Kath's Garden

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first bloom April 4, 2005

my roses

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Shades of summer blue.....

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a few new roses that I love....
Elle
Honeyperfume
Angel Face (but only if we move to Seattle ~ I tried to grow Angel Face here and it died over the winter.
Starry Night

snowstorm Jan 22, 2005

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Snow Day

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remembering August.......

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remembering November in Florida.....

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remembering June......

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2004-10-11T13:32:00.000-04:00

I like this site

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And more.....

KRISTEN

2004-09-19T22:26:00.000-04:00

Some ROSES on my wish list.....

LUBECKER ROTSPON
SUPER DOROTHY
ABRAHAM DARBY
BELLE STORY
CHARLOTTE
GEOFF HAMILTON
JIM BOWIE
KATHRYN MORLEY
L'AIMANT
MME. PIERRE OGER
RADIO TIMES

2004-09-18T14:41:00.000-04:00

September picutres

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Here are the
August garden pictures

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Jack

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List of Late Summer Flowers (posted on a gardening board by me)

Some good late summer flowers are...
Posted : 2004-08-22 2:11 PM
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phlox, gaura, sunflowers, euchinacea (purple coneflowers), most sedums.

Some good late blooming shrubs are Rose of Sharon, Butterfly Bush, Hydrangeas.

Maybe try some annuals that bloom all season like cosmos, impatiens, geraniums.

If I think of some more, I will post them.

Here are some more late flowering plants....
Posted : 2004-08-22 2:53 PM
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I went out to my back garden and here are more plants that are flowering right now.....

Threadleaf Coreopsis 'moonbeam', Canna Lilies, Salvia (annual), Veronica 'Spiked Speedwell', Pincushion flower 'Perfecta', Hydrangeas 'Peegee', 'Annabelle' and 'Limelight'.

Flowers that are blooming right now in my front garden....Posted : 2004-08-22 6:41 PM
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Floribunda rose 'Europeana' (it's a deep red and a late bloomer), Gaura, Alyssum, Geranium, Cleome, Angelonia, Euchanicea, Sedum, Amaranthus (Love-Lies-Bleeding), Gallium (Goblin Blanket Flower & Burgandy) and how could I forget the ornamental grasses ~ Blue Oat Grass, Purple Fountain Grass, Japanese Blood Grass, and a Switch Grass that has burgandy on it's leaves but I can't remember the name.

If you have containers that are done blooming, pull out the plants and replant with mums or ornamental grass (I love Purple Fountain Grass in a tall urn).

Hope these ideas help you out!

2004-08-22T22:01:00.000-04:00

A list of Blue Flowers (for Brenda)

Perennials:
Spring ~ Hyacynth 'Delft Blue' (bulb), Blue Grape Hyacinth (bulbs), Anemone 'Blue Poppy', Camassia (bulb), Muscari

Late Spring ~ Irises 'Joyce', 'Cantab'(which is a dwarf, very nice for small garden), 'Colour Me Blue', Centaurea montana 'Mountain Bluet'*, Horned Rampion*, Creeping Veronica*, Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not)

Early Summer ~ Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate'*, Clematis 'Frances Rivis' (you could put a small trellis up the wall), Linum narbonense 'Heavenly Blue'

Summer ~ Campanula 'Bellflower'*, Lupine*, Cranesbill 'Johnson Blue'*, Corydalis flexuosa 'China Blue',

Late Summer ~ Delphinium, Veronica spicata (speedwell) 'Blue Bouquet'*, Scabiosa caucasica (Pincushion Flower) 'Perfecta'*, Veronica, Caryopteris, Hydrangea macrophylla (making the soil slightly acid to get blue flowers), Morning Glory (you could grow up the same trellis as the clematis), Petrovskia (Russian Sage)

Annuals:
Salvia (Sage)*, Lobelia, Nigella, Scaevola

Grasses:
Blue Oat Grass, Blue Fescue

2004-08-03T23:52:00.000-04:00

Here are the newest pictures of the garden
http://community.webshots.com/scripts/show.fcgi?t=slideshow&ID=157882627&key=Qilxif
start the slideshow at #63 for the newest pictures.

2004-06-30T00:08:00.000-04:00

My new favorite rose (today's anyways...) I took this picture tonight.

Rose 'Europeana'

2004-06-23T10:58:00.000-04:00

new garden pictures start on pic #82 for the newest ones.

2004-06-14T08:56:00.000-04:00

The garden is just a-blooming. The roses are starting now and everything looks so healthy & green.
more garden pictures

2004-06-09T13:30:00.000-04:00

I just ordered business cards with Kath's Garden Designs. Wow. Cool.
70544-84830-5A1

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Current Hammock Garden picture June 8, 2004

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Morden Snowbeauty blooming June 8, 2004

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Morden Sunrise bloomed June 8, 2004

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'Sarah Bernhardt' Peony bloomed June 8, 2004

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this is cute!

