Intro...
I was hoping to give a month by month tour of my garden from January to December, but I was a very busy bee and didn't have time. Mostly with college work splashes with what will be going into the garden in 2015. Now it looks to have been decided already because I forgot to look at the plans I drew in December '14, and as a result this year will be the same as the last 8 years we lived here:
'Oh, That's nice, I'll buy that, I'm sure there is a space somewhere'. This year I sowed (perhaps too many) annual plant seeds as shown in the photo below.
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This is the part of the greenhouse dedicated to annuals. On the
Floor under the bench are the seeds growing from the SRGC
seed exchange (You should join it is Fantastic!).
Photo Taken 5th May '15
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Most of those seed have been transplanted now. At the end you can see what the Greenhouse looks like now, and the SRGC Seeds, that have germinated (In Early June).
The 1st border
This is a border because it backs onto a fence (A bed is open at all sides - Now you know the difference!) The main parts are the Bush Peonie, The variegated Japanese maple, a Aquilegia vulgaris and a Cornus alba. (One of Two) There are mainly perennial plants in here like Stipa gigantea, Geranium himalayenese, Penstemon, Dianthus barbartus, Sedum spectablie, Clemantis, Alchelmilla mollis, Helianthenum 'Beech Park Red' and 'The Bride', Knautia macendonia, Verbena bonariensis. There is also another Cornus this time C. sanguinea. In the months to come, I hope that the Geranium himalayense, will grow and weave in and out of the Cornus.
The Plant Gallery
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| The Peonie Bush |
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| Cornus sanguinea |
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| Silene uniflora 'Druetts Varigated' |
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| Helianthenum 'Beech Park Red' |
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| Geranium himalayenese |
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| Phlox divaricata ssp. laphamii |
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| Mimulus 'Magic Mixed' |
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| Clemantis |
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| Erodium x variabile 'Roseum' |
Above is just a selection of what is growing in this border, As the season progresses things should start to establish themselves and grow.
The Rosemary Bush
When we moved in, it was already there, but didn't want to take it out because it smelt nice, and it was small, so we left it there. About a year later we planted a Japanese maple near it . We never knew that the rosemary would get so huge. As the years went by the rosemary got bigger and bigger its affect on the Maple next to it became obvious. So in February 2015, when the Maple was dormant, we took a spade to the rosemary bush, the rosemary was dug out to give the Maple space to grow,and more importantly, more water, The effects of the rosemary where even more evident now that it was gone. The tree has short stubby new growth, Beyond 2 years old the growth became stunted, During winter, frost hit this poor tree like a train. Now that the Rosemary has gone we gave the tree a good layer of Mulch to help keep in moisture and help it recover from the numerous tree roots that had to be cut through to get the rosemary out. We plan to plant more drought tolerant plants around its base of the tree.
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Here is the Maple. The location of the rosemary was in
the middle of the triangle formed between the blue
Phlox, the Small Sedum, and the Mint, in the Bottom
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As you can see the tree is not a well rounded medium size tree like it should be. It total height is about 1 meter 10 centimeters. Buy now it should be nearly 2.5 meters tall.
Stick around for Part II.
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