This time we had to see if there was any damage in the garden. We had already heard the loud thump as a huge limb fell in the drive. Our guests thought it might have hit their car, which it did not…. but not by much! This is the other side of the coin… gardening under [...]
Archive for the ‘Viburnums’ Category
WINTER GARDEN WALK 2
Posted in Garden Design, Viburnums, winter garden, tagged garden design, storm damage, viburnum awabuki 'chindo', wind storm, winter garden on December 30, 2011 | 8 Comments »
BERRIES!!
Posted in Shrubs, Viburnums, winter garden, tagged berries, heavenly bamboo, hollies, Ilex Bufordii, Ilex Emily Bruner, viburnum, winter berries, Yellow berries on December 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Some great plants for both the landscape and holiday decorations. Hollies… you cannot beat them for their beauty this time of year. Above, Ilex x ‘Emily Bruner’ with berries that encircle the stem… The Buford Holly (Ilex cornuta ‘Burfordii’) exhibits a heavy fruit set in clusters, except when a late frost kills the [...]
FINALLY!… WELL,SORT OF..
Posted in Clematis, Companion Planting, Garden Design, Viburnums, tagged Clematis Elsa Spath, companion plants, garden design, viburnum Michael Dodge on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It has taken a few years but I finally have a purple Clematis blooming with the yellow berries of the Viburnum Michael Dodge…..sort of.. She is Elsa Spath and she is usually all purple. I have no idea why she presented this way but….. a gardener’s hope springs eternal… maybe next year…
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 [...]
IT’S THE BERRIES!
Posted in autumn colour, Shrubs, Viburnums, tagged beautyberry, calicarpa dichotoma 'issai', orange-red berries, purple berries, red berries, Viburnum 'Michael Dodge' berries, Viburnum berries, white beautyberry, white berries, Yellow berries on September 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »
There is so much colour in the garden now… it’s the berries! Viburnum dilatatum ‘Erie’ Orange red berries Viburnum dilatatum ‘Mt. Airy’ more what I call ‘Christmas Red’ Viburnum dilatatum ‘Michael Dodge’ yellow berries Purple Beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma ‘Issai’) American Beautyberry, the white form. (Callicarpa americana’Lactea‘) There is a more common [...]
ELECTRIC POKE
Posted in Clematis, Companion Planting, Viburnums, tagged companion planting, perilla, Poke weed, viburnum Michael Dodge, Yellow berries on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love the electric poke weed! How can I cut it down? How can I leave it?! How can I cut it down?! It is brilliant with the yellow berries of Viburnum dilatatum ‘Michael Dodge’. I’ll deal with it when I deal with the Purple Perilla… Both are thugs! The No- show at this party…the [...]
