Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Gardening Diary – August 30, 2023

 Took the pail that contained the weeds, that we removed from the garden a couple of weeks ago, over to Dave’s gully. 

Sharon removing a volunteer bush from the Orange Storm Flowering Quince.
[Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’]
Picture taken on August 30, 2023.

There was bush growing in the Orange Storm Flowering Quince bush which we could distinguish from the Quince by the collection of leaves. We didn’t know if the Quince was grafted on the stock of the removed bush. (???). Sharon remove as much as she could of the unknown bush.


Morning Glory vine (???)
Picture taken on August 30, 2023.

The front right fence was covered by what we have called Morning Glory vine. Recently, I have read that this could be a different vine which is very similar to a Morning Glory vine. I removed the vine from the fence.

Sharon and I continued to weed the front bulb bed. Sharon removed the Morning Glory vine (???) that was intertwined in one of the Azaleas.

Pink Drift Roses
[Rosa 'Meijocos']
Picture taken on September 1, 2023.

Sprayed Ortho Grass-B-Gon on patches of Bermuda Grass that were near plants in the front garden; in particular, sprayed around the Pink Drift Roses [Rosa 'Meijocos'] that are in the Smoke Bush bed.

Also sprayed Ortho GroundClear Weed & Grass Killer on weeds (and Bermuda grass not near plants) in the Smoke Bush bed, the Sunny Knock Out bed, and the beds containing the Mugo Pines [Pinus mugo].


Other pictures (8) taken today:



Sunflower
Pictures taken on August 30, 2023.


Celosia
Pictures taken on August 30, 2023.

Lantanas and Firecracker Plant
Pictures taken on August 30, 2023.



False Aster, Mounding Mandevilla, Sunflowers, Hydrangea, etc.
[Kalimeris pinnatifida ‘Hortensis’], [Mandevilla sp.], ..., [Hydrangea sp.], ...
 Pictures taken on August 30, 2023.




Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Gardening Diary – August 16, 2023

 Purple Smoke Bush bed.
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

Finished pruning the Purple Smoke Bush bed; only pruned 2 of the Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’].

Daffodil bed
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

Sharon weeded the Daffodil bed and then joined me in weeding of the front bulb bed. Sharon concentrated primarily on the Morning Glory vines and

???
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

I concentrated on the tall weeds shown in the picture above.


Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Gardening Diary – August 15, 2023

 


Purple Smoke Bush bed.
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

Started pruning the Purple Smoke Bush [Cotinus Coggygria] and two of the Red Leaf Barberry Hedges [Berberis thunbergii  ‘Atropurpurea’] in order that the view from a car on the driveway is not obstructed.

Sunny Knock Out Roses
[Rosa ‘Radsunny’]
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

Sharon pruned the Sunny Knock Out Roses in the front.

Seventh Heaven Shasta Daisy
[Leuccanthemum superbum 'Seventh Heaven']
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

She also pruned the Seventh Heaven Shasta Daisies and

Daffodil bed
Picture taken on August 16, 2023.

several other plants in the Daffodil bed including the Mounding Mandevillas [Mandevilla sp.], Purple Haze Pineapple Lilies [Eucomis 'Purple Haze'], etc.

Took several pailfuls of garden waste over to Dave’s gully.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Gardening Diary – August 8, 2023

 From Facebook: US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee:

Here are the public information statements from the surveys that were conducted today.

Preliminary Damage Assessment of Lovell Crossing Apartments in Knoxville Tennessee. https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MRX...

Preliminary Damage Assessment Sevier and Jefferson County https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MRX...

Preliminary Damage Assessment Loudon County 
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=MRX...

Also, here is an interactive map from today's surveys. https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/

Zoom into east TN to see the damage points. Each point can be selected to see any associated notes and photos.


 Note: None of the links above lead to the information described.

Monday, August 7, 2023

Gardening Diary – August 7, 2023

 From Facebook: US National Weather Service Morristown Tennessee:






Crews are working quickly and safely to restore power to more than 56,000 customers across our service territory after storms caused severe and widespread damage. Report outages and check for estimated restoration times through our mobile app or at www.kub.org/outage/map, and please do not approach downed power lines.

 

Gardening Diary – April 22, 2025

 For the second day in a row, continued with weeding and spreading black mulch on the front bulb bed and it started to rain! Additional phot...