My Cottage Garden,..glengarry23.

Phlox 'Windsor'.

Cuttings,.. eight in all taken from the parent plant below.


The cuttings.


As they are today.


Blooms like below in June/July,..height approx 90 cm=3 Ft.



Sedum are the low growing,..Erysimum Cheri 'Bowles Mauve' the tall background plant,..Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' parent plant is the taller of the two,..the smaller is from a cutting of the parent,



A Rose Bud fallen from the previous season showing a small shoot.

 

Well, I didn't know that could happen! You learn something new every day.

 

The Phlox are a lovely colour.

 

@glengarry23 those are lovely. This year will be my first attempt at trying to clone phlox and peony from cuttings. I understand peony cuttings should take place in the fall. Is it the same for phlox?

So exciting!

 

@Victoria,

Hi Victoria,

Its not something that one would notice though this is the second time for me and in the same location,..i kept the last bud with the shoot,..planted it just peeping above the soil surface and the result was good,..i have that rose bush ever since,..it blooms a pink rose.

 

@CanadianLori ,

Hi Lori,

The Phlox will be easily enough as in my case it was just cutting below a node,..dipping in Rooting Powder,..then potting and hoping for the best.

Your Peony,..i have never took cuttings as i was told way back that cuttings don't take,..i would check on that info,..root division is no problem at all but it will take a long spell before the plant gets big enough to produce blooms.

Philip

 

The protective chicken wire and wire panels are still there for the present to protect the young plants coming along though its this week they should be removed,..however due to present circumstances they can wait a spell longer.

The pathways,..which will be hardly seen at a later stage when everything fills in.

 

That's an interesting and secretive garden ... I like it, love all the stone.

 

Thank you Victoria,..a very quiet garden as for the stones i would always take one home from my trips away on the boat,..no more boat but i think i have enough stones .

Some blooms i captured on camera as i wandered about the garden today.

Geraniums.





This one used to be a pink,..same thing happened to yours.



Oxalis debilis 'Wood Sorrel' also named 'Shamrocks Pink'.



Just coming into bloom.

Armeria maritima 'Armada Rose',..an evergreen.

 

Where there is life there is hope.

From a small section of green and life,..where above it and below it there was no life.



To a raised container with good soil.



Foliage as seen today.



Primrose 'Primula vulgaris'.






Cowslip ' Primula veris '



Sweet Alyssum 'Alyssum lobularia '



Bluebells

 

Just came into bloom,..big indoor plant.

Clivia 'Minata'.












Almost ready to open its lanterns.

Chilean Lantern Tree ' Crinodendron hookerianum '.

 

Blooms in progress Clivia 'Minata'.





First of my roses to bloom this year,..its a No ID.



It didn't take long for the baby Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' in the foreground to catch up on its parent plant in the background,..its growth in eight days.

Before.



After.



Growing rapidly,..Lupins in the foreground and Delphiniums in the background,..no trace of those very small snails that attack and eat the foliage.









April 2013.

A short enough video and a simple one,..not great i admit,..music is the best.

Nigel Kennedy Plays-'Jules Massenet Meditation',..4 mins and 36 secs long.

 

All looking fresh and healthy Philip.

 

I have small garden section where everything is in containers,..its between two cement paths and my cement shed therefore always very dry,..i can remove most of the containers to give them a good soaking from time to time,..below the image of that section and its ' Heuchera Plants',..not forgetting the 'Spanish Bayonet Tree'.






Another small section which is at the front of the house houses my Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire',..image captured today.





In order to protect the greenhouse i left a big 'Arum Lily' alongside it to stop the noise of the plastic type panes popping in and outwards in strong winds,..its worked.

 

Love the Pieris. Had one in Bucks. Don't think they would like the dry climate here.