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29 Sep 2009Dan Hinkley on Hydrangea paniculata PG Hydrangea and 6. East 2 gardenPartly Sunny 8°C / 46°F
p.163-4 “…primarily in Japan that I have encountered in the wild one of the hardiest and most handsome of the Hydrangea species grown in North America and Europe… large geographical range from Sakhalin and northeastern China to Taiwan through the entire Japanese ArchipelagoR...
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29 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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12 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 Sep 2009From pot to garden 2 1 Clematis H.F.Young and 6. East 2 gardenClear 14°C / 57°F
Described unpotting and planting this in today’s journal.
Photo.s: Potted; what I found when I unpotted it; new location.
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12 Jul 2009Moved to a happier home Bellis perenis 'Rominette Red' and 6. East 2 gardenOvercast 17°C / 63°F
Moved from below bank to north end in the home that it will thrive with more sunlight. Stuck a plant tag next to it in case it completely disappeared over winter.
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16 Jun 2009Sitting by the rock looking at East 2 2 6. East 2 gardenCloudy 18°C / 64°F
Ho hum, not so interesting at the moment, the main focus is the two big clumps of maroon irises, now the ajuta and forget-me-nots are over. There is lots to come but overall this needs to be thought about.
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04 Jun 2009June 09 1 6. East 2 gardenSunny 22°C / 72°F
Buzz buzz buzz!
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