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September, 2003 Garden
The bed includes the following plants:
- Yarrow (Achillea Moonshine)
- False Indigo (Baptisia Australis)
- Catmint (Calamintha Nepeta)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea
Magnus)
- Fleabane (Erigeron Hybrid)
- Emerald 'n Gold Euonymus (Euonymus Fortunei)
- Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium Sanguineum Alpenglow)
- White and Purple Japanese Peony (Paeonia Suffruticosa)
- Blue Queen Sage (Salvia Nemorosa)
- Stonecrop (Sedum Matrona)
- Coreopsis Verticillata
- Clematis vine [added October, 2002]
The garden, in all its glory.
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(3 SEP 03)
The stonecrop finally bloomed, exploding out of the left side of the garden. I've threaded the remaining coneflowers to give it some interest. There's a clematis vine (now at 8') growing up the trellis. There's also a shrubby euonymus somewhere under there, probably not to be seen again until the fall.
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(3 SEP 03)
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(3 SEP 03)
(3 SEP
03)
The stonecrop finally bloomed, bringing joy to dozens of bees and dragonflies. I leaned the remaining coneflowers onto the top of the stonecrop to give the insects the equivalent of a Quickie-Mart.
(3 SEP
03)
(7 AUG
03)
The clematis finished the year at 8'. The hard rains knocked down the remaining blooms (as seen in the second picture taken last month). It's wrapped tightly around the bamboo and should handle the winter with some minor care.
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(3 SEP 03)
The center of the garden is sliding into fall with reduced greenery. It is dominated by the cranesbill, yarrow, coneflowers, and salvia with baptisia and peonies lining the back row; all have reached bloom earlier in the season.
(3 SEP 03)
The right side of the garden is dominated by the catmint in the fall. Earlier in the season, there are coreopsis verticillata "Golden Showers" sitting in the middle of the catmint. The back row consists of Japanese peonies around false indigo. There's a lone fleabane plant springing up next to the peony.
(28 AUG 03)
The catmint is in full bloom. I've spotted a neighborhood cat rummaging around in it. It is always filled with bees and other insects and smells wonderful.
Laughing Buddha graces this garden.
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