Comments on: Pictures mostly http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/ 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: Kris http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Kris Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:42:26 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/perennials/pictures-mostly/#comment-296 Patricia - Rosa rugosa vies for number one for me too at least scent-wise! It's not on the invasives list - yet! It's on the needs-research-and-monitoring list though... Patricia – Rosa rugosa vies for number one for me too at least scent-wise! It’s not on the invasives list – yet! It’s on the needs-research-and-monitoring list though…

]]> By: Patricia http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Patricia Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:45:28 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/perennials/pictures-mostly/#comment-294 Lavender ismy fave, too. I still dream of having a a place so full of lavender that we mistake it for the south of France. Mais oui! I don't know if it's ok to include an invasive gone wild close second favorite--rosa rugosa, especially when its scent mingles with salt spray and fog. Sweet. Thanks for asking! Lavender ismy fave, too. I still dream of having a a place so full of lavender that we mistake it for the south of France. Mais oui! I don’t know if it’s ok to include an invasive gone wild close second favorite–rosa rugosa, especially when its scent mingles with salt spray and fog. Sweet. Thanks for asking!

]]> By: Kris http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Kris Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:55:16 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/perennials/pictures-mostly/#comment-292 Layanee - I love that Zinnia too - it's an audacious blend of mustard and catsup - that works! Jodi - Thank you and good luck with the goutweed in that bed - sounds like the perfect way to do lavender where you are. And I agree with you - it's buyer-beware with plenty of beauties out there (not just plants either!) Kate - mmmm Dianthus! Good one! That sweet cinnamon scent has me on my knees every spring -- I wish they bloomed longer too and also think it would be better for my posture to plant them at nose-height somehow... Layanee – I love that Zinnia too – it’s an audacious blend of mustard and catsup – that works!

Jodi – Thank you and good luck with the goutweed in that bed – sounds like the perfect way to do lavender where you are. And I agree with you – it’s buyer-beware with plenty of beauties out there (not just plants either!)

Kate – mmmm Dianthus! Good one! That sweet cinnamon scent has me on my knees every spring — I wish they bloomed longer too and also think it would be better for my posture to plant them at nose-height somehow…

]]> By: kate http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-291 kate Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:14:43 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/perennials/pictures-mostly/#comment-291 I enjoyed your tour ... must say my favourite plant is Dianthus superbus. It has a haunting fragrance ... if only it bloomed for longer stretches. I enjoyed your tour … must say my favourite plant is Dianthus superbus. It has a haunting fragrance … if only it bloomed for longer stretches.

]]> By: jodi http://blog.blithewold.org/perennials/pictures-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-289 jodi Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:06:18 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/perennials/pictures-mostly/#comment-289 Awesome, Kris! I too love lavender--it's a bit of a challenge here with our clay soils and cold wet winters, but I nurture it along. Once the raised bed I built a few years back is goutweed free (Aegopodium, for those of you who call this pestiferous thing something else), I'll fill the bed with lavender again. There will always be people sayng not to plant this or that. Castor bean IS poisonous, but so are many other garden plants. a little care is mostly all that's needed, isn't it? Awesome, Kris! I too love lavender–it’s a bit of a challenge here with our clay soils and cold wet winters, but I nurture it along. Once the raised bed I built a few years back is goutweed free (Aegopodium, for those of you who call this pestiferous thing something else), I’ll fill the bed with lavender again.
There will always be people sayng not to plant this or that. Castor bean IS poisonous, but so are many other garden plants. a little care is mostly all that’s needed, isn’t it?

]]>