Category: Coleus
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Gardening Diary – September 30, 2022
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Took a wagon load of weeds, from Tuesday’s weeding, over to Dave’s gulley. Cut tall weeds and vines in the front bed of the left side of the back bed which contained Indian Currant bushes. The berries of the Indian Currant had not ripen yet. Some of the berries had…
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Gardening Diary – August 12, 2022
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Added a sprinkler to the pot containing the Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] and fixed the water outlet on one of the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’]. As seen in the photo above, it appears that my spraying Ortho GroundClear Year Long Vegetation Killer around the edges of the beds in…
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Gardening Diary – July 29, 2022
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Photographs (10) taken today: Gerbera Daisy. [Gerbera sp.] Picture taken on July 29, 2022. Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioides] Picture taken on July 29, 2022. Begonias [Begonia sp.] Picture taken on July 29, 2022. Dahlias [Dahlia sp.] Picture taken on July 29, 2022. Purple Haze Pineapple Lilies [Eucomis ‘Purple Haze’] Picture taken on July…
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Gardening Diary – July 11, 2022
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Sprayed the edges of all beds except the Flowering Cherry bed and the front bulb bed with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer. Sprayed 1 bottle of Grass-b-gon on patches of Bermuda grass growing in the Flowering Cherry bed. Continued to remove the bush growing in the right front fence. Tried…
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Gardening Diary – June 10, 2022
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Daffodils bed Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Sharon and I planted in the Daffodils bed 6 Coleuses that we purchased from Stanley’s Greenhouse yesterday: Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken on June 10, 2022. Campfire Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioide ‘Campfire’] Picture taken…
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Gardening Diary – May 28, 2022
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Flowering Cherry bed and Wisley Supreme Witch Hazel [Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’] Picture taken on May 28, 2022]. Sharon and I planted Gerbera Daisy [Gerbera jamesonii], Coleus [Solenostemon scutellarioides], Begonias [Begonia sp.] and Creeping Jenny [Lysimachia nummularia] in the Flowering Cherry bed. These were in 2 baskets of Gerbera Daisy and…
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Gardening Diary – November 6, 2021
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Sunny Anniversary Glossy Abelia [Abelia x grandiflora] Picture taken on November 6, 2021. Spread 3 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch around the Sunny Anniversary Glossy Abelia. Took 3 bags of garden refuse to the Knox County dump. Purchased 10 more bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch from Home Depot.…
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Gardening Diary – September 13, 2021
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Original Bulb bed Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Sharon resting from weeding the Original bulb bed. Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Sharon started to weed the Bulb bed. Walkway along the left side of the Rose bed. Picture taken on September 13, 2021. Used the new weed-eater with…
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Gardening Diary – July 3, 2021
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Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea] Picture taken July 3, 2021. Continued to remove tall weeds and prune lightly some bushes in the Sedum / Lily bed and the bush bed. Removed Oak [Quercus sp.] and Maple [Acer sp.] seedlings from the area around the Red Twig Dogwood and removed a…
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Gardening Diary – June 13, 2021
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Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Solenostemon scutellarioides], [Spiraea x] Picture taken June 14, 2021. Turned on the irrigation system for the straw bale beds and hand watered the plants which were added this year except those that were in the straw bale beds.