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30 Sep 2009Random thoughts 6. East 2 garden , muscari neglectum , PG Hydrangea , 3. Bay window bed garden , and Moth OrchidCloudy 5°C / 41°F
7.58 am
Cloud came in last night and it rained although not enough to register in the rain gauge, anyway we were saved from a frost. For the rest of the day, cloud streamed in through Eagle Pass, with some heavy showers, some sun and blustery wind.
Painted Lady butterflies feeding on the Michaelm...
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23 Sep 2009Succumbing to temptation 2 3. Bay window bed garden and Ajuta repens 'Atropurpurea'Sunny 19°C / 66°F
12.42 pm
Another glorious Fall day and I decided to tackle the ugly Bay container in which nothing seems to thrive. However before that I went and squirted a dilute mixture of organic dishwashing material and water on the roses in Porch and House which have whitefly. They also have blackspot, che...
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13 Sep 2009And yet more moving of plants 1 Beyond the Pale garden , Giant Coneflower Moved, 6. East 2 garden , Clematis H.F.Young Moved, Lavender 'Blu...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
12.33 pm
Planted 4 roots of Rudbeckia maxima aka Giant Coneflower in Beyond the Pale. Hope it likes it there, it seems more like prairie than any other part of my garden. No hard digging happily, in fact mid-way along the fence by the self-sown Japanese Anemone and the daylily (which has survived...
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12 Jun 2009June 3 Iris germanica 'Orange Slices' and 3. Bay window bed gardenOvercast 23°C / 73°F
The plant is looking healthy and blooming; it looks a bit paler than I remembered it being but still lovely.
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05 Jun 2009June 09 1 3. Bay window bed garden22°C / 72°F
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31 May 2009Blooming 1 Iris 'Rosalie Figge' and 3. Bay window bed gardenClear 22°C / 72°F
The first of the German Irises to bloom as usual.
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04 Oct 2008Planting Out Coreopsis rosea 'American Dream' Planting Out and 3. Bay window bed gardenThe latest of the coreopsis to start blooming. Poked in between irises and being somewhat choked as the iris germanica grows.

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