Gardening Diary – July 30, 2022

 

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on July 30, 2022.

Last week, we purchased a Mandevilla Vine [Mandevilla sp.] from Lowe’s that was in the distressed plant section. We placed it along with its pot in the Daffodils bed. We will need to take it in the late Fall.

Emerald Gaiety Euonymus

[Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’].

Picture taken on July 30, 2022.

We weeded the front bulb bed. Sharon weeded the area in front of Emerald Gaiety Euonymus [Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald Gaiety’] which had many weeds including Violets. I tried to get all the Morning Glories .

Morning Glories.

Picture was taken on July 30, 2022.

There were many Morning Glories (???) on both sides of the right front fence.

Sharon pruning the Oso Easy Paprika Rose bush

[Rosa ‘Chew MayTime’]

Picture taken on July 30, 2022.

Sharon finished up by pruning the Oso Easy Paprika Rose bush [Rosa ‘Chew MayTime’].

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Additional photographs (2) taken today:

Surprise Lilies

[Lycoris squamigera]

Picture taken on July 30, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 29, 2022

 Photographs (10) taken today:

Gerbera Daisy.

[Gerbera sp.]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022.

Coleus

[Solenostemon scutellarioides]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022.

Begonias

[Begonia sp.]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022.

Dahlia

[Dahlia sp.]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022.

Purple Haze Pineapple Lilies

[Eucomis ‘Purple Haze’]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022

Blue Cascade Evergreen Distylium

[Distylium ‘PIIDIST-II’]. 

Picture taken on July 29, 2022

Daffodils bed.

Picture taken on July 29, 2022

Luna Rose Hibiscus

[Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna Rose’ Luna Series]

Picture taken on July 29, 2022

Gardening Diary – July 27, 2022

Right fence bed.

Picture taken on July 27, 2022.

Sharon continued to weed the right fence bed and pruned many of the neighbor’s bushes that hung over and through the fence.

Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree

[Ficus carica]

Picture taken on July 27, 2022.

The walkway along the right side of the Hydrangea bed.

Picture taken on July 27, 2022.

Continued to prune the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree [Ficus carica] and weeded part of the Hydrangea bed and the walkway along this bed.

Gardening Diary – July 23, 2022

 

Red Twig Dogwood bed and the 2 Mugo Pine beds.

Picture taken on July 23, 2022.

We used one of the rolls of EasyFlex Scallop Woodgrain No-Dig Edging 20-ft Black Plastic Landscape Edging that we purchased yesterday to complete the edging around each of the beds Red Twig Dogwood bed and the 2 Mugo Pine beds. The edging was cut by using a lopper.

Then we went to front right side of the backyard to continue weeding between the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree [Ficus carica]. We also continued to prune the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree.

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Additional photograph (1) taken today:

Buddha Belly

[Jatropha podagrica]

Picture taken on July 23, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 22, 2022

 

Red Twig Dogwood and 2 Mugo Pines

[Cornus sericea], [Pinus mugo]

Picture taken on July 23, 2022.

Sharon and I installed 3 rolls of EasyFlex Scallop Woodgrain No-Dig Edging 20-ft Black Plastic Landscape Edging Roll; 1 roll around each of the Red Twig Dogwood bed and the 2 Mugo Pine beds. We were short on each of the beds. The 3 rolls were purchased yesterday from Lowe’s and we went to Lowe’s today to obtain 3 more rolls.

We didn’t do any more work in the garden since there had been heavy rains the previous 2 days. The rain caused a lot of flooding in the area.

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From the Facebook page of National Weather Service Morristown:

Gardening Diary – July 18, 2022

 Yesterday, fixed the problem with the Drip Irrigation Multi-stream Dripper Stake in the Purple Smoke Bush bed that put out too much water. Watered the front beds.

Found another irrigation problem; this time, the problem is in the Sunny Knock Out Roses bed.

Sharon and I took a load of broken/no longer useful garden items to the Knox County dump.

Front of the right side in the back yard.

Picture taken on July 18, 2022.

Sharon and I pruned the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] and started pruning the Hardy Bensonhurst Purple Fig Tree [Ficus carica].

While doing this, we also weeded the areas around these two bushes.

