Planting

Planted the Magnolia insignis in the berm, Sterling Silver Stachyurus in the conservatory garden, Blackbird Euphorbia in the perennial bed, Sedum sieboldii in the top tier (potting up a white Phlox), Leucothoe Curly Red by the helipad, Sedum pachyclados in the Five Trees garden, Magnolia laevifolia Snow Angel in the front by the gate post (digging up the Blue Lyme grass and potting it up - it did not go with the Abelias planted there). Planted Autumn Delight Sedum in the tiers by the path. Planted out the Neillia sinensis from the In Between Garden which I had potted up because it was browning and put it in the front foundation hedge by the conservatory path. Also planted Coral Bean by the path in the Camellias and More garden.

Planting

I planted Pee Dee Ingot Liriope in the front, replacing 2 white creeping Phlox which were burned by fertilizer (I potted them up), Aloysia virgata by the screen porch (potting up some red Verbena), Turk's Cap and Orange Zest Cestrum by the conservatory, Sea Holly Big Blue and Donkey-tail Spurge in the perennial bed, Sinoa Salvia in the front, moving the Ajuga to the sprinkler at the back., Itea chinensis and Viburnum superbum in the Hydrant Hedge, Dwarf Liatris in the berm, Ardisia chirimen by the garage side, Hypericum Brodie by the Loquat and Magnolia figo Hagiwara Everblooming in the One of Everything garden. Potted up the dwarf Osmanthus and kept it on the table in the screen porch.

Planting

Planted Salvia greggii 'Flame' in the In Between Garden and potted up Prunus Little Twist. Planted Ophiopogon chingii  in the Almost Shade garden, Iris brevicaulis and Iris pseudacorus in the Five trees garden, Tosca Hibiscus in the One of Everything garden.

Mow and edge

Mowed the front lawn and bermuda and edged all.

Mow

Mowed the croquet and pool lawns and the side strips.

Transplanting

Moved 2 Dwarf Burfords from the Hydrant hedge to the left property line. Moved the Casablanca Lilies from the perennial bed to the tiers because they were being eaten. Also moved the Autumn Fire sedum into the tiers garden because the deer had pulled it up.

Planting

Planted the Kaleidoscope Gardenia by the pool fence, moved a fourth Dwarf Burford from the mail box hedge and planted a Fortunei Cleyera there instead. Planted Waterloo Sunset Dianthus in the perennial bed. Planted Lemon Ball and Blue Spruce Sedums in the 5 trees garden, with Iceplant and Sedum takesimense. Also planted iceplant in the berm and Sedum kamtschaticum near the gatepost. Planted Deutzia Magician in the one of everything garden.

Hardscaping

I removed the last of the silt fence which I started last Saturday and used wheat straw to cover the drainage flume I created on the left side.

Mow and edge

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Moving plants

Golden Spangles Camellia was getting burned so I moved it to the Camellias and More garden. Also two of the new Dahlias were losing their foliage so I potted them up - Cezanne and Boogie Woogie.

Planting

Planted Pineapple Sage and Heavy Metal Switchgrass in the One of Everything garden.

Pruning and deadheading

Pruned up the Corkscrew Willow and deadheaded the irises. Also dug up the front-growing Peppermint Stick Grass and potted up rooted divisions.

Mulch

Spread wheat straw along the right property line.

Herbicide

Sprayed two gallons of Roundup. Completed the whole garden and the side pieces.

Planting

Moved three Burford Hollies from the front and replaced them with a Spirit Viburnum, Jack Frost Ligustrum and Emerald Heights Distylium.

Planting

I moved the Wisteria to the side of the conservatory and planted the Mallotus in its place in the Abelia bed.

Insecticide

Applied season long ant stuff inside the pool fence.

Herbicide

2.5 gallons Roundup on the back left property line to the perennial bed and the turret bed + some of the front right property line.

Mow and edge

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Planting

I planted Neillia sinensis in the In Between Garden along with Sunny Side Up Lantana. Also planted Midnight Wine Weigela and River Mist Sea Oats by the Helipad, Creeping Jenny and a pink Lantana in the Five Trees Garden, Indigofera decora by the fig tree at the side of the conservatory, Chapel Hill Lantana on the back side of the berm and the Snow Rose Serissa that I had previously dug because it was in an ant hill, in front of the screen porch.

