Ilona's Garden Journal
Took pictures of some of my containers, I especially liked the shady one with salmon impatiens, caladium, ivy and the strawberry begonia.
As of today I had to cut back the sunny combination of blue salvia, yellow petunias, African daisies, and million bells. I always enjoy the container flowers. They are presently my annual gardens, adding bright color which I move around according to my whims. If only the rest of life were so easily constructed;)
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The thrilling expectancy of Spring is in the air and what better way to feed the anticipation than to visit the Central Ohio Home and Garden Show which opens this Saturday, February 28th? I am so excited to go this year. You have time to hop on over to a Home Depot store and get […]
Witch Hazel ushers in Spring On the whole, deciduous, flowering shrubs get short shrift in modern gardens. We know about lilacs and weigelas, perhaps, but are often discouraged from planting them given “lack of seasonal interest” as the rationalization for such advice. It is true that some of them shine only when in bloom. Flowering […]
Start Spring with a Big Pop of Color Though the usual sequence is to plant the bulbs in the fall for bloom in the spring, some growers cheat the system by chilling those sold for spring bloom. This is necessary for Southern gardens which don’t get the required cold temperatures. Presented here are some […]
It is increasingly the Holy Grail of garden designs: making a landscape low maintenance. For many reasons, reducing the work load of our outdoor spaces has become a priority. We are busy with many activities We are aging Viewing flowers rather than weeding flowerbeds is preferable That is not the definitive list, by any means, […]
i love having an ever-changing garden of containers. you can add and subtract as the
blooming ebbs and flows. its like putting on a new outfit, or in my case, dressing up at all %]
my corner beside the kitchen steps is my moveable feast for the eyes. right now
i have “black’n blue giant salvia, a pot of mixed basils- thai, giant leaf genovese, and deep red-
all blooming pale pink and white, a huge tall plumbago, white and the sky-blue in the same pot,
some rosy impatients, a planter-box of dark purple beans, and a bright-blue ceramic pot of
“society garlic” an allium that resembles liriope, blooming a very nice pinky-purple.
for the fall, i started some green zinnia and golden marigolds, to plug in as summer
blooms finish, and i eat the handsome beans…..
it it really like mixing paints on a pallette [sp?] spring/summer flowers mostly pinks
blues and purples, with the autumn turning to oranges and golds. the whites
provide such a nice note throughout the blooming season, and i wish i had more
of them….next year i am going to plant white cleome, which will bloom with the
white plumbago most of the summer.
if i had pictures, i would not write so many words…
LOVE the words, and your containers sounds lovely. Cleome was a grandmother’s favorite-I like the way it looks but don’t care for the scent. In a container that wouldn’t matter-just move it away from where you can smell it!