Posts Tagged flower

Date: November 24th, 2009
Cate: House-of-Chaos, Tiny House Projects, spirit

HOC: Garden – Gardenia

I love gardenia’s!  I love the smell.  I love that they are “finickey” plants that need a lot of specific needs.  I think that’s awesome.  I’ve killed previous gardenias (Harry gardenia, may you rest-in-peace) but I was able to tend to some of my family’s flowers while they wintered in Florida and received one for Mother’s day this year.

I learned they like to:

  1. drink coffee
  2. receive regular misting with distilled water
  3. and have an evening or two a week by a humidifier.

In return they gave me a steady stream of these:

Gardenia

Gardenia

Wasn’t that sweet?

Date: August 11th, 2009
Cate: House-of-Chaos
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Tiny House Project: Fall Bulb Planting

This is the first fall in the House-of-Chaos, and we’ve installed new doors, painted and redecorated the kid’s bedroom, fixed a toilet, sanded windows, cut the tree back, planted a bit of a garden and painted a bathroom.

The gardens have been minimal.  Mostly making some basic beds and working with the soil, which was mostly clay when we started.

I’ve had the ambition to get a few bulbs into the ground this fall so that come spring, I’ll already have some work done.  This is my plan:

My front yard has a wonderful mature maple tree which covers most of the yard and house in shade.  So I need to get some ground covering, hostas and day-lilies in this area.

Asiatic Lily - Black Out

In the back I have full sun almost all day, so I’m planting another two roses, some asiatic lilys, and peonies.  I love these “Black Out” Asiatic Lilys.

Black Out – Asiatic Lily

Botanical Name: Lilium
Description: If it’s a dark lily you’re looking for, Black Out is your choice. Few lilies have such a dark, smoldering color. The blooms are a black red, with dark spotting around the center which makes it look all the darker. Blooms are large, plentiful, and carries on strong-growing 3-foot plants. Add contrast to mixed beds and borders. Grow them in pots. Wherever you grow them these fine Asiatic Lilies will give you lots of carefree color in mid-July.