October 31, 2011

Last weekend in October


     It's hard to believe but I'm done with planting in the garden for this year. On Sunday I planted last spring bulbs. For the first time I'm trying Iris reticulata, they should be early bloomers together with Chionodoxa forbesii and crocus followed by Anemone blanda and Мuscari armeniacum. Since we built a fence I finally could plant crocus, tulips and hyacinths without worrying for them to be eaten by roe deer. So I planted tulips 'Queen of the Night', I'm curios if they are really as dark as in pictures. My favourite spring bulbs are hyacinths. Yellow 'City of Haarlem', burgundy purple 'Woodstock' and dark violet blue 'Peter Stuyvesant' were planted together, we'll see if they fit each other.



     From Germany we brought some new additions to my small collection of Garden Phlox. Last year I planted my first Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes' and it bloomed great. So I decided to get more phloxes. So for next summer I'm looking forward to see blooming of P. paniculata 'Tenor', 'Rainbow', 'Watermelon Punch', 'Tequila Sunrise', 'Strawberry Daiquiri', 'Piña Colada', 'Junior Dream', 'Pünktchen' and 'Uspech'.

Bright Eyes

Tenor
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Rainbow
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Watermelon Punch
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Tequila Sunrise
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Strawberry Daiquiri
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Piña Colada
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Junior Dream
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Pünktchen
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger


Uspech
Picture borrowed from the gallery of Hartmut Rieger

0 comments:

Post a Comment