Well I have been away for quite sometime but made quite a few discoveries concerning plants and growing them in different ways then I am used to.I am now in a new climate,the United Kingdom,Wales.It is absolutely beautiful,yet I was not aware of the amount of rain that actually falls here and the vegetation that thives and struggles in this zone.The zone is 8 and I must admit it is about one of the best zones you could find yourself when it concerns growing plants,however; they must be moisture and mildew resistant plants. In other terms, plants that like to be watered regulary,thus; most plants grow here, even palm trees.The summer is amoung one of the best,not to hot, nor to cold,excellent for growing conditions. I now know why roses thrive here and have found myself in some of the most amazing,wonderful gardens imaginable.It is like a fairy tale to be in a beautiful castle garden and to be completely honest I am astounded by the beauty and the variety of vegetation that can grow here. I bam quite happy to be back online and once again writing.I will be back everyday and I would like to thank the people who have subscibed to this and also for their patience.In the next few days I will be writing a lot more ,uploading some of my photos as well as doing more things to get this site going. Cheers Tanya

Perennials

Well it seems I have fallen behind.I shall try not to let that happen anymore,however unforessens circumstances you have no control over sometimes, kind of like the weather I suppose. Here is a list of perennials that can be planted I can add more but I shall post these for the time being.


A photo of some of the flowers in my rock garden all perennials.




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(For Cut Flowers)

Achillea millefolium - Yarrow

Aconitum napellus - Garden Monkshood

Alchemilla mollis - Lady's Mantle

Anemone - poppy anemone

Anemone japonica - Japanese Amemone

Aquilegia spp. - Columbine

Armeria maritima - Common or Sea Thrift

Aster, various

Astrantia major - Great Masterwort

Campanula persicifolia - Peach-leaved Bellflower

Centaurea- cornflower

Chrysanthemem coccineum - Painted Lady

Chrysanthemum x superbum - Shasta Daisy

Convallaria majalis - Lily-of-the-Valley

Coreopsis spp. - Coreopsis

Delphinium elatum - Delphinium or Larkspur

Delphinium hybrids

Dianthus barbatus - Sweet William

Dianthus spp...

Dicentra - Bleeding Heart

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower

Echinops ritro - Small Globe Thistle

Gaillardia aristata - Blanket Flower

Gypsophilia paniculata - Baby's Breath

Heliopsis helianthoides - Sunflower Heliopsis

Heuchera sanguinea - Coral Bells

Iris, various

Lavandula angustifolia - English Lavender

Liatris spp. - Gayfeather

Lilium spp. - Hardy Lilies

Lupinus 'Russell Hybrid' - Russel Hybrid Lupine

Lysimachia - Gooseneck Loosestrife

Mertensia virginica - Blue Bells

Monarda didyma- Bee balm

Myosotis sylvestris-Chinese Forget-me-not

Paeonia, various - Peony

Penstemon spp. - Beardtongue

Platycodon grandiflorus - Balloon Flower

Rudbeckia spp. - Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia, various - Cone Flower

Salvia azurea grandflora - Azure Sage

Scabiosa spp. - Pincushion Flower

Stokesia laevis - Stokes Aster

Veronica spicata - Spike Speedwell


This is a photo of my anemones,poppy anemone.



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A pic of my Chinese forget-me-nots. They are lovely in the late
spring beautiful burst of blue.



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(For Fragrance)

