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Member photo courtesy of newtieWild flower meadow growing in the lower garden in May. My Gardener Adam and I scattered 5 lbs of wild flower seed in late November and ran a rake lightly over the soil to rough it up a bit.
Uploaded 12 MAY 21 |
Garden photo courtesy of newtieUpper garden on Feb. 7. Garden Entrance and Nandina Hedge to the North on the Left. The Wisteria arbor is on the East side.
The circular layout is evident. Behind the camera position is the path to the lower garden.
Uploaded 13 FEB 19 |
Garden photo courtesy of newtieIn the foreground is the Hyb. Tea Tiffany. a fragrant and vigorous modern rose that is excellent for cutting. It's relatively disease free in hot humid climates when grown on Fortuniana, as it is here. In the upper left corner is the modern, tough as nails, climber "Parade". A gaudy , hot pink rose, that gets its vigor from its "New Dawn," heritage. New Dawn is a sport of the equally vigorous Dr. W. van Fleet , a once blooming rambler that was at one time ubiquitous in old Deep-South gardens. The Dr. blooms on a fence elsewhere in the garden and is stunningly beautiful when in full bloom in late May and Early June. It has none of the gaudy brashness of its grand child, Parade.
In the background center is the red China rose, Cramoisi Superieur, on its own roots. One of the great trouble free shrubs for the South. It blooms heavily Spring and Fall and sporadically in between. Light fragrance. It can be grown as an informal hedge. It is nearly evergreen in Zone 8b. There is nothing not to like about Cramoisi Superieur. It's one of the best shrub roses for mild climates in existence.
Uploaded 8 APR 20 |
Member photo courtesy of newtieI am more and more getting interested in finding compatible companion plants for roses. Our climate is not the best for Clematis but I have found that even in Dante's Inferno of the Southern hellish summer the Clematis will somehow hunker down and pull through. I wish I knew the name of this one. Sadly, it succumbed to my Gardner Adam's "Last "Round-UP" and is no more. Before it cast off its mortal coil, it rambled one last time through this old Doctor Huey that sprawled forth from the roots of a prior garden occupant. This particular Dr. Huey will re-bloom a bit in the Fall, something they are not known for but are occasionally reported as doing. In the center background is "Perennial Blue" A thorny, heavy once-bloomer scrambling up the trunk of an Albizia JulibrissinTree. (We call'em Mimosa's down south.) At the height of the Perennial Blue's bloom period it will be covered with (Not Blue) flower clusters. The thornless, once bloomer Vielchenblau is both better mannered and bluer, but not so shade tolerant, nor half as tough.
Uploaded 12 FEB 19 |
Garden photo courtesy of newtieView of the Kellum Fountain through the gate to the upper garden early on a very foggy January morning. This gate is on the same axis as the steps up to my patio, so I have a view of the goldfish pond from my patio through the gate. [the iron gate has been taken down for repair.] As you can see it's a somewhat untidy old graden. My home was bult in 1919, so this year is it's 100-year anniversary. I suppose the Garden was begun around 1919. I know the Wisteria arbor dates back to near that time. I added the fish pond about 18 years ago.
Uploaded 13 FEB 19 |
Member photo courtesy of newtiehere you can get a better idea of the "DOTs Cherry Candy" translucent quality that Dublin Bay Blooms have.
Uploaded 12 FEB 19 |
Garden photo courtesy of newtieThe lower garden, upper terrace, in winter. The lower terrace to the South can be seen to the right. This is looking East. The large round green shrub to the right of the grass path is a ~50 year old gardenia. Below the lower terrace lies Gordon's Creek which overflows its banks every few years. Some figs and hazels can be seen as well as a very large sweet gum to the far right.
Uploaded 13 FEB 19 |
Member photo courtesy of newtieI wanted to show this photo of the rambler Alberic Barbier, the creamy yellow rose in the foreground. Note how it is climbing into a Celeste Fig Tree and blooming in quite dense shade though part of it is exposed to bright sun. This is one of the very few roses I know that will actually bloom quite heavily in medium shade and some even in dense shade as you can see here. It is a thorny scambling, rambling rose that is prone to taking over. It likes to climb over and under pretty much everything. It will send out long thin canes along the ground and form a dense mat if you let it. Mulching with concrete would probably slow it up some. It's a once bloomer, but if you have difficult conditions, and the room for it, and also a leather flack jacket to wear when you prune it, it is very forgiving, trouble free, with attractive light yellow blooms. Would make a good barrier on a fence line. This is in the lower garden.
Uploaded 12 FEB 19 |
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