Gardenbuddies.com-Where friends meet to share their gardens

My Favorite Parts of the Garden

Garden Forum » Beds and Borders in the Garden Forum » My Favorite Parts of the Garden « Previous    Next »

Author Message
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Plantlady2  Send Plantlady2 a private message!




My Favorite Photo
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 12:13 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My garden is an on-going project- I'm always finding interesting plants that I haven't tried before & I've got so much room that I have places for everything. Our house is in the woods so I have many shade plant borders. These are some of my favorite parts of the gardens. I take care of the 4.5 acres of gardens & woods around the house & the husband takes care of all 6,000+ dahlias!
Plant Forum
I have about 75 hydrangeas- Moptop, Peegee, Oak Leaf & Lacecap as well as Ashia & Annabelle. The white one in this picture is Annabelle.
Plant Forum
The gazebo is where I veg. out after chasing weeds & slugs & all the other pesky things that invade a shady garden! The husband & son built it for me after I drew a picture & told them that's what I'd like it to look like- they did a fabulous job! A great place to sit & read in the summer. There's a formal rose garden leading up to the gazebo- I know I can't grow roses in the shade, but I try & part of the year they don't look too bad. Wish I could get more sun in the rose garden but the husband likes the trees & he mans the chain saw so no-go!
Plant Forum
This is my new-for-this-year pot. I love it but I think it'll have to come inside for the winter so it doesn't get clunked by a falling branch- we get quite a bit of wind in the winter & the sky rains branches!
Plant Forum
I've got some more border pictures somewhere in the computer & if I can find them & resize them I'll add them later.

Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Jazzmo  Send Jazzmo a private message!


Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 10:38 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Cory, enjoyed pictures of your garden so much. The woods make it all seem magical and I can see why you love to sit in the gazebo.Beautiful.

Jazzmo - Ontario, Zone "6a"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Periwinkle  Send Periwinkle a private message!



Supporting Member

My Garden Journal
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 10:56 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

OMIGOSH Cory, you have a Fabulous garden!
I enjoyed the photos on "Meeting Gardenbuddies" and this shows even more.
Your husband & son built the gazebo? It is more than Fabulous!
I hope you post lots of photos, especially in the winter!
p.s. You could post some in Garden Gallery too....if you haven't already.
Lovely!

Denise--Northern Wisconsin, Z3b Click to hear a voice greeting from Periwinkle
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lovinlife  Send Lovinlife a private message!




Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 03:26 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Just beautiful, Cory.
Plantlady2 wrote on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 12:13 am:

Our house is in the woods


You lucky woman!

Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Scotkat  Send Scotkat a private message!




My Garden Journal
My Garden
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 04:09 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

How enchanting and beautiful your gardens are Plantlady.

It was such a joy and a pleasure to stroll through your garden this evening thankyou for sharing.

Scotkat - Scotland, Zone "?" Click to hear a voice greeting from Scotkat
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Starzgarden  Send Starzgarden a private message!




Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 07:51 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My goodness,Cory your gardens are amazing! I am reminded of an enchanted forest.
Your gazebo is lovely and a treasure because your husband and son built it for you.
Would love to see more pics.

Starzgarden - Michigan, Zone "five"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Plantlady2  Send Plantlady2 a private message!




My Favorite Photo
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 12:33 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks everyone!
Periwinkle- I haven't posted on Garden Gallery but Poochella did put a lot more of our dahlia gardens in the Dahlia part of Buddies.
I'll try to get more picts. before the heavy rain ruins it all.

Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Periwinkle  Send Periwinkle a private message!



Supporting Member

My Garden Journal
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 03:33 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I enjoyed Poochella's photos too Cory.
I just thought you'd get maximum exposure on Garden Gallery since it attracts a lot of all-around gardeners.

Denise--Northern Wisconsin, Z3b Click to hear a voice greeting from Periwinkle
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Plantlady2  Send Plantlady2 a private message!




My Favorite Photo
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Friday, October 05, 2007 - 09:56 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks, Denise- I'll try it next time I've got more time to post.

Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Sunnyday2day  Send Sunnyday2day a private message!



Supporting Member

My Favorite Photo
My Weather
My Garden
Posted on Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 08:59 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Periwinkle wrote on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 10:56 am:

You could post some in Garden Gallery too....if you haven't already.
Lovely!


Hi! I'm Tanya.. so nice to have you here at GBs. Your pics are wonderful.. no, WONDERFUL! We would love to get to know you and your gardens when you get some time to show us more... Stop by the Social Forum as well..the best place for meeting everybody.

Sunnyday2day - Tanya-Michigan, Zone "5"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lesliedon2000  Send Lesliedon2000 a private message!




My Weather
Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 08:45 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Cory, your hydrangeas are beautiful! I have a lace cap, its varigated with a pretty blue flower. It was getting too big for it's spot so I tried to cut a few branches back last summer after it bloomed. Nothing grew back from the cut branch...is there something else I should have done? i was disappointed and now am afraid to cut it back. I would really like to get more blooms.

Lesliedon2000 - Georgia, Zone "7"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Plantlady2  Send Plantlady2 a private message!




My Favorite Photo
My Weather
My Garden
My Time
Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 04:17 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Lesliedon- Did the branches you cut back have leaves on them or did they die right back to the ground? If they had leaves, they'll bloom again next year.
I usually cut the lace-caps back to a leaf node about 3' off the ground. They pretty much bloom the next year because lace- caps bloom on new wood unlike mop-tops that bloom on old wood. Sometimes we'll get an especially bad winter & they'll all die right down to the ground. Then it takes 2 years to have blooms again.
If any of them get too big for their spot I just cut them right back to about a foot from the ground & then it sometimes takes them a year to recover. I have to do this about every three years because we have so much shade that they get WAY tall & flop all over - so I do 1/2 of them one year & 1/2 of them the next year so I always have some in bloom every year. We have about 75 hydrangeas of all kinds- lace-cap, mop-top, oak-leaf, Peegee- is that all- I don't remember! I really like Annabell- the white one in the second picture because she blooms on new wood so I cut her right back every year & she doesn't mind.

Plantlady2 - Washington, Zone "7"
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message

Lesliedon2000  Send Lesliedon2000 a private message!




My Weather
Posted on Sunday, October 14, 2007 - 06:53 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks so much for the great advice! I really need to cut it way back and now I won't be afraid. I love the varigated leaves and would like to make it more bushy. Leslie

Lesliedon2000 - Georgia, Zone "7"

Add Your Message Here
Post:
Resize your photo Bold text Italics Center Underline Upload photo from your hard drive Change the text color Add tables to your post Create a thumbnail Gardenbuddies with webspace insert a photo into your post Insert a photo into your post Insert a clipart image Formatting Help
Make a list Align images, links, and clipart to the left Align images, links, and clipart to the right

Username: Posting Info:
Only registered GardenBuddies can post. If you do not see your post the way you intended it to look in the preview screen then you made a mistake. Please correct it before posting. Remember the only way to link to an image is the following: \imagelink{Http://www.yoururl/yourflower.jpg}
Password:
Options: Enable HTML code in message
Automatically activate URLs in message
Action: or
Topics Legal