Allium - chives

Arabis caucasica - Rock Cress

Artemisia abrotanum - Southernwood

Centranthus ruber - Red Valerian

Convallaria majalis - Lily-of-the-Valley

Dianthus plumarius - Border Pinks

Dictamnus albus - Gas Plant

Dracocephalum moldavicum

Filipendula ulmaria - Queen-of-the-Meadow

Galium odoratum - Sweet woodruff

Heliotropium aborescens - Heliotrope

Hesperis matronalis - Sweet Rocket

Hosta plantaginea - Fragrant Plantain Lily

Iris hybrids - Iris

Lavandula angustifolia - English Lavender

Monarda didyma - Bee Balm

Oenothera odorata - Evening Primrose

Paeonia, hybrids - peony

Petasites fragrans - Sweet Coltsfoot

Phlox paniculata - Phlox

Rosa species - Sweet Brier

Valeriana officinalis - Common Valerian

Viola cornuta - Tufted Pansy

Viola odorata - Sweet Violet

Tymus, spp. - Thyme

Chives in my rock garden

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A few photos of my violas



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For Wet Soil

Ampanula glomerata - Clustered Bellflower

Aruncus dioicus - Goat's Beard

Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed

Astilbe x arendsii - Astilbe

Boltonia asteroides - White Boltonia

Caltha palustris - Yellowflag

Cimicifuga racemosa - Black Snakeroot

Centaurea- cornflower

Dicentra spp. - Bleeding Heart

Houttuynia cordata 'Variegata' - Houttuynia

Iris ensata - Japanese Iris

Ligularia spp. - Ligularia

Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower

Lysimachia clethroides - Gooseneck Loosestrife

Lysimachia punctata - Yellow Loosestrife

Matteuccia pensylvanica - Ostrich fern

Miscanthus sinensis - Ornamental Grass

Monarda didyma - Bee Balm

Myosotis scorpioides - True Forget-me-not

Myosotis sylvestris-Chinese Forget-me-not

Onoclea sensibillis - Sensitive Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea - Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda regalis - Royal Fern

Physostegia virginiana - Obedient Plant

Rodgersia pinnata - Featherleaf Rodgersflower

Saxifraga pennslyvanica - Penn. or Swamp Saxifrage

Tradescantia x andersoniana - Virginia Spiderwort

Trollis europaeus - Globeflower


This is a photo of my Trollius Globe flower.This one is called the Fire Globe.




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Centuarea.

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This is a photo of my Bleeding heart and Lamium.



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(Ferns for Shady Areas)

Adiantum pedatum - maidenhair fern

Asplenium tririchomanes - maidenhair spleeenwort

Athyrium filix-femina - lady fern

Athyrium niponicum - Japanese painted fern

Athyrium thelyperoides - silvery glade-fern

Blechnum spicant - deer-foot fern

Cystopteris bulbifera - bulblet fern

Cystopteris fragilis - bladder fern

Dennstaedtia punctilobula - hay-scented fern

Dryopteris filix-mas - male fern

Dryopteris goldiana - Goldie's wood fern

Dryopteris marginalis - marginal shield fern

Hymenophyllum tunbrigensis - Tunbridge's filmy fern

Matteuccia pensylvanica - ostrich fern

Onoclea sensibilis - sensitive fern

Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern

Osmunda claytoniana - interrupted fern

Osmunda regalis - royal fern

Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas fern

Polystichum braunii - Braun's holly fern

Pteridium aquilinum - bracken fern

Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York fern

Trichomanes petersii - Peter's filmy fern


(Ground covers for shady areas)

Aegopodium- bishops weed

Ajuga repens - bugleweed

Anemone sylvestris - snowdrop anemone

Asarum spp. - wild ginger

Caltha palustris - marsh marigold, cowslip

Chickweed - snowdrops

Convallaria majalis - lily-of-the-valley

Cornus canadensis - bunchberry

Doronicum plantagineum - leopard's bane

Epimedidum spp. - bishop's hat

Galax urceolata - galax

Galium odoratum - sweet woodruff

Gaultheria procumbens - wintergreen

Goodyera repens - rattlesnake plantain

Hendera spp. - ivy

Hosta spp. - hosta, plantain lily

Lamiastrum galeobdolon - yellow archangel

Lamium - white nancy

Liriope spp. - dwarf lilyturf

Lycopodium spp. - club moss

Maianthemum canadense - false lily-of-the-valley

Mitchella repens - partridgeberry

Mitella diphylla - bishop's-cap

Myosotis sylvestris-Chinese Forget-me-not

Ophiopogon spp. - mondo grass

Pachysandra spp. - pachysandra, spurge

Phlox stolonifera - creeping phlox

Pulmonaria spp. - lungwort

Saxifraga spp. - strawberry begonia, saxifraga

Symphytum grandiflorum - comfrey

Tiarella cordifolia - foam flower

Vinca minor - vinca


My Lamium -white nancy

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Forget-me nots, violas and chickweed

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My Creeping Phlox also known as Moss Phlox.This one is called candy cane.





