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Spinkitty's isthmus oasis - sunny side garden

Created on Sunday, 25 May 08

The back garden used to be maintained by some friends who 1) know lots about gardening 2) are way better at eating vegetables. It was a jungle-y triumph. A few years ago, they got a community garden plot / bought a house, so it was up to me… but I hate zucchini, eggplant, lots of laboring with clay soil, daily watering, etc. etc. etc.

In 2004, we started making the garden more ornamental. It’s been a challenge, though, since a good 60% of it is mostly shade. (Photos are from 2005 and 2004 respectively.)

The sunny side of the garden stayed a tomato bed, but… even with ten plants: every year, to make one stinkin’ kettle of salsa, I’d have to buy 80% of the tomatoes needed. So on to 2008 and SUNNY PERENNIALS! Whee! Finally maybe we can grow some showy, flowery, pretty things.

Organic Garden

Garden Type: Backyard | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Clay

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  • darker echinacea Day 146

    darker echinacea

    Echinacea purpurea

    Planted on 09 Jul 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • astilbe Day 146

    astilbe

    Astilbe Chinensis

    The astilbe we put back here a few years ago was doing well, and ve...

    Planted on 09 Jul 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • cardinal flower Day 146

    cardinal flower

    Lobelia cardinalis

    Planted on 09 Jul 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • purple coneflowers Day 146

    purple coneflowers

    Echinacea purpurea

    Planted on 09 Jul 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • blue fescue Day 176

    blue fescue

    Festuca ovina glauca

    Planted on 09 Jun 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • purple clematis Day 191

    purple clematis

    Clematis jackmanii

    on north fence

    Planted on 25 May 08

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  • red poppies Day 203

    red poppies

    Papaver orientale

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • pink poppies Day 203

    pink poppies

    Papaver orientale

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • red daylily Day 203

    red daylily

    Hemerocallis

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • bee balm Day 203

    bee balm

    Monarda didyma

    Trying _again_ with Bee Balm; this time putting it in a very, very ...

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • pink phlox Day 203

    pink phlox

    Phlox subulata

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Irish Moss Day 203

    Irish Moss

    Sagina subulata

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • red pasqueflower Day 203

    red pasqueflower

    Pulsatilla vulgaris

    It seemed odd and charming.

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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  • pasqueflower #2 Day 203

    pasqueflower #2

    Pulsatilla vulgaris

    odd and pretty

    Planted on 13 May 08

    • 1 journals
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  • Iris Siberica "Silver Edge" Day 215

    Iris Siberica "Silver Edge"

    Iris sibirica

    Planted in May 2008

    • 1 journals
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  • trellis clematis #1 Day 215

    trellis clematis #1

    Clematis armandii

    Planted in May 2008

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • Japanese Spurge (filler) Day 215

    Japanese Spurge (filler)

    Pachysandra Terminalis

    The Bishop's Weed is crowding it in the front bed, and I needed som...

    Planted in May 2008

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • forget-me-nows Day 215

    forget-me-nows

    Myosotis sylvatica

    eh, needed something short

    Planted in May 2008

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • gate-growing clematis #1

    gate-growing clematis #1

    Clematis

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • gate-growing clematis #2

    gate-growing clematis #2

    Clematis armandii

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • trellis clematis #2

    trellis clematis #2

    Clematis

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Very Happy

  • north fence climbing rose

    north fence climbing rose

    Rosa

    The arch that's over the entry was originally kinda stuck in the mi...

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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  • purple & white columbine

    purple & white columbine

    Aquilegia

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • bucky badger columbine

    bucky badger columbine

    Aquilegia

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Happy

  • red & yellow columbine

    red & yellow columbine

    Aquilegia

    Planted in May 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • unknown rose, north fence

    unknown rose, north fence

    Rosa

    Another one from moved from the arch that was in the wrong place.

    Planted in 2007

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • purple clematis

    purple clematis

    Clematis jackmanii

    on north fence

    Planted in May 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • red clematis

    red clematis

    Clematis

    on north fence

    Planted in May 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments

  • unknown rose

    unknown rose

    Rosa

    I used to have two climbing roses on the trellis, with a non-climbe...

    Planted in 2006

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • red clematis - south fence

    red clematis - south fence

    Clematis

    Planted in 2006

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • purple clematis - south fence

    purple clematis - south fence

    Clematis jackmanii

    Planted in 2006

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • hosta

    hosta

    Hosta

    Planted in 2006

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • trumpet vine

    trumpet vine

    Campsis radicans

    Keeps us from looking directly into the neighbor's living room when...

    Planted in 2002

    • 1 journals
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    • Neutral

  • trumpet vine

    trumpet vine

    Campsis radicans

    Keeps us from looking directly into the neighbor's living room when...

    Planted in 2002

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Neutral

  • spring onions

    spring onions

    Allium fistulosum

    legacy from when the garden was all food things

    Planted in 2000

    • 0 journals
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    • Happy

  • chives

    chives

    Allium schoenoprasum

    Planted in 2000

    • 1 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • crazy rhubarb

    crazy rhubarb

    Gunnera manicata

    omg there's not enough pie in the world to contain these stupid things

    Planted in 2000

    • 1 journals
    • 0 faves
    • 0 comments
    • Very Happy

  • daffodils

    daffodils

    Narcissus

    • 0 journals
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  • wild grapes

    wild grapes

    Vitis vinifera

    wild grapes growing wild! they hate japanese beetles tho :(*

    • 0 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

  • salvia

    salvia

    Salvia x sylvestris

    • 0 journals
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    • 0 comments
    • Happy

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Humulus lupulus

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United States Madison Wisconsin, United States 5a

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