Showing posts with label shade plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shade plants. Show all posts

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Welcome Back!

After a two year absence, I am once again living in Nashville and working at the Demonstration Garden!  While many things have changed here, one thing is still the same; this is an amazing garden to visit!  These are some photos from a recent work day and I encourage you to visit this page often to see what is happening in the garden!

Chives, the seeds are so fertile that they pop up everywhere and so do the weeds!  This is some speedwell in the herb garden and of course, some chive seedlings.

Daffodils are a sure sign of spring, let's hope it comes quickly.

Hyacinths are so fragrant that you can almost smell them before you spot the blooms!

Over in the shade beds, the Solomon's Seal is thinking it is spring as well.

The Hellebores are in full bloom.

Things are starting to wake up and follow the Daffodil's lead down in the perennial garden.

How can you not love a plant that seems to glow?  Bloody Dock is one of my favorite foliage plants.  When the light shines through it, it glows.  This is proof that you do not need just flowers to add a pop of color to your garden!

The cabbages in the vegetable garden are heading now and before we know it, we will be picking them!  

In the vegetable garden, we also have asparagus.  Ever wonder how they grow white asparagus?  The stalks are blanched by keeping them covered and if you look closely at the tip of this one, you can see it is white.  It grew up with a cluster of leaves and debris on the tip like an umbrella and blanched itself white.  However, as soon as I uncovered it, the plant began the process of greening itself.

And just for fun, some ornamental kale, because everyone needs a hint of color...



Sunday, July 29, 2012

sunday, july 22

it was a hot day in the garden.  i was joined by shirley and we did a little of what we do best-weeding!

the vertical garden has been slow to take off this year.  i will have to work on this for next year.

 kabocha squash-unbelievable!!!

 the flowers are so big that 4 bumblebees can get in there and still find nectar.

 the plant is very productive-we will be eating lots of squash!

 look at the basil bed-can you see pesto in your future? i can...

 these are the blooms of the southern wood plant

 tansy

 comfrey gearing up for the second round

 over in the rain garden, the false blue indigo has recovered from its webworm attack

 just look at all of the new growth.

 things are looking good in the shade garden too.  pieris, mountain fire.  love the red foliage

 italian arum-wonder who is eating the berries...

 cleome in the zombie garden 








and of course, cake.  a blueberry muffin cake to be exact.  come and join us some time!

Monday, May 7, 2012

latest news from the garden

*****wood chips have arrived!!!*****
we have less than 2 weeks until the A-Z event and we need all hands on deck to get the garden ready.  we have the second load of wood chips and we need as many volunteers as possible to help us out.  come out when you can, check the calendar or give me a call and i will tell you when to come out. 

now, for your viewing pleasure, take a look at a recent view of the garden:
iris in bloom

 false blue indigo in the rain garden

 sedum in the rain garden

 stone crop in bloom

 jacobs ladder in the shade garden

 clematis on the gazebo

 a visitor in the clematis

 a close up of the visitor-who happens to be welcome anytime!

 love this clematis

knock out roses

Monday, April 23, 2012

garden update, 4/15

running a week behind in updates!  please forgive me, i was a little busy with my own garden this last week and didn't have much time to get the photos up.  we still have room in the rain garden class if anyone is interested in attending, let me know as soon as possible.

iris blooming in the outdoor classroom

 i love the false blue indigo in the rain garden, it puts on quite a show when in full bloom.

 the sedums in the rain garden have spread like wild fire.

 here is one in bloom-not sure what the cultivar is but i love the tiny yellow blooms.

 over in the shade garden, the tiny blooms of the jacobs ladder would be missed if you didn't stop to look at the plant.

 clematis on the gazebo enjoy making spectacles of themselves! 


 two tiny visitors to the clematis-lady bugs are always welcome!

 there are at least 4 kinds of clematis on the gazebo, you need to check them out regularly to see which is in bloom.

the rose garden-not for serious rose gardeners!  these are pink knockouts and they are in full bloom.

that's all for today, i have photos from this week coming soon.