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A Coastal Alabama Garden: Plants in Our Garden
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Plants in Our Garden. Just for curiosity's sake. I'll try to remember to make a note of new additions as they come into the garden (and remove any that " depart. Plants in Our Garden (or Yard):. Some sort of pin oak? Can't recall. Has reddish leaves in autumn.). Japanese magnolias (a couple varieties). Crepe myrtles (several types, including 'Natchez', 'Victor', 'Tonto', and Black Diamond 'Pure White' and 'Red Hot'). Unknown miniature white rose.
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: Photos for a Friday
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Friday, August 14, 2015. Photos for a Friday. Grandpa Ott's' morning glory. The flowers are mostly clustered all at the top of the trellis, but where they are, they're charming. Yellow flag (wild yellow iris), Ligustrum sinense. Sunshine' (privet), elephant ears. Double pink KO rose with cypress vine. Cypress vine grows so fast, this time of year! Be some cypress vine in our yard, no matter how many years I may live here and pull it. These two spike...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: To Do: Winter 2016
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. To Do: Winter 2016. If not sooner.). Mulch, mulch, mulch (if it's not all done already). Take delicate potted plants into warmer over-winter storage. Garage. House. Maybe porch, for some borderline plants. Winter-Sow- especially anything that needs cold, like perennial black-eyed Susans. (Basically, you put seeds in plastic containers of soil outside in an out-of-the-way spot and let Mother Nature tell them when to germinate.). We can grow a wide ra...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: Plant Wish List
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Always subject to revision! Partly based on what has done well so far). We area already enjoying 'Jeri' and 'Sinfonietta', but there are many other cultivars available, in a rainbow of colors. Mexican Single' are supposed to be especially reliable and long-lasting in our climate. Red Satin', for instance. 'Big Bang Full Moon'. 'Ruby Frost'. 'Garnet'. Or any others not already in the garden.). In no particular order. Either of these seem like interes...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: June 2015
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Monday, June 29, 2015. A Few Morning Photos. Since I saw that the new (unknown) daylily from Mom's garden was blooming again, this morning, I went right out to take a photo, before the sun could fade it, heat could melt it, or I could forget about it altogether. It's one of the more "spider"/"unusual form" ones. I love that dark purple! Here's another photo of 'Joseph's Coat', for no other reason than because it's a camera magnet. ;o). A rare moment...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: A Walk Through the Garden
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Sunday, August 9, 2015. A Walk Through the Garden. Time for another stroll through the garden! Most of the volunteer coleus this year have been the same basic kind- light green margins around dark burgundy. This different, mottled variety poked up in a crack between patio pavers. I rescued it, and now it's enjoying a roomy pot. I like the scalloped edges. It smelled so good. Pinata'- sometimes known as "pi ñ. Ata lavender"- is alive and well. Th...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: Plants That Were
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Plants that were. but no longer are. These plants didn't have luck in my garden. I'm keeping a record as a reminder for future purchases and plantings. Probably succumbed from too much water/humidity. Never even came up! Iberis 'Purity' was supposed to be a heat/humidity tolerant variety, but it dwindled away to nothing. After a decent start, it got smaller and smaller. Not sure what went wrong, but at least it was a cheap clearance plant. This was ...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: April 2015
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Expanding the Flower Garden. While trying to decide where to place a new plant ( Osmanthus fragrans. Sweet olive), it became obvious that I needed to expand the flower garden area. Technically, part of it is a whole new bed, because it's separated from the rest of the flower garden by a pathway (to be graveled in the near future). Then (not pictured), I removed the hose, went back along the "traced" line- perpendicular to i...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: Garden Survey - Early August 2015
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Thursday, August 6, 2015. Garden Survey - Early August 2015. It's time for another exciting installment in the "Garden Survey" series! O) I'm trying to take "overview" photos of the flower garden every month to track progress and learn what blooms when, what worked, what didn't, and so on. Be forewarned: There are many photos in this post! There's some overlap, too, so they may seem repetitive to anyone not obsessed with our garden. (g). Has put up ...
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A Coastal Alabama Garden: July 2015
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A Coastal Alabama Garden. Rural life on the gulf coast. Sunday, July 26, 2015. A Few Flowers in the Blazing Heat. This time of year, it's a struggle to motivate myself to do anything at all outside. High heat and humidity combine in devilish alchemy- or in other words, it's too darn hot. Of course, while the gardener's away, the weeds will play. They. Certainly have no problem with the weather! Nothing for it but to go out in it, every so often, despite the discomfort. More and more of the crepe myrtles ...
