Autumnal Glory in our gardens!

22 Sep '05 10:06 pm

Well!

Very humbly , and always mesmerized by the wonders of Mother Nature, I decided to share with you a little bit of our garden, here in the European Autumn, which in Belgium happens to be very sunny and warm these last days.

What about YOU, sharing with us all the colourful autumnal beauty of your garden and plants??

With gardener friendship,

Liza.

23 Sep '05 7:24 am

Great pictures, