bolting again? Simply pinch it more? Oregano and thyme might be perennial?
Chives - never really took off last year?
Need to extend water lines to deck planters inconspicuously. The deck planters on the railings are pretty and convenient - but dry out so quickly July-September. Twice a day minimum won't happen daily.
More thinking to do yet....
Pole beans - they do well around the yard, but I'm not sure what to grow them against. They grow easily 6' tall. I was thinking about letting them clamber up the new maple trees, but B doesn't think that's a good idea. I don't seen why not, so long as it's the trunk and lower branches and not shading out actual leaves, but ... I guess I'll be putting in some poles. Taller poles than I got last year, too. Or letting it climb over the red flowering currant again; that worked fine.
Peas - they also need room to climb - not sure yet where they'll go either.
Tomatoes - a cherry or grape tomato in the hanging planter on the deck or by the garage, and another in the sunny area either by the house patio or by the red maple. Both did fine last year. Maybe one in planter, two in the ground. Might try a couple of varieties said to do well here in seed catalog.
Strawberries - in the pop-out hanging planter on the deck - or elsewhere?
Clematis to grow up in the scraggly rhodie
Lettuce, bok choi, spinach in the deck planters and perhaps try them on the ground in the shade near the grass path and along the west fence path
Something lower-growing for the sunny beds along the east fence
Patio cucumber in a pot with a little trellis - back patio if I can track sun, otherwise front yard?
Basil, oregano, thyme - how to keep from bolting again? Simply pinch it more? Oregano and thyme might be perennial?
Chives - never really took off last year?
Need to extend water lines to deck planters inconspicuously. The deck planters on the railings are pretty and convenient - but dry out so quickly July-September. Twice a day minimum won't happen daily.
More thinking to do yet....
Saturday, February 2, 2013
moved a blueberry
Moved from near the deck patio over to the back patio. The Pacific wax nettle and evergreen huckleberries were shading it out nearer there. Hope it gets enough sun here - it's the one in back. All of these are Sunshine Blue. Got a big chunk of root - hope it's enough!
Friday, February 1, 2013
hellebores
Hellebores aren't doing as well so far this year. Broken apart by animals or kids, too. New growth on the scraggly rhodie, though!
phlox dead
Phlox was fine all year - until it suddenly turned gray! Nearby phlox is fine... strange.
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