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Gardenerd's Ornamentals garden

Garden Type: Container | Sun: Partial Sun | Soil: Potting Mix | Established: 2007 | Organic

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The ornamental potted plants dotted through the yard. I use Jungle Growth brand potting mix when it’s available; recently, I had to switch to a brand called Craven’s Brown Earth.

Containing 99 plants, Gardenerd's Ornamentals garden is an outdoor garden located in Panama City, United States and is grown using organic principles.

This Container garden is located in USDA Zone 9a and has Potting Mix soil with a Partial Sun outlook.

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Plantings

  • Nun Orchid

    Nun Orchid Day 19

    Phaius tancarvilleae

    Transplanted on 31 May 13 Another of the additions from Mike and Cindi's ...

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  • Kalanchoe Variegated Sp.

    Kalanchoe Variegated Sp. Day 19

    Kalanchoe

    Transplanted on 31 May 13 A division from Mike & Cindi's garden. If you'd...

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  • Heart of Flame

    Heart of Flame Day 19

    Bromelia balansae

    Purchased on 31 May 13 What a story surrounds my acquisition of this a...

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  • Corkscrew Vine

    Corkscrew Vine Day 20

    Vigna caracalla

    Sown on 30 May 13

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  • Agastache 'Lavender Hyssop'

    Agastache 'Lavender Hyssop' Day 23

    Agastache foeniculum

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Poached Egg Plant

    Poached Egg Plant Day 23

    Limnanthes douglasii

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Zinnia 'Giant Violet Queen'

    Zinnia 'Giant Violet Queen' Day 23

    Zinnia elegans

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Delphinium

    Delphinium Day 23

    Delphinium requienii

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Blanket Flower

    Blanket Flower Day 23

    Gaillardia pulchella

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Marigold 'Eskimo'

    Marigold 'Eskimo' Day 23

    Calendula officinalis

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Marigold 'Cracker Jack'

    Marigold 'Cracker Jack' Day 23

    Tagetes erecta

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Marigold Tashkent #1 (H)

    Marigold Tashkent #1 (H) Day 23

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Ipomopsis 'Hummingbird mix'

    Ipomopsis 'Hummingbird mix' Day 23

    Ipomopsis

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Heuchera 'Firefly Coral Bells'

    Heuchera 'Firefly Coral Bells' Day 23

    Heuchera sanguinea

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Amaranth 'Spendens Perfecta'

    Amaranth 'Spendens Perfecta' Day 23

    Amaranthus tricolor

    Sown on 27 May 13

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  • Goldfish Plant

    Goldfish Plant Day 27

    Columnea gloriosa

    Purchased on 23 May 13 I just got this plant and it is already very, v...

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  • Seed of the unknown!

    Seed of the unknown! Day 29

    Sown on 21 May 13 My mother-in-law went to Hawaii last year and b...

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  • Horsetail Rush

    Horsetail Rush Day 37

    Equisetum hyemale

    Transplanted on 13 May 13

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  • Red Passion Flower Vine

    Red Passion Flower Vine Day 40

    Passiflora miniata

    Established on 10 May 13 Since moving into my mother's house while she s...

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  • Yucca 'Adam's needle'

    Yucca 'Adam's needle' Day 40

    Yucca filamentosa

    Established on 10 May 13 How else do I put it? I cut this from a specim...

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  • Asiatic Lily 'Red Joy'

    Asiatic Lily 'Red Joy' Day 65

    Lilium asiaticum

    Purchased on 15 Apr 13 $2 for a pot of four of these flowers- super sc...

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  • Gladiolus 'scented'

    Gladiolus 'scented' Day 82

    Gladiolus x hortulanus

    Sown on 29 Mar 13

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  • Cerinthe 'Purple Bells'

    Cerinthe 'Purple Bells' Day 87

    Cerinthe major var. purpurascens

    Sown on 24 Mar 13

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  • Pregnant Onion

    Pregnant Onion Day 87

    Ornithogalum longibracteatum

    Transplanted on 24 Mar 13

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  • Corkscrew Rush

    Corkscrew Rush Day 89

    Juncus effusus spiralis

    Established on 22 Mar 13 I've had this plant for about 8 months prior to...

