Comments on: Cutting Garden new year’s day http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-cutting-garden-new-year/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mother Nature's Garden http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-cutting-garden-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3967 Mother Nature's Garden Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:47:40 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1390#comment-3967 I need a cutting garden and a host of volunteers. :) I finally gave up on tulips because of the squirrels. I love the long shot of the house and gardens. Donna <em>Donna, Thanks! It's true, cutting gardens are a ton of work. And we're hoping we don't ever have to give up tulips because of deer - our fingers have been crossed for a few nibbled years now... -kris </em> I need a cutting garden and a host of volunteers. :) I finally gave up on tulips because of the squirrels. I love the long shot of the house and gardens.
Donna

Donna, Thanks! It’s true, cutting gardens are a ton of work. And we’re hoping we don’t ever have to give up tulips because of deer – our fingers have been crossed for a few nibbled years now… -kris

]]> By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-cutting-garden-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Layanee Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:47:56 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1390#comment-3960 I love the tall annual blue ageratum. Like its' shorter sister but with an elegance and weaving ability that signifies 'cottage'. Also, can't beat a bit of blue, as you know so well, in the garden. <em>I (we) love the tall ageratum too and it has gotten star status in the North Garden for a few years running. Maybe it's time to showcase it in the Cutting Garden... -kris</em> I love the tall annual blue ageratum. Like its’ shorter sister but with an elegance and weaving ability that signifies ‘cottage’. Also, can’t beat a bit of blue, as you know so well, in the garden.

I (we) love the tall ageratum too and it has gotten star status in the North Garden for a few years running. Maybe it’s time to showcase it in the Cutting Garden… -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/gardens/the-cutting-garden-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3954 Susan Sims Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:13:43 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=1390#comment-3954 Try sowing two double asters together: Lady Coral Salmon Rose, and Lady Coral Brilliant Rose. Seeds of Distinction in the UK sells the seeds, and they are well worth getting. I saw these growing together in a cutting garden and they were breathtaking. They provide an unusual late-blooming color that I adore. Just don't plant them near chrysanthemums; I always think double asters are playing copy-cat. <em>Susan, Thank you for that recommendation! Lady Coral Salmon Rose looks, at least in the catalog picture to be a very similar color to our mystery dahlia - there is something so entrancing about that color this time of year... They look like must haves to me too. If anyone else is interested you can check them out <a href="http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/acatalog/A-Z_of_Flowers_ASTER.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. -kris</em> Try sowing two double asters together: Lady Coral Salmon Rose, and Lady Coral Brilliant Rose. Seeds of Distinction in the UK sells the seeds, and they are well worth getting. I saw these growing together in a cutting garden and they were breathtaking. They provide an unusual late-blooming color that I adore. Just don’t plant them near chrysanthemums; I always think double asters are playing copy-cat.

Susan, Thank you for that recommendation! Lady Coral Salmon Rose looks, at least in the catalog picture to be a very similar color to our mystery dahlia – there is something so entrancing about that color this time of year… They look like must haves to me too. If anyone else is interested you can check them out here. -kris

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