Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, North
Now that I've got your attention, on to the less flamboyant blooms. That self-sown Gazania is the boldest brightest one of the bunch, by the way.
You've already seen most of the flowers on my lists for September's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Many of them are annuals and they've had about 4 months to grow and weave themselves in amongst their neighbors. That's the thing I think I like best about this time of year. Well, that and the fact that I don't have to water as much. In the photo below, the 'Summer Medley' Cupheas have gotten very entangled with Eupatorium coelestinum and a Buddleia of unknown variety.
There are a few things newly blooming since last month.
'Purple Dome' Aster (There were a couple of flowers open last month, but now it's in full bloom)
Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank'
Caryopteris x cladonensis? (I think they're all self-sown descendants of the original planting)
Eupatorium coelestinum (I mail-ordered the plants growing at Tangled Branches North, but they're wildflowers at Tangled Branches South)
Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate'
Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon' (The flowers are not all that attractive - a very muddy uncertain purple)
Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
Hosta 'Pewterware'
Garlic Chives (was blooming at Tangled Branches South last month, but not at Tangled Branches North)
Solidago 'Fireworks'
Cyclamen hederifolium (Probably. There were a few flowers last week, but I haven't checked on them since then.)
Zephyranthes candida
And still blooming from previous Bloom Day posts:
Various Cupheas
Various Buddleias
Petunia 'Balcony'
Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' (just had a hummingbird visit a short time ago)
Salvia 'Coral Nymph'
Salvia farinacea 'Evolution'
Gazania (self-sown)
Cosmos bipinnatus (self-sown)
Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam'
Hydrangea 'Pee Gee'
Passiflora incarnata (this may be the year I start trying to eradicate it - it's sprouted everywhere)
Calamintha nepetoides
Sedum 'Vera Jameson'
Tangled Branches North has suffered this summer and last from drought and neglect. I've finally admitted to myself that I can't keep up with two gardens and last week I started the process of simplifying my life by simplifying the old garden. Anything that doesn't absolutely delight me is getting an eviction notice. Anything that delights me but not enough to justify the upkeep is getting an eviction notice. I hope to end up with something like office park landscaping - trees, shrubs, groundcovers - but more interesting. We'll see what happens. At the same time, I plan to continue to develop the gardens at Tangled Branches South and eventually all my gardening will take place there.
Right now I'm off to dig up some more plants. It feels very liberating.
Labels: in bloom
7 Comments:
Entangled, I can't keep up with one property--but your photos certainly don't suggest neglect! I know what you mean about simplifying--I've decided to go with shrubs and mulch in the front so I can spend time in the back--but I don't have to travel 2 hours between them!
I hope with the eviction notice, your plants have a chance to find a new home in someone else's garden!
A few plants get evicted every year from my one garden, if they don't make the grade or get too fussy for me!
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Cosmo: That's why I like to take closeup pictures ;-) All the neglect is cropped out. The drought this year fried most of the perennials to a crisp, but the shrubs fared better.
Carol: I think I should have given some of these plants the heave-ho a long time ago. Most of the ones I've dug up so far are common and fast-growing (Creeping Jenny, anyone?).
I was going to do the Tangled Branches South version of GBBD before stopping by your place to comment, but I still haven't gotten that done...
I love the colorful jungle effect.
Layanee: I think I probably should have thinned those self-sown Cupheas a bit (a lot), but I didn't get around to it and well....
I hear you! It's a tough decision but when it's right you feel it! I have been looking at the drought map and it is not encouraging. We need rain.
Gail
Gail: I'm afraid to look at the drought map. The latest forecast gives us a 30% chance of rain toward the end of the week. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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