Road garden runs East to West roughtly, the fence divides it from Beyond the Pale Garden and a wide road allowance which slopes slightly south and is sandy. Road garden is 24’ long x 3’ deep. At the east end is a huge spruce tree which shades 6ft of the bed, depriving that area of deep snow cover in the winter and rain in the summer. The west end of Road Garden ends at the parking area fence and is contiguous with Drive Garden which runs at right angles to it.
This is another trench dug garden, which was stream bed at the west end but had some soil mostly around rotted tree trunks. About 10 years ago there was a large old maple growing midway down this garden. Imported soil filled most of the trench.
This is a very sunny garden getting sun from early morning to early afternoon and a burst in late afternoon at mid-summer. The fence provides shade, good for plants that like their roots in the shade.
This garden gets manure and compost annually, and an involuntary mulch of spruce needles and debris.
Photos: from east to west, west to east 14 Apr 09.
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Iris Tiger Mix
Iris xiphium
Sown on 29 Sep 09 Starting at east end, mostly towards the back. ...
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Anemone blanda 'Blue Star'
Anemone blanda
Sown on 29 Sep 09 Planted either side of blue grass, and next to ...
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Lily ?
Sown on 04 Aug 09 East side of berberis
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Rosa Night Owl
Rosa
Sown on 14 Jul 09 Planted at east end. Large, semi-double, dark ...
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Ornamental Sorrel
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Established on 12 Jul 09 In front of the Berberis, was originally in Eas...
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Coral bells
Heucerella
Sown on 05 Jun 09 At the east end, edge of path by Knautia
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Olina Tango Lily
Lilium
Sown on 29 Apr 09 Planted at the edge in a triangle between peony...
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Single early tulip 'Princess Irene'
Tulipa
Planting Out on 30 Sep 08 Orange/purple, 12", early, full sun, z3-8, in f...
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Knautia macedonia
Knautia macedonica
Purchased in Jul 2008 At east end.
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Hosta 'Halcyon'
Hosta tardiana
Purchased on 01 Apr 08 Thick frosty blue leaves, slug resistant, vigor...
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Purple Turk's Cap Lily
Lilium martagon
Planting Out in 2008 Planted by berberis
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Iris
Iris
Sown in 2008 At east end in with Michaelmas daisies, from Diane
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Diane's Michaelmas Daisies
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Established on 16 Oct 07 These are a little taller than Prof K and a dee...
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No-name Clematis
Clematis
Purchased in Jul 2007 Planted against the fence to the west of the pe...
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Bearded Iris no-name
Iris germanica
Established in 2007 I have absolutely no memory of buying this but ...
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Phlox paniculata 'Blue Boy'
Phlox paniculata
Purchased in 2007 Didn't bloom 08, probably because of too much s...
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Trumpet Lily 'Anaconda'
Lilium
Purchased on 12 Oct 06 Orange, west end.
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Trumpet Lily 'Midnight'
Lilium
Purchased on 12 Oct 06 Behind the berberis
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Trumpet Lily 'Emerald Temple' ?
Lilium
Purchased on 12 Oct 06 I think perhaps an emerald temple got in with t...
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Trumpet Lily 'Moon Temple'
Lilium
Sown on 12 Oct 06 Lime yellow interior, cool green exterior.
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Tulip 'Artist'
Tulipa
Sown on 05 Oct 06
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Heuchera 'Beauty Colour'
Heuchera
Purchased on 04 Jun 06 By Rosa Glauca
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Liatris
Liatris spicata
Purchased on 06 Apr 06 This has always bloomed well; photo 3 Aug 2009
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Asiatic Lily 'Iceberg'
Lilium
Established on 06 Apr 06 The freebies were labeled as Renoir described a...
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Catanache
Catananche caerulea
Purchased in Apr 2006 Rona; I am hoping they will self-seed. Various ...
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Lily 'Black Beauty'
Lilium
Established on 06 Mar 06 East of Rosa glauca, dark raspberry recurved.
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Geranium 'Johnson's Blue'
Geranium
Established in 2006 Planted in front of Rosa glauca
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Hydrangea paniculata 'Brussels Lace'
Hydrangea paniculata
Purchased in 2006 From nursery at Swan Lake, Kelowna; saw it in b...
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No-name pink Peony
Paeonia officinalis
Purchased in 2006 Bought it as 'Krinkled White', pink outer petal...
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Michaelmas Daisies
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Sown in 2006 A tall deep purple-pink, these always bloom lat...
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Purple and white lilies
Purchased on 25 May 05 I think these may be day lilies, possibly 'Dest...
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Vinca minor
Vinca minor
Established in 2005 Planted on south west side of spruce as ground ...
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Clematis viticella 'Polish Spirit'
Clematis viticella
Purchased in 2005
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Sedum 'Purple Emperor'
Sedum
Purchased in 2005
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Oriental lily 'Tom Pouce'
Lilium
Purchased in 2005 VanDerMeer's. 'Tom Pouce' is named after a Dutc...
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Tulip 'Black Parrot'
Tulipa
Sown in Oct 2004 Moved from Porch 05, and some added (I think) 07
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Shrubby Potentilla 'Abbotswood'
Potentilla fruticosa
Purchased in Jul 2004 A trip to Steve VanDerMeer's 'just to look'. Cl...
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Sedum 'Rose Carpet'
Sedum cyaneum
Purchased on 27 May 04 Planted on south indent near rosa glauca
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Giant Lamb's Ears
Stachys byzantina
Purchased on 27 May 04 There are two kinds of lamb's ears at the east ...
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Berberis 'Rose Glow'
Berberis thunbergii
Established on 26 May 04 Marbled pinks and cream on new growth, old grow...
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Sedum 'Rosy Glow'
Sedum
Purchased on 11 May 04 Purchased from Steve Van der Meer's, 'wonderful...
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Hosta sieboldiana 'Elegans'
Hosta sieboldiana
Purchased on 10 May 04 Bought at Steve V der M, rounded blue leaves, j...
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Rosa glauca
Rosa glauca
Established on 15 Apr 04 Rosa glauca - species Central Southern Europe m...
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Oriental Lily 'Expression'
Lilium
Sown on 05 Apr 04 White with a faint pinkness at the edge of the ...
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Sedum spurium 'Tricolour'
Sedum spurium
Purchased in 2004 This was its original position but has never th...
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Blue grass
Festuca ovina glauca
Purchased in 2004 It has some seedlings in the path as well now.
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Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Sedum spectabile
Sown in 2004 Dogwood
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