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Legend:
A ~ Existing Azaleas
B ~ Weigela 'Carnaval' or 'Sunny Princess'
C ~ Lavender "Munstead'
D ~ Rose of Sharon (hibiscus) 'Freedom' or other choice
E ~ Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess'
F ~ Existing Shasta Daisies
G ~ Rose (floribunda)
H ~ Rose (floribunda)
I ~ Daylily 'Happy Returns'
J ~ Campanula persicifolia alba (bellflower ~ colour to be chosen)
K ~ Existing Gazania
L ~ Cranesbill (perennial geranium) 'Johnson's Blue'
M ~ Cranesbill 'Biokova'
N ~ Cranesbill ' Ballerina' or Wargrave Pink'
O ~ Huechera 'Purple Palace'
P ~ Dianthus (match other garden)

I think you could do the garden in 2 steps, leaving the existing Sweet
William in for this year, which would delay the planting of the Rose of
Sharon until the fall or next spring. Rose of Sharon bloom in the late
summer/fall, which would give you a chance to see the colours in bloom
before you buy it.

2004-05-26T23:19:00.000-04:00

Rough Plan for Ingrid's Front Garden

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The latest garden pictures from May 24th, 2004.

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me in North Carolina in April, installing John & Natasha's garden. Thanks for sending me the picture Tasha.

More pictures of the Dewitte garden to come.....

2004-05-23T00:47:00.000-04:00

ack, the attack of the aphids!

My beautiful Antique Rose bush has been infitrated by the nasty aphid army again. Seems early this year.
I found this interesting article with a recipe that I will concoct up and use tomorrow.

Ongoing Maintenance:

Þ Water as necessary. During the growing season, water about every 7 to 10
days. Water deeply in order to encourage deep and sturdy root systems.

Þ Consider a drip irrigation system to minimize over spray on foliage. Water in the morning.

Þ Apply 100% organic fertilizers (ex. Sustane, Green Sense, etc.) every 60 to 90 days during the growing season. Start the program approximately two weeks before the last frost date and continue until six weeks before the earliest frost date for the season.

Þ Apply a foliar feeding at two week intervals. Use a mix of liquid Seaweed (1 ounce/gallon), Fish Emulsion (2 ounce/gallon) and a biostimulant (ex. Medina, Argrispon etc.)>

Þ Spray a mixture of Epsom salts (1 T/gallon) and chelated iron (per label) to occasionally darken foliage and offset iron chlorosis.

Þ Caution: Do not spray (for disease or liquid feeding) in the heat of the day. Wait until evening so that leaf burn will not occur.

Insects & Diseases:

Þ Generally, if old roses are unduly affected by insects and constantly have black spot and/or powdery mildew, check the following first:

-too much shade

-too little air circulation

-poorly drained soil

-inadequate bed preparation

-mulching is inadequate

Þ Aphids :

-blast off with water (hose and nozzle)

-soap and water (1 tsp/gal.)

-introduce beneficial insects (ladybugs, green lacewings)

-spray garlic/pepper tea (see recipes below)

Þ Spider mites:

-spray garlic/pepper tea (see recipes below) every 3 days for 9 days (3
applications)

-spray Seaweed (1 ounce/gal.) and Fish Emulsion (2 ounce/gal.)

Þ Black spot/powdery mildew:

-At the first sign of black spot or powdery mildew, spray with a mix of baking
soda (4 tsp./gal.) plus soap (1 tsp/gal.) and water (1 gal.). Spray lightly on the
foliage every 3 days until the problem is under control.

Recipes:

Þ Garlic/Pepper Tea: Liquefy 2 bulbs of garlic and 2 hot peppers in a blender 1/3 full of water. Strain the solids out and add enough water to the garlic/pepper juice to make a gallon of concentrate. Use 1/4 cup of concentrate per gallon of spray.

2004-05-19T10:50:00.000-04:00

Passion Flower

When I was at Canada Blooms this March, I bought a Passion Flower plant. I can finally put it outside, and it is rewarding me with blooms. Just beautiful.

2004-05-18T15:53:00.000-04:00

ok, now I am officially obsessed....

Can anyone else see that picture, right on my blog?!?! You mean I can post pictures, right here and right now? No more links? O.M.G.

2004-05-17T22:12:00.000-04:00

Today's Pictures

Garden Pictures taken today.

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A Entryway Garden designed for Ingrid in PA

This is a written plan of a small garden designed for Ingrid. Just thought it should be saved.....

"Finally some time. I have put together a little plan and even took some pictures from my own garden, but I can't seem to get Photobucket to work to upload my pics to it. I will add the pictures later if I can.

