September Planting Guide
01 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in Flowers, Garden Design, organic gardening, Vegetable/ Herb Garden Tags: garden flowers, nadia's san diego garden blog, September Garden Guide, Southern California Planting Guide
September Planting Guide for So. CA
*Frostless areas
Herbs ♥ Vegetables ♥ Flowers
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~H. Rion
FLOWERS: My garden is now a permanent home to flowers. The Zinnia’s and Dahlia’s are coming to their seasonal end with Sweet Pea and Snapdragons waiting to be planted in September. Flowers are a great way to add color to the garden when rotating crops and seasonal vegetables create a sparse landscape.
September Flowers: African Daisy, Bachelor Button, California Poppy, Flax, Foxglove, Marigold, Pansy, Petunia, Snapdragon, Stock, Sweet Pea, Verbena, Viola, Wallflower.
September Herbs: Marjoram, Oregano, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme
Vegetables: Beans (bush), Brussels sprouts, Carrot, Celery, Fava Beans, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Onion sets, Radish, Swiss Chard.
* Remember to mulch even in the cooler months ahead.
* Check for feeding (fertilizing). Azaleas, cyclamen, roses and fuchsias this month.
*Plant perennials. Plant sweet peas the first week of September (specifically the early variety: Mammoth, Early Spencer or Multiflora).
*referrences from Pat Welsh’s Southern California Organic Gardening Book- a month by month guide to gardening in Southern California.
* Think good thoughts when gardening and they will grow
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Apple blossoms in pretty pink
28 Mar 2010 3 Comments
in Flowers, Garden Fruits, Photography Tags: Anna Apple, apple blossoms, flower photography, garden flowers, Malus domestica, nadia's garden
♥ This weekend I had only a few minutes out in the garden which was a bummer because the weather was beautiful and I was unable to do any planting.
On occasion when time is limited I like to grab my camera and snap away at the emerging new blooms and garden happenings. This Anna Apple Tree with blossoms in faint pink and white made my few minutes in the garden worth while with their dainty beauty and hopes of a great tasting fruit on the way.
Photos create the illusions of time standing still so I can delude myself with the fantasy that I enjoyed it longer than was real. ♥
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Information about the Anna Apple Tree:
Genus: Malus
Species: domestica
Cultivar: Anna
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Size: Height: 10-20 ft.
Width: 10-20 ft.
* A deciduous edible fruit and landscape tree. Pink and white flowers with dark pink buds. Blooms in Mid Spring to Late Spring, Full Sun.
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Orange Orchid for Halloween
29 Oct 2009 5 Comments
in Flowers, Garden Design, Photography Tags: easy care orchids, Epidendrums, garden flowers, macro lens photography, orchid
Orange Epidendrum Orchid
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
My outdoor potted orchid, ”Epidendrum” showing off her colors for Halloween.
These orchids need very little care and bloom most of the time. The best temperatures to grow these orchids are between 60-90 degrees F/ 15.5-32.2 degrees C. Epidendrums come in a rainbow of colors and grow up to 2 feet tall. I grow these orchids outside in pots all year long and fertilize every few months. They make a great cutting flower and last for weeks in a vase of water or in a flower frog. This variety of orchid is not picky about the potting mix, as long as it has good drainage. I was surprised to find out that there are over 1,000 species of Epidendrums. I love simple gardening with big results and the Epidendrum orchid is my #1 choice!
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