Hi... I've been involved in a bit of a look backwards for the past couple of weeks, sharing some of my favorite photos from the past few years here at Oak Lawn. I had fully intended to do just a few pictures of each season beginning with 2009, but have gotten myself totally immersed in spring of 2010... it was a really good year as the song says.
The plant above and below is an Amethyst Falls wisteria. I am training it into a tree form and it is a very photogenic character with quite small blooms, perhaps 5" in length. I do like that it is very hardy and a dependable repeat bloomer for me. I haven't tried any of the Asian wisteria cultivars with long bloom scapes in many years... perhaps they would now be bud hardy with our warmer winters but they were not in the past. One wisteria that I am thinking of trying is the cultivar called 'Blue Moon' also a repeat bloomer (three bloom periods per season), very hardy (zone 4 at least), longer scapes (to 12 inches). I did have 'Aunt Dee' for a number of years but it was a shy bloomer for me... hopefully 'Blue Moon' would be more prolific. If anyone is growing 'Blue Moon', I'd appreciate hearing of your feelings about the cultivar in the comment section of this post.
My intermediate iris collection is in the least 'kept' area of the gardens where I seldom get to for weeding. My new experiment started this past summer and involves occasional mowing of whatever grows in this area... weeds included. Will the iris and other plants suffer... time will tell...I had considered grubbing all the iris out but decided to try this first...
Blooming in late spring and sometimes into early June are the Northern Lights azaleas... I've moved all of these to the new azalea walk this past fall. There will be less competition and better moisture for them...
Some of the white lights have now reached a height of seven feet but they were a breeze to transplant... I'll be looking for more cultivars from this series this spring... I've been very pleased with how they do here.
I also have a few of the Orchid Lights... these perform quite well also...
I'm actually hoping for a later spring this year after last season's heat followed by cold... so much damage to my magnolia blooms and it's difficult to have to wait another year when this happens... 2010 was a perfect year for the magnolias as I recall...
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| 'Betty' |
Here are two photos of 'Butterflies'...
'Daybreak' (above) and 'Elizabeth' (below) bloom fairly late which is generally a very good thing... 'Elizabeth' seen here with a 'Firebird' crab apple...
The name 'Flame' refers to the buds of the white crab pictured below... I love the combination of the blue Phlox subulata and the Montana aureomarginata hosta with Flame's white bloom...
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| 'Floribunda' |
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| 'Snowdrift' |
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| Two 'Firebirds' and a 'Sargentii' |
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| 'Ludwig Spathe (Spaeth)' |
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| 'Beauty of Moscow' |
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| 'Sun Disk' daffodils/ Trilliums/ Tsuga canadensis 'Jaqueline Verkade' |
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| Primula including white and pink kisoanas |
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| My favorite Epimedium... 'Domino' |
Enough for now... next post I'll try to move into June of 2010. The gazebo walk in spring is pictured below...
Take care, Larry
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