Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Bunny with a Hat
Hare with Lizard Hair
This was too cute not to post. This picture comes from my Mom and Dad's garden. Check out the lizard toupe.Friday, May 7, 2010
Lola Inez Hood Dunavant Flower Pot
I love this pot because it belonged to my grandmother Lola Inez Hood Dunavant, who was an avid gardener. All of my grandparents were gardeners. My love for vegetable gardening was spawned by years of summer vacations spent in the vegetable gardens of my paw paw Thornton and paw paw Dunavant. My grandmother Dunavant and my Dad are responsible for my love of water gardening. They both maintained (grandmother) and maintain (Dad) beautiful water gardens.
Muscadine
Although our Muscadine Vine does not sit in our water garden area, it is a part of the overall backyard garden area. The Muscadine grape grows wild in the southeastern U.S.. Our Muscadine is a mature and very fruitful vine. The dark grape is sweet, juicy and very tasteful.
Mixed Color Pansies
The pansy or pansy violets are a large group of hybrid plants cultivated as garden flowers Pansies are derived from Viola species Viola tricolor hybridized with other viola species, these hybrids are referred to as Viola × wittrockiana
Lemon Tree (Meyer)
A new addition to the pond area is our Lemon tree. It is a Meyer Lemon that was purchased at Bennett Nurseries. Wikipedia says the Meyer Lemon (Citrus × meyeri) is a citrus fruit, native to China, thought to be a cross between a true lemon and a mandarin orange or sweet orange. The Meyer lemon was introduced to the United States in 1908 as S.P.I. #23028, by the agricultural explorer Frank Nicholas Meyer, an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture who collected a sample of the plant on a trip to China.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Worlds Largest Hosta
This is a picture of the worlds largest Hosta. I have placed my Harley Road King in front of the Hosta so you can see the size. The bike is actually a scale model of the 2006 Harley Road King.
Growing Container Strawberries
This is a strawberry plant I have placed in a concrete planter I made.
Hanging Strawberries
Here i have placed a strawberry plant in a metal bucket. I hung the strawberry plant in full sun. Notice the long tendrils trailing from the bucket. If you look closely, you can see the shiny CD that is placed in the bucket to discourage birds from eating the ripening strawberries
Varous plants in containers
The picture above are pots of peppers (Cayenne and Jalapeno) and moss rose.
Container Gardening
Above is a large planter where I have placed a tree, bulbs, Irish Moss, and two different types of ground cover. Additionally, I placed a landscape light in the pot to help highlight the container at night.
Cotton Plant as an ornamental specimen
Pick up some cotton seed from your local nursery or your nearest cotton gin and plant the seed in a large pot. The cotton plant makes a beautiful ornamental specimen plant for your backyard garden. The picture above is a freshly emerging plant that has just popped through the soil. The plant will eventually bloom with pretty flowers and then produce cotton. Many of us have seen cotton growing in fields, but it is so taken for granted in the deep south that we do not think of placing a specimen cotton plant in our backyard so we can enjoy the beauty of cotton up close. Stay tuned for more pictures as the plant matures.
Note: Be sure to check the agricultural laws in your area before growing cotton. This protects large cotton farmers from boll weevil infestation.
Blue Pansies
This is a picture of some blue pansies. This pansies do well this time of year here in North Alabama. This picture was taken on May 6, 2010.
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