Some pix of my jungle. Plants are taking over! ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) pachie bed in forefront, shed in back ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) last fall, I shook a seed stalk of foxglove here & look at what I got! ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Lychnis viscaris ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Siberian Iris ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Pool garden, 2012 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Siberian Iris ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Rosa 'Zephririne Dlrouhin' ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Hosta, don't know which one ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Paeonia 'Festiva Maxima' ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) Paeonia 'Festiva miaxima' ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )
Oooh, that pool garden of yours looks about right for me to pitch a tent and move in. The grass arrangement in your top photo is an eye catcher. I think your foxgloves and irisis adds lovely height to your lower "jungle", which doesn't seem like a jungle at all to me. Is that shed really a shed? It looks a lot more like a pavillion. I like it a lot. I've seen that hosta, or one very similar, at a friend of mine's garden, but I can't for the life of me remember it's name. If I remember I'll check the next time I see her. From what I can recall it's a very good one, both hardy, fairly slug resistant and very showy.
Thanks all! I guess I think it looks like a jungle because it is so dense. I think it would look better if there were more visible soil between plants, but I seem unable to restrain my self from putting more plants in & unable to force myself to take plants out. Droops-thanks for your comments. I like the grass arrangement too. It is Hakonechloa macra aureola, very showy, but expensive to buy (at least for me) and slow to spread. Thanks too ( & to others as well) for your comment re the foxglove, I literally shook a stalk of seeds in that place, and just stood back. And, if you could find the name of that hosta, I would really appreciate it. I like it for its color but also because it stands up so well, and ground covers can grow underneath it. Thanks again all!
Very pretty. If you call it a jungle, it's a well tended one! If I were a wild jungle critter, I would live there.
Not a jungle, absolutely beautiful. I particularly love the paeonies, irises and foxglove and how do you keep your hostas slug free? Mine are lovely when they start out but it isn't long before the little critters get hold of them and they end up looking more like lace curtains Love the shed, very ornamental
Thanks all! Gardengirl: Our hostas are not too bothered by slugs; they seem to prefer other delectibles! To protect other plants, I use a ring of DE (diatomaceous earth). It is what is used in many swimming pool filters, and I think is ground up fossilized algae. In any case, it is non-toxic, although I am told you would not want to breathe it in. It discourages slugs because it is very abrasive.