The white chinese forget-me-not.



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(Vines)

Akebias spp. - chocolate vine

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata - porcelain berry

Aristolochia durior - Dutchman's-pipe

Campsis radicans - trumpet vine

Clematis spp. - clematis

Hedera spp. - ivy

Hydrangea anomala petiolaris - climbing hydrangea

Lonicera x heckrottii - gold flame honeysuckle

Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper

Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston ivy

Polygonum aubertii - silver-lace vine

Schisandra chinensis - magnolia vine

Schizophragma hydrangeoides -

Wisteria sinensis - wistera



Hopefully if all works out for me I shall be back tomorrow..

Shrubs

This is a list of shrubs that may be helpful when choosing a selection for you yard/landscape. I am going to add photos that I took with each post.This is the crabapple.



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Shrubs for Shady Areas

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Aronia arbutifolia - chokeberry

Forsythia spp. - forsythia

Ilex aquifolium - English holly

Leucothoe fontanesiana - drooping leucothoe

Sarcococca hookerana digyna - sarcococca

Taxus spp. - yew

Tsuga canadensis - hemlock
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Shrubs for Part-Shade

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Abelia x grandiflora - glossy abelia

Abeliophyllum distichum - white forsythia

Calycanthus floridus - sweet shrub

Camellia japonica - camellia

Clethra alnifolia - sweet pepperbush

Cornus alba - red-twig dogwood

Corylopsis spp. - winter hazel

Daphne x burkwoodii - Burkwood's daphne

Enkianthus campanulatus - enkianthus

Fothergilla major - large fothergilla

Hamamelis spp. - witch hazel

Hibiscus syriacus - rose of Sharon

Hydrangea arborescens - tree hydrangea

Hydrangea aspera - rough-leaved hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea

Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel

Kerria japonica - kerria

Magnolia stellata - star magnolia

Pieris spp. - andromeda

Rhododendron spp. - azaleas, rhododendron

Spiraea x Bumalda - spirea

Spiraea x Vanhouttei - bridal wreath

Viburnum spp. - viburnum
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That is about it for today....

Annuals

Today I am posting a list of annuals for different areas. This list should help in choosing annuals for the upcoming growing season.Most annuals need full sun for at least 4 to 6 hours a day to flower well.
As the flowers fade, remove them (dead-head) before seeds are formed to keep plants looking attractive and encourage continuing flowering. Heavy pruning can invigorate some species. For example, petunias, when they become to laggy, can be cut back in midsummer to within a few inches of the ground, fertilized and heavily watered, and they will be full and attractive again in just a few weeks.
Many annuals give off a scent, so you can add some wonderful fragrances to your garden, as well as their visual pleasure. To get the most enjoyment from fragrant plants, position them where your nose will find them: on a deck in containers; close to a window; and on the edges of your garden, patio, pathway or porch...






(Hardy annuals) — such as pansies, and ornamental kale are grown for color in cool and cold seasons. They are usually planted in the fall. Most decline or die with the onset of summer heat.

(Half-hardy annuals) —such as allysum and dianthus can tolerate light frost and are usually planted in early spring for spring and early summer color. They usually decline in summer heat but it is possible for them to bloom again in the fall.

(Tender annuals) — such as vinca, zinnia and impatiens — cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. They should be planted in the spring after all danger of frost has passed.