Planting and transplanting

I planted Euphorbia Tasmanian Tiger, Grenadin Red Carnation and Joystick Red Thrift in the Octagonal Perennial Garden, Crinum Sangria and Crinum Menehune, Fireworks Solidago, Margarita Abelia, Autumn Fire Sedum in the In Between Garden. I moved the Spirited Chamaecyparis to the In Between Garden from the Octagonal Perennial bed and the Verdonii Chamaecyparis and Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana' to the Camellias and More Garden. I planted Variegated Lantana in the Big Trees and Birds garden, Ice Plant in the Berm and moved Gold Bar Miscanthus to the In Between Garden.

Fertilizer

Applied 16-4-8 everywhere, at the rate of 1/2 cup per 3' x 3' plant area.

Planting

I planted a Silver King Euonymus by the pool, Rudolph Euphorbia in the Octagonal Perennial Garden, transplanted Crimson Butterflies Gaura from the perennial bed to the Five Trees Garden, planted Elegantissima Boxwood in the Five Trees Garden, Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Worcester Gold' in the Camellias and More garden, Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue', Micron Holly and Salvia greggii SallyG Vanilla in the One of Everything garden, Variegated Helleri Holly in the Big Trees and Birds Garden with Daybreak Barberry, Twist of Lime Abelia with the other Abelias by the golf course (potted up what looks like a dead Margarita Abelia), and Leycestria formosa 'Jealousy' in the In Betweeen Garden
Potted up the Variegated Cassava to put by the pool.
Potted up a Hibiscus militaris from by the pool.

Planting and digging up

I dug up 3 Hellleri Holly from the Hydrant bed for sale and planted Richard Harland Boxwood and Willow Leaf Wax Myrtle in their place. Also dug up 2 Lantana to sell from there and planted Pink Showers Jasmine. Planted a Podocarpus on the left side property line. Dug up 5 Junipers and sold them, plus one more Lantana. Planted Hens and Chicks Sedum by the guest room window. Planted Jermyn's Globe Viburnum where the Richard Boxwood had been.

Planting

Planted Variegated Socitey Garlic by the gatepost with Baccharis angustifolia. Planted one Catlin's Giant Ajuga in the One of Everything garden and one in the Hide the Hydrant garden. Move the Beschorneria and 3 Agapanthus in the pool edge garden and made a raised bed from a bottomless pot for 5 Galtonia viridiflora and 5 Galtonia candicans. Planted 3 groups of 10 oxalis - O. regnellii, O. tetraphylla, O. tetraphylla 'Iron Cross'. Potted up some Cannas from the pool area.

Planting and transplanting

Dug up the Lindley's Butterfly Bush because it was suckering badly. Potted it up and dug up the remaining suckers. Also potted up the Cassian Pennisetum and Snow Rose Serissa after washing thoroughly because fire ants had built the mounds up so high that the plants were being taken over. Planted bulbs: 5 Casablanca Lilies and 5 Netty's Pride Lilies in the Octagonal Bed, 10 Gladiolus Nymph in the raised tropical bed in the front right corner with the daffodils, Canna musifolia in the pool corner, Boogie Woogie, Cezanne Gallery and Sandra Dahlias in the new raised tiers. Also planted the Liriope that I had previously dug up from the Pond Cypress and Turret Beds - behind the Jade Snowflake. Took out some Red Leaf Cannas from the pool and planted them behind the Kumson Forsythia. Potted up the Mr Spock Mallotus. Planted Cryptomeria araucarioides on the pool lawn corner where the Lindley's Butterfly Bush had been.

Hardscape

Removed the rest of the back left silt fence.

Removing

Dug up and potted up a lot of seedling Mulhy Grass from the back right corner.

Planting

Planted the Silver Comet Pampas grass in the 5 Trees garden, the Purple Rain Salvia in the One of Everything Garden, the Eragrostis spectabile by the back garden path in the In Between Garden, the Tallahassee Sunset Eragrostis by the Blue Bird House in the Big Trees and More Garden. Moved the Colorguard Yucca from by the front door to the Blue Bird House garden near the golf course and planted Helene von Stein Lamb's Ears in its place.

Mowed and edged

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Pruning

Cut back the Pizzazz Loropetalums under the front windows.

Planting and transplanting and potting

I dug up and potted the two remaining Galaxy Hibiscus and I moved the Hibiscus dascalyx to the end of the pool. I planted a Musa basjoo behind the Pink Bananas. I dug up 3 Muhly Grasses and planted them by the Pond Cypress along with the White Muhly. I moved Shenandoah Panicum to the pool fence near the screen porch and also moved Luna Blush Hibiscus to plant it there. Planted two cuttings of Hibiscus acetosella 'Panama Red' with them and the Cranberry Punch Hibiscus. I planted the Moonlight Canna next to the Bright Edge Yucca.

