I have strawberries in my large planter/pot in the back yard that produces some large strawberries. I eat them when they ripen and if the bugs don't get to them first.
Arrived at hamburger's a couple of hours ago. Everything is that lovely vivid green that you get in the summer when it's raining. Wonderfully lush.
I'll have to get some pix over the next couple of days and post them when I get home.
Ooohing and aaahing.
Franicis, can I havethis rose?
It's really a shame to just leave it there to wither and die...
the garden has certainly been enjoying the rainshowers after our long - six week - dryspell.
the maddening part of our dryspell was that no more than 50 miles to the north there has been heavy rain and even flooding (the city of barrie to the north of toronto had a flashflood). our little veggie patch has been kept alive with watering and is doing well. hbg
Francis and his garden - well, they are private - but I'd love to visit his neck of the woods one day. Which is new. I have figured I'd never go to Paris and environs, being sooooo engaged with italy as I am. Not that I'm not interested, but that one has to make choices re time and money. Now I'm thinking, hmmm.
So, is the tour d'france over with? Did we miss doing a tour this year, Walter? I know that was a lot of work, but I loved every second.
On my own garden, the Cornus capitata has been blooming so beautifully...
back, with any luck, with a photo.
No luck. It's on my work computer. Ah, well.
squinney wrote:Ooohing and aaahing.
Francis, can I havethis rose?
It's really a shame to just leave it there to wither and die...
Squinney, I'll give you a whole bouquet!
ossobuco wrote:Francis and his garden - well, they are private - but I'd love to visit his neck of the woods one day.
Osso, when you'll be planning a trip to France, let me know.
It will be a pleasure showing you the garden!
All right, Francis, I will.
Hey - speaking of france, I think I may be getting a french student to live here this fall semester! I like this, it's fun. I've had housemates from slovakia, italy, china (2), and from the NW of USA.
Anyway, back to gardens..... still haven't gotten a picture of the new bed I put in. Will try to do that today. Then I'll need to wait for the housemate (italy) to send them to me.
check out these Martagon lilies. Their small flowers are so sweetly fragrant. (Click thumbnail)
The pix I took of the newest bed I put in aren't very good. But, here's one.
On this side of the magnolia trunk are a mixed bunch of perennials (iris, blue-eyed grass, lady's mantelprimrose, jack in the pulpit). Just on the far side of the trunk are 3 silver painted ferns. Then a stagger of Itea and mixed with those are the siberian carpet (wee little things right now). On the far side of the bed are some more lady's mantle, some pineapple mint (variegated) and one leggy, pathetic nasturtium.
My wife hired a gardener to cut back on our front yard plants. They've over-taken our yard to the max, so he's coming over once a week for the next three weeks to cut back all the plants. I'll take a "before" and "after" picture to post on this thread.
oooh, cool, Cic. i can't wait to see how it's done!
I am just staring at LittleK's planter. I don't know how well magnolia roots do with what looks like 18" of soil added over them at one end near the trunk. Is this done a lot in your area?
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/02926.html
Wow, gorgeous hamburgergarten pics.
I'm having grass angst. We haven't had rain in a looooong time, and there's a lot of brown grass around. Brown grass makes me sad. So I water. Watering makes me sad.
Rain would be nice.
Osso - that magnolia was in a unretained space about as high as that loam is heaped now. I may have added an extra couple of anches, but not much. If the mag. is killed, it'll be because the guys who put up the retaining wall sawed off a few major roots..... bastids. Seems that it's ok, though. The wall went up last fall, it bloomed well this spring and seems pretty healthy now. Needs some pruning though.
I worry more about the dirt and mulch heaped upon the roots of the zelkova and dogwood in the bed I previously posted pix of. I made a winding crest to the burm, trying to give their roots as little extra weight as possible. The dogwood seems a little stressed out, but I'm thinking it'll be ok.
I'll check out your link in a minute.
Beth, Hambuger - I really like Hamburger Garden!
Oh yes, I do too. I love the choice of plants, their colors, their textures, very appealing to me.
Ah, re the root cutting.. plus that person added soil weight at one end, or it seems so re natural grade and the pavement level. Well, we would ordinarily never add more than six inches when fine grading, and usually not add if at all except to even things out a bit and add some mulch, but I think my old boss would go as far as twelve with some species. Street trees have hard times in any case.
I have a friend who is something of an international expert re rootpruning, too bad I haven't talked with him in years. I am your basic chicken weewee and let a good arborist decide. Tricky when the roots are sidewalk heaving - that usually means poor tree choice in the first place, for the size of the planting area.
