tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post8739052594380589269..comments2024-03-01T20:10:19.114-08:00Comments on ROCK ROSE: THE CONSTANT EDITORRock rose http://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-48385606815011185792020-08-07T15:58:35.260-07:002020-08-07T15:58:35.260-07:00I just let everything get out of hand with poor se...I just let everything get out of hand with poor selection of plants. I was never meant to be a neat and tidy gardener.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-74729708882241701402020-08-07T15:56:53.169-07:002020-08-07T15:56:53.169-07:00David has been working on it all week. It is a mon...David has been working on it all week. It is a monster job and will affect all the plants beneath it. And the Mockingbird will not be happy when he comes back to spend the winter in there. As well as all the other birds who hang out in there. But I think I will replace it and try to train it better. All vines here seem to go crazy. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-7641128366382407642020-08-07T15:03:30.877-07:002020-08-07T15:03:30.877-07:00Yes, the Lady Banks rose was growing into the eave...Yes, the Lady Banks rose was growing into the eaves of the house, and Jack was having none of that! They are so gorgeous in bloom but the bloom period is so short and the rose is so rambling. I have come to grips with the fact that my plot is small and giant spreading plants overwhelm it. Doesn't your C. pulcherrima die back to the ground most years? Your part of town always seems to be Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-73969167791338365112020-08-07T14:17:34.611-07:002020-08-07T14:17:34.611-07:00I so enjoy seeing your garden. Editing is the hard...I so enjoy seeing your garden. Editing is the hardest job for me. I have never been good at visualizing the garden, so I over think and end up not pulling out anything. I clearly need intervention.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-10950541324545024062020-08-05T05:59:25.194-07:002020-08-05T05:59:25.194-07:00Thank you so much. Yes, I have two of Beth Chattos...Thank you so much. Yes, I have two of Beth Chattos books and have visited her garden. It is inspiring. However I was not able to prepare the ground as she did as we are really on solid rock. We have visited so many beautiful gardens in East Anglia including the wonderful East Ruston. And my husband was at Cambridge so we have been there many times. I still call the plant Monbretia even today.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-1992344000200299582020-08-05T05:55:15.257-07:002020-08-05T05:55:15.257-07:00I have never been a good editor but I'm certai...I have never been a good editor but I'm certainly going to be doing a lot of it.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-51788981365148849842020-08-05T03:59:50.895-07:002020-08-05T03:59:50.895-07:00It's lovely to read your blog and to see pictu...It's lovely to read your blog and to see pictures of your garden. I live in the East of England which is very dry. I have found Beth Chatto's books to be really helpful,esecially the one she wrote about turning her car park into a dry garden which she never waters! By the way, I think the plant your grandparents grew was probably monbretia, it's what we used to call crocosmia. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-1673464128384105022020-08-04T20:26:56.895-07:002020-08-04T20:26:56.895-07:00It looka wonderful, and I'm a huge fan of edit...It looka wonderful, and I'm a huge fan of editing, myself. I remember visiting your amazing garden during the Fling with such great memories, and glad that you're able to be editing again.Lisa Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546271182217310594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-64737196036883893362020-08-04T09:06:45.297-07:002020-08-04T09:06:45.297-07:00Thanks for that advice. I will definitely try to r...Thanks for that advice. I will definitely try to remove it in the fall. Big job! Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-44346963259812628162020-08-04T09:06:09.529-07:002020-08-04T09:06:09.529-07:00That sounds wonderful. I think the Natural Garden ...That sounds wonderful. I think the Natural Garden should do that but of course in these days of social distancing it is not the right time to start. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-638268685448924572020-08-04T08:31:01.472-07:002020-08-04T08:31:01.472-07:00The garden looks fantastic with the new edits. I t...The garden looks fantastic with the new edits. I think editing is about the best thing one can do for a garden. About that mistflower, it showed up here ten years ago or so, and I now remove every bit of it I can find. It still produces plenty of plants and flowers for the butterflies. I will never get rid of it all. So many bad actors in my garden. You are smart to get rid of as much of it as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-13373509915620325222020-08-04T05:21:12.809-07:002020-08-04T05:21:12.809-07:00At our garden centers here in the Seattle area, a ...At our garden centers here in the Seattle area, a few have a little cafe so you can do just that. Have a cup of tea and treat while in the midst of a beautiful plant setting. Deannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-80018206300904260252020-08-03T13:05:59.019-07:002020-08-03T13:05:59.019-07:00Plants and tea rooms. The English do that so well....Plants and tea rooms. The English do that so well. I wonder why they don't try that here? I know I would stop for a scone and a cuppa. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-11590857004947756702020-08-03T13:05:03.207-07:002020-08-03T13:05:03.207-07:00Thanks for the good wishes. I often see plants tha...Thanks for the good wishes. I often see plants that you are growing that I would love to have> Alas our weather would not be friendly to them. Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-84101165925367152982020-08-03T13:02:51.034-07:002020-08-03T13:02:51.034-07:00No lavender but there are rain lilies-if they surv...No lavender but there are rain lilies-if they survived being covered up all year. I could certainly do with more. Thanks for the suggestion.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-63633562893441339782020-08-03T13:01:43.455-07:002020-08-03T13:01:43.455-07:00I like Zexmenia but have more than enough growing ...I like Zexmenia but have more than enough growing and reseeding on the lower portion. I must have cut it back 3 times already-right down to the ground as well as removed hundreds of seedlings. Pinks are nice and very rock gardenish but they have a short life. You gave me a Mexican bird of paradise which I planted behind the sunken garden to replace a rose. I don't mind if it makes a small Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-40083970653312940272020-08-02T18:37:30.824-07:002020-08-02T18:37:30.824-07:00How do you feel about Zexmenia seed heads? Or the ...How do you feel about Zexmenia seed heads? Or the ex-Asters (Symphyotrichum spp.)? I managed to get a few blooms out of the cottage pinks I grew from the seed Botanical Interests gave us at the Denver Fling; they are spending the summer in small pots with nice compact clusters of green leaves, and no pests. If they continue to do well in pots, I will plant them in ground in fall. I have a Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-46238093013185748792020-08-02T08:40:57.593-07:002020-08-02T08:40:57.593-07:00I think your sunken garden is my favorite of all t...I think your sunken garden is my favorite of all the areas around your home. Can't wait to see what you do with it. Do you have any lavender growing there? I'd want some rain lilies, too. But I'd want them in any garden!gardencathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03144468358769126895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-53128149137997422082020-08-02T03:49:05.779-07:002020-08-02T03:49:05.779-07:00Love your sunken garden and your English garden, J...Love your sunken garden and your English garden, Jenny. I appreciate the maintenance they take. I miss the fabulous garden centers in England with lots of plant selection and tea rooms. My mother called crocosmia Monbretia. I have one smallish plant and it hasn't tried to take over. It does flop a lot though. P.xPam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-71740956001651747562020-08-01T14:56:49.182-07:002020-08-01T14:56:49.182-07:00Walking your sunken garden is a wonderful journey ...Walking your sunken garden is a wonderful journey of discovery, Jenny, but I can appreciate that you can have too much of a good thing. I've thought about adding Casesalpinia to my garden many times but the exuberant growth you've encountered is what always has me putting it off, although with zero or near zero summer water maybe it wouldn't create the same issues for me. I won'Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.com