Spruance
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And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies.
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Post by Spruance on Apr 3, 2008 6:13:55 GMT -6
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Post by Tonnymonk on Apr 3, 2008 7:50:48 GMT -6
Great pics, Spruance!! I just love your yard!!!
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Post by jacobtowne on Apr 3, 2008 8:25:38 GMT -6
Very nice plantings. It's amazing what a difference a couple of temperature zones make. Gold dust plant (aucuba) is a houseplant here.
One chart I have shows most of the British Isles in zone 8 (10°F minimum), with the west coasts in zone 9.
JT
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Spruance
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And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies.
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Post by Spruance on Apr 3, 2008 18:14:34 GMT -6
Thanks botesbabe. jacobtowne: We are in zone 8 along with most of the UK. Parts of the central Scottish Highlands are in zone 7, whilst the western edge of the country including the whole of the county of Cornwall and about half of Northern Ireland are in zone 9, reflecting the influence of the Gulf Stream. Actually the Gulf Stream is said to have an effect right across the UK, which is why our weather is that much milder than central Europe. The garden is just beginning to wake up now, so this is when the hard work starts.
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Post by ChileFarmer on Apr 4, 2008 12:47:08 GMT -6
Your right, your garden is waking up, And it is looking great. I love the colors. CF
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Post by Christy on Apr 5, 2008 20:51:45 GMT -6
looks so beauitful!
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Post by douglas on Apr 10, 2008 5:00:27 GMT -6
Great pics you have there Spruance
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Apr 10, 2008 17:58:02 GMT -6
Thanks. I'll try to post some more over the next few days.
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Apr 14, 2008 7:38:16 GMT -6
Here are some more garden photos taken between rain showers on Sunday afternoon. There are quite a few so in deference to the dial-up users I've posted them as clickable thumbnails... Firstly, front garden with choisya ternata 'sundance' (yellow leaves) pieris forestii and ceanothus at the far end, and viburnum farreri (furthest) and viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' (nearest) on the right hand side. Smaller pieris forestii alongside the 4ft high boundary fence and with a callistemon (bottlebrush) on the extreme right. Skimmia japonica 'rubella' in stone urn under front porch. The underplanted crocus bulbs having long finished flowering. Our view of the rear garden from the kitchen window. Same view from immediately outside the kitchen window. Similar shot but taken from the corner of the house to give a slightly broader view. Feature shrub Photinia fraseri 'Red Robin' at its season's best. Same shrub in close-up. Bottom right of rear garden with ornamental plum prunus cerasifera 'pissardii' at left behind greenhouse. Viburnum opulus just coming into flower, underplanted with forget-me-nots, wallflowers and winter pansies. The climber on the wall behind is pyracantha. Banked area at bottom of garden looking towards garden shed. The same area from the opposite side. Acer (not sure of variety) at bottom of garden. Aquilegia (Granny's Bonnet) just coming into bloom at bottom of garden. Overwintered sweet pea plants in greenhouse, now ready to go outside when it ever stops raining that is.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Apr 14, 2008 7:53:27 GMT -6
Looks very nice, We are still dead and brown here, but a few green shoots of thia and that are beginning to peak through, this is suppose to be the first nice day we have had, possibly in the 50's,,,someday it'll warrm here, but till then I'll prepare for being able to garden, which is where I/we have been...mostly wading in mud and muck...
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Post by Christy on Apr 14, 2008 13:18:21 GMT -6
WOW! those your yard is beauitful!!!!
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on May 12, 2008 3:42:34 GMT -6
Just a quick update. This is my clematis montana rubens flowering across the canopy of the cherry tree at the bottom of the garden. Whilst this is one of the back garden taken from the bedroom window this morning.
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Post by julian on May 12, 2008 6:32:51 GMT -6
Wow that's what i call a garden.Who does the watering lol.Just a handy tip plant a few sweetpeas next to your runner beans if you grow them because this will benefit the runner beans alot.I had lost a few plants thanks to the slugs having ago.
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Post by douglas on May 12, 2008 6:34:02 GMT -6
Looks great, job well done
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on May 12, 2008 10:15:15 GMT -6
Thanks both.
It's not too bad for watering but I have a 100ft long hosepipe if it gets too bad.
Thanks for the tip about the sweet peas Julian, but actually I already have a run of around 200 sweet pea plants along the southern boundary fence, which is just out of shot on the left of the second photo. The first ones have just started flowering this week, no doubt brought on by the extremely warm weather we are having at the moment.
I usually start my runner beans in pots in the unheated greenhouse, and generally aim to plant them out towards the end of May as young plants which are much less attractive to the slugs.
