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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:16 am
What is a cafe without a good garden? What sort of plants should we grow in the courtyard? Or inside?
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:52 pm
what could be more natural, or useful, than herbs!
i love a nice herb garden, and they smell good too.
many have attractive small blossoms (and some flowers, like marigolds, can be eaten, or used as seasoning!)
so that would be a start.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:39 pm
Hmm. Columbines, roses, hollihocks (however that's spelled, I can't remember)... I can't remember any names of other flowers that I like. There were these really nice fall flowers that I was into for a while, but I can't for the life of me remember the name.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:33 am
marigolds are hardy through October up here
some have glossy bronze tipped leaves
gladiolus can keep their spikes bloooming through September
as far a fall flowers go
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:39 am
i am growing some lemon pips! i planted them in January, put them in the airing cupboard for a month, and when i took them out!!....nothing sad i thought i'd left the seeds unplanted for too long and they'd dried up. so i put the pot on the side in the kitchen and forgot about it, a couple of weeks ago i decided to plant something else in it, so i took the plastic bag off the top and look what i saw!!  they have grown quite a bit in 2 weeks though, they were half that size when i first revealed them, so you can have some lemon trees in the courtyard if you're willing to wait a couple of years for them to get a bit bigger cool
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:52 pm
One thing I think every garden should have: Jasmine. It smells so nice. I forgot about it before, but I walked past some the other day.
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:00 pm
Those lemon seedlings look great! Good luck getting them to tree-hood smile
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:46 pm
The aloe vera pot at work jumped off it's stand the other day (it had really overgrown it's pot and was very very top heavy) - so I repotted into numerous pots (like about 10) so here is couple of them.
I normally kill aloe vera so I am really impressed that this one kept growing after I took over the plants at work. Meanwhile every aloe vera I have at home has died - so someone please volunteer to water them??
I also love to see potted iris's so am adding some of them to the cart headed here.
Ohhh and don't forget some gardenia's......
and maybe a poinsetta or two ... they are soo pretty as they bloom on out thru the year.
*looks at cart, rolls eyes and sighs - there I go again proving my husband right - you just can't take me anywhere.....
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:28 am
Aloe vera seem to like *not* being watered.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:06 pm
yep, if you keep aloe vera in a place where water is splashed around, like a kitchen or bathroom, it usually does fine without a lot of direct watering.
and it's handing for kitchen burn injuries too.
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Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:28 am
Palm trees. How could I have forgotten palm trees? We need several in the garden.
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:04 am
oooh i'd love to grow some chili peppers wouldn't that be cool (or should i say hot!)...
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:26 pm
Chili peppers are very attractive.
*Puts some in.
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:13 pm
sweet peas? I love sweet peas.
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:07 pm
Oh yes, lots of lovely sweet peas! All varieties!
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