May 23, 2004
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Church building in Oxford, England Photo and enhancement by Chris Duffy
I planted more sedum today and 3 flats of PerryWinkles (at least I think they’re PerryWinkles) There’s usually those little plastic things sticking in each pot to tell you what they are and what kind of sunlight they like and can take, but not these. I should have asked when I bought them what they were, but they looked so much like the PerryWinkles I put out front last year that I just assumed that’s what they are. I planted them in the “meditation garden” in that narrow strip between our house and our neighbor’s house . . . where I’d seen the rats, but since I haven’t seen hide nor hair of the rats since we caught the one, I thought it might be safe to actually get down on the ground out there and do my gardening . . . without any rat visitors. I also see that the purple hyacinth vines have little 6 inch shoots sticking out of the ground. That’s going to be beautiful this fall. I haven’t seen anything from the tiger lily seeds I planted yet. Perhaps I kept the seeds too long before planting them. I don’t know NEARLY as much about gardening and the plants that I plant as my sister Alice does.
We also put up a Millsap stone border for the Crepe Myrtle trees we have outside our bedroom window, and then filled in around the trees with ivy starts. Now if there was just a way to hide the big old air conditioning unit.
Comments (5)
it’s great picture, too..by the way, alice is your sister ? oh,,,nice. and I understand now, I wondered you and her’s site flame is simillar..bery beautiful site !/N *
That is a beautiful picture of the church. Do you know what kind of trees those are?
You’ll have to post some pictures of your flowers and the stone border.
Great photo. (By the way, I think the Syrian rally photo was doctored, but funny, anyway).
Mike
So far this spring, I have killed 2 geraniums that were gifts. I have to replace them so the giver doesn’t find out. I’m just not good with growing things anymore.
Great photo, they sure did like all the fancy stuff on the buildings at one time. Those turrets or whatever at the top, king of neat and useful for impaling oneself before the jump.
Periwinkles grow wild here. They don’t mind sandy soil and dryish conditions. They do best with a good, well-drained soil and plenty of water though. Goats won’t eat them (they’re poisonous) so they are popular here.