In early February, when I am dedicated to the garden, there to begin planting and early planting, the garden'ornement requires no care is so long I earn for watching the winter blooms always beautiful thanks to the sweetness that has prevailed for some time. Bodnant viburnum of, winter jasmine (covered with gold for almost a month), chimonanthe, heather and pink Christmas flowers are abundant for many weeks, the hellebores and the East crocuses bloom gradually as winter honeysuckle. Daphne odora, and Dogwood Skimmia male will brighten the late winter and early spring, just before the forsythia and daffodils.
other plants by their more modest presence in the garden can retain its structure even in the winter and contribute to the decor.
So it is with rhododendrons which I did not like much but the foliage until the green light well and for once without the slightest stain (brown or yellow, depending on the waiting!) , I think they are any place in the garden.
course, their size is reduced, the hot and dry in my area was severely limits their growth, but in general they bloom well and this year all have many flower buds (a few simple tips can stimulate flowering) to me to ensure they fall before hatching, as was the case last year. Their good health is due, I believe, in part because I always straw with their feet and pine needles that I recover at the foot of a tall pine. This mulch promotes root growth of rhododendron are superficial.
course, their size is reduced, the hot and dry in my area was severely limits their growth, but in general they bloom well and this year all have many flower buds (a few simple tips can stimulate flowering) to me to ensure they fall before hatching, as was the case last year. Their good health is due, I believe, in part because I always straw with their feet and pine needles that I recover at the foot of a tall pine. This mulch promotes root growth of rhododendron are superficial.
The phlomis and cysts whose crumpled flowers in May-June are superb keep a certain appeal in winter, provided the cut regularly.
The evergreen periwinkles has greened at once and I see already the first buttons.
Some dried flowers are as decorative, especially when there is frost, those of the panicle hydrangea that I will leave up to the size of late winter and those of sedums, perennial ornamental unavoidable since 9 months to 12.
And then there are some fruits, those nandina, despised by many birds, however, despite their beautiful red color and those rather curious that the Exochorda does not prevent the shrub to bloom generously in April.
All These thoughts lead me to the conclusion it will take a bit more room for evergreen shrubs and ornamental and fruit, the garden is already occupied by many perennials, flowering shrubs and roses, for which I have a weakness, the hardest part will be making a selection.
© My Planet Garden, 02/2011
© My Planet Garden, 02/2011
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