Tuesday, September 25, 2012

My Ginger is Blooming!


I decided to walk around the garden yesterday and snap a few pictures for you guys. The feeling of fall is definitely in the air. I had a wonderful surprise waiting for me when turned the corner of the path. After four years of nothing, this year my Red Tower spiral ginger is going to bloom! Look! I actually told the master gardeners to dig it up last year and get rid of it because it never did anything and in error they left it behind. Lucky me I guess. :0)

Red Tower Ginger 2


Not only does it have one bloom on it there is also a second one. I’m very excited and I can’t wait to see what it smells like. I haven’t found a ginger yet that didn’t smell absolutely divine when it bloomed.

Red Tower Ginger 


Another one of my favorites in the garden is the little Dahlia given to me by Monica at Garden Faerie’s Musings. It’s called ‘Bonne Esperance’ and I can’t wait to get a big huge patch of these perfect little pink flowers. If there’s one thing I’ve come to notice lately it’s how much I love pink in the garden. I really think I’m going to incorporate more of it in the years to come. It’s a shame little boys are taught pink is a girls color why should all the pretty colors be saved just for little girls?

 Bonne Esperance


This little rose is called ‘The Fairy’ and is still producing a few little blooms for me. It really isn’t in a very good place and I need to move it to a more suitable area. I’ll get around to it eventually.

 The Fairy


The evergreen wisteria is gone to seed. This is the first year it’s made the seed pods like this. I think I’m going to stick some in the ground and see what happens. I’m not going to put a lot of effort into it, either they grow or they don’t. So many people have said they’ve never seen the color of the one I have I thought I would try to grow some to give away.

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The Peegee Hydrangea has never produced new blooms this late in the season, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. One of the dogwoods started blooming in the spring and here it is September and the dang thing is still full of blooms. I keep hearing my grandmomma’s voice saying, “The good book says the trees will know no season…”

Peegee Grandiflora


I’d learned from Pam over at Digging that you could cut back these sage bushes in the summer and they would not get so huge they lay on the ground in the Fall. I think Pam usually cuts her plant back in June and for some reason I was thinking it was July. I may have sacrificed a few blooms waiting a month too long, but I’m much happier with the size of it this year and it’s still a little early to judge the number of blooms I’m going to get. At any rate I’m tickled pink at the size it is. It’s much better this way

. Midnight Mexican Bush Sage


Remember the project I have planned for redoing one of the beds? Well here are the hydrangeas I’m going to use to circle the Vitex when I get all the other stuff removed. I think I’m going to get started on that in the next week or so. I had put it on hold for the humming birds, but I’ve since decided to just get a feeder or two for extra nutrition and get the work behind me. I’m excited; it’s going to look so good with that tree limbed up and these lacecaps full grown. Now, to get the work done and be patient enough to watch them grow.

 Hydrangea Variegata

13 comments:

  1. Wow your garden surprises are wonderful. I have never smelled a Ginger. I have seen them blooming in the houseplant area of a nursery. Can't wait to see your new area all done up. Don't over do and hurt your back.

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    1. Lisa,
      The only one I have ever smelled is the butterfly ginger, but I've been told they are all incredibly fragrant. I can't wait. I have no idea what stage the bloom is in or how much longer it will be before it opens.

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  2. I havenever seen seed pods on a wisteria!! who knew

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    1. Hey again Sharon. :0) I've never planted the seed before I hope they come up.

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  3. Hi Randy... congrats on that ginger blooming! I'm wondering how evergreen wisteria differs from the deciduous ones, or is it just climate? I know that seed grown wisterias can take 15-20 years to bloom, if at all. I'm wondering if ground layering blooming shoots would be more dependable for you? Yes we've had some frost, but the canopy gave a lot of protection... gorgeous this week in the mid to high 60's... take care, Larry

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    1. Wow, Larry. I had no idea it takes that long to bloom so scratch that idea. LOL The evergreen is a much less aggressive wisteria than the other varieties and doesn’t get nearly as large. Some people even categorize it as a shrub, though I don’t understand that. When I planted it I did it because it’s considered evergreen, but unfortunately our temps here drop just low enough to make it drop the majority of its leaves during the winter and most years all of them. I love the dark purple blooms though so I’m still very happy with the plant.

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  4. So exciting for you!! Yes, good thing the MGs did not take the ginger. The hydrangeas around the vitex sounds divine.

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    1. Tina, the picture I have in my head it gorgeous. I hope it turns out that way.

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  5. I can never get these things to bloom! It is beautiful!

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    1. Phillip it's just a bud right now but I wanted to show it in the event something happened to it. It did start to open today. I'll photograph it as it opens!

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  6. Randy, that is why your ginger plant decided to bloom - you wanted to get rid of it! IT heard you!!! I am not kidding!
    Wisteria seedpods - how interesting!

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  7. We have two shrubs of Fairy rose. they too are in an awkward spot in the garden. Can't seem to find a better place for them.....

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  8. I had Ginger thanks to Lola but it never took off for me. Well, it did take off as it died. Cant remember if it was too dry or too wet for it but it did not like the spot where I had it planted. I never tried it again... yours is looking happy and healthy!

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