sheepandwool's Water garden
Garden Type: Water | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Clay | Established: 2000 | Organic
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This garden came about from necessity. My soil was so stony and clay-y that nothing wanted to grow here, and every time it rained, the place would turn to mud. I dug up thousands of stones out of the ground with my bare hands (well, actually with hand tools), and brought in a dump truck full of compost, which sounds like a lot, but was barely enough to spread about 3 inches worth of compost over the clay (though it did take me a full year to do so by hand). Anyway, I had a giant pile of stone left, and no idea what to do with it. Voila! A waterfall with 2 ponds. And when I say: “voila”, I mean it in a hard, slave-labor, back-breaking sort of way.
Fast forward about 10 years, and one tiny baby Koi later, and sadly the garden needs an overhaul, in order to accomodate the no-longer-tiny Koi, which is growing at an alarming rate, as we speak! So this year, I will have to enlarge the upper pond for Fred’s (the Koi’s) use.
An outdoor organic garden located in Vernon, United States, sheepandwool's Water garden currently contains 16 plants.
This is a Water garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 6a. It has mainly Clay soil and receives Partial Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Thymus vulgaris
Sown on 27 Jul 11
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Mentha x piperita
Sown on 24 Jul 11
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Monarda didyma
Transplanted on 27 Apr 11
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Asclepias tuberosa
Transplanted on 20 Apr 11
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Origanum vulgare
Transplanted on 20 Jul 10
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Sidalcea
Established on 24 Feb 09
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Iris pseudacorus
Established on 24 Feb 08
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Convallaria majalis
Established on 27 Apr 07
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Buddleja davidii
Established on 24 Feb 07
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Syringa vulgaris
Established on 27 Apr 04
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Matteuccia struthiopteris
Established on 20 Apr 00
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Iris virginica
Established on 24 Feb 00
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Clematis
Established on 24 Feb 00
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Clematis
Established on 24 Feb 00
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Lysimachia
Established on 24 Feb 00
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Forsythia x intermedia
Established on 27 Apr 95
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Comments
orientallily wrote:
It’s absolutely beautiful!
Posted on 05 Sep 11 (over 1 year ago)
blurdom wrote:
I love it – it’s beautiful work!
Posted on 18 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
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