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22 Nov 2009Wintersown Seedling Update Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove - 'Sutton's Apricot' Branching, Digitalis purpurea - Foxglove - 'Flashing Spi...Overcast 7°C / 45°F
I just wanted to post some photos of what some of the 2009 Wintersown seedlings look like at the close of the gardening season. I am quite pleased with the progress of just about all of them. A few of them actually bloomed this year, and the rest grew really well. Next year will be very exciting ...
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22 Nov 2009A full cycleOvercast 13°C / 55°F
The gardens have mostly been put to bed for the winter. Oh, there are a few stragglers still left to turn out the light, but they will soon. November, I think, is my least favorite month. Even with the long stretch of January, there is anticipation and planning. November lies bleak and dreary, br...
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21 Nov 2009November's Bud Iris - Intermediate Bearded 'Low Ho Silver' Budding and Heritage gardenSunny 13°C / 55°F
I know a reblooming Iris is supposed to send its second flush of flowers late in fall, but this late? Here it is, a huge bud! Hope it does bloom.
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21 Nov 2009How does the Ajuga grow No Mo' Grass Front Lawn garden , Ajuga reptans - Carpetbugle - 'Black Scallop' Branching, Ajuga reptans 'Bu...Sunny 13°C / 55°F
This is just a photo update of the status of the Ajuga as of the end of the 2009 growing season. A thorough inspection shows that despite that overgrown grass (that is now growing better than ever since we don’t want it to) the various plants of Ajuga are settling in and surreptitiously spr...
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21 Nov 2009Time to become a house plant... Fuchsia Moved, Outside Container 2009 garden , Inside the House garden , and Alocasia odoara - Elephant Ear...… at least for the winter.Sunny 13°C / 55°F
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21 Nov 2009Moved to the cold frame for the winter Crinum - White Crinum Lily Moved, Outside Container 2009 garden , Lavandula angustifolia - English Lavender...Sunny 4°C / 40°F
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21 Nov 2009Lining up the border plantings 1 Welcome garden , Daffodil (Narcissus) 'Cheerfulness' Sown, Daffodil (Narcissus) 'Fortissimo' Sown, Daffodil...Sunny 19°C / 67°F
Originally written 21 Oct 2009; updated 31 Oct 2009; updated 7 Nov 2009; updated 21 November 2009
It was a beautiful day today, and I had to take advantage of it even though I was home sick. (I work in health care and a cold with cough, sneezes and sniffles is not a good thing to bring to work. A...
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16 Nov 2009Hibiscus Sawfly 2009 Little Visitors garden
This is one hungry evil bugger. It appeared for the first time this year and totally devoured every bit of foliage on our two Hardy Hibiscus plants. As fast as each leaf would appear, it was turned into a skeleton within a couple of hours I had no idea what this was but thanks to breathebeastR...
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15 Nov 2009Potted one set of Amaryllis 1 Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom' Sown and Inside the House gardenIndoors
These were two bulbs I received in a swap. The trader thought, but wasn’t sure, that they were ‘Apple Blossom’ as she had several varieties together in an outside bed. They are very small, so I don’t know if they will be mature enough to produce a flower, but they need to ...
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15 Nov 2009Some lifted for the winter, some left in place 1 Chasmanthe floribunda - Pennants Dying Down and Butterfly - Bee - Bird gardenCloudy 17°C / 62°F
A bit of an experiment. These grew very nicely over the summer, but of course never flowered, being the first year they were grown from seed. They are well on their way to developing viable corms however. I’d like to try to store the corms over the winter and see if they will grow again nex...
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