Category: Gardening
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Gardening Diary – April 29, 2024
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Starting to weed around the only Rose in the Rose bed which has not been pruned this spring. The Rose was surrounded by Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata]. Removed 2 large garbage bags-full of these plants. There are still a lot more Green-headed Coneflowers left in the Rose bed. While I…
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Gardening Diary – April 27, 2024
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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…
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Gardening Diary – April 26, 2024
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Coral Beauty Cotoneaster[Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’].Pictures taken on April 27, 2024. Wintergreen Boxwoods[Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’].Pictures taken on April 27, 2024.
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Gardening Diary – April 25, 2024
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Sharon and I planted 6 Undaunted® Ruby Muhly Grasses [Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘PUND01S’] in the right side of the front yard. Doublet® Red Begonia[Begonia semperflorens ‘Doublet Red’]Picture taken April 25, 2024. Then we planted 6 Doublet® Red Begonias [Begonia semperflorens ‘Doublet Red’] in the Flowering Cherry bed. Watered both beds. These…
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Gardening Diary – April 24, 2024
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Sharon and Larry planted the 8 Coleous that were purchased from Stanley Greenhouse: While Sharon and Larry were weeding the Daffodil Bed, Larry saw a salamander in the bed and recorded the following: One of the other plants in the Daffodil bed is the following Rose:
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Gardening Diary – April 22, 2024
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Threadleaf Blue Star[Amsonia hubrichtii]Picture taken on April 22, 2024. Cut back last year’s growth of Threadleaf Blue Star [Amsonia hubrichtii]. Pruned the Java Red Weigela [Weigela florida ‘Java Red’] which was close to the house. Following are some photos from the front yard: Azalea[Rhododendron sp.]Picture taken on April 22, 2024.…
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Gardening Diary – April 21, 2024
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While Sharon worked on clearing the “dog run” area, Larry started to clear the Rose bed.
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Gardening Diary – April 20, 2024
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Some pictures from the front garden: Sharon and Larry started to “clean up” the area between the back bed and the collection, raised beds #5-6, former spice bed, Green-headed Coneflowers bed, etc. This area contained the raised beds #1-4. We discussed the possibility of using the clean up area as…