Horticulture

I am an Apprentice in Horticulture and Lanscaping. This is a study blog for me to make dynamic notes.

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Top: Jerusalem sage. 

https://www.gardenia.net/plant/phlomis-tuberosa-jerusalem-sage

Bottom: Turkish sage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlomis_russeliana

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Primula root cuttings 19/12/18

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Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii 'Profusion'

It is hard to walk by this shrub without taking a photo.

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Pond cleaning 29/10/18

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Witch hazel.

Hamamelis “Diane”.

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Basic irrigation system 09/10/18

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Heartleaf Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium - While the leaves are changing and falling, the asters are popping on the forest floor. (at Stockade Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/BorU97cBnm_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vejbmc3qde7r

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Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Vitaceae

If you walk in the gardens of Pollock House during the first few weeks of autumn, you will be magically drawn closer to this beautiful pavilion shrouded in the red and burgundy shades of a majestic Boston ivy specimen. 

Native to Eastern Asia, it was introduced to the British Isles in the second half of the XIX century and quickly became a staple vine in gardening due to its ability to quickly cover vertical elements with elegant foliage while adding incredible late-season drama. It isn’t always a suitable option, though, as it can turn invasive and some materials used in masonry can be damaged if the plant is pulled from the surface before it’s cut and allowed to die off.  

I did my best to try and figure out how old this vine could be by looking up historical records and photos of the gardens, but I didn’t have much luck. The pavilion was a 1901 addition and, at the time, Boston Ivy had been present in the country for about forty years. I couldn’t find when this was planted, but the piece of trunk visible in the photos was the largest I’ve seen so far for this species. 

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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 24 March 2015

The low growing and resilient Polypodium vulgare (common polypody) Is an evergreen fern which is a native of Britain. It will grow in full sun or dappled shade and copes with well-drained conditions including growing in stone walls. This fern will form a colony in a woodland garden or under deciduous shrubs and will spread but does not become invasive. It comes in a variety of forms with differently shaped fronds including Polypodium vulgare ‘Bifidomultifidum’ which has curly flourishes at the ends.

Jill Raggett

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Plant of the Day Saturday 15 September 2018

The flowers of the annual food crop Sorghum bicolor (sorghum, great millet) in the Order Beds of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, were creating an interesting display. This grass species is cultivated for its grain, which is used as a food crop for humans and livestock, in addition it is grown for ethanol production.

Jill Raggett

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Indian pipes (monotropa uniflora)

Indian pipes, ghost pipes, corpse plant, or ghost plant? Whatever you know this plant as, it remains to be a curious specimen. This herbaceous plant is often mistaken for some kind of fungi, but is in fact a flowering plant. As its name implies, each stem has a single flower head with semi-transparent petals. This plant never ceases to amaze me! 👻👻👻

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Edging and plugging a hole! 12/09/18

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Cutting the lavender 6/9/18

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Plant sales display. Aug 18

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Plant of the Day Sunday 5 August 2018

The fine grey foliage of the deciduous shrub Salix exigua (coyote willow) forms a great plant association with Perovskia ‘Blue Spire’ (Russian sage). The Salix is a suckering shrub which will form a thicket of slender stems with narrow grey leaves.

Jill Raggett

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Using the pedestrian mower 03/08/18

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Topiary practice 18/07/18