Fertilizer

I limed the rest of the garden - the pool area and the conservatory side.

Planting and transplanting and potting

Planted Troll Gingko in the front turret bed, Salvia Heatwave Glitter and Golden Crown Podocarpus in the one of everything garden, Head Lee Fastigiate Osmanthus in the Camellias and More garden, 3 x Russellia, Variegated Pittosporum and Cape Honeysuckle in the tropicals bed, 'Murasaki kiyohime' Japanese Maple by the helipad and the Raspberry Truffle Sedum in the tiers. I moved the Galaxy Hibiscus to the bed by the Pond Cypress and moved the Muhlenbergia lindheimeri to the corner by the Pond Cypress. I moved the Flying Dragon to the other end of the property line. I potted up the Dwarf Garters Ribbon Grass from yesterday and the Green Beauty Boxwood that I am trying to topiary.

Conservatory

Got the remaining plants out of the conservatory.

Pruning

Pruned the Orange Flowered Osmanthus and cut back the Vitex trifolia 'Purpurea'.

Planting

I planted Kerria japonica 'Plenifora' in place of the straight species which was in the Almost Shade Garden. Also replanted Golden Spangles Camellia in the One of Everything garden and Camellia crapnelliana in the Camellias and More garden. Planted Olea yunnanensis, Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Royal Flush' in the Five Trees garden.

Planting

Planted Cyrtomium fortunei and Ardisia crenata in the Almost Shade Garden and the White Chiffon Hibiscus in the Five Trees Garden. Also planted Vinca minor 'Moonlit' in the Turret Front Garden and a tomato in the cutting garden.

Potting up

I dug up the two Weigelas from the Five Trees Garden as well as the Elsbry Dogwood and the Don Egolf Redbud and potted them up. All doing badly! Also potted up some plants from Santa Rosa.

Potting up

Potted up the Carissa Holly from the Hide the Hydrant bed.

Planting

Planted the Teucrium fruticans, Compacta Walter's Viburnum and Variegated Confederate Jasmine in the Hide The Hydrant bed. Transplanted a Lantana from the Hide the Hydrant bed to behind the Magnolia in the Five Trees Garden, and a Goldsturm Rudbeckia to the One of Everything Garden.

Planting

I planted the Oso Easy Rose by the helipad and a Frierson's Compact Boxwood in the Turret Front Garden. I potted up the Weigela Midnight Wine and moved a May Night Salvia to its place in the Big Trees and Birds garden. I moved the White Berried Nandina to the place where the Salvia had come from by the pool fence gate, and planted Neillia thibetica where the Nandina had been in front of the screen porch. I planted a Yucca recurvifolia 'Variegata' and a Spiraea cantonensis 'Lanceata' in the bed between the croquet lawn and perennials.

Propagation

I dug up all the rooted cuttings around the Kumson Forsythia and potted them up.

Transplanting and planting

I moved the Rock Garden Holly and planted it in the Turret Front Garden along with the Dwarf Pagoda Holly and Oscar's Dwarf Holly.

Weeding and preparation

I dug up all the weeds and the Liriope by the Pond Cypress and cultivated the bed. Then added soil and covered with pine straw.

Planting and potting up

I planted the Rocky Creek Holly and All Gold Juniper in the Turret Front Garden. I potted up the Cinnamomum Harlequin and the Nageia nagi.

Herbicide

Sprayed 6 gallons of Roundup - finished all except the pool area and conservatory side.

Weeding and propagation

Hand weeded and potted up seedlings from the garden for plant sales.

Liriope

Dug up the Liriope from the turret garden and heeled them in for future replanting.

Herbicide

1 gallon of Roundup in the front.

Planting

Planted the Snow Dragon Poncirus again, moved the Colorguard Yucca from the turret to the One of Everything Garden and planted a Mugo Pine in its place.

Planting

Planted Cameron Cooper Camellia and Russian Arborvitae

Fertilizer

I limed the garden except the pool area and the conservatory side - used 3.5 bags.

Pruning

Cut back the Confederate Rose.

Planting

Planted the Jude The Obscure Rose in the top tier inside the pool fence.

Hardscape

Created larger beds in the pool area for the tiers by extending the tiers.

Transplanting

Moved the Rosemary from the pool area to the One of Everything garden. Potted up some rooted cuttings from it.

Herbicide

Sprayed pre-emerge on all lawns except Bermuda.

Weeding

Hand weeded the front gardens.