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  • Bromeliad 'Queen's Tears'

    Bromeliad 'Queen's Tears' Day 89

    Billbergia nutans

    Established on 22 Mar 13 Sword shaped leaves grow straight up and flop o...

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  • Bromeliad 'Queen's Tears'

    Bromeliad 'Queen's Tears' Day 89

    Billbergia nutans

    Established on 22 Mar 13 Anchored to a piece of driftwoood, this is one ...

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  • Daffodils

    Daffodils Day 92

    Narcissus

    Transplanted on 19 Mar 13 These were planted by my husband's grandmother....

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  • Easter lilly

    Easter lilly Day 92

    Lilium longiflorum

    Transplanted on 19 Mar 13 Planted by my husbands grandmother, I dug up a ...

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  • Marigold 'Dwarf Bolero'

    Marigold 'Dwarf Bolero' Day 95

    Tagetes patula

    Transplanted on 16 Mar 13 Self seeded from the plant that overran my empt...

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  • Hosta 'Frances Williams'

    Hosta 'Frances Williams' Day 97

    Hosta sieboldiana

    Transplanted on 14 Mar 13

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  • Heuchera 'Melting Fire'

    Heuchera 'Melting Fire' Day 97

    Heuchera

    Transplanted on 14 Mar 13

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  • Wand aka Harlequin Flower

    Wand aka Harlequin Flower Day 97

    Sparaxis tricolor

    Sown on 14 Mar 13 First Picture is from this year's blooms. seco...

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  • Geranium

    Geranium Day 102

    Pelargonium zonale

    Transplanted on 09 Mar 13 This is the most intense hot pink flower I have...

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  • Toad Lily

    Toad Lily Day 369

    Tricyrtis

    Transplanted on 15 Jun 12 I love a plant with a great story. My mother-in...

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  • Voodoo Lily

    Voodoo Lily

    Amorphophallus bulbifer

    Purchased on 01 May 12 Story time! Last summer (2012) my mother-in-la...

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  • Kalanchoe

    Kalanchoe

    Kalanchoe

    Transplanted on 22 Apr 12 Leaf cuttings from Auntie Deb. The flowers were...

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  • Sedum 'Dragon's blood'

    Sedum 'Dragon's blood'

    Sedum spurium

    Transplanted on 15 Apr 12 took cuttings from a plant I purchased for my c...

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  • Tradescantia zebrina

    Tradescantia zebrina

    Tradescantia zebrina

    Transplanted on 15 Apr 12 leaflets in my stoncrop when purchased.

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  • Begonia 'Dragonwing'

    Begonia 'Dragonwing'

    Begonia x

    Transplanted on 15 Apr 12

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  • Anthurium 'Red'

    Anthurium 'Red'

    Anthurium palmatum

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12

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  • Anthurium 'White'

    Anthurium 'White'

    Anthurium palmatum

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12

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  • Philodendron 'Fiddle Leaf'

    Philodendron 'Fiddle Leaf'

    Philodendron panduraeforme

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12 Purchased this at the 2012 Home & Garden Expo f...

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  • Torch Lily

    Torch Lily

    Kniphofia uvaria

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12 Actually found this, in bud, at a nursery over ...

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  • Mandevilla 'Sun Parasol Crimson'

    Mandevilla 'Sun Parasol Crimson'

    Mandevilla

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12 This is on the back patio for now, where we can...

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  • Crocosmia 'Fire King'

    Crocosmia 'Fire King'

    Crocosmia

    Sown on 11 Mar 12 Lovely spring planted, summer blooming bulb I b...

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  • Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

    Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

    Crocosmia

    Sown on 11 Mar 12

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  • Columbine

    Columbine

    Aquilegia

    Transplanted on 11 Mar 12

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  • Cereus 'Night Blooming'

    Cereus 'Night Blooming'

    Cereus hexagonus

    Purchased on 10 Mar 12 Purchased from the Master Gardener's Associatio...

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  • Geranium

    Geranium

    Pelargonium

    Transplanted on 04 Mar 12

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  • Succulent Dish

    Succulent Dish

    Planting Out on 04 Feb 12 I'll get around to updating what's in here, pro...

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  • Jasmine 'Confederate'

    Jasmine 'Confederate'

    Jasminum officinale

    Established on 19 Nov 11 cutting I took from Mommabob's plant.

