Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ © All photos 2010
Archive for the ‘Camellias’ Category
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY
Posted in Camellias, Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia japonica, Lady Clare on December 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
THE GARDEN UNFOLDS
Posted in Camellias, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Hydrangeas, tagged camellias, garden design, garden Rooms, hydrangeas on November 16, 2010 | 4 Comments »
An overcast and rainy day. Great for the garden, good for photography. In the last post the photo of the entrance to both the Camellia Walk & Circle of Friends was not clear so here are some taken today. This is where the Camellia Walk begins. a few yards over to the right lies… [...]
GLORIOUS DAYS
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Shade Gardening, tagged Autumn colour, Camellia, circa 1844, House, Meadow on November 14, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The weather has been beautiful this past week and there is no better place to spend these glorious days than in the garden. Below, The Meadow gets its annual mowing. It always looks so verdant after the cut. Next the Daffodils will pierce the ground and spring will be back in a few short weeks! (always [...]
PHOTO TOUR
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Companion Planting, Garden Design, Pottery, tagged garden design, oakleaf hydrangea autumn color, potager on November 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
And in the potager… © All photos 2010
CAMELLIAS! CAMELLIAS!
Posted in Camellias, Shade Gardening, tagged Ackereman Hybrids, camellias, hydrangea macrophylla on October 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Blooming now Camellia sasanqua ‘Maiden’s Blush’ above Camellia sasanqua ‘Jean May’ above & below Camellia sasanqua “Daydream’ Below, one of the Ackerman Hybrids, C. ‘Winter’s Charm’ Does this look familiar? I posted on this area in spring when the Azaleas were blooming. This is the walk to the compost. [...]
RANDOM THOUGHTS
Posted in Camellias, Garden Design, Perennials, Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia, Dryopteris, Evergreen Ferns, Polystichum, selaginella, window treatment on October 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Evergreen ferns keep the garden looking lush in winter. Here the Autumn Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora) adds texture to the camellia walk, (above & below) so does the Arborvitae or Moss Fern (Selaginella pallescens) (below) and the Tassel Fern. (Polystichum polyblepharum) Seating, painted matt black, does not detract from the real interest..STRUCTURE & PLANTS! This [...]
STRUCTURE IN THE GARDEN
Posted in Camellias, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Shade Gardening, tagged camellias, shade garden, structure on October 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
With their rich evergreen foliage camellias are used in my garden to create the ‘ architecture’. They form the ‘walls’ in my shade garden which give it structure. My walls talk. © all photos & text 2010
THE CAMELLIA WALK
Posted in Camellias, Garden Design, Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia walk, helleborus, Lyman Estates, shade gardening, winter garden on October 15, 2010 | 15 Comments »
When I was planning my southern garden, I knew I had to have a Camellia Walk. Many years ago, when I lived in Massachusetts, I would regularly visit the Lyman Estates. It was there that I saw my first Camellias. A visit to Mr Lyman’s greenhouses in February was an incredible sight. There were greenhouses where grapes [...]
OOPS!
Posted in Camellias, Potager, Shade Gardening, tagged basil, Camellia, cutting garden, potager, salad greens, weed dragon. eggplant, winter veg. on October 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I might have been too hasty in suggesting the introduction of the The Camellia Walk . It’s really not ready for its close-up! Quick peek down below. And there is only’ Hana Jima’ blooming there now. Sparkling Burgundy, below, (there are 3 of them in the garden) is located in the circle of friends, and [...]
NEW GARDEN SEASON!
Posted in Camellias, Perennials, Shade Gardening, Shrubs, tagged autum garden, camellias, Toad Lily on October 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
We finally got some rain… a good, long, soaking, rain and temperatures have dropped to somewhere near ‘normal’ for this time of year. Hard to believe we are at the end of September begining of October! One of the self sowing, perennials in my garden is the Toad Lily (Tricyrtis hirta). This plant has graceful arching foliage of matt, fuzzy, [...]