LIST OF ANNUALS

((Fragrant Annuals))

Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Dianthus (Dianthus species)
Four o’clock (Mirabalis jalapa)
Heliotrope (Heliotropum arboresccens)
Moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana species)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Petunia (Petunia species)
Stocks (Matthiola incana)
Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus)
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Wallflower (Erysimum species)
Sweet Sultan (Centaurea moschata


((Annuals for Hanging Baskets))


Black Eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata)
Chilean Bellflower (Nolana paradoxa)
Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)
Fan Flower (Scaevola aemula)
Fuchsia (Fuchsia species)
Glory Flower (Eccremocarpus scaber)
Heliotrope (Heliotropium aborescens)
Impatiens (Impatiens wallerana and hybrids)
Ivy Geranium (Pelargonium peltatum)
Kenilworth Ivy (Cymbalaria muralis)
Licorice Plant (Helichrysum petiolatum)
Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
Meadow Foam (Limnanthes douglasii)
Morning Glory (Ipomoea species)
Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Petunia (Petunia X hybrida)
Petunias (Cascade and Wave series)
Starglory (Mina Lobata)
Trailing Lantana (Lantana montevidensis)
Verbena (Verbena X hyrbida)


((Annuals for Edging))

Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum)
Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)
Chilean Bellflower (Nolana paradoxa)
Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)
Dusty Miller (Senicio cineraria)
English Daisy (Bellis perennis)
False Blue Flax (Heliophila longifolia)
Flowering Kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
Marigold (Tagetes species)
Meadow Foam (Limnanthes douglasii)
Ornamental Pepper (Capsicum annuum)
Pimpernel (Anagallis monelli linifolia)
Toadflax (Linaria species)
Sweet Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)
Virginia Stock (Malcomia maritima)
Yellow Ageratum (Lonus annua)

((Annuals to attract Butterflies & Hummingbirds))

Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Cosmos (Cosmos species)
Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana species)
Four o’clock (Mirabalis jalapa)
Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Heliotrope (Heliotropum arboresccens)
Lantana (Lantana species)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Phlox (Phlox drummondi)
Salvia (Salvia species)
Starflower (Pentas lanceolata)
Verbena (Verbena species)
Zinnia (Zinnia species)


((Annuals for Shade and Part Shade))

Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum)
Begonia (Begonia species)
Caladium (Caladium species)
Climbing Fumitory (Adlumina fungosa)
Coleus (Coleus hybrids)
Coleus (Solenostemon scutteleriodes)
Collinsia (Collinsia species)
Edging Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Fuchsia (Fuchsia species)
Impatiens (Impatiens species)
Job's Tears (Coix lacryma jobi)
Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus hybridus)
Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
Persian Violet (Exacum affine)
Primrose (Primula species)
Wax Begonia (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri)
Woodland Tobacco (Nicotiana sylvestris)
Woodruff (Asperula orientalis)


((Annuals for Sun or Shade))

Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum)
Coleus (Coleus hybrids)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Garden Balsam (Impatiens balsamina)
Horned Violet (Viola cornuta)
Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
Wax Begonia (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)


((Annual Vines))

Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Black-eyed Susan Vine (Thunbergia alata)
Canary Bird Vine (Tropaeolum perigrinum)
Cardinal Vine (Ipomoea x multifida)
Climbing Fumitory (Adlumina fungosa)
Cup and Saucer Vine (Cobaea scandens)
Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Glory Flower (Eccremocarpus scaber)
Hyacinth Bean Vine (Dolchos lablab purpureus)
Love-in-a-Puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor)
Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus)
Ornamental Gourd (Curcurbita pepo hybrids)
Purple Bell Vine (Rhodochiton atrosanguineum)
Scarlet Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
Spanish Flag (Mina lobata)
Starglory (Mina lobata)
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)


((Annual for Hot, Dry Locations))

African Daisy (Dimorphotheca)
Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondi)
Annual Vinca (Cataranthus roseus)
Baby's Breath (Gypsophila elegans)
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Calliopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
Cape Marigold (Dimorphotheca sinuata)
Cockscomb (Celosia cristata)
Cornflower (Centaurea species)
Cosmos (Cosmos species)
Creeping Zinnia (Sanvitalia procumbens)
Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria)
Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa)
Gloriosa Daisy (Rudbeckia hirta)
Gold Medallion (Melampoddium paludosum)
Livingstone Daisy (Dorotheanus belledformis)
Moss Rose (Portulaca grandiflora)
Poppies (Papaver species)
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens)
Snow-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia marginata)
Spider Flower (Cleome hasslerana)
Statice (Limonium sinuatum)
Summer Cypress (Kochia scoparia)
Verbena (Verbena species)
Zinnia (Zinnia species)


