PAUL'S BLOG
As I mentioned earlier, we have 18 flower beds. We have
everything
ranging from hostas to all kinds of annuals, perennials, and flowering
shrubs and trees—a few apple trees, 2 lemon trees (yes lemon trees grow
in VA—these have large 3-4 inch thorns on them). To view more lemon
trees click here
and then click on "View as slideshow" on the right
hand side of the page.Our Hibiscuses
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There was one huge forsythia
bush on the property so Linda cut 17,000
10-12 inch cuttings from this bush and stuck them in the ground—it took
her 2 years to do it and they are now spectacular—now it is a chore to
keep them trimmed. Linda lifted every rock around the water lily pond
and planted plants under the rocks. We have cattails, lotus, water
lilies, water lettuce, water hyacinth, pickerel and hostas (yes, hostas
love water) growing in the pond. To see more pictures of forsythias
click here
and then click on "View as slideshow" on the right hand side
of the page.
I also enjoy growing dahlias—particularly the very large dinner plate variety. Unfortunately they don’t winter over and the bulbs need to be replaced every year. To see some more of these lovely flowers click here and then click on "View as slideshow" on the right hand side of the page.
We also have a water lily garden, that has water lily plants, cattails,water lettuce, and other water plants.
But our latest addition of
plants is a winter hardy banana plant. This is the third year that they
have come back. This variety of banana plant has been successfully
grown as far north as Canada. After the first hard frost we cut them
back to the ground and put at least a foot of mulch on them. This is
our 4th year for the banana plants and they have multiplied and we now
have at least 100 of them. Next spring we need to dig them up and
divide them again.