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  • Graptopetalum Paraguayense

    Graptopetalum Paraguayense

    Graptopetalum paraguayense

    Planting Out on 16 Nov 11

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  • Graptoveria 'Bella'

    Graptoveria 'Bella'

    Graptovaria

    Planting Out on 16 Nov 11

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  • Spider Plant

    Spider Plant

    Chlorophytum comosum

    Established on 10 Apr 11 Brought indoors 2-26-12 for use as a houseplant

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  • Banana Shrub

    Banana Shrub

    Michelia figo

    Purchased on 06 Apr 11 A gift from my mom - I'd actually asked her to ...

  • ZZ Plant

    ZZ Plant

    Zamioculcas zamiifolia

    Transplanted on 16 Mar 11 This plant was given to my mother today and she...

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  • Iris 'walking'

    Iris 'walking'

    Neomarica candida

    Purchased on 10 Mar 11 My mother called this a 'poor man's orchid' we ...

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  • Sago Palm

    Sago Palm

    Cycas revoluta

    Transplanted on 11 May 10 This is a specimen that I collected from the 'w...

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  • Wandering Jew

    Wandering Jew

    Tradescantia zebrina

    Sown on 11 May 10 Reclaiming some long lost plants from moms hous...

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  • Aloe sp.

    Aloe sp. AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Aloe

    Transplanted on 24 Apr 10 Volunteer plant, belonging to the beau - I sepa...

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  • Hosta 'Minuteman'

    Hosta 'Minuteman'

    Hosta

    Transplanted on 24 Apr 10 I purchased a bag with 2 root balls in it and p...

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  • Gymnocalycium sp.

    Gymnocalycium sp.

    Gymnocalycium

    Purchased on 17 Apr 10 I absolutely hate the flowers that vendors feel...

  • Echeveria 'Perle Von Nurnberg'

    Echeveria 'Perle Von Nurnberg'

    Echeveria

    Transplanted on 17 Apr 10 I bought this (large) specimen from Callaway Nu...

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  • Crimson Bottlebrush

    Crimson Bottlebrush

    Callistemon citrinus

    Purchased on 28 Mar 10 Bought one plant Sat. 3-27-10 @ Springfield Nur...

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  • Jasmine 'Angelwing'

    Jasmine 'Angelwing'

    Jasminum nitidum

    Purchased on 27 Mar 10 Bought 2 plants 3-27-10 to put in the ground by...

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  • Red Bird Cactus

    Red Bird Cactus

    Euphorbia tithymaloides

    Purchased on 20 Mar 10 Repotted 4-10-11 into a decorative Farmer's Alm...

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  • Gasteria sp.

    Gasteria sp.

    Gasteria

    Transplanted on 13 Mar 10 Moved indoors after a repot 4-10-11, on a windo...

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  • Cactus 'Ric Rac'

    Cactus 'Ric Rac'

    Cryptocereus anthonyanus

    Transplanted on 13 Mar 10 Epiphyllum species, dappled light all day water...

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  • Assorted Epiphyllum Pot

    Assorted Epiphyllum Pot

    Epiphyllum

    Sown on 13 Mar 10 As the name states, just an assorted pot of the...

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  • Kalanchoe 'Flippin Flapjacks'

    Kalanchoe 'Flippin Flapjacks'

    Kalanchoe thyrsiflora

    Planting Out on 13 Mar 10 I keep it on a south facing outdoor windowsill ...

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  • Huernia 'unknown'

    Huernia 'unknown'

    Huernia

    Transplanted on 06 Mar 10

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  • Aloe 'Short Leaf'

    Aloe 'Short Leaf'

    Aloe brevifolia

    Established on 27 Feb 10

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  • Variegated Elephant Bush

    Variegated Elephant Bush

    Portulacaria afra

    Purchased on 26 Feb 10 Bought this in a 6-8" pot at the Target garden ...

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  • Succulent 'unknown'

    Succulent 'unknown'

    Transplanted on 20 Feb 10 This used to be in a pot mixed with a few other...

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  • Echeveria Agavoides

    Echeveria Agavoides

    Echeveria agavoides

    Transplanted on 13 Feb 10 Gets sun all day for the most part.

