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| Bartzella |
By way of reminder, intersectional peonies are crosses between herbaceous and tree peony varieties. At the end of the season they are cut back to a couple of inches above ground level like herbaceous plants, but their appearance and flowers are very similar to tree peonies. They are also known as Itoh hybrids, after the original hybridizer. Early crosses were often yellows although not all... there are lovely pinks as well as many other color variations becoming available. While expensive, these plants are long lived specimens in the garden and only improve with time.
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| Callie's Memory |
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| Cora Louise in foreground |
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| Cora Louise |
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| Red Scarlet Heaven just coming into bloom |
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| Cora Louise |
The gardens are showing quite a variety of blooms just now. Many dianthus are at peak and siberian irises are just coming into their own. We've had an inch of blessed rain, and things are quickly coming together.... the new perennials are all planted as well as trees and shrubs and most of the annuals. I have come to realize there is no room for additional trees in the gardens... with that in mind I actually cut down a good sized tree in order to find a spot for my new Cornus Venus which I've wanted to try for some time. An improved cross consisting of parentage C. kousa x nuttali and C. kousa, the plant can grow to 25' x 25' and be covered with pure white bracts six inches in diameter. Supposedly zone 4 hardy, it is said grow quickly. My search finally led me to Rarefind Nursery in New Jersey and they sent an excellent plant.
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Here are a few examples of part of what is blooming in the gardens just now... you may also recall that I mentioned last winter that I hoped to redesign several areas of the gardens this spring. I've included photos of several of these areas in the remainder of this post. The primary goal was to mix it up and that's exactly what I did, especially in areas that were previously all hostas. In other areas I removed a number of trees and in yet other areas I raised the evergreen canopy considerably. The end is in sight with the only major remaining task being completing 100 feet of rustic cedar fencing. This is the one thing that won't be ready for two tours this coming weekend.
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| Bearded German Iris |
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| Lewisia |
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| Dictamnus with tricolor beech |
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| Dictamnus in white and purple |
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| Oriental poppies with Picea Montgomery |
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| Annuals such Supertunia Bubblegum Vista and Lobularia Snow Princess |
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| Dianthus varieties |
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| Hosta Great Expectations in full sun |
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| Wisteria Amethyst Falls |
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| Papaver Flamenco Dancer with another scarlet variety just behind |
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| Japanese tree lilac in full bud |
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| The recently redesigned woodland area by the birch walk |
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| A new perennial bed |
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| Two views of redesigned Rhododendron glade |
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| Oriental poppy Patty's Plum |
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| German bearded Stepping Out |
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| Recently redesigned cistern path |
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| Along the redesigned cistern path |
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| The recently revamped rockery with added level for epimediums |
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| Numerous alpines have been added to the minature conifer rock garden |
And finally, the beds about the arbor have been completely redone featuring perennials such as delphiniums from the New Zealand New Millenium series, new varieties of garden phlox, Younique series astilbes, and on the opposite side, dwarf conifer additions...
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| South side of the arbor |
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| North side of arbor |
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| North side of arbor and gazebo walk |
Whew... did this spring seem long to anyone else?!! My wife shouts heartily 'yes!' as she has also spent hundreds of hours weeding, planting perennials and annuals, and anything else that needed attention.Take care, Larry
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