Showing posts from June, 2012

Checking Out My Cousin's Flowers

June 30, 2012
Besides me, our family has other gardeners. There's my sister in law who planted the "Prettiest Window Box in Town " (and has a yard full of flowers), my cousin who has beautiful flowers in beds and in pots and my Aunt (my Mom's sister) who I visited with today, and still plants a couple big vegetable gardens and flowers in pots and beds. My cousin likes to try more unusual perennials. Not the ones everybody plants. Here is one: This one is a dropwort filependula. A little 18-24" ferny foliaged perennial with white tiny clustered blossoms that blow every so softly in the wind. I have one too that was a division of this one, but it is much smaller. A slower growing, non-invasive perennial. I also like this Sea Thrift. A little grass like, slower growing tuft with bright pink balls of tiny blossoms on taller stems high above the foliage. Also in the photo, to the right, creeping thyme and in the background a miniature watering can


My Favorite Outdoor Collectible 2012

June 29, 2012
Way back last February, when I was just dreaming about flower gardening, I posted about "My Favorite Outdoor Collectible" , my wheelbarrow. When I look back at that post, I maybe think I like the previous years' plantings better than 2012's. You can be the judge! (You will have to click on the link "my wheelbarrow" above to view the previous years) I also want to mention that the white, metal round object leaning against the house in the background was part of a vintage hay rake. It was welded together at the tips to make a piece of yard art! I got it from my sister's old farm, also ten plus years ago. It was brown, and I painted it white. Also a favorite collectible! I used to buy red nicotiana for the larger galvanized tub, but now I can only buy mixed 6 packs. They weren't blooming when I bought them, and as you will see only one spot turned out red in the back of the tub. The center of the larger tub is pink African daisies. The smaller tu


Sedum Lovin'

June 26, 2012
I am a sedum lover. My favorites are the sprawling and creeping types. The uprights, like Autumn Joy, just plain bloom too late in the autumn for me. Usually most of my annuals have been killed by frost, and they are the only plants blooming. A few years ago I purchased my favorite sedums called the "Flaming Carpet Sedum". The pot arrives (this was one pot) with three sedums, Angelina, Blue Spruce and Voodoo, all planted together. When it grows, it is a fabulous mixture of colors and textures. The Angelina sedum has just started to bloom. I have mixed hen and chicks in with the sedums and added mulch. Love the colors! My hen and chicks in barnacles are next to the flaming carpet sedums. This is an Angelina. Hens about to bloom. Up close. If you are interested in purchasing a Flaming Carpet sedum medley here is the link. Still sedum lovin'!