Gardening Diary – July 15, 2022

 

Front porch bed.

Picture taken on July 15, 2022.

Sharon pruned the Scarlet Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’], the Pink Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Pink Storm’] and the Orange Storm Flowering Quince [Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’] in the front porch bed.

Picked up the branches that were pruned off the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] yesterday and back in February and the branches from the pruning of the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood [Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’] also in February.

Weeded the area around the Dappled Willow up to the Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood.

Moved 2 wagonfuls of the weeds and branches from above over to Dave’s gulley.

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Additional photographs (4) taken today:

White-marked Tussock Moth Caterpillar

[Orgyia leucostigma]

Picture taken on July 15, 2022.

When we rested on the porch, Sharon pushed the above caterpillar off her clothes.

Daffodils bed.

Picture taken on July 15, 2022

Purple Haze Pineapple Lily

[Eucomis ‘Purple Haze’]

Picture taken on July 15, 2022.

Pineapple Lily

[Eucomis montana]

Picture taken on July 15, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 14, 2022

 

Right front beds.

Picture taken on July 14, 2022.

Reinstalled the 2 fence panels next to the right front fence.

Sprayed the weeds in the right fence beds with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer.

Weed-eated the area around the right front beds.

Sharon pruned the Sunny Knock Out Roses [Rosa ‘Radsunny’], the Coppertina® Ninebark [Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Mindia’] and started pruning the Storm Flowering Quinces [Chaenomeles speciosa].

Dappled Willow

[Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’]

Picture taken on July 14, 2022.

Pruned the Dappled Willow [Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’] along the right fence.

Gardening Diary – July 12, 2022

Front bulb bed.

Picture taken on July 12, 2022.

Sharon pruned the 3 Azaleas [Rhododenron sp.] at the back of the front bulb bed.

Finished, for the time being, removing part of the bush growing in the right front fence.

Took a wagon-full of garden cuttings, branches, weeds, etc. to Dave’s ditch.

Gardening Diary – July 11, 2022

 Sprayed the edges of all beds except the Flowering Cherry bed and the front bulb bed with Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer.

Sprayed 1 bottle of Grass-b-gon on patches of Bermuda grass growing in the Flowering Cherry bed.

Continued to remove the bush growing in the right front fence. Tried to level a screw-like control in the new saw which adjusts the device to hold the blade and, unfortunately, tightened the holding device and was unable to move the screw-like control after this. Replaced the saw with the old saw and was able to make considerable progress until the blade broke.

Sharon continued to weed the front bulb bed.

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From the Facebook site of U.S. National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee:

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Photos (2) taken today:

Pineapple Lilies and Purple Haze Pineapple Lilies

[Eucomis montana], [Eucomis ‘Purple Haze’]

Picture taken on July 11, 2022.

Coleus

[Solenostemon scutellarioides]

Picture taken on July 11, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 10, 2022

 Photographs (4) taken today:

Rainbow

Picture taken on July 10, 2022.

Daffodils bed.

Picture taken on July 10, 2022.

Front bulb bed.

Picture taken on July 10, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 4, 2022

 

Right side of home.

Picture taken on July 4, 2022.

Removed the vine that we think is a Trumpet Vine(???) that grew on the side of the right side of the house. Weeded the Fern bed.

Sharon removed a Maple tree that growing next to the house and another bush that was growing next to the rain barrel.

Removing bush in fence and in the Holly bush.

Picture taken on July 4, 2022.

Had purchased an electric saw from Amazon and started to use it to remove some of the bush that is growing in the fence.

Sharon continued to remove the branches that had grown in the bush which was growing together with the Holly bush in front of the fence.

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Additional photo (1) taken today:

Dappled Willow

[Salix integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’]

Picture taken on July 4, 2022.

Gardening Diary – July 1, 2022

 

Right front fence bed.

Picture taken on July 1, 2022.

Weeded the right front fence bed.

Sharon was working on removing the unknown bush intertwined with the Holly bush.

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Additional photos (2) taken today:

Daylily

[Hemerocallis sp.]

Picture taken on July 1, 2022.

Coneflowers

[Echinacea sp.]

Picture taken on July 1, 2022.