tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48883876368967480052024-03-14T02:41:07.252-07:00The beach houseplainprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613093502955132943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888387636896748005.post-20965118250433755312010-06-29T11:00:00.000-07:002010-06-30T00:59:43.078-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GbUkNUVlDRWvvGJxfnukpPK7qGPEbzVOM8JxFKYNKJWBI_HqPtqV27cLOwODXZTAoednw-KCMeiB6-pihopviE1wxsNo-AEIOd6R8DH2xhjkMoqx0_k0LEhmBVfyVYAbIQ-Wg1IJ4C5h/s1600/Pic394.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GbUkNUVlDRWvvGJxfnukpPK7qGPEbzVOM8JxFKYNKJWBI_HqPtqV27cLOwODXZTAoednw-KCMeiB6-pihopviE1wxsNo-AEIOd6R8DH2xhjkMoqx0_k0LEhmBVfyVYAbIQ-Wg1IJ4C5h/s400/Pic394.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488258395563800242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Plants for a dry garden<br /><br /><br />On the east coast where I am the soil is very light and sandy.<br />My garden looks fine in spring and autumn but by the end of June<br />it is struggling. Tall plants flop, roses which I love, struggle.<br />I find that plants like hardy salvias, oriential poppies, and lavenders come into their own.<br />One of my favourites at this time of year is the grey leaved, pink flowered, Phlomis italica,<br />which has spread over four or five feet of a very dry border.<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvff2AVCxa-YLsC9n4qqdfNCQK-RioIOkgMC9QM0DR9DdWnSVkqpwj2oHqsOzSm-rY9XVo80EhKrIc__E3kygQfVdpUrQy5Lp2oAjWir1VTISUtcWX5MAmNV7upFUburoyItlHb_NHWmk/s1600/Pic257.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxvff2AVCxa-YLsC9n4qqdfNCQK-RioIOkgMC9QM0DR9DdWnSVkqpwj2oHqsOzSm-rY9XVo80EhKrIc__E3kygQfVdpUrQy5Lp2oAjWir1VTISUtcWX5MAmNV7upFUburoyItlHb_NHWmk/s400/Pic257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488258392779506834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Lavender stoechas pendunculata also does brilliantly and is covered in bees for most of the day. I have other types of stoechas lavender, but I think pendunculata is my favourite.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hj6tjnP-nPlKLWX3OMbggpZ-kp0fj1ZyWJiY0wOOUf1cZ7szeyM82Q37vOMyhCCLrav2zmqFA3Ara6MamQFdH114hyphenhyphenT1hTXs7UvfuhAHidNRK13E6LqpXIe5JDaqjQWZUVaw3mymlODE/s1600/Pic102.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6hj6tjnP-nPlKLWX3OMbggpZ-kp0fj1ZyWJiY0wOOUf1cZ7szeyM82Q37vOMyhCCLrav2zmqFA3Ara6MamQFdH114hyphenhyphenT1hTXs7UvfuhAHidNRK13E6LqpXIe5JDaqjQWZUVaw3mymlODE/s400/Pic102.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488258385184531026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Luckily, the oriential poppies wait until they have flowered before flopping over into the border.<br />I have the white 'Royal Wedding', the oddly coloured 'Pattie's Plum', the brilliant scarlet 'Beauty of Livermore' and 'Cedric Morris' (pictured)<br />Hardy salvias are also excellent for a dry garden, favourite varities include pratensis 'Sloper' (pink), sylvestris 'May Night' deep purple blue, and verticillata 'Purple Rain', these plants are also loved by bees.<br />I think the way to be happiest in a garden is to grow what is suitable, and forget even trying unsuitable plants, or give them a try once just to see, sometimes you get a pleasant surprise,<br />and something will grow against the odds, guess that's part of the joy of gardening!<br /></div>plainprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613093502955132943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4888387636896748005.post-37309706542268132662010-04-15T13:03:00.000-07:002010-04-15T13:11:16.663-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpUREXFicRCFZ4iUY5UvqjkCeT9dWx5d-F02hUS-bYK9U4f142e0ydqlBBfHIF3hj03VY8wsEUjY3dTCjTXqklELiQnEGQ8XZ6etXQeC7tXiW4vk1PjCdLZ6ioHcienHXtNBdyCg4kaBb/s1600/Pic407.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpUREXFicRCFZ4iUY5UvqjkCeT9dWx5d-F02hUS-bYK9U4f142e0ydqlBBfHIF3hj03VY8wsEUjY3dTCjTXqklELiQnEGQ8XZ6etXQeC7tXiW4vk1PjCdLZ6ioHcienHXtNBdyCg4kaBb/s400/Pic407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460458510144616546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well I opened a second shop on Folksy and it's called 'the beach house'.<br />I am going to fill it with things that are easy on the eye made from new and vintage fabric with the emphasis on shabby faded floral and deck chair stripes.<br /><br />I have listed just a few things at the moment including a beach hut door stop pictured above.<br />This is quite large but I am going to offer some smaller ones and some customised ones too.<br /><br /></span></div>plainprimitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613093502955132943noreply@blogger.com2