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Design | Our Garden 2023
Design | Our Garden 2023


Grow callas by front fence, until June, when squash plants get big.
then put callas on steps.

We are trying to grow less plants this year
Drainspout area: corn failed. Sunflower failed. Wanted to try lupins here but not sure they'll like it. Might try Hostas.
We have clay pots. What to put in them? Not toms or peppers. Alyssum? Seemed OK. Maybe a big oxalis. Put Basil along front border.
Want to keep banana trees in our yard.
Potatoes: take up a lot of space. May not grow them due to space and low yield.
brick wall


Grow lettuce in black pots on brick wall, until June, then put basil in.

flowerbed
flowerbed

Orange Benary zinnia
Candy cane zinnia
Tall pink zinnia
Tall peach zinnia
Red zinnia = 5 zinnias. Maybe: cosmos seashells and double click.
coneflower white, sunnydays, and kahuna
Blackberry lily Prairie smoke flower

front_fence
front fence


front fence:
gladiolas. tigridia.
squash- honeynut, kogiku, acorn, tromboncino.
Black cherry - trained on fence. Atomic Grape.

Corn.

hanging planters

Bromeliads. Coleus.

pepper patch

back bed peppers - do not overcrowd! No more than 8 plants.
Lemon drop x3
Purple peach ghost x1
Brazil starfish x1
Charapita x1
Poblano
=7
-border: French marigold and mini zinnias

porch

peppers in pots on the stairs:
Trinidad scorpion, chocolate habanero, mustard habanero.
black pearl
sugar rush peach
4 or 5 pots.
variegated piquin.

sidebed

Perennial bed(near yarrow):
Coneflower x3
raspberry plants

whiskey barrel

no tomatoes. maybe peppers. And flowers.
New plan for barrel: herbs. parsley, dill. Banana plants.
Drill drainage hole.

tomato bed


Banana Legs
Dark galaxy
Sunrise bumblebee
Blush Tiger
Indigo rose o.g.
Black zebra
=6.
- bed will be bordered by white marigold, amaranth, Icelandic poppy

Also going to do 6-inch potted toms: cosmic eclipse. Black Sea Man. Black Krim type. Salsa pomodoro. (Yellow Pear on column).(black cherry, atomic grape on front fence)

not sprouted: Wiri wiri, Manzano
Difficult plants we may give up on: black beauty, lucid gem, black pearl. 


Flowers 2022 report
Alyssum - worked out great
Amaranth Red - great
Amaranth White - great
Cactus - didn't see it but would like it
Calendula Art Shades - good but needs its own space
Calendula Neon - good but needs space
Candy Cane - good, will grow again
Comsos Seashells - didn't get flowers. Will baby the seedlings
Coreopsis Mardi Gras - no flowers. Baby the seedling.
Coreopsis Roulette - no flowers. Try again
Corn - it grew. Will try decorative corn next.
Cosmos Doubleclick - no flowers. Try again
Cosmos Orange - no flowers - try again
Cosmos Picotee - no flowers. May not try again.
Dwarf cosmos - 
Early Wonder - worked well. May try again.
Envy - worked well. May not try again, colour not for me.
Eskimo - worked well, will grow again. Needs more space.
Forecast - worked well? May try again
Jolly Jester - no flowers, will try again.
Josephs Coat - no flowers, will try again
Persian Carpet - no seed. On wishlist
Pink Poppy - bloomed. Might resow.
Pinwheel - short zinnia. Will grow again
Profusion - short zinnia. Will grow again
Spry Marigold - no bloom. Might try again
Strawflower - no bloom. Will try again.
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