((Annual for Moist and Cool Locations))

Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)
Blue Lace Flower (Trachymene coreulea)
Blue Woodruff (Asperula orientalis)
Bugloss (Anchusa capensis)
Caladium (Caladium species)
Canterbury Bells (Campanula medium)
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Globe Candytuft (Iberis umbellata)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus hybridus)
Pink (Dianthus species)
Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
Pouch Nemisa (Nemesia strumosa)
Summer Cypress (Kochia scoparia)
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Verbena (Verbena hybrids)
Wishbone Flower (Torenia fournieri)


((Hardy and Half-Hardy Annuals))

Allysum (Lobularia maritima)
Annual Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondi)
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
Delphinium (Delphinium species)
Dianthus (Dianthus species)
English Daisy (Bellis perennis)
Flowering Cabbage-Kale (Brassica oleracea)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea ‘Foxy’)
Johnny-jump-up (Viola tricolor)
Larkspur (Consolida ambigua)
Monkey Flower (Mimulus hybridus)
Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Pansy (Viola x wittrockiana)
Poppy (Papaver species)
Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
Stocks (Matthiola incana)
Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus)

The many words for a gardener.

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As you can tell I like to add my photography to my site as well.

Here are words a gardeners can ponder over, rather interesting there are so many and I am quite sure I can think of more but here is what I have come up with for now:

Aging Air Animals April Art August

Autumn Beauty Birds Blog Breathing Bugs

Cats Chaos Cheerfulness Children Clichés Chores

Clouds Cold Mountain Sages Community Complexity

Compost Conservation Cooking Crafts Creativity

Cuttings Curiosity Dawn Death December Definitions Design

Desire Dirt Divine Dogs Drinking Earth Ecology

Education Epigrams Essentials Exercise Evil

Facts Fall Family February

Fertilizer Fire Five Precepts Flowers Food Forests

Fountains Fragerant Friendship Fruit Gardening Jounal Gardeners

Gardens Generosity Grains Grapes Grass Growth Haiku

Han Shan Happiness Health Hedges

Herbs Heavenly History Home Humor Hunger

Insects Interdependence January Jokes Joyous

July June Kids Labor Lawns Leaves Learning

Leisure Life Light Links Love

March May Meditation Memories Months Moonlight

Morning Monthly Mysticism Night Old Age October

November Pantheism Peace Pests Play Ponds Practice

Propagation Pruning Qigong Quips

Quiet Rain Reading Rebirth Red Bluff CA Relaxation

Religion Rest Riddles Roots Rocks

Seasons Seeds Seeing Senryu September

Short Poems Shrubs Silence Simplicity

Sitting Smelling Soil Solitude Spirituality

Spring Springtime Sun Summer Summertime Sunshine

T'ai Chi Ch'uan Taoism Taste Tea Time Timeline Tips Tools

Touching Tranquility Trees Vegetables Vines Vision View Walking Walls

Water Wine Weather Weblog Weeding Wilderness Wind

Winter Wintertime Woods Work Yoga Zen

Spring flowers in bloom

Here are a few pics of some of my spring flowers up so far, however most of them are not in bloom right now. When you create gardens it is as I said, they are a work of art. I like to take photos of my gardens for this very fact, not to mention have nicely cut flowers when ever I want and not have to spend a fortune on them to have fresh flowers when I so choose.

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My first daffodil of the season in bloom, the name of it is the King Alfred.


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My muscari, hybred hyacinths, very pretty in the spring as you can tell they are blue.

Today I am covering the questions to ask yourself before planning and beginning a garden.These questions are very important because they will give you an idea as to what you are truly looking for and what your needs are.