Cut Liriope

Finally cut back the Liriope in the front.

Cut back ornamental grasses

Cut back all ornamental grasses. Pruned the willow to the ground.

Perennial bed

Added another bag of compost and one of top soil to the perennial bed, forked it in a little and topped with 8 bags of mulch.

Propagation

I potted up the rooted cuttings of Papyrus and Panama Red Hibiscus that were in water, and a cutting of Iochroma in sand. Also potted up a new Marlberry - Miho no matsu. I bought a Green's Blues Camellia which had two separate stems in the pot so I gently teased the roots of them apart and potted them up separately.

Perennial bed

Cleaned up the perennial bed, removing dead wood and adding compost.

Mulch

Spread 5 1/2 bales of pine straw to finish the Camellias And More garden.

Pruning

Limbed up and took out suckers for the Buddleja lindleyana.

Mulch

Spread one more bale of pinestraw in the Abelias And More garden, 1 1/2 bales in the In Between Garden and 2 in the Big Trees and Birds garden.

Mulch

5 bales of pinestraw spread in the Inbetween Garden and 2 in the Camellias And More garden.

Herbicide

2 gallons of Roundup in the Camellias and More, Almost Shade Garden, Big Trees and Birds garden and Inbetween Garden.

Planting

I planted the Fiesta Forsythia in the Inbetween Garden and hand-weeded parts of that space. I planted the Diervilla Cool Splash and Mahonia repens in the Big Trees and Birds garden and spread 2 bales of pinestraw there. Also planted 3 more Ajuga Catlin's Giant and 5 Dianthus Firestar in the Hide The Hydrant garden along with a Carissa Holly. I dug up and potted up 2 more Lantana from that bed. I potted up the 2 remaining Ajuga for the winter.

Potting up

Potted up the Diervilla, Mahonia repens, Fiesta Forsythia and Ephedra regeliana that I got from Rare Find. Also dug up and potted up the Sago Palm, and moved the Araucarioides Cedar to a bigger pot. Dug up the White Chiffon Rose of Sharon which is having some rotting issues. Also put out the remaining tags.

Conseratory

Cleaned out the conservatory and put the plants in for winter.

Mow

Mowed the property lines.

Planting and transplanting

I planted 10 Chrysantha Tulips by the Scillas in the One Of Everything garden, 5 Spanish Bluebells and 5 English Bluebells by the Seiryu Maple, 5 Camassia Blue Heaven by Seiryu and 10 Camassia Blue Melody by the Silver Cloud Box Honeysuckle. I removed and potted up 2 Lantana from the Hide The Hydrant bed and planted 5 Catlin's Giant Ajuga. I potted up a dead/dying Helleri Holly from the Mail Box Garden and replaced it with one from the Hide The Hydrant bed. I built a brick raised bed for the Snow Dragon Poncirus and planted it in there.

Bulbs

I planted some daffodils in each corner of the raised tropical bed and in the front middle. Also in the Turret Front Garden in two groups by the courtyard path and the driveway. Planted 10 Blue Hyacinths in the Turret Front Garden by the courtyard path and 5 Lady Jane Tulips in the raised Scilla circle. 10 Hyacinthoides Non-scripta by Swampy in the berm and 10 Hyacinthoides Excelsior by the Gold Rider Leyland. I also checked all the plants for labels.

Mulch

I pinestrawed the rest of the golf course hedge, the berm and most of the Abelia bed - 5 bales.

Mulch

I spread 3 bales of pinestraw inside the pool fence and along the golf course hedge. I cut back the remaining big hibiscus.

Mulch and Herbicide

I sprayed 1 gallon of roundup inside the pool fence and around the berm. I spread 2 bales of pinestraw inside the pool fence and cut back 2 hibiscus.

Deadheaded Cannas

I cut the Cannas to the ground for winter. Also cut back some Gaura.

Winter

Dug up the Bird of Paradise and Russellia for winter. Also Cavendish Bananas.

Herbicide

1 gallon of Roundup in front. Mulched the front and some of the right side.

Planting and potting up

I planted the new Hatsushimo Hibiscus in the Abelias bed, the Tor Spirea by the back garden path and potted up 2 Ardisias, Hakuokan and Amanogawa. I also potted up a cutting of Tibouchina that Betty gave me and an Osmanthus that Nurseries Caroliniana gave me.

Planting

Planted the Eupatorium fern-like leaf, the variegated Kerria, Fred's Upright Boxwood and potted up the Thujopsis to go in a pot by the front hose bib.

