I can’t believe I went from this.. to this in one day!! How wonderful to be back in Georgia, where it appears we are in full-blown spring…. The gardening to do list grows daily as the overwhelming season is upon us. Trying to separate the list into A) what will make an impact in the garden [...]
Archive for the ‘Shade Gardening’ Category
CAN IT BE ….SPRING?
Posted in Camellias, Companion Planting, Flowering Trees, Garden Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Shade Gardening, Shrubs, Small trees, tagged camellias, circle of friends, daffodils, Daphne odora, spiraea Fujimo Pink, SPRING on February 6, 2012 | 4 Comments »
MIXED EMOTIONS
Posted in Camellias, Shade Gardening, winter garden, tagged Camellia, chill hours, frost-kissed, micro climate, peonies on January 4, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Well, it really turned cold …. for middle Georgia. The temperatures were in the teens last night, according to my thermometer. The predicted 20 degrees was 18 here in my micro-climate. While I dread the camellias that are open, turning to brown mush, above. I am thrilled that the peonies will have the required chill [...]
WINTER GARDEN WALK
Posted in Camellias, Flowering Trees, Garden Design, Shade Gardening, winter garden, tagged balanced composition, Camellia, Camellia Herme, camellia magnoliaeflora, camellia Rutledge Minix, Daphne odora, Prunus mume, winter garden on December 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Although it has been a bit dreary and raining I couldn’t resist taking a walk in the garden today. I could see the Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus mume) from the kitchen window but to experience the fragrance I needed to venture outdoors. Plenty of eye candy wherever one looks. Here at Hamilton House, the scale [...]
A GARDEN VISIT
Posted in best friends, Camellias, Cats, Focal Point, Garden Design, Outdoor Living Spaces, Shade Gardening, Small trees, winter garden, tagged Camellia 'Daikagura, Camellia Ava Maria, Camellia Cotton Candy, Camellia Martha's Dream, camellia Yultide, Focal Point, Ginkgo biloba, Margaret Moseley, Prunus 'Kwanzan', Prunus mume, Seating area on December 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday I visited with Margaret Moseley. As usual I came home with a list of ’must have’ plants. Margaret has been an inspiration for many gardeners. Every season her garden is filled beauty wherever one looks. Above, a welcoming entrance… the large tree to the right is a Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), straight ahead is a Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus [...]
TAKING IT EASY
Posted in Camellias, Cats, tagged gardening magazines, kitties, Margaret Moseley on December 1, 2011 | 12 Comments »
It has been raining, or just plain cold and not pleasant to be working outside right now, so I’m just taking it easy. That means cuddling with the kitties in front of a fire…. Meet Dahlia, above, she is shy and this is her first appearance on the blog. Her pillow, a gift from Margaret [...]
A COLOURFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Hydrangeas, tagged Autumn colour, camellia & fall colour, Cornus florida, dogwood fall colour, oakleaf hydrangea fall on November 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Autumn is definitely the most colourful time of the year in my garden. Above, fall foliage and camellias. The dogwoods (Cornus florida) are at their peak with both the foliage and the fruits ablaze. I just love the way this tree frames the veranda and gives me a marvelous view of the [...]
GARDENING IN THE SOUTH
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Companion Planting, Hydrangeas, Shrubs, Vegetable Garden, Wildflowers, tagged Beekeeper, Camellia 'Daydream', camellia sasanqua, Camellia sasanqua 'Winter's Charm, Camellia sasanqua Jean May, Chinese Witchhazel, fall gardening, Hanna Jiman, honey, Loropetalum chinense, Non-stop gardening, peppers, Vegetable Garden on October 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Perhaps what I appreciate most about gardening in the south is the fact that it is year round. While many of the deciduous hydrangeas are loosing their foliage, the Arum groundcover is coming into its own and will soon blanket the ground. Then there are the shrubs that bloom a second time. Above, the [...]
FALL TOUR
Posted in Accessories, Camellias, Companion Planting, Focal Point, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Hydrangeas, Potager, Roses, Vegetable Garden, Viburnums, tagged cutting garden, design, garden bones, garden feature, garden Rooms, potager, Putti, veg garden, viburnum on October 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The area of the garden I’m sharing now on this Fall Tour is little seen because it’s incomplete. Not that any garden is ever ‘done’ or completed, however this part is has only ‘bones’ and is waiting for me to flesh out the details. Till now it did not seem too pressing because all the important plants were [...]