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Post by trudy on May 13, 2008 3:32:39 GMT -6
Nice gardens, I really like the last one from your BR window, all that purple just pops out at cha.
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Post by Christy on May 14, 2008 6:34:29 GMT -6
wow thats a beauitful view!spruce
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Post by BestoFour on May 14, 2008 16:50:21 GMT -6
what a view. Your yard is lovely.
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Post by peachfly on May 17, 2008 7:45:09 GMT -6
Beautiful...your yard really displays your love of gardening.
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on May 19, 2008 17:16:30 GMT -6
Thanks again. Here's another update. I actually took these photos last Monday, May 12th but have only just got around to doing something with them! Back to clickable thumbnails again as there are quite a few. The front wall viewed from the sidewalk with; left to right, Viburnum Farreri (with just visible self-seeded snowberry beneath), Cotoneaster horizontalis, Ceanothus (blue flowers). Front Garden, Choisya ternata 'Aztec Pearl' again viewed from the sidewalk (lucky neighbours!) Front Garden Border Close-up of Viburnum Opulus flowerhead in front garden. Likewise Choisya ternata 'Sundance' in front border. Similarly with the Ceanothus. Rear garden Paeony. Nice whilst it lasts. Same again in close-up. Rear garden. First flowers on the Cistus (Sun Rose) since it was cut hard back last year. Rear garden. Aquilegias in south facing border, looking towards the house. Same again but looking away from the house. Said Aquilegias in close up. Even closer still! Rear garden. Hornbeam tree, ready to take over screening duties from the neighbour's elderberry should the latter 'disappear'! First Sweetpea flowers this year. I think that must be a record! Same again but a little closer.
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Spruance
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And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies.
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Post by Spruance on Jun 5, 2008 18:09:59 GMT -6
Just a few photos taken this afternoon. The forget-me-nots have finished now and so the garden is undergoing its summer makeover. Clematis growing on arch in front garden (don't know the variety). and again, but intermingled with sweet peas. Hybrid Tea Rose Golden Wedding. David Austin English Rose Abraham Darby. All Change! and again. I don't normally take photos of compost, but this is the best result ever from my compost heap. This is 18 months old. Untidy border! English Iris. Foxgloves and Irises. Irish Golden Yew (Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea') The photo is deceptive as the tree is only three feet tall. Looking through the Lavender (Lavandula Munstead) towards the house. Ceanothus in back garden. Busy bumble-bee on Chives. Chives Hanging baskets all my own ...ahem... my Mum's handiwork.
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Post by trudy on Jun 6, 2008 3:05:14 GMT -6
I like all of them but esp. the English Iris.
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Spruance
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Post by Spruance on Jun 6, 2008 15:21:45 GMT -6
I like all of them but esp. the English Iris. Thankyou Trudy. Yes, I rather naughtily brought home some English Iris corms from from the side of a stream in Boscastle, during a holiday in Cornwall in the west of England in 1983. Boscastle was badly affected by flooding in 2004 when the self same stream burst its banks, and I often wonder if any of the original plants survived.
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Post by Laura on Jun 6, 2008 16:52:37 GMT -6
Wow you sure have beautiful flowers!! Very nice!!
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Post by Christy on Jun 9, 2008 8:44:56 GMT -6
love it spruce!!! your clematis looks like nelly moser, i just bought one be awile till mine looks as nice as yours,
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Post by abirdseyeview on Jun 9, 2008 8:55:54 GMT -6
Love the picture of the bee on the chive blossom.
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Spruance
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And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies.
Posts: 231
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Post by Spruance on Oct 26, 2008 17:18:43 GMT -6
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Post by Tonnymonk on Oct 27, 2008 6:01:20 GMT -6
Good to see you around- LOVE the pics. Your yard/garden is lovely!!
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Oct 27, 2008 6:45:35 GMT -6
Nice pics my phriend, sorry I haven't been around, this year the garden required intensive attention...the game was over for the most part last week when Laura and I pulled the last of the carrots and picked the brussel sprouts..I'll be around to visit!
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Spruance
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And I will make thee beds of roses, and a thousand fragrant posies.
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Post by Spruance on Oct 27, 2008 15:52:19 GMT -6
Thanks Phil. I'll look forward to that visit. The weather has been strange over here this year. Summer was nothing to write home about but since September it has been fairly mild and we are only starting to see true autumn (fall) weather this week. As a result a number of trees are still in full leaf and a high proportion of my summer bedding is still flowering away merrily. I'll sort some more photos out shortly.
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