Category: Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood

  • Gardening Diary – April 28, 2024

    Gardening Diary – April 28, 2024

    Pictures (4) taken today:

  • Gardening Diary – April 27, 2024

    Gardening Diary – April 27, 2024

    The Dappled Willow at the right side of the back garden “exploded” in growth this past month! We decided to prune this plant since it was interfering with our access into the back garden and was hanging over into our neighbors’ yard. While I was pruning the Dappled Willow, Sharon…

  • Gardening Diary – April 16, 2024

    Gardening Diary – April 16, 2024

    Finally, we cut the Indigo Bush almost down to the ground. Also, Sharon completed pruning the Golden Ninebark and finished weeding around the bush. Also, Sharon did some pruning of the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] which is in the right fence bed. Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood[Cornus sericea…

  • Gardening Diary – August 22, 2022

    Gardening Diary – August 22, 2022

    Again, Sharon continued to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and weeded the bed containing it. She cut down many Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata]. Also, Larry continued to weed part of the walkway between 2nd bulb bed and raised bed #8, part of the 2nd bulb bed and…

  • Gardening Diary – August 20, 2022

    Gardening Diary – August 20, 2022

    Sharon continued to prune the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and weeded the bed containing it. Weeded part of the walkway between 2nd bulb bed and raised bed #8, part of the 2nd bulb bed and pruned some twigs off the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood that were hanging over…

  • Gardening Diary – August 16, 2022

    Gardening Diary – August 16, 2022

    Weed-eated the walkway next to the Butterfly Bush bed and the Lenten Rose bed. Did some pruning of the Indigo Bush [Amorpha fruticosa] to facilitate weeding of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway along the left walkway along the latter bed. Weeded the Hydrangea bed concentrating on getting rid of…

  • Gardening Diary – July 23, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 23, 2022

    Red Twig Dogwood and the 2 Mugo Pines. [Cornus sericea], [Pinus mugo] Picture taken on July 23, 2022. We used one of the rolls of EasyFlex Scallop Woodgrain No-Dig Edging 20-ft Black Plastic Landscape Edging that we purchased yesterday to complete the edging around each of the beds, Red Twig Dogwood…

  • Gardening Diary – July 18, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 18, 2022

    Yesterday, fixed the problem with the Drip Irrigation Multi-stream Dripper Stake in the Purple Smoke Bush bed that put out too much water. Watered the front beds. Found another irrigation problem; this time, the problem is in the Sunny Knock Out Roses bed. Sharon and I took a load of…

  • Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022

    Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022

    Front porch bed. Picture taken on July 15, 2022. Sharon pruned the Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’], the Pink Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’] and the Orange Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’] in the front porch bed. Picked up the branches that were pruned off the…

  • Gardening Diary – April 24, 2022

    Gardening Diary – April 24, 2022

    Photos (5) taken today: Jackmanii Clematis [Clematis ‘Jackmanii’] Picture taken on April 24, 2022. Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] Picture taken on April 24, 2022. Java Red Weigela [Weigela florida ‘Java Red’] Picture taken on April 24, 2022.