A literal description of my state of mind
A literal description of my state of mind
I'm not bragging, I'm just good at non-vegetable gardening. There are a few pictures of this year's work (so far - it's early yet) in the extended entry.
This is a little area I've been putting together for a few years. The clematis is two years old and finally starting to really take off as it climbs the pole and iron bird feeder, You can see the big blue flowers on the clematis, they're spectacular when they really get going. Flanking the clamatis are a pair of dahlias, one pink and one yellow, and the hanging basket has pink petunias that'll grow and spill over. The big orange-liquid feeder is for orioles, not hummingbirds. I got Liz a nice glass hummingbird feeder for Christmas, but she wants to put that in the backyard because she's afraid some kid will break it out front.
These two hostas were transplanted from another bed less than a month ago when they first started surfacing. They're three years old now, and I've moved them each spring looking for the perfect spot.
Here's my holding bed in the backyard where I keep extra hostas of various kinds. Over the last few years I've stashed sedums, hostas, black-eyed susans, shasta daisies, heather, dusty millers and lavender in this bed while I relocated some beds in the front yard. I may as well just put a border around this one and incorporate it into the landscape.
Nice hostas. (...which is a sentence I NEVER thought I'd write)
My wife and I are landscaping our yard soon, and we're looking at hostas. Glad to see they look so good.
Posted by: Jon Henke at May 11, 2004 06:54 AMI love Clematis. We had five before we moved. Three were about five years old. I hope in the new house we find some spot to put new ones.
Posted by: Blogeline at May 11, 2004 08:13 AMI just planted my own lovely blue Clematis, next to the railing of my front steps. Hopefully it'll trail up the side and put forth gorgeous flowers that I can look outside my window and admire.
I've always wanted Hostas, but I just don't have enough shade for them yet--and Texas sun can be very intense, even for plants that thrive in full sun.
--TwoDragons
Posted by: Denita TwoDragons at May 11, 2004 02:25 PMOur hostas do great in the shaded backyard, and I was really surprised at how well they did in the sunny front. Actually, they *loved* the extra sun they were getting.
The newest spot (in the picture) is pretty much full sun all morning. we'll see how they do. It already looks like I'll need to take divisions out of them come fall.
Anyone in the DC metro area want some hosta, sedums or black-eyed susans?
Posted by: Ted at May 11, 2004 02:46 PMI might take you up on that - I've a part-shade area around the side of the house where I've been planning to put some hostas for a while but haven't got round to it yet. As for the susans - I tried to start some from seed this year and got absolutely zilch. (The seeds were from Burpee, so they should have been okay.) So I broke down and bought some from Meadow Farms. I've never liked sedum, although I don't really know why.
Posted by: Robert the Llama Butcher at May 11, 2004 03:46 PM