I can’t believe it has been so long since recording any type of gardening!
Very busy summer (as usual) and extreme heat/drought for most of the summer, but it has cooled a bit and we have gotten some rain.
I concentrated on finishing the front porch garden today:
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- dug out the charles grimaldi brug as it was doing nothing. Not sure if I am going to keep it or get rid of all the brugs.
. - planted a piece of ‘annabelle’ hydrangea beside the steps.
. - transplanted the ‘cherry cheeks’ daylily from the shed garden.
. - transplanted the ‘cool it’ daylily from the back corner garden. planted it between the two ‘cherry cheeks’ daylilies.
. - planted the WS Texas hibiscus between the hydrangea and the ‘gateway’ joe pye weed.
. - dug the veronica ‘Evaline’ (the original plant from blueiris/Heather) from the back corner garden and broke it up and planted seven pieces in the front porch garden behind the sedum.
. - dug four pieces of veronica ‘royal candles’ from the original plant, and planted them also.
. - planted the echinacea ‘sultry summer’ seedling (that I got from WMC1/Bill/Navygirl). It is in front of the hydrangea.
. - planted the last three seedlings that I had WS, of gaillardia ‘Arizona sun’.
Previous Journals
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tomato 'tumbler' and shelf/windowsill garden

Comments
rosemarieGardener wrote:
Nice work! I like reading about the propagation potential of ‘royal candles’.
Posted on 18 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
glgardener wrote:
I absolutely love both the veronicas…royal candles and evaline both propogate so easily. This summer I have just taken so many pieces off them and they are now spread out all over the gardens and doing great.
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BTW did you ever see my answer to your post regarding the hosta you were looking for the ID for?
Posted on 18 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
I don’t know. Can you direct me to it specifically? Thanks!
Posted on 21 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
glgardener wrote:
rosemarieGardener…it was your journal titled “rosemarieGardener’s Hosta#75L big, yellow/green w/green marg. (Kidney south) x 1”
your description is exactly like my hosta. You can go to my DBR garden and there is a pic of what mine looks like in the spring before the leaves turn solid green.
Posted on 21 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
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