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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: My fall garden is growing |
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Looking east at new mums and swiss chard.
Looking west at new zinnias and petunias. That's dwarf ginger in the foreground.
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Just beautiful Pondlady.I love those Mums for sure.I am very fond of Zinnias
I have a hugh horse trough of Zinnia's growing now.I have them planted in lots of places.I am going to give mums a try next year.
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Don't get the wrong idea. I bought those mums all budded up. They will bloom a bit next spring and not at all in the fall. They ramble all over all summer. I whack them back hard right after their puny spring flowering and then hope for a decent fall showing. I rarely get it, so just buy more every October.
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zuzu's petals
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Absolutely loverly!!
Now that's my idea of fall color  ,
gorgeous flowers, and the leaves up in the trees where they belong. 
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I know but they are so pretty and showy even if you bought them in full bloom it works
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I am almost tempted to pick up a couple more to fill in the bare spots. I simply do not like bare spots in a garden even if mulch covers them up.
Zuzu, our leaves fall in the spring...go figure.
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. . . our leaves fall in the spring...go figure. |
Many of our Oaks do the same, and somehow, I don't mind raking in the spring, 
the new leaves appear almost instantly, all bright and fresh.
It's these ones, coming down by the barrowful now, that work my nerves.  Phooey!
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Jan rainbow chard are fantastic plants aren't they? I love them as their stalks come in all colours and really brighten up a garden and then you can eat them!! What more could you ask for? . I really like your mums up against the silver and green of your other plants.
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Great looking garden Jan
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Garden design is so much fun....and if we make a mistake, it is easily fixed. That assumes someone even notices it. I loved design when I was getting paid for it and I still love it. I got an award once for the most promising young designer. I was 58.
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Gee Jan thats great you were just a young whippersnapper and already able to design gardens. Did they give you this award in person, because if they did we should ask them to join the stew 
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It was a magazine thing. And no one there was that great a designer.
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Beautiful pictures pondlady. But I have a question about the swiss chard. Are you referring to the same thing that I would plant in the vegetable garden and cook and eat like spinach?
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Yup, Polly, same thing. I use it because I love the red stems and leaves. Snails and slugs love it too, unfortunately.
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A gorgeous burst of color! 
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