Winter

Potted up the Cape Honeysuckle and Mandevilla for winter. Also tried to pot up the Panama Red Hibiscus - we'll see.

Getting ready for winter

I potted up the Pygmy Date Palm, Tibouchina grandifolia, Cavendish Banana, Shrimp plant and one large hardy banana for the conservatory for the winter.

Planting

I planted the Leptodermis pilosa 'Masahi Pink' by the path in the One Of Everything garden and the Leptodermis oblonga by the Amsonia. I transplanted a Gumpo Azalea from the back under the Loquat to the One Of Everything garden. I planted an Agave lopantha 'Splendida' by the path in the Camellias And More garden, a Richard Harland Boxwood in the Five Trees Garden, and a Lespedeza thunbergii 'Spilt Milk' by the Jade Snowflake. I transplanted a rooted stem of Kumson Forsythia by the Bald Cypress. I planted Black and Blue Salvia by the croquet lawn. I dug up a Dwarf Burford Holly along the pool fence and replaced it with a Variegated Needlepoint Holly.

Pre-emerge

Sprayed Atrazine on all lawns except the Bermuda.

Planting

I planted 4 Bergenia, 8 Catlin's Giant Ajuga, and 13 Firestar Dianthus in the Mail Box Garden. Also Bertie and Always Afternoon Daylilies in the Daylily Fountain Garden.

Weeding

Hand weeded around the garden, here and there.

Planting

Planted all the Dwarf Mondo I have in the Pool Fountain Bed.

Mow and Edge

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Irrigation

Made the sprinkler head in the berm taller.

Planting

Planted the Harland Boxwood that had been recuperating in the conservatory in the Five Trees Garden, and moved the Northwind Panicum, replacing a Variegated Chinese Privet. Potted up 3 Lantana from the Mail Box Garden and replaced them with 3 Miscanthus adagio from the side of the bed. Planted Lemon Princess Spiraea and Flirt Nandina in the One Of Everything garden and 4Ever Goldy where the seedling Japanese Maple had been on the right property line. Transplanted the Variegated Acorus from the Pool Fountain Bed by the sprinkler heads in front and by the berm.

Transplanting and planting

Moved the Young Lady Smoketree from the One Of Everything garden to the back by the Jade Snowflake and planted a Golden Spangles Camellia in its place. Moved a Gaura from the screen porch area to the conservatory side. Moved the Abelia mosanensis closer to the screen porch.

Planting and transplanting

Transplanted the Knockout Roses from the front to the mail box bed and put 2 Abelias, Sunshine Daydream and Mardi Gras in front where they had been, along with the Gold Rim Serissa.

Planting

Planted a Silver Cloud Box Honeysuckle in the One Of Everything garden and moved some Variegated Acorus to the same garden. Moved the Curly Juncus from the Pool Fountain Garden to the front.

Planting

Moved Shishisgashira Japanese Maple from the back to the middle of the front and transplanted the Helleri I dug up to plant Blue Feathers in the front also. Planted another Yoshino Cryptomeria and a Teddy Bear Magnolia on the left property line.

Planting and transplanting

Dug up the Willow in front. Moved the White Chocolate Crape Myrtle to the property line and planted Mr. Spock Mallotus in its place in the island. Planted a Yoshino Cryptomeria behind the Yellow Osmanthus. Moved a clump of Crocosmia down the property line to make room for the Crape Myrtle.

Planting, cuttings

Took cuttings of Panama Red Hibiscus and Iochroma for next spring. Planted Northwind Switch Grass, Scarlet's Peak Holly, Cheyenne Sky Switch Grass. Potted up the ailing Summer Snow Hydrangea, cuttings of Baccharis angustifolia, Crown of Thorns, stringy sedum and sedum/agave.

Planting and transplanting

Moved the Color Guard Yucca and split it, planting one by the front door and one by the courtyard gate. Also dug up one Helleri and planted the Blue Feathers Cypress by the gate. Dug up the Gardenia by the pool fence and planted a Blue Cascade Isu in its place. Planted the Craibiodendron which had been in the conservatory, and the Mahonia gracilipes by the garage side. Planted a new Aztec Grass by the garage side. Dug up the Gaura from the side of the perennial bed and planted it in the One of Everything garden, moving the Purple Coneflower to the perennial bed. Also planted Meringue Coneflower and Amber Mist Coneflower in the perennial bed. Potted up some yellow Pansies and the Cliftonia. Replaced a dead Soft Touch in the perennial bed and added 2 Harbor Belles by the croquet lawn. Potted up some Muhlenbergia which had reseeded in the garden.