Owl's Garden


New Daphne for 2013 !!!!
August 31, 2013, 9:13 pm
Filed under: bulbs,flowers,plants

Brand new 2013 Daphne release!!!!
Daphne ” sweet amethyst “.
H 1m W 1.2m
full sun/part shade.

Glad I spotted this for my collection.
The larger plants instore had awesome purple flowers.
But I went budget and got a baby plant on it’s way to a pompom training shape.
Brought from M10
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Acmadenia, star blush.
Not quite sure where it’s going yet…
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crocus species, sunkist
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Cornfower.
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Maple spring bulb box.
daffodil’s, tete-a-tete daffodil’s and Early cheer daffodil’s
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Early cheer daffodil
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Anemone.
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Random flower out the back.
If you know the name please facebook me.
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helleborus, princess rosemary
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Black prince, fuchsia.
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No I don’t have to many plants, there is always room for more….
August 17, 2013, 5:08 pm
Filed under: bulbs,climber,flax section,flowers,iris

Snap into Spring (Oderings garden comp).
Please vote for my “Iris and flax garden” section Photo.
Prize would help the garden be even better and awesome (click).

“Anigozanthos, bush flirtation”
In the setting sunlight.
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Don’t remember these hiding in my tall bulb pot.
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New fresh growth on this Higo Iris.
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Bargain find on my plant spree this week.
Girls love this bird/seed house hanging in the lemon tree.
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2 Fuchsias needed to move.
WC Fuchsia moved to near the playhouse fence.
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M Fuchsia moved too
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Princess Rosemary “Helleborus”
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Red lantern (abutilon) is growing very well and full of blooms now.
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Yellow lantern (abutilon) seems to want to be shorter then the Red.
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“manuka, letospermum, wiri kerry”
Casting a shadow on the pot in the morning sun.
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“clamatis, H.F. Young”
Spring growth on the climber.
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Earlycheer,
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Baby daffy.
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Anemone bud in maple spring box.
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Rain on spring buds.
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More seedlings popping up.
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Baby fuchsias in bigger pots starting to train all 4 into pompom trees.
Large pot is random summer bulbs.
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New plants and great colour starting to show off for all the world to see.
August 7, 2013, 1:18 pm
Filed under: bulbs,flowers,kids area,plants,River Section

2 new Salvia’s for my collection.

“salvia, s. jamensis ‘la siesta’ ” (pink)
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“salvia, blue ribbon” (blue)
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Moved ” salvia, blaze ” from River section to sit near the new pink above and the blue i’ve put in its place.
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Kids Daffy pot,
“tete-a-tete daffodil”
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“primrose, marie crousse”
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“polyanthus, blue shades”
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Indoor pot.
“Amaryllis Hippeastrum”
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The odd one out.
“heliotropium, cherry pie”
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Love the Pink “candy bells, fushcia” and Blue “veronica oxford blue”
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“cineraria”
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“Daphne”
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——— Out the front ——–
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Moved from the back had a few offshoots that needed rehoming.
“Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’ (syn. Hylotelephium spectabile)”
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“Tulips”
Forgot I had some out there.
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Sort of a “earlycheer daffodil” ?
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“anemone” bunch.
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Spring is trying to arrive…
July 31, 2013, 10:51 am
Filed under: bulbs,flowers,kids area

First Daffy bud in front maple spring box.
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Early cheer Daffy.
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Pink out the front.
“Polyanthus” ?
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Yellow.
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stock.
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Cornflower “blue”.
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New tree.
“Bay leaf tree” ( Laurua Nobilis )
To be trained into a pompom shape tree.
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“Pine nut” tree. ( Pinus Pinea )
to be trained into bonsai.
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Kids baby tete-a-tet daffys.
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Now we can see the colour they will be.
“cineraria”
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Looks like something is eating the blue part :(
“polyanthus, blue shades”
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“kowhai, sophora microphylla dragons gold” NZ native.
Some reason it only wants to flower at the bottom.
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iris, reticulata
July 26, 2013, 9:56 am
Filed under: bulbs,pots

Shallow spring bulb pot is quickly blooming with iris, reticulata’s.
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iris, reticulata, fiesta
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iris, reticulata, pauline
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Daphne.
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First baby iris bloom and many more starting… New Daphne!
July 20, 2013, 9:11 pm
Filed under: bulbs,flowers

My shallow spring bowl pot.
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iris, reticulata, fiesta mixed
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polyanthus, blue shades
Starting to bloom already.
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Purple blooms going crazy.
“Nemesia, misty blue”
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Brachycome, multifida.
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primrose, marie crousse
starting to bloom.
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cineraria,
Lots of buds ready to explode.
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heliotropium, cherry pie
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scabiosa caucasica
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My new Daphne.
“rock Daphne, heavenly scented(daphne cneorum)”
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Garden is confused!
July 11, 2013, 2:26 pm
Filed under: bulbs,flax section

Front yard.

A Daffy in July!
This one is a 2nd season in front garden.
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Shallow spring pot has more types of bulbs popping though.
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Front Spring maple box show more sorts of bulbs popping though.
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Back yard.

Rain drowning “Dianthus”.
(kids garden wall planter)
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Looking up from “veronica oxford blue”.
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“anigozanthos, bush flirtation”
This has been in flower since it was planted.
Really adds that much needed colour in a winter garden.
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Spring bulbs pushing though :)
June 18, 2013, 5:25 pm
Filed under: bulbs,flowers,kids area

Maple spring box.
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Kids corner spring pot.
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Front door spring pot.
You can almost start to see the pattern I planted.
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First winter Daphne bloom.
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New flowers for the river section of garden.
Slowly adding more blue colour low bedding flowers.
“Polyanthus blue shades”
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Double rainbow
June 12, 2013, 10:11 pm
Filed under: bulbs,kids area

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Sunset this evening after rainbows.
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Kids corner.
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River pansy looking good.
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Going to need more blue flowers in this section to make the water happen faster.

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“Amaryllis Hippeastrum. red heart”
My fav fancy bulb.
This 2nd flower stalk is much much taller then 1st from bulb. (old stalk near stick)
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closeup of one flower on stalk.
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First poppy for the season
May 29, 2013, 9:46 pm
Filed under: bulbs,edible stuff,flowers,kids area,plants

Ballernina poppy.
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Peas are growing at last :)
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“coreopsis, fruit punch”
under the red maple tree.
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Gold mould of tiny daisy like flowers.
“bidens ferrurifolia, goldmound”
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Blue pansy river slowly growing around stones.
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“nasturtium”
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Shallow bulb pot.
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