Gardening Diary – September 30, 2022

 Took a wagon load of weeds, from Tuesday’s weeding, over to Dave’s gulley.

Indian Currant

[Symphoricarpos orbiculatus]

Picture taken on September 30, 2022.

Front of left side of back bed.

Picture taken on September 30, 2022.

Cut tall weeds and vines in the front bed of the left side of the back bed which contained Indian Currant bushes.

The berries of the Indian Currant had not ripen yet. Some of the berries had not developed as usual. Consequently, it was somewhat difficult to identify the Indian Currant bushes.

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Additional photos (6) taken today:

Gerber Daisies, Coleus, Begonias and ???

Picture taken on September 30, 2022.

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on September 30, 2022.

Groovy Grape Butterfly Bush

[Buddleja davidii ‘PPBD-I’].

Picture taken September 30, 2022 

Kaleidoscope Butterfly Bush

[Buddleia davidii]

Picture taken September 30, 2022

Butterfly Bush (volunteer)

[Buddleia davidii]

Picture taken September 30, 2022

Double Knock Out Rose

[Rosa ‘Radtko’]

Picture taken September 30, 2022

Gardening Diary – September 27, 2022

 SAME OLD, SAME OLD except this time Sharon and I took 2 wagon loads of weeds, from last week’s weeding, over to Dave’s gulley.

Left side of back bed.

Picture taken on September 27, 2022.

Sharon and I continued to cut down tall weeds in the left side of the back bed.

Gardening Diary – September 20, 2022

 Sharon and I took the wagon containing the weeds cut yesterday and emptied it in Dave’s gulley.

Sharon in the back bed.

Picture taken on September 20, 2022.

Sharon and I continued to weed the back bed. Again, most of the plants were Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata].

Gardening Diary – September 19, 2022

 Sharon and I took the wagon containing the weeds cut last week and emptied it in Dave’s gulley.

Over the weekend, Sharon cleared the large weeds and Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata] that were in the Rose bed.

Sharon in the back bed.

Picture taken on September 19, 2022.

Sharon and I started weeding in the back bed. In addition to many weeds, there were many Green-headed Coneflowers. We have decided to use the center of the back bed as our Green-headed Coneflower bed starting next year.

Gardening Diary – September 17, 2022

 Photographs (5) taken today:

Luna White Hibiscus

[Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna White’ ]

Picture taken on September 19, 2022.

Bloomify™ Red Lantana 

[Lantana camara PP29,292]

Picture taken on September 19, 2022.

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken on September 19, 2022.

Wisley Supreme Witch Hazel

[Hamamelis mollis ‘Wisley Supreme’].

Picture taken on September 19, 2022.

Gardening Diary – September 15, 2022

 SAME OLD SAME OLD! Sharon and I took the wagon containing the weeds cut on Tuesday and emptied it in Dave’s gulley.

Sharon between the Iris bed and the bush bed.

Picture taken on September 15, 2022.

Sharon continued pruning some of the bushes in the bush bed.

Iris bed.

Picture taken on September 15, 2022.

Sharon and I weeded the Iris bed concentrating on the Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and Goldenrod [Solidago sp.].

Sharon also went into the original bed to remove the Virginia Creeper [Parthenocissus quinquefolia] that was crawling up the side of the house.

Gardening Diary – September 13, 2022

 

Left fence walkway

Picture taken on September 13, 2022.

While moving the wagon with yesterday’s weeds, Sharon and I pulled up the tall weeds in the left fence walkway. We then unloaded the wagon in Dave’s gulley.

We continued to weed the Iris bed with Sharon continuing to prune some bushes in the bush bed.

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Additional photographs (2) taken today:

Kaleidoscope Abelia

[Abelia x grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’]

Picture taken on September 13, 2022.

Gardening Diary – September 12, 2022

 Took the wagon, filled with weeds removed last Tuesday, and dumped the weeds in Dave’s gulley.

The walkway between the original bed and the back bed.

Pictures taken on September 13, 2022.

Sharon and Larry removed tall weeds from the walkway between the original bed and the back bed, the original bed and the Iris bed. Pruned the Butterfly Bush [Buddleja davidii] that was in the back bed and weeded around this bush.

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Additional photographs (4) taken today:

Mandevilla Vine

[Mandevilla sp.]

Picture taken by Sharon on September 12, 2022.

Spider Lily

[Lycoris sp.]

Picture taken on September 12, 2022.

Gardening Diary – September 7, 2022

Original bed

Picture taken on September 8, 2022.

Original bed and original bulb bed

Picture taken on September 8, 2022.

Took the wagon, filled with weeds removed yesterday, and dumped the weeds in Dave’s gulley.

Removed tall weeds from the original bed and the original bulb bed. Sharon removed tall weeds from the walkway between the original bed and the back bed.

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Additional photos (2) taken on September 8, 2022:

Autumn Fire Sedum

[Hylotelephium spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’]

(Formerly [Sedum spectabile ‘Autumn Fire’])

Picture taken on September 8, 2022.

Gardening Diary – September 6, 2022

Green-headed Coneflowers

[Rudbeckia laciniata]

Picture taken on September 6, 2022.

Sharon and I took the wagon, filled with weeds removed last week, and dumped the weeds in Dave’s gulley.

Then, Sharon and I cut down the Green-headed Coneflowers [Rudbeckia laciniata] in the front of the Green-headed Coneflowers bed and on the left side of this bed. Some of the tall weeds in the bulb bed were also removed.