1) Do you want a big garden or small garden?________________________

2) Do you want multiple gardens?__________________________________

3)Do you want to make your garden/gardens a major feature, or use it/them as a foreground for a wall, patio, walk or foundation?____________________________________________________

4) Do you want to showcase individual plants, or is the overview of the entire garden more important to you?______________________________

5)Do you want a big show of bloom for a specific season, of a smaller show that continues to bloom from spring through fall?_____________________

6)What time of the year would you most enjoy being in the garden/gardens?________________________________________________

7)Are there times of the growing season where you would most likely be away for a few weeks?___________________________________________

8)Do you want a high or low maintenace garden?_____________________

9)Do you have a favorite color scheme or do you prefer a mix of colors?________________________________________________________

10)Do you have any specific plants or flowers that you would like to see in your garden/gardens_____________________________________________
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11)Do you want lots of flowers to cut for fresh or dried arrangements or will you enjoy them mainly outside? _____________________________________________________________




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This is a list of questions to ask yourself before creating a garden or doing any kind of landscaping for that matter. This can be very helpful if you are looking to begin a new project. It took me quite some time to create this list, it is what I call my landscape needs checklist and that is just exactly what it is.




LANDSCAPE NEEDS CHECKLIST

Hide a foundation, or transform a dull or ugly foundation planting
Soften a wall or fence
Add color under a shade tree
Add interest along the front of a yard
Surround a terrace, patio or deck
Add color to a door yard
Soften the edges of a pool
Beautify a lamp post or mail box
Create a boundary
Hide a unattractive view or element like a utility pole or laundry line
Add splashes of color in the lawn
Fill a bare spot
Create a place to walk in the yard
Beautify a garage or outbuilding
Beautify A garage or outbuilding
Surround a bench, trellis , arbor or bower
Soften the outlines of a raised porch
Give a new home a more finished look
Create a period look for the home
Fill raised beds where vegetables once grew

That is a wrap for today....

My dog and I chilling in my jungle ,out of the sun. Example of enjoying your gardens....

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As important as it is to our health and well being as individuals to have flowers in our lives, the benefits of flowers and gardens to ourselves and others can reach greater distances then we might ever imagine.
You may never know how you have affected the people that walk by your garden each day. Maybe it will inspire a child who can look at the petal of a flower or provide happiness to the elderly people who can no longer do gardening themselves.
Since one of the most well known traits of a gardener is their prosperity for sharing, be it through seeds, divisions, advice opinions, information or experiences, you may very well start a chain reaction with your deeds.
Many people do not realize this , even though a lot of people do gardening as a leisure activity that the benefits from gardening are outstanding. Psychiatrists, doctors and physical therapists all agree that gardening is good for both mental stress and anxiety, that is not even mentioning the fact you are also getting good exercise in the process. You really only need to know the basics about gardening and you do not have to be an expert to be able to do it.
Not only is it good for your health and well being it is also a great way to express your artistic creativity because that is what I call a well put together garden, art. Why do you suppose so many artists/painters paint them, they are a thing of beauty a piece of art work themselves that you have created to your own liking, an expression of yourself. Any garner can and will be able to tell you the joy it can actually bring, however; I am not talking about weeding but that is most certainly not the plants fault.
Plants have survived millions of years with out us, so when you buy one follow the directions on the back but there is truly no need to go overboard. Find out what zone it grows best in, the kind of soil it likes, and where it prefers to be in the sun or shade. That is pretty much all you need to do other then plant it.
To get the most enjoyment out of gardening here are a few to tips to make it easier to be completely stress free so you can enjoy it not look at it like more work.
1) Pace yourself, spread out difficult projects overtime.
2) Say no to projects that do not fit into your time schedule.
3) Try to let your worries go by doing some gardening, gardeners typically become absorbed in their work, giving their mind a rest from the normal worries and cares of the day.
4) Vary your tasks, for example a full day of pruning or weeding will not only become tedious but it will also give you blisters and back aches.
5)Do something for the kid in you everyday, like pick some flowers blow a dandelion blossom etc.... we all have a kid inside of us just waiting to be let out for a while.
And last but not least
6) Place stools, garden chairs or benches at strategic points in your garden so you will have many opportunities to rest and enjoy what you have created.

Well that is about it for today...