Gardening Journals
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Clematis integrifolia 'Durandii' Moved, Clematis Rouge Cardinal , Cotoneaster Flowering, Pyracantha 'Orange...
14
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2013
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Overcast 14°C / 57°FA cool grey damp sort of day, not actually raining just sprinkling periodically. In general the evenings are still pretty cool, too cool to sit outside in comfort so I see the garden through the bay window. I have never been able to understand foundation plantings, they certainly don’t prov...
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Cordyline 'Red Wings' Blooming and Front Yard Tiered garden
14 Jun 2013
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Clear 22°C / 72°FWhile the attraction of Cordylines most definitely is all about the fabulous foilage colours, they do have attractive flower sprays as well. At the moment, the Cordyline ‘Red Wings’ growing in front of my shadehouse garden is blooming. The poor thing became a feast for grasshoppers d...
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15
Jun
2013
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Clear 12°C / 54°FI imagine that peacocks are a bit like cats, they choose with whom they make their home. I have no idea where Mr and Mrs Peacock really live……but I’m very pleased they are trying out our garden! The peacocks have been encouraged to stay with large helpings of chicken pellets, ...
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Laverne and Shirley's garden
11
Jun
2013
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Summer temps have officially arrived with 100’s expected by the end of the week. Adding to this we’ve been unusually humid making the heat index soar. The girls have been patient with me as I try different things to help cool them off. So far adding loads of sand to the run floor in L...Partly Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
Oxalis triangularis Blooming
14
Jun
2013
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Heavy Thunderstorms and Rain 14°C / 57°FHah, thanks for that badge, Folia, even though I went and hid for many months. :) I’ll write about my orchid keikis and the grow house over in the Orchids Group. But yes, apparently I’ll have been here a long time. I think nearly 2 years… or is it 3? Anyway there are many reason...
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carpenteria californica Blooming, julia child rose Blooming, livin easy rose Blooming, love in a mist Bloom...
15 Jun 2013
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Partly Cloudy 23°C / 73°FToday is a great day, as my daughter is home from college and my son is enjoying his first day of vacation after a very stressful end to his high school freshman year. The garden is unkempt but full of blooms. I’m giving the California Tree Anemone the badge—like me and like the cea...
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15
Jun
2013
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If I can't have runner beans, I'll have potatoes
Dianthus Frosty Fire Blooming, Mimulus Red Dragon Blooming, Goat's Beard Blooming, Allium moly Blooming, H...Clear 23°C / 73°FMy one Scarlet Runner Bean out of most of a packet is growing well but that leaves a couple of empty planters as I seem to have forgotten to order Murielei. Yesterday I peeled one of two potatoes which had lots of sprouts growing out of them. I felt a bit cruel cooking it, it did seem very alive,...
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German Bearded Iris 'Superstition' Blooming
15 Jun 2013
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Scattered Clouds 16°C / 61°FMy favorite Iris Bloom
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11 Jun 2013
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sprouting but not growing properly
Maybe someone has an idea what I am doing wrong. Whenever I saw indoors my seed are sprouting great and are also getting a good first set of true leaves but from there on growth seems to stall. Many that looked very promising during the first week or so never grow large enough to plant out and / ...Partly Cloudy 27°C / 81°F