THE FIRST CAMELLIA
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Companion Planting, Hydrangeas, Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia sasanqua 'Sparkling Burgundy', Camellia sinensis, companion planting, Hydrangea, Martha Tate, Penny McHenry, shade garden, tea plant on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The first camellia to bloom in my garden is Camellia sinensis, the Tea Plant. No big drumroll for it is not the showiest, but then neither are crocuses, yet we delight to see them. This plant is my introduction to the Camellia Season, and yes, this is the plant from which tea is made. Fast on [...]
CHANGE OF HYDRANGEA
Posted in Cutting flowers, Hydrangeas, Shade Gardening, tagged chartreuse hydrangeas, cutting garden flowers, Dried hydrangeas, hydrangea 'Annabelle', Hydrangea arborescense 'Annabelle', hydrangea macrophylla, lilies, Lilium 'Montreal' on September 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In a recent post I bemoaned the fact that my “interesting hydrangeas’ had no impact in the July landscape. Today, however, the ‘ interesting hydrangeas’… are still interesting… whereas the July impact hydrangea… not so much. So, I will stay with the interesting ones in the circle of friends & plant the babies that [...]
CLEMATIS, HYDRANGEAS & BURNT SUGAR
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Clematis, Cutting flowers, Hydrangeas, Shade Gardening, tagged cercidiphyllum japonicum, clematis, dry flowers, fall colour, Hydrangea, Katsuratree, Sweet Autumn Clematis on August 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Nothing signals the end of summer like Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora) and hydrangeas cut for drying. The hydrangeas are cut with some ‘old wood’ I find they hold their shape better that way. Later, when I arrange them, I will cut the stem to whatever length required. Sometimes, when cut on the tender green stems, [...]
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
Posted in Garden house, Garden Rooms, Hydrangeas, Outdoor Living Spaces, Shade Gardening, tagged garden room, hydrangeas, plant cuttings, shade gardening on August 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Earlier this summer, as I sat in the Circle of Friends, I realized that after the first major flush of bloom my ‘interesting hydrangeas’ really had no impact at all. What was needed was more of the strong blue mopheads. So cuttings it was, since that particular hydrangea is an unknown variety and I have no [...]
HYDRANGEA, LILY, LILY……
Posted in Bulbs, Cutting flowers, Hydrangeas, Potager, Roses, Vegetable Garden, tagged cutting garden. cutting flowers, Hydrangea, lilies, Lilium, potager on June 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Recently, Little Augury posted about Lilies. The Regale lilies in her garden, John Singer Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose, and Beverly Nichols’ love of Lilies. All favorites of mine. Below, an interpretation with what I have in my garden now. Alas, no rose, no carnation, no children playing …. but Hydrangeas & Lilies in profusion. Lilium ‘Touching’ above, supported by [...]
SHOCKING 2
Posted in Clematis, Companion Planting, Focal Point, Roses, Whimsy, tagged Clematis Catherine Clanwilliam, Clematis Purpurea Elegans, Elsa Schiaperelli, Focal Point, Rose Pink Knockout, whimsy on June 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I LOVE the Schiaparelli Bench!! In context, with plants of like colour. This garden space, which separates the “Pleasure Garden” or Viburnum Court from the Potager, has long given me grief. Originally it was conceived as a Rosemary Walk; a brick lined, grass path, planted on both sides with rosemary. Meant to make contact as [...]
SHOCKING!
Posted in Accessories, Focal Point, Roses, Whimsy, tagged Elsa Schiaperelli, Focal Point, hot pink, knockout rose, whimsy on June 16, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Think pink! Shocking Pink! Schiaparelli* Pink! Same colour as the pink ‘Knockout Roses’ below… BUT the main purpose was to detract from the mess weeds in that garden space. Distraction as a design tool? It works! (Paint Behr 680B-5 Strawberry Freeze) *Elsa Schiaperelli, provocative fashion designer, rival of Coco Chanel.
