flowerlady's Journal

sept 14, i moved a double decker cone flower to everything grows garden, split into 2, i split joan senior daylily left one piece where it was growing and put 3 or 4 divisions in everything grows garden, i also planted the mystery plant to everything grows garden, i planted an iris that i got from mom’s garden to my everything grows garden too.

this bed needs work, everything has grown so much so its time to start splitting plants and starting new ones , today i ground layered a purple smoke tree for Dean’s place next year, its a start

today i picked off some of my cosmos seeds i just had to since some of the stalk got knocked down they are in the process of drying down and the seeds are a dark color so i hope they r going to be dry enough the rest i will leave on plant longer , i am going to try planting some this fall since the 2 plants that came up this year i did not plant so they had to be from last years planting , i guess the seeds can stand the winter yet it says on the package to plant after a frost. i want more of these beautys for next year they get quite tall so i plan to plant them behind shrubs and other tall flowers as they need staking to stay
upright so i am hoping the shrubs and other plants will hold them upright sept 10/08

my husband was cleaning up around the sheds and was going to put these stands on the scrap pile when i had an idea… i could use them for a new arbor if i give them a new coat of white paint and position them in my everything grows garden across from each other and lay beams or poles on the tops i will have a arbor for the entrance to my garden these stands were once used for our fuel tanks for farm equipment, i want to plant a vine with big leaves on it i think or maybe a wisteria vine not sure about that yet any suggestions what kind of vine, i want something fast growing and good looking no pests and not invasive,on the other hand i like the flowers of the wisteria but not sure about its invasive habits. i already have the trumpet vine but it is so invasive it keeps rooting everywhere it touches the ground and i have found it does not climb very well. then there is the silver lace vine but i will have to research that one and i have a very tiny porclin vine but it does not have very large leaves at least not yet i would like to see a mature one, guess i will go to the garden centres to see whats available in my zone, i have some time yet i dont have the stands painted or in the garden yet.
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today i started a new bed well its going to take a while to finish this since it is in my everything grows garden where there is everything growing everywhere , i want to organize it a little well a lot so that i have beds and walkways but this is going to take a lot of hard work and time i am just going to do bit by bit dont have a clear vision of how it will be yet but will just let it evolve as i get into it, yikes i hope i am not taking on too much, but there is just too much growing out there i need some organization.

today i put a black leaved ligularia that was planted in a pot over the winter one of my own starts on my deck to make it look more tropical since these plants want a lot of moisture i sunk the whole plant pot and all into a plastic pot with no holes in the bottom and filled half full of water it seems to be doing well so far and looks nice. i also put another one over by the pool on the bordwalk along with a rudbekia that was also in a pot they are raised up a bit in the pots so create a bit of height i will take pics soon.

this past sunday june 22 we got 1 1/2 inches of rain and hail, the rain was a very cold rain and the hail came down 2 different times it left some holes and marks on my hostas and delphiniums and the grape vines hopefully they all recover but they wont look as good as they did.