Owl's Garden

Forgot What was in this bulb pot….
Hyacinth.

Life cycle of a Scabiosa Blue bloom

Maple spring box in full bloom… almost…

Another awesome Daffy.

daphne odora, var. leucantha

The start of the potato patch.

River section looking blue.

Newest member of the river section.
“myosotidium hortensia”
NZ native, Chatham Island Forget-Me-Not.

Blue marguerite, felicia amelloides.

Calendula

cape, gooseberry
Coming back to life.

coreopsis, fruit punch

tibouchina organensis, blue moon
Love the new spring growth.

Snap into Spring (Oderings garden comp).
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I’ve spotted 3 small types of birds that visit.
grey ish one, few browns one and a yellow coloured type.
If you know what they are please message on faceboook.

Testing new bird house.
Yellow tone bird visited this one alot.

The old one but #1 fav so far.
They love popping up the top.
The grey and brown small birds love this spot.

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).

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).

Basil and Tomatos July 31st seeds planted.

Flowers and beans/peas.

New plants going into garden soon.
Cheery tomatos.

Chamomile German

Bressingham purple, polemonium yezoense

Leptospermum ‘wiri kerry’, manuka.

4 new fuchsia’s for the garden.

Everyone needs a princess in the garden.
Helleborus, princess rosemary.

My pink Daphne’s in bud.
“daphne odora, leucantha”

New Bonsai tree to play with.
“juniper procumbens nana”

Bonsai in training tree
Sophora microphila, NZ native Kowhai.

“grevillea aussie crawl”
(Aus native)

“daphne odora, var. leucantha”

“cineraria”

“Daphne”

“Daffodil’s”
In the front spring maple box.

Now on facebook fan group search —> ” Owl’s Backyard Garden “.

Finally got enough “daphne’s” for Isabelle’s garden section.

New iris I picked up from the bargin corner,
“Higo iris, “komenuryenden” (Japanese iris)
Not sure where to put it yet…

Random hedging plant from bargin section.
Has a nice root so thought could be my first miniture bonsai….

Some photos from 1st quarter 2013.

Maple tree corner.

Butter coloured flower.

Kids loving their fake water fountains in fake river

Touch of red peeping out.

??
White flat headed flower.

Iris/flax section.

Dutch iris purple added.

Little fairy popped into the garden.

shrub saved from old house.
Pieris japonica.

Kids playing around with pots and rocks.

First raspberry.

1 multi layered spring bulb pot ready.

Might turn into a bonsai later…

garden at nighttime.

Daphne saved from old garden.
Hoping this cool weather and lots of love it’ll enjoy its new home.

mmm both roughly grow H/W 80cm

‘Acacia Cognata “fettuccini” (upright)
and
‘Acacia Cognata “limelight” (weeping ground cover).

Should I put in garden like this or put into nice pots to “overflow”…

Cute wee gnome boot pot in bloom.

The iris/flax section has enough plants now…

Blooms in the garden at the moment.
“Fuchsia”

“cuphea, hyssopifolia”

“cuphea, igna”

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marigold…?not sure which one.

marigold yellow… which type?

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Sedum spectabile ‘Brilliant’

baby rosemary

Liriope royal purple.

salvia, blaze

Aus. rosemary

“new section between lemon tree and stepping stones”
from front to back.
‘fuchsia (procumbens)’, ‘salvia (blaze)’, ‘helleborus (flash gordon)’,
‘westringia brevifolia (australian rosemary)’, ‘Pseudopanax (black knight)’

Peas growing.

gooseberry

bulbs shootingup.
tall with pink flowers. “ixia”?

Thanks to my mother who fed my habit… for this trolley load….
We are both trouble near garden centers….

Including a few new ones to make into “bonsai”s.
Have a look at the new Bonsai tab above for photos…

” Scleranthus ‘uniflorus’ ”
now it its recycled pot.

A way to recycle slices of a large tree we had cut down along drive.
I hope to plant around each stepping “stone” so they look like they float in the garden.

Mulch from the tree monkeys…

and mostly moved to waiting spot out the back.
In 12 months or so then we can use in garden.

There was a feijoa tree here.

Fresh new growth on the lemon tree.

proof we had some rain.

before and after of tree haircuts.
silky oak corner before

after

now we can see better “lancewood” nz native

Silky oak has room to show off now.

Before lemon tree haircut.

After.
Hoping for the new growth to be healthy and try to save this sick lemon tree.
If in 12months it hasn’t got better we’ll have to remove and start again with healthy lemon tree.
But I love the shape of the trunk so will try a few things first.

Before area near maple cut.

Out the front we can how see how big the maple really is!!
Plus side to clearing unwanted trees along our driveway neighobours now have better light flowing into their bedrooms.

before magnolia. (best I could find in collection of photos)

op corner out from the Magnolia also got a haircut.
neighbours will be pleased less is overhanging their driveway.

The mulch we have from all the trimming…

now to shift it to a spot for 12months to “dry” out enough to safely use in the garden.