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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Camellia’
MIXED EMOTIONS
Posted in Camellias, Shade Gardening, winter garden, tagged Camellia, chill hours, frost-kissed, micro climate, peonies on January 4, 2012 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
MEANWHILE, IN THE GARDEN..
Posted in Camellias, Companion Planting, Flowering Trees, Garden Design, Groundcovers, Perennials, Shade Gardening, Shrubs, winter garden, tagged acorus gramineus 'ogon', Camellia, evergreen shrubs, garden design, helleborus, Prunus mume, winter garden on February 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On a tour of the garden today, signs of spring … The Meadow is coming alive.. Soon I’ll post the results of 13 years of rescuing daffs and trying to achieve the ‘English Thing’. Meanwhile the Winter garden is doing what it is supposed to and is at its peak….The “peak” lasts a [...]
DRUNK with CAMELLIAS!!
Posted in Camellias, Cutting flowers, Focal Point, Garden Design, Garden Rooms, Potager, Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia, camellia japonica 'debutante', cutting garden, garden design, garden Rooms, Vita Sackville West on December 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vita Sackville West wrote of her garden… “I am drunk with roses!” I, am drunk with Camellias! blooming on the right … Camellia japonica ‘Debutante’ The Camellia Walk snakes through the shade garden in the form of an inverted ‘S’ Below, it is the Camellia Walk which forms the background for the Mourning Bench. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HEAT ADVISORY!
Posted in Shade Gardening, tagged Camellia on August 19, 2010 | 6 Comments »
This may be the first time in my life I wanted summer to be OVER. In Georgia we have had 63 days with temps in the high 90′s and that is before they calculate the heat index. Hope is on the way… I saw camellia buds today. Cooler weather is around the corner. I can’t [...]
