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NellJean's Red Bed garden

Garden Type: Tropical | Sun: Full Sun | Soil: Sand I'm Organic!

Esperanza
Pride of Barbados
Laura Bush petunia
Castor Bean
Red Cascade rose
DL — Sammy
Red Porterweed
Red Pentas
Rabbit Tobacco
KO roses (4)
Loropetalum (2)

The Red Bed has evolved into a fiesta of colors:

Yellow, red, orange, purple, magenta.

I made a note to put a Tithonia behind every Esperanza for the delight of butterflies next summer.

Plantings

Day 268

Lily 'Red Dutch'

Lilium

Sown on 27 Feb 09 Nobody ever had too many lilies. The picture lo...
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Day 286

Dogwood Transplant

Cornus florida

Transplanted on 09 Feb 09 Transplanted from the Azalea Walk garden, where...
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Day 287

Coreopsis 'Moonbeam'

Planting Out on 08 Feb 09 Bareroot Perennial, planted in pots for a bette...
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Day 291

Lily 'Red Dutch'

Lilium

Sown on 04 Feb 09 Nobody ever had too many lilies. The picture lo...
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Esperanza/Tecoma stans

Sown on 06 Mar 08
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Asiatic Lily 'Blackout'

Lilium

Purchased on 18 Nov 07
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Pride of Barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Sown on 06 Mar 07 Grew from seed in 2007. Two plants returned in ...
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- Happy

Comments

SneIrish wrote:
Nell, It sounds Glorious! Can’t wait to see pics when it is all in bloom.
You’re doing great – really making a lot of progress. I’m very impressed.
Sue

Posted on 08 Jan 09 (about 11 months ago)