David Austin Rose Queen of Sweden
Taking a little break from showing you my summer sews to share a few images of my other obsession: growing things, bright and colorful or pale and delicate. The weather is cooling, the light is lower already and I can't help but be drawn outside.
Diner plate Dahlias
Growing Calendula in maybe the most crowded place!
My favorite outdoor room.
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You would think that with all the sewing happening here I would have something to show for it, but no. It's all about taking my time these days, making a gazillion muslins (4) and going overboard with the fretting on what size fits best... Logically I should have some great/complicated finished projects to show you soon. In the meantime, much like call waiting music but for the eyes, here is a tour of my garden. I love growing things as much as I like making things so I think it's a fair trade off!
This Dinner Plate Dahlia is currently my favorite thing, I love its speckledness (not a word I bet).
On the side patio, I created a felt bag veggie garden and infant rose nursery. This is my fist year trying out this technique and I am still in observation phase. The roses were mail order from Heirloom Roses and High Country Roses, some David Austins some not. Because they are own root and come very tiny they cannot go in the ground right away and must be cultivated in pots. Makes hoarding all the DA containers a brilliant move in hindsight.
I give my winter Amaryllis a bit of fresh air in the summer and make sure to fertilize them with the rest of the garden. In fact this is what happened this morning and the smell of fish is following me everywhere. The cats are both intrigued. The tiny peonies are being nursed from roots I found at Walmart (!). They are "bowl of beauty", a very interesting pink and yellow flower. I really doubted they would even grow roots but voila, I was proved completely wrong. Two peonies for $5, winning! The cannas are also started from Walmart roots, it was an experiment as well.
My friend Ambre gave me a bag of Hens and Chicks to plant in this salvaged strawberry pot. They really seem to enjoy it. I plan on adding a few more varieties when I come across interesting specimens.
So there you have it! a little update on what makes me smile and now it's time to wash off the fish stink and turn Big Bertha on (Big Bertha= BERNINA 780, because you know, it is The Bomb! in a good way of course!).
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David Austin Evelyn rose, at the show
When my mother first came over to visit we gave Red Butte Garden a try, thirteen years ago. I was pretty unimpressed and failed to return until about two weeks ago. Shock and awe, that is how I describe what awaited us. Since this first return visit I have gone back twice, for the Utah Rose Society show and with a family member. I think it is the perfect place to go think or relax by one self and I decided to make a small investment in a single most basic membership to do just that, think and relax by myself amongst the plants.
The Rose garden is a marvel in and of itself but it doens't stop there. I loved the aromatic garden just as well and the orangery, I could go on and on but enough words just take a look:
David Austin Crocus rose
Henry's Clematis
Hens and Chicks planter
Davis Austin Golden Celebration
Apple Service Berry (Amelanchier Grandiflora)
Golden Wings rose
Kale, green tricks and artichoke planter, now replaced by something more tropical, too bad...
I hope you liked this little tour, I will post a few pictures of some great things growing closer to home very soon but time to get back to sewing a blue raw silk Wiksten tulip skirt now!
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