My Garden Organizer

[FJ and G]

1. creeping cedar (native); Fall 05; not thriving

2. Queen Anne’s Lace (wild carrot); doing well in shade; Fall 05

3. ?

4. ?

5. Korean Boxwood (transplanted Spring 06 from front yard)

6. Asparagus fern (spring 06)

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8. Blue Rug Juniper (spring 06)

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10. Alberta Spruce (spring 06)

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13. Asparagus fern (spring 06)

14. Wooley Yarrow (spring 06) doing poorly

15. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

16. Thyme tomillo (spring 06)

17. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

18. Wooley Yarrow (spring 06) doing poorly

19. Alberta Spruce (spring 06)

20. sedum ogon (spring 06) spreading!

21. sedum ogon (spring 06)

22. sedum ogon (spring 06)

23. Alberta Spruce (spring 06)

24. Alberta Spruce (spring 06)

25. Alberta Spruce (spring 06)

26. Alberta Spruce (fall 05) (dead)

27. Alberta Spruce (fall 05) (dead)

28. Rosemary tree (fall 05) (dead)

29. Japanese mat juniper (spring 06)

30. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

31. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

32. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

33. Alberta Spruce (fall 05) (dead)

34 Japanese maple (spring 05) transplanted from front of house)

35. Lemon plant (spring 06)

36. Lemon plant (spring 06)

37. apple tree (spring 02)

38. Oak tree (spring 03) (naturally growing)

39. curry (spring 06)

40. silver thyme (spring 06) spreading!

41. grape vinyard (spring 04)

42. ? tree (spring 02)

43. daisies (winter 05) spreading! (grew naturally)

44. scarlet flame moss (spring 06)

45. scarlet flame moss (spring 06)

46. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

47. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

48. Alberta spruce (fall 05)

49. Alberta spruce (fall 05) dead

50. Dwarf English Boxwood (spring 06)

51. Juniper blue rug (spring 06)

52. mint (spring 06) spreading

53. cham. G. thrdbrnch sungold (summer 06)

54. scarlet flame moss (spring 06) ???

55. maple tree (spring 02)

56. maple tree (spring 01) when house was built

57. grass (spring 01 when house was built)

58. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

59. juniper virginiana (fall 05)

60. Mexican Heather (summer 06) NEED to put indoors before frost)

61. Scotch moss (summer06)

62. thyme (summer06) transplanted dead

63. thyme (summer06) transplanted dead

64. thyme (summer 06 transplant) don’t know kind

65. thyme (summer 06 transplant) don’t know kind

66. six-sided stonecrop sedom (summer06)

[MTCarpenter]

Never occured to me, but this is a great idea to not only document what goes where, but when you planted it and how well it's doing. Thowing in the shade/sun is a great idea also. Thanks for sharing!!

[vsmith]

Neat Idea.

Mine goes like this

1. Weed

2. Small Weed

3. Weed

4. Large Weed

5. Weed

6. Spikey Weed

7....well, you get the idea...[;)][(-D]

[FJ and G]

thanks;

I did this so I can track which plants will survive. I likely won't buy any more Alburta Spruce or Wooley Yarrow, for instance. Yes, VSmith, the weeds, i.e. daisies, wild carrot are thriving, as are indigenous stuff like virginia juniperana.

NOTE: another point in doing this is to eliminate having ugly plant tags next to the plant. The next step will be to take the info off the tags and transfer them to my list (the list will expand with this and other info).

Oh, and BTW, I'll be adding photos of each plant and every year revising the list and photos and keeping an annual plant log so I can visualize the plant's progress or regress.

I might also take photos of track section as well to document erosion, landslides, etc and keep a track log. Same with structures.

Also, I have my map in jpg and psd formats so I can easily revise the numbers and move them around in Photoshop

[Anonymous]

Very nice indeed Dave , looks very sympathetic planting . Now if I could sell the large dog and the small child maybe I could do the same ... hmmm maybe a circus....

[Anonymous]

Dave
do you have room to run your trains ,with all the plants . ben

[markn]

Dave-Just a suggestion, if you get plants at the big box stores-they usually guarantee them for a year so staple the receipt to the plant tag.

[tangerine-jack]

I've got something very similar for the DDSL, I'll post it when I get a little further along with construction.

Dave, as a small gardening hint and tip, don't plant in the summer. Plant in March and April, and again in October-December. Transplant in the winter months when the plant is dormant. Trust me on this.

[Anonymous]

I'd be a happy man if my pike looked like that! Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Rich F.

[FJ and G]

thanks for tips and compliments. I plan to use Preen and Roundup to kill off weeds or prevent them and likely get rid of the grass in the center and put something else there, as the sedum is actually starting to invade the grassy area.

As you may have noticed, I value the dead plants for their stark beauty. I originally wanted all "scale" stuff; but when wild things started sprouting, I didn't have the heart to kill them

[Anonymous]

Dave, I find it odd that thew alberta spruce doesn't fair well on your RR. Out of curiosity have you fertilized them? Pines also need more water than people think, especially new plantings. If the needles feel dry than it needs more water.
Miracid is also a great product for evergreens in general to keep them thriving.

[Anonymous]

Dave, I find it odd that thew alberta spruce doesn't fair well on your RR. Out of curiosity have you fertilized them? Pines also need more water than people think, especially new plantings. If the needles feel dry than it needs more water.
Miracid is also a great product for evergreens in general to keep them thriving.

[ttrigg]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FJ and G

As you may have noticed, I value the dead plants for their stark beauty. I originally wanted all "scale" stuff; but when wild things started sprouting, I didn't have the heart to kill them

David;
I've had two trees just up and die for no apparent reason. Went all brown, leaves fall off, looking like a ghost. So I decided to keep them as part of the landscape. Then on morning when I went out to the pond to feed the Koi, I saw green. Dead trees with green leaves. Just a few, but the leaves were green. Seems I forgot that some trees go into hibernation at times through the year. Now when I find a "dead" tree, I leave it alone for a season before even thinking about puling it out.