Knockout Rose's

BY SKEETER

 I only have a couple of rose bushes in my GEORGIA GARDENS. I do not like plants which bite back (thorns) and Roses can be fickle with humid summers.

A garden is not a garden without a rose. I do very little to maintain these beauty's. Low maintenance makes KNOCKOUT ROSE'S perfect, in the Garden... 

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New Garden Toy

BY SKEETER

A pink Knock-Out Rose blooming in my Georgia Garden...

After 11 years in this house, we finally have a year round resident Mocking Bird! I have seen them every spring but they always depart by Summer. Not a great picture I know. It was snapped during the evening and he/she was very far from me. Mocking bird males and females are a like so you cannot tell them apart from each other.  

Here is a Bargain I found today! I happen to be at the Christmas Tree Shops when this $50.00 garden bench was marked down to $20.00. The stores motto is, "Don't you just love a bargain". And yes, I do. Not sure where this bench will end up but for now it is sitting by the fire pit.

Here is a new toy I recently picked up. It has yet to be used but I plan to give it a work out on Friday. I plan to take it to the Giant Plant Sale at McCorkles Nursery's.  in Dearing, GA. The sale is Sept. 21-22. Janet, the Queen of Seaford passed along information about another Plant Sale. Layman Nursery in Trenton, SC will be open to the public Sept. 20-22 and again on Sept. 27-29. I am lucky enough to be located only 30 miles from Layman and 20 miles from McCorkles. I have never been to Layman's but their website says it is the largest nursery in the Southeast! So I plan to give my NEW GARDEN TOY, a work out this weekend. In the Garden...

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Plant of the Month-Can You Guess?

From In the Garden

The garden is looking mighty tired but there are bright spots in and amongst the drying and wilting 'sticks' in the garden. The butterfly above (I believe a clouded sulpher) is one such bright spot. It found a roost on the impatien; one of a few that has managed to bloom and do well this very dry summer. Now let's see the contenders for August's Plant of the Month.

From In the Garden

Patrina has been blooming for more than six weeks now and is a stunner! My daughter says it looks kind of like goldenrod but I just don't see it, but then again both plants are yellow. The color yellow is for sure the color of the day in my gardens. Helenium is sneaking in next to the patrina here. Patrina is a definite contender for Plant of the Month, if not for Plant of the Season.

From In the Garden

Sedums, well what can you say that is not good about the sedums? Okay, occasionally they flop but wow when they are happy and looking good! The 'Autumn Joy' clumps in my garden are all in various states of blooms due to the various amount of light they receive. I love them all but this stage of 'Autumn Joy' is particularly attractive to me. Sedums are a definite contender for Plant of the Month.

From In the Garden

The 'Knockout' roses are getting their second wind in the garden. I am a big fan of these since they are such low maintenance plants and since they do okay in the part shade conditions of my garden. This one does have a bit of leaf damage though so perhaps it is not a good contender for Plant of the Month.

From In the Garden

More helenium backed by an unknown grass. I'm not sure of the variety of grass but it does make a great foil for helenium and other perennials. Heleniums are looking good this year though it is far from their best year. Heleniums like a bit more water than what we have had here so the foliage of the heleniums is lacking in beauty. I'm not so sure helenium is the best choice for this month's Plant of the Month.

From In the Garden

Crepe myrtles are shining despite the drought and hot weather. A few do slump and wilt though and their staggered bloom, while great for a long show, does not quite make it the star this month.

From In the Garden

Ah, here we go-can you guess what I have chosen? It is ornamental grasses. Grasses are so easy to grow and require no supplemental watering in my garden. They never fail to bloom and give four seasons of interest. Yes, the ornamental grasses have it here in my gardens. While the other plants are great they do not add as much to the August gardens as the ornamental grasses; in this case it is the variety 'Adagio'. Adagio grows in part shade conditions though it would prefer full sun. It is small and compact yet big enough to make an impact and it is easy to grow and does not self seed. Division is the mode of creating more plants here for this grass. There are several more blooming here but 'Adagio' gets top billing. I think you can't go wrong with ornamental grasses....

in the garden....


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