Posts Tagged ‘Margaret Moseley’
CAMELLIAS
Posted in Camellias, Shrubs, tagged camellias, evergreen shrubs, garden designer, glossy green foliage, hedges, Lyman Estates, Margaret Moseley, winter flowers, winter garden on January 27, 2013 | 4 Comments »
JUNE IN JANUARY
Posted in Camellias, Perennials, Shade Gardening, winter garden, tagged Camellia Fragrant Pink, edgeworthia crysantha, helleborus, Japanese flowering apricot, Margaret Moseley, Prunus mume, winter garden on January 15, 2013 | 7 Comments »
The temperature here in Georgia is an unseasonable 76° F. I should not complain about this (coming from Canada), however all the buds on the spring bloomers are swelling and the cold, that is sure to come, will inevitably kill them.
In a ‘normal’ year the Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus mume) above, starts to bloom sporadically mid to end of January. This year on the 15th, it is almost done, its petals adorning the ground.
The Helleborus, commonly called Lenten Roses, should peak, you guessed it, at Lent. Not this year,(below)
I’ll not whine any longer. The camellias are putting on a spectacular show…
and Margaret Moseley’s favorite, ‘Fragrant Pink’ is perfuming the air with its rose-like fragrance.
This is also the earliest I have ever seen Edgeworthia crysantha open.
All in all this is going to be a very interesting gardening year.
It is never too late to wish you all a wonderful healthy & joyous New Year.
THIS ‘N’ THAT
Posted in autumn colour, Camellias, Clematis, Companion Planting, Hydrangeas, Shade Gardening, Small trees, Vegetable Garden, tagged Camellia 'Daydream', Camellia sasanqua 'Sparkling Burgundy', Clematis Odoriba, hydrangea macrophylla, Lacecap hydrangea, Margaret Moseley, Stewartia, vegetable gardening on October 18, 2012 | 9 Comments »
Due to an injury I have been unable to garden. I finally got to take a walk and snap some photos so here goes.. a bit of this ‘n’ that.
This scene makes me smile every time..the faded flowers on the hydrangea and the Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’ perfect partners.
Stewartia showing some of its famous exfoliating bark. This was the year to remove all the lower branches, it will look somewhat awkward for a few years…
Camellia sasanqua ‘Daydream’ I rescued this plant from the trash at a nursery. Margaret Moseley told me it was the only fragrant sasanqua in her garden…If Margaret was growing it ..I needed to have one too; but it was an old variety and no one carried it. One Autumn day, plant shopping in Alabama, I caught a sweet fragrance and went to investigate…there it was, a broken scraggly mess, lying in the trash heap… the treasure I was seeking! They gave it to me.
Beautiful colours on the lacecap hydrangea…
eggplants and peppers still going in the potager…
and the clematis that bloomed all summer & going strong still… Clematis ‘Odoriba’
Life is good.
“THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE”
Posted in Companion Planting, Garden Design, mixed border, Shrubs, Viburnums, tagged Azaleas, Margaret Moseley, Snowball Viburnum on March 30, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Famous words from Margaret Moseley. For 44 years she has created an incredible garden. She designed and planted everything herself and has done all the maintenance, except grass cutting. (“that’s not gardening”) Only recently has she hired some help.
These photos show “nothing”.
Can you tell pink is her favorite colour?
Can’t wait for the next visit. I always learn something new from her garden and I have seen it several times a year for the last 19 years!
I am sorry the photos of her Kwanzan Cherry Tree that was in full bloom the day I took these photos were so blurred.
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 mume).
Margaret laid those stones when she was in her 70′s!
Below, a seating area beneath a flowering cherry tree (Prunus serrulata ‘Kwanzan’) surrounded by azaleas, camellias and underplanted with a variety of textured & fragrant groundcovers… 
Well thought out focal points….
Her philosophy…
Camellias in bloom…. my new plant list…
Some of these Camellias are heirlooms, rare in the trade. While they may be a challenge to locate, don’t give up, they are out there.
One of my personal favorites is Camellia japonica ‘Ava Maria’ (above). When I first saw it in Margret’s garden the hunt to acquire one was on! Her very generous daughter Jane located it for me. It is a gift I treasure, as is Margaret’s friendship.
Note: plant names are visible if cursor is on photo. To read more on Margaret & her garden visit GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY. She is often featured.
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 Moseley, who, like me, has too much garden and too many cats! (Can one ever have enough of either?)
Catching up on reading & researching camellias.
There is always room for one more.
Just have some baking to do…. don’t hate me… this is the first time ever I’m ALMOST prepared!!
FABULOUS FALL FRAGRANCE
Posted in Garden Design, Shrubs, tagged evergreen hedge, fragrance, Margaret Moseley, Michael Dirr, osmanthus aurantiacus, Osmanthus fragrans, Tea Olive on September 18, 2011 | 7 Comments »
It’s blooming…. As soon as I walked out the door I caught the fragrance. Osmanthus fragrans, known in the south as ‘ ’Tea Olive’.
Tiny but abundant cream coloured blossoms emit the most remarkable and penetrating fragrance.
This is a beautiful, pest free, evergreen shrub that matures at 10 to 15 feet, and blooms TWICE a year; fall & spring.
To quote Dirr* “to not try the plant is to cheat one’s garden.” I so agree, and cannot recall a garden design where this plant was not included. It also makes a remarkable evergreen hedge.
This spring, at the suggestion of my friend Marsha, I acquired a new selection (Osmanthus aurantiacus) that blooms only once in the autumn, and the flowers are ‘pale orange’. 
It’s hard to say how fragrant it is because I have Osmanthus fragrans planted much like Margaret Moseley* advised with gardenias, every 25-30 feet or so ,where an evergreen was required and the conditions are favorable, so the entire garden is permeated with the fragrance. I have followed her advice on this with almost every fragrant shrub in the garden. Something you might want to try if there is a fragrance you are particularly fond of.
I don’t take lightly any advice given by a 95-year-old gardener. Clearly she has much more experience than I.
*Dirr, Michael, Renowned woody plant expert. Author of the textbook A MANUAL OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS.
*Margaret Moseley, famous Atlanta Gardener.
SCENT-SATIONAL!
Posted in Shrubs, tagged Frangrance, Gardenia japonica, Margaret Moseley on May 27, 2011 | 10 Comments »