Step 1 ~ Dig out the coreopsis. They will take over the garden if you let them. My suggestion would be to get a large pot and sink it into the ground where you want the coreopsis to be, then plant the coreopsis into the pot. The best is a clay pot, but it can be a plastic one too. Just make sure it has drainage holes in the bottom. Use a fairly big pot and fill it with the coreopsis and soil. It will allow to coreopsis to grow, but remain contained. The garden is too small to have such an aggressive plant go wild.

Step 2 ~ add new soil and compost, raising the garden bed a few inches. Work around the rose. It would look really nice to have this bed edged in brick. You can buy inexpensive paving bricks at Home Depot or Lowes for around $1-$2 each, dig a small trench around the garden, about 1 1/2 inches deep and lay the bricks on their side in the trench. Fill the dirt back around the bricks and voila, instant edging. That way you can keep the good soil in the garden and have plants spill over the bricks. Looks really nice and is good for the plants.

Step 3 ~ replant the potted coreopsis into the back corner, where the driveway meets the house. It will probably take up a space about 2' x 2'.

Step 4 ~ now you get to add plants. I would suggest adding a small shrub, some perennials and a few annuals. This is where I need a scanner so I could draw a plan for you!

Starting from the left corner, where your coreopsis is, and working towards your door.The back row of plants would be the coreopsis, then next would be daisies (look great beside coreopsis! http://www.photovault.com/Link/Orders/Flora/Flowers/show.asp?tg=OFFVolume07/OFFV07P09_01.0754), then purple coneflower (echinecea http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/33/33.1.html), then your existing rose. Beside the rose you could plant a Mock Orange shrub (http://www.bucknur.com/acatalog/product_10257.html), then right beside the door plant a group of 3 daylilies (pick something bright & fragrant )

Then back at the left side, now in front of the coreopsis, I would plant a group of lavender (http://www.gardenguides.com/articles/lavender.htm), probably 5 - 7 small plants. Next, working our way back towards your door, I would plant a group of Moss Phlox (http://www.wildflowers.reach.net/mossphlox.html), which you would plant close to the edge of the bricks so that they spill over. In front of the rose, you can plant Dianthus (http://www.simplybeautifulgardens.com/plant_pages/dianthus.htm), to tie in your garden around the stump ~ probably needing 3-5 plants. In front of the Mock Orange, plant another group of Lavender (probably 3 plants). Then beside/front of the daylilies, plant another group of dianthus ~ probably 3 plants.

Now, some annuals to put in to fill up spaces could be Cosmos, Nemesia (http://www.simplybeautifulgardens.com/plant_pages/nemesia.htm or Marigolds. All come in white, yellow, red or purple.

It would look great to have a tall urn on the other side of your door. Something planted with ivy, bacopa (http://www.simplybeautifulgardens.com/plant_pages/bacopa.htm) & red & yellow flowers (like Nemesia, which have a wonderful scent)"

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Let's see if this works.............
Garden Pictures taken May 11, 2004

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Olga bloomed today!
That is MY own picture you are linking on. Yes, it truly, honestly is! Both Olga's burst into blooms today, as it has been mid 20*'s, warm & sunny. Everything is bursting into blooms.

I took some pictures today and will attempt to post those as well.

Ah yes, my flowers are growing, blooming and life is good

2004-05-05T11:43:00.000-04:00

oooooooooo......

A toy list for me!
RBG Plant List for their sale tomorrow.

2004-05-02T15:00:00.000-04:00

my current quests

These are the plants that I am currently in search of.
You will hear shrieks of joy all across this land when I find one. So listen for me....

Scepter'd Isle
Agapanthus
Lime Ricky Heuchera
Cranesbill "Rozanne"

2004-04-30T16:53:00.000-04:00

rose buying day

Today my neighbour & I took a leisurely drive through the country to buy our roses at Hortico, a wholesaler who ships around the world, yet is located just 15 minutes away. Thank you to Eliz for ordering roses for me from there. It is a diamond in the rough ~ a confusing & muddy place, yet grows wonderful roses & other plants/trees/shrubs etc....

My purchases today:
Another Olga Mezitt rhododendron, as the space I want to plant the first one is big enough for 2!
Awakening ~ a climber for the fence ~ about mid-way down.
Betty Prior ~ unsure of final planting location, but it is such a unique looking rose (probably front garden)
Charles De Mills ~ definitely for the front garden, somewhere near the patio where I sit.
Eglantyne ~ such an elegant rose ~ I think it will go near the back patio and hammock garden.
Iceberg ~ a climber that will go along the fence, towards the back of the yard. I love putting white flowers away from the lights on the patio, as they seem to glow in the darkness.
Morden's Blush ~ I already have one Morden's Blush near the back patio & hammock garden and I love it. It's picture does not do it justice. This one will go in the same area.
Pele ~ a climber to be planted along the fence ~ probably closer to the house since it is so fragrant.
Pretty Jessica ~ this rose is for Lauren for her 40th birthday. I will be visiting her on May 8th and we will plant it at her house then. Her daughter is named Jessica, and this is such a pretty rose.
Sexy Rexy ~ how can you resist a rose with this name? This will go along side the pool garden, probably behind a PeeGee Hydrangea.

