New Plantings: ysabetwordsmith

New Plantings

I've gotten a few things planted, but today's wind is flogging the daylights out of my plants. I did manage to snap a few photos...

This is the newly planted Goddess Garden, with the statue returned to the center (it has to come indoors for winter) and the ring of moss roses set out. The long green leaves are the snow crocus, which will soon wither away.

Here is the whole wildflower garden with the dead leaves raked off; it doesn't look like much in spring. The big blue-green bundles are comfrey. Most of the other spiky green stuff is some kind of coneflower.

Several new things went into my wildflower garden. This is cleome, of which I bought a 4-pack in mixed colors.

This is sweet rocket, which is about to bloom in some shade of blue or purple.

I have now added yellow coneflower to the pink and the green that this garden previously had.

This is Tatarian aster, which the bees are sure to love.

This is larkspur. I like the finely divided foliage. Much of the wildflower garden has lanceolate foliage.

rowangolightly

April 30 2010, 02:47:21 UTC 11 years ago

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Lovely! Makes me miss my garden and my herb garden. Ah well, I'll have to start over with that, right along with everything else, when I finally get my own place.

It's nice to see yours and enjoy it vicariously; thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

April 30 2010, 03:47:17 UTC 11 years ago

I'm glad you're enjoying these pictures.

*hugs* I hope you find a wonderful new place with terrific gardening potential.

siege

April 30 2010, 03:38:39 UTC 11 years ago

That statue looks like she's buried up to the shoulders in the ground.

Well...

April 30 2010, 06:12:17 UTC 11 years ago

I envision her rising up out of the ground, myself. She's an Earth goddess, after all. I dig a hole and bury the bottom inch or two of the statue so that it stays secure and looks like part of the ground.

Re: Well...

tuftears

April 30 2010, 19:49:29 UTC 11 years ago

IMO you just planted a goddess statue in the hope that she'll sprout a full-blown cathedral in your garden. ^_^

April 30 2010, 20:37:52 UTC 11 years ago

*chuckle* I should be so fortunate.

moonvoice

April 30 2010, 04:28:19 UTC 11 years ago

I like this! That dirt looks so awesome too. Much better than the sand we have here.

April 30 2010, 06:04:50 UTC 11 years ago

The dirt in the Goddess Garden is our normal topsoil here: black glacial till. It goes down 1-2 feet.

The dirt in the wildflower garden is actually subsoil, which is mostly clay in various shades of brown, yellow, and red. There was some digging done a few years ago, and that area got turned over. I threw down a lot of wildflower seed. Most of the area has since returned to grass, but that patch had a lot of flowers stick, so I rimmed it with logs about 3 years back. I've thrown in some potting soil and mulch, but it's still not very good soil. *chuckle* Which is actually right for certain types of wildflowers, so it's not a problem.

the_vulture

April 30 2010, 07:22:04 UTC 11 years ago

Neat-o! Makes me wish I had outdoor space to garden in. For now, I must be content with the progress of my baby tomato and pepper plants that I'm growing on my windowsill.

April 30 2010, 17:11:11 UTC 11 years ago

I'm glad you like these.

Do what you can with what you have. In my case, accomplishments are limited by body and budget rather than yard space. I still manage to get some stuff done. Even a windowbox brings greenery to life, and is well worth doing.