#creative gardener

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I'm having my friend and sister pick a number 1 through 14 (16 if I include me and my friends ocs) and depending on the numbers I pick will be who I draw. These are who I have so far. I will color these later on~!

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Tropical Bananas - Garden Update

I have managed to grow my banana patch, come and join me in the garden.

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Creative Wood Projects from the Garden

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Tips for a romantic Garden

Everyone needs a break form the pressures of everyday life. Look at ways to make your garden a relaxing retreat.

Create Privacy

Plant hedges to establish intimate outdoor rooms and muffle traffic noises. Suitable shrubs include westringia, rhaphiolepis, buxux, Ligustrum ovalifolium 'Aureum', viburnum and abelia.  

Give it night-time appeal

Use plants with white flowers and silver foliage like centuarea, Senecio leucostychys and cotton lavander (santolina) which show up well after dark.  

Add visual interest

Include structures such as trellises, arches, pergolas and arbors and train scented climbers over them. Suitable climbers include roses, Chinese jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum), chocolate vine (Akebia Quinata) and Hall's honeysuckle (Lonicdera japonica 'Halliana').

Plant colorful perennials

There are so many to choose from, but the following can be planted for Spring blooming: delphiniums, foxgloves and columbines (aquilegia). Plant these at any time: echinacea, Lobelia cardinalis, gaura, irises, alstroemeria, penstemon and salvias.  

Encourage lingering

Add a bench or an arbor over which a scented climber can be trained to provide a spot for enjoying a quiet moment - add a bird bath or a water feature.  

Scent paths

Border paths with plants that release their aroma when brushed past like lavender, lemon verbena (aloysia), thyme, mint and rosemary. Plant Corsican mint (Mentha requienii) or pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) between stepping stones, as they release a minty aroma when stepped on.