So there you have it ~ todays purchases. Once they are planted I will document their location. Now, to figure out the correct way to plant bare root roses. The fun never ends!

2004-04-21T11:31:00.000-04:00

new addition

Last week I got 2 junipers taken out of the garden in the back. They were both old and very dead inside. Sorry guys, but you had to go.
Yesterday I bought my first new addition to go into the newly opened up spaces ~ a small-leaf rhododendron, 'Olga Mezitt
I haven't had good luck with rhodos in the past, so I will be reading up on preparation of the soil & planting techniques BEFORE I plant my new baby. When you spend $50 on a specimin plant, it pays to know what you are doing.

2004-04-06T09:59:00.000-04:00

Dewitte Design

I worked very hard on the weekend, and have almost completed the garden design for John & Natasha. And I must say, it looks great! I will have to take a picture of the design to go along with pictures of the garden as we plant it. Less than 3 weeks to go and I will be in N. Carolina!

2004-03-31T15:27:00.000-05:00

A good link for Gardening with Children

2004-03-31T15:22:00.000-05:00

The Invisible Gardeners Kitchen

Coffee any one?
Coffee isn't just something you drink any more, now its something you can spray your plants to control diseases and pests! It is not too hard to understand why coffee is so loved by my plants since I get a kick from drinking this stuff why shouldn’t they? These days it is wise to drink only organically grown coffee. Coffee is second only to cotton (both start with a c?) in what they chemically are being sprayed with. Organically grown coffee is rich in minerals, phosphorus, iron, calcium and a variety of other trace minerals depending on the area of the world and the soil it is grown in.

Old time organic farmers know the true value of organic coffee and coffee grinds in their organic gardens. One of my first recollections was of my mother feeding her plants dried coffee grinds. I also remember her saying that you never throw your cold coffee away but sprayed it on the plants, sugar, milk and all. She would say that she never knew a plant that didn’t like coffee and neither have I! I myself tell people to make one batch of coffee for themselves and make the second batch (from the same coffee grinds) for your plants!

Here are a few interesting ways to use coffee in your garden
1....Coffee and compost go hand in hand. adding coffee grinds to your compost pile or bin will increase its mineral content, and help to acidify the soil, (keep the PH down).

2...Coffee as a soil additive by adding dried coffee grinds to soil and turning over soil then mulching. many plants especially like coffee grinds mixed into their base soil. Plants like roses and vegetables like tomatoes will do well with coffee grinds. Also plants that like acid soil such as gardenias, azaleas, etc. will also like coffee grinds.

3...Hot Coffee can be sprayed directly on most insects and caterpillars, grasshoppers, etc. an dit will kill them while not damaging the plants. When you spray with the hot coffee, water is cooled down upon contact with the air enough to damage the insects but not the plants. Insects require only a small change in the body temp to die. Hot coffee will also damage fungus spores upon contact. To increase effectiveness of hot coffee you can add a dash of milk, or sugar or soap or Tabasco or essential oil.

4..Hot Coffee and hot compost equals hot tea! This mixture can be made by allowing your compost tea to sit for a few days. It should be sitting inside a glass bottle allowing the sun to shine thru it. This increases the bacterial levels as well as the energy levels of the tea not to mention the actual temp of the water. Then you make a batch of hot coffee for yourself then make a batch for your plants. Mix the hot coffee with the warm compost tea equally (1 quart hot coffee equals 1 quart compost tea) and use immediately at full strength. Add a dash of Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap as a wetting agent. This mixture will control all forms of fungus as well as most insects.

5..Cold Coffee can be foliar sprayed on most plants without any damage to their leaves but care must be taken with the flowers as coffee may discolor it. I would add a dash of Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap to this mix as well as a dash of milk and sugar.

6.. Coffee, Soap and Tabasco sauce is another mixture that you can use to control pests
eating your flowers.

So the next time you make that batch of coffee, take a look at your plants, maybe they are trying to tell you something!

Yours
Andy Lopez
The Invisible Gardener

2004-03-31T15:11:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my garden

Kathryn's new blog to post information, a garden journal, landscaping ideas, my journey through life as a garden designer.
Wow, that title sounds cool.
So, welcome to Kathryn, The Garden Designer's blog.