Garden help
Now I can start my garden. YEAH!!!!! I just have to figure out what to plant. The space is about 24 feet long and 11 feet wide. We haven't started the deck yet. It will stop at the corner of the house and then have steps down to the garden. The iron headboard that is by the fence is going against the house, between the windows to use as a trellis. I want to plant a climbing rose. The two little trees at the end are American plums. I have a slab of stone about 2 x 3 to set the bird bath on. Got to get several fellas over here to move it!! I took this picture about 11:30 in the morning. You can see the sun creeping in. It will stay sunny until about 6 or 7. The only other things that I know I want to add are butterfly bushes and columbines. So, what else do you think I should plant. I would like some kind of ever green or something that would give color in the winter. I think it could use something tall and narrow against the fence but that part (about a foot out) stays shaded all day.  |
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I say plant tomatoes!!!!! and then send me some  |
| We just planted 40, yes 40 5 ft Irish Junipers that will become a natural fence between our yard and the neighbor's behind us. They are really a cool plant because they stay very columner, about 2 ft in diameter and will grow at maturity 12-16 ft tall. No need for pruning and they have that great evergreen smell. They have some thorns, but they are soft thorns if that makes any sense?
Here are some photos: http://www.conifers.co.nz/juniperus/jun ... ernica.jpg http://www.conifers.co.nz/juniperus/jun ... ernica.jpg Not too expensive either in comparison to boxwood and Arborvitae varieties We also really liked the Graham Blandy Boxwood as tall column plants but we were worried that they wouldn't be hearty enough. VerveUp |
Darcy wrote: I say plant tomatoes!!!!! and then send me some
You're funny Darcy, when we used to go visit my grandparents in Tucson we were always lugging fresh Jersey Tomatoes & Corn onto the airplane. I also have to bring them down to relatives in FL too when I visit. 
Verve |
| Here are some of my favourites. I will try to add some pictures of my garden, when my husband can help me upload (download ?). I looked at the picture instructions and I know my limits!!! Spring Flowering : crocus', lily-flowering tulips,allium,blue bird clematis. Summer Flowering: shasta daisy, echinacea, stella d'oro daylilies, hyssop, any coreopsis variety, 'david' phlox. Fall : astors and last but not least, Shade plants: ostrich ferns, astilbe, and hosta's. Diane |
| oops, sorry I forgot sweet woodruff on the spring list. di |
Anonymous wrote: Darcy wrote: I say plant tomatoes!!!!! and then send me some You're funny Darcy, when we used to go visit my grandparents in Tucson we were always lugging fresh Jersey Tomatoes & Corn onto the airplane. I also have to bring them down to relatives in FL too when I visit. Verve the tomatoes out here taste like cardboard...i have a delivery crystal driver from Princeton, MN bring me a HUGE box of tomatoes and corn...its all i eat for 2 weeks.....I cant wait....but im always willing to accept more  |
Darcy wrote: I say plant tomatoes!!!!! and then send me some
We got our order from SeedSavers today, 24 heirloom tomato plants. You can have my share, I hate tomatoes  |
| How can you hate warm michigan tomatoes eaten right off the vine....its heaven i tell you, heaven!!!
ps...angel what about planting iris, day lilies, or gladioulous?? lots of color and they are perenials..... |
| All great ideas.
Darcy, I think I'm going to have to put in a couple of tomatoe plants somewhere. I really miss home grown. Shaggy, I would love to see pics of your garden. I have heard of coreopsis but don't remember what it is like. I have day lillies and iris other places in the yard. I'll probably move some of them. Also some tulip bulbs. VerveUp, I like the Junipers that you planted. Can probably get them around here. I have a different variety of Juniper on the side of the house(other side of the fence). I have to trim them a couple of times a year. It makes me itch all over. It's nice that they don't spread out too much. |
| The heirloom varieties might be nice if you let a few of them rot on the vine.
We let some tamatas go to seed maybe 8 or 10 years ago.... boy, they were like weeds everywhere, but they were sterile of course and the fruit was badly malformed. |
| Garden pics are now up, click on my camera. (thanks Ron!) |
| Beautiful garden!!
That's kind of what I'm looking to do. Lots of varity. Do you have to do very much in the spring and fall? I love to work in the yard but don't want high maintenence. |
| nope, not much to do in the garden but sit and enjoy. I do cut down leftovers in the spring or fall ( usually takes a couple of hours) and water once a week. All of the plants are drought resistant and hassle-free (that's why I like them). My dogs, kids and the neighbours kids spend spring, summer,and fall running through the garden. |
| Put a mirror in the far corner before you plant anything and the garden will look bigger and like you have more plants in!! |
| Angel,
Here are a few of my absolute FAVORITE perrenials/shrubs. I can't do without the following in my garden: Roses (and lots of them! You can grow lots of varieties where you are!!! Lucky girl! Not just hybrid teas either. Let me know if you're wondering what would look nice) Hollyhocks Foxglove Lavender (other herbs are fun too, both for cooking and for just plain smelly factor- thyme, rosemary, sage cooking and decorative, scented geranium, mint- watch that though, it can be invasive, there's a bevy of fragrant wonders to choose from) Lillies (again tons of species and varities to choose from) Daylillies Smelly vines are nice too- if you only want an annual, try moonflower vines, but I love clematis (there are a few fragrant varieites, if that's important to you) and honeysuckle. And don't forget to plant bulbs this fall! Daffodils, tulips, and crocus are my personal faves! That would be an AWESOME space to put in a corner for a small watergarden or tub. I love the look of a small lotus or waterlilies in a tub or small pond. Even a little fountain. Nothing adds ambience to the garden like the sound of moving water! go to your local garden center or nursery and poke around. You'll be amazed about what's available. Just don't forget a few cardinal rules- tall plants in back, short plants in front. Vary you plant shapes and textures, you'd be surpirsed how much fun putting "tactile" plants like lambs ears or herbs in the front of the beds is. It encourages you and your visitors to really get involved in your garden. Also shrubs help give the garden dimension and provide anchors for the eye. I choose to use roses in my garden, because I'm a rose junkie, but you can you anything appropriate for your sun amount and zone! Try to find plants with some fall and winter intrest- berries, fall leaf color, and pretty colored or interestingly shapped branches help the garden out in the winter! ok look at me go on and on!!!   I just love gardens!
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