Just out….
I thought I better thank my two de-wiring buddies who kindly came over to my place and de-wired a few trees that needed done before I will be able to do it myself. Ben and Stan worked hard and I even let them cut chunks out of this big Sequoia for fun while they were here. Thanks guys 🙂
Ben stops to check his phone, surely his wife can’t be expecting again so soon after the last one 😀 Sorry Ben, couldn’t resist.
Amazing photos on Kitora blog wow, what a garden!
Stan called over to my place the other day. He had just received some mini hostas via mail order from Bali Hai [local and Internationally renowned Hosta specialist] and wanted to get them potted up. We wanted to see if any could be split in the process. He brought with him some recently purchased Erin Pottery accent pots as well.
Some great little ones, varieties such as;
Hydon Sunset, Blue Mouse Ears, Dixie Chick, Baby Bunting, Limey Lisa, and my favourite Venusta
I also potted up some ferns liberated from a grave Yard wall. Amazing what you can collect for free 🙂
I’m looking after this one for a few weeks while Josh is away on holiday. It a Lonicera Forest collected many years ago from a hedge. Trunks are where they were in the hedge, nothing adjusted. I love the little bushes growing at the base of the trees, they add to the scale of the whole image. It’s a little pom-pom in places but it’s hard to do anything else with Lonicera on this scale. It breaks your heart with growth. Rather Josh than me 🙂
and with me for scale in case you thought it was shohin size!
I was given this by my friend Robert. I haven’t a clue what it is. Any ideas? I’m told it dies after flowering and you have to collect the seed to propagate for next year.
After a Summer trim.
Stephen and I took a closer look at the Spruce we collected back in February. They have been in a poly tunnel all this time and have been way in the back were it was hard to check. With me being rather indisposed of late, it’s been hard to keep a close eye on what was happening. All looked good from the front, but when we got a closer look, we found that one of the Spruce had a patch of bad mildew due to poor air circulation and high humidity.
Stephen hoses out some old needles that had gathered in the dense foliage, this hadn’t helped with the mildew either.
The other side of the tree is still covered with lush growth.
It had been in the back corner.
Stephen slipped along the side and opened up all the air vents to allow for better circulation. That keg is really starting to get in the way!!
What was good to see was new roots emerging on all the Spruce. They are in pure Sphagnum moss.
We’ve just got the second budding and also signs of good back budding as well.
Always worth having in your accent collection. I really must gather up some more varieties of these.
My good friends Stephen and Vanessa popped down today and as usual Stephen offered to water for me. Good fun checking out the growth in the garden and inspecting some of our recently collected trees. I’ll post a few pics over the next few days. Here is me in among the benches again and even practising my left handed pinching technique 🙂
Stephen hard at work.
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