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  • Mammillaria sp.

    Mammillaria sp. AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Mammillaria

    Transplanted on 06 Feb 10 This used to receive full afternoon until Feb o...

  • Tacitus Bellus 'Superstar'

    Tacitus Bellus 'Superstar'

    Tacitus bellus

    Transplanted on 23 Jan 10 Housed in a bowl with a few other cacti/succule...

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  • Cereus Forbesii "Ming Thing"

    Cereus Forbesii "Ming Thing"

    Cereus forbesii monstrose

    Transplanted on 13 Jun 09 Ive had this one for a while, it gets dappled l...

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  • Ponytail Palm

    Ponytail Palm

    Beaucarnea recurvata

    Established on 14 Mar 09 Here and there, the ponytail palm gets placed e...

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  • Yucca 'unknown variety'

    Yucca 'unknown variety'

    Yucca

    Transplanted on 14 Feb 09 I dug this plant up from a friends yard on the ...

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  • Hippeastrum sp.

    Hippeastrum sp.

    Hippeastrum

    Established on 10 Jan 09 I've had it for about a year and a half and thi...

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  • Marnier's Kalanchoe

    Marnier's Kalanchoe

    Kalanchoe marnieriana

    Purchased on 09 Aug 08 http://www.sanmarcosgrowers.com/products/plants...

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  • Yucca 'Bright Edge'

    Yucca 'Bright Edge'

    Yucca filamentosa

    Sown on 05 Jul 08 bought this from a nursery in South Carolina, t...

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  • Gasteria 'Bicolor'

    Gasteria 'Bicolor' AVAILABLE FOR SWAP

    Gasteria

    Sown on 21 Jun 08 I have no recollection of where this plant came...

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  • Haworthia Truncata X Maughanii

    Haworthia Truncata X Maughanii

    Haworthia truncata x haworthia maughanii

    Planting Out on 29 Apr 08

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  • Succulent Garden

    Succulent Garden

    Aloe marlotis

    Transplanted on 03 Apr 08 I waited it out long enough to get this one on ...

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  • Aloe 'Melanacantha'

    Aloe 'Melanacantha'

    Aloe

    Transplanted on 29 Feb 08 As I understand it, this aloe can withstand a v...

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  • Haworthia 'fasciata '

    Haworthia 'fasciata '

    Haworthia fasciata

    Planting Out on 08 Feb 08 Best grown in part sun, needs proection from in...

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  • Aloe 'striata'

    Aloe 'striata'

    Aloe

    Sown on 08 Feb 08 Mine looks pretty bad because I about killed it...

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  • Medusa Head

    Medusa Head

    Euphorbia flanaganii

    Established on 20 Mar 07 I keep this plant in part sun. Anytime I move i...

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  • Lily 'Glory'

    Lily 'Glory'

    Gloriosa lutea

    Stopped dead in my tracks for this flower one m...

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  • Euphorbia 'Crown of Thorns'

    Euphorbia 'Crown of Thorns'

    Euphorbia milli

    Full morning sun and dappled day is the light t...

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  • Asiatic Lily

    Asiatic Lily

    Lilium asiaticum

    This was given to me as a bday present from Sha...

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Comments

  • mondomuse

    mondomuse wrote:

    Hey gardenerd, what a cool collection of plants you are growing.

    Posted on 30 Sep 07 (over 5 years ago)

  • Harvester

    Harvester wrote:

    i concur with Mondo – this is a great collection of very special plants. I am inspired!

    Posted on 15 Oct 07 (over 5 years ago)

  • Gardenerd

    Gardenerd wrote:

    Thank you to you both! You’ll start to see some of these plants slimming down though. I am wandering into new realms with less tedious plants. School and work just dont leave enough time in the day for a lot of the perennials.

    Posted on 24 Oct 07 (over 5 years ago)

  • Kevalsha

    Kevalsha wrote:

    I could not help but go through all your plants. Very nice collection. Keep up the good work.

    Posted on 27 Mar 12 (about 1 year ago)

  • Gardenerd

    Gardenerd wrote:

    Thank you Kavalsha! It’s forever a work in progress :)

    Posted on 28 Mar 12 (about 1 year ago)

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