kelly's Side garden
Garden Type: Footpath | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Combination | Established: 2008 | Organic ARCHIVED
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The plants located along the walkway from the front to back yards.
This garden has been in constant construction since I moved into this house in April of 2008. First I realized it was horribly overgrown and not taken care of. Too many bulbs which had divided and completely taken over the area (and stopped flowering because of overcrowding) and two roses which never got pruned.
In 2008 I dug out a bunch of bulbs and replanted a few of them.
In 2009 I realized I had missed a bunch during my original pass, so I realized that the only way I’d be happy with this space is to take out the vast majority of the bulbs (and really get them this time), and plant perennials and herbs. So over the span of about 2 months in early 2009 this is exactly what I did.
I took out approximately 300 bulbs/rhizomes and planted my perennials and herbs instead. I’m much happier with it now.
An outdoor organic garden located in Nelson, Canada, kelly's Side garden currently contains 0 plants.
This is a Footpath garden that is known to be in USDA Hardiness Zone 6b. It has mainly Combination soil and receives Partial Sun light.Photos
Plantings
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Calendula 'Greenheart Orange' ARCHIVED
Calendula officinalis
Sown on 15 May 10
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Heuchera ARCHIVED
Heuchera villosa
Purchased on 14 May 10
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English Lavendar ARCHIVED
Lavandula angustifolia
Purchased on 14 May 10
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Strawberries ARCHIVED
Transplanted on 14 May 10
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Mint 'Chocolate' ARCHIVED
Mentha x piperita f. citrata
Transplanted on 14 May 10
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Thyme ARCHIVED
Thymus vulgaris
Established on 09 May 10
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French Tarragon ARCHIVED
Artemisia dracunculus
Transplanted on 09 May 10
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Jacob's Ladder ARCHIVED
Polemonium caeruleum
Transplanted on 09 May 10
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Pumpkin 'Small Sugar' ARCHIVED
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
Purchased on 17 Jun 09 So this guy was $1.50 at the farmer's market. ...
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Lemon Thyme 'Golden' ARCHIVED
Thymus citriodorus
Purchased on 17 Jun 09 I absolutely could NOT resist this one when I s...
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Cucumber 'Cool Breeze' ARCHIVED
Cucumis sativus
Purchased on 17 Jun 09 Okay, so I bought this thinking it was an OP va...
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Columbine - Purple ARCHIVED
Aquilegia vulgaris
Established on 13 Jun 09 I found this growing almost from right undernea...
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Calendula 'Victorian Sunset' ARCHIVED
Calendula officinalis
Sown on 04 Jun 09
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Sweet Basil ARCHIVED
Ocimum basilicum
Sown on 04 Jun 09
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Sage 'Caradonna' ARCHIVED
Salvia nemorosa
Purchased on 02 Jun 09 Beautiful ornamental sage.
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Lavender 'Kew Red' ARCHIVED
Lavandula stoechas
Purchased on 02 Jun 09 This lavender has a subtle sarsaparilla smell t...
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Anemone ARCHIVED
Anemone sylvestris
Purchased on 02 Jun 09
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Rudbeckia 'Irish Eyes' ARCHIVED
Rudbeckia hirta
Purchased on 02 Jun 09 I've been looking for this Rudbeckia for YEARS,...
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Toad Lily ARCHIVED
Tricyrtis hirta
Purchased on 02 Jun 09 So because apparently my toad lily that I got l...
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Astilbe ARCHIVED
Astilbe
Purchased on 15 May 09
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Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer' (Self-seeded) ARCHIVED
Rudbeckia hirta
Sown on 22 Apr 09 Not sure exactly how these guys self-seeded whe...
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Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum' ARCHIVED
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii
Transplanted on 07 Apr 09
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Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' ARCHIVED
Coreopsis verticillata
Transplanted on 07 Apr 09
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Echinacea 'Magnus' ARCHIVED
Echinacea purpurea
Transplanted on 07 Apr 09
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Lily of the Valley ARCHIVED
Convallaria majalis
Purchased on 31 Mar 09 I always remember a great wash of this stuff wh...
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Borage #1 ARCHIVED
Borago officinalis
Sown on 31 Mar 09
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Columbine 'Long Spurred Mixed' ARCHIVED
Aquilegia vulgaris
Sown on 24 Mar 09 Added some seeds for columbine in the side gard...
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Globe Thistle ARCHIVED
Echinops ritro
Sown on 24 Mar 09 I LOVE globe thistle. I can't wait to see these.
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Wild Bee Balm ARCHIVED
Monarda fistulosa
Sown on 24 Mar 09 Added some bee balm seeds to this garden as wel...
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Heather 'Spring Torch' ARCHIVED
Calluna vulgaris
Transplanted on 22 May 08
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Heather 'Hoyerhagen' ARCHIVED
Calluna vulgaris
Purchased on 06 May 08
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Heather 'Dunnet Lime' ARCHIVED
Calluna vulgaris
Sown on 06 May 08
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Iris ARCHIVED
Iris
Established on 28 Apr 08 Tons of these guys all along the footpath - in ...
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Rose - Red ARCHIVED
Rosa
Established on 28 Apr 08 Already in the garden, and definitely not taken...
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Rose - Pink ARCHIVED
Rosa
Sown on 28 Apr 08 I would love to have any pointers on the variet...
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Lavender ARCHIVED
Lavandula angustifolia
Established on 28 Apr 08 A gangly old lavender not taken care of in year...
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Scotch Mint ARCHIVED
Mentha x gracilis
Established on 28 Apr 08 Finally able to put a name to this mint that wa...
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Strawberry ARCHIVED
Fragaria vesca spp. alpina
Established on 28 Apr 08 Unknown kind of strawberry (could be wild) foun...
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Hyacinth ARCHIVED
Hyacinthus orientalis
Established on 28 Apr 08 Assortment of hyacinth bulbs in the side garden
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Grape hyacinth ARCHIVED
Muscari armeniacum
Established on 28 Apr 08 Of all the bulbs I took out of this side garden...
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Tulips ARCHIVED
Tulipa
Established on 28 Apr 08 An assortment of tulips.
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Comments
TropicanaRoses wrote:
Very pretty garden! I love roses!!
Posted on 24 Mar 09 (about 4 years ago)
kelly wrote:
The roses are nice. I never would have planted them myself, but I’m glad they were there when we moved in. There is actually another very small (young) white rose that the previous owners put right in the middle of the yard. Which is strange, because it’s a climbing rose. So I think I’m going to transplant it into this garden this year. Hopefully we’ll get the house painted this year as well, so I can finally put up the big trellises for these guys to grow on. The red one is about 15ft long (although you can’t tell from the picture) and desperately needs better support.
Posted on 24 Mar 09 (about 4 years ago)
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