Owl's Garden

Left side after rain.

Pretty section.

Iris/flax section.

Isabelle’s memory section.

River section.

Herbs and vege.

Maple and tall flower jungle corner.

New growth on lemon tree.

Playhouse has a door!!

And one of the kids keys in the lock.

Some new flowers in kids raised wall garden.

Sweet peas to grow over fence near playhouse.

Bonsai in training.


New plant to train.

fuchsia “candy bells”

“oregano”

Mulch now under tires
Hopefully next summer it’ll be ready to use.

“Bellis”

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.

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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.

Most of of these were in the bargin/clearance area so excuse the tattyness of them.

grevillea aussie crawl

Bog sage

coreopsis, mango punch

bidens ferrurifolia, goldmound

gaillardia grandiflora, goblin

my 2nd orangeberry (raspberry) plant.

daphne odora, var. leucantha

soleirolia soleirolii, baby’s tears

scleranthus ‘biflorus’

vinca minor ‘alba’ dwarf periwinkle

primrose, eugenie

primrose, marie crousse

heliotropium, cherry pie

Looking along garden.

Testing how the new river/fountain section will look.

Iris/flax section.

Not sure which one this is came with no label from bargin easter sale section.
Libertia Tricolor???? possibly…

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.

The before bonsai photo.
Left: Grewia mauve star, Right: Picea glauca albertiana conica.

Rough drawing of how I’m thinking of styling these to tree’s.

“main section”

Under the lemon tree is now a purple pansy section.

“ultima purple lace” pansy

“frizzle sizzle raspberry” Pansy

“delta violet” pansy

orange and purple pansy.

“Hot shot true Blue” pansy tray for around the stepping stones.

“the river”

“cuphea lanceolata”
pink matchsticks.

Saved from the clearance shelf,rather tatty but should enjoy been in the garden once planted.
fuchsia “firecracker”

Matching “chinese lanterns”

Abutilon “Red”

Abutilon “yellow”

Seeds popping up.

Scleranthus “uniflorus”
Pot recycled from local 2nd hand store.

New iris miniatures to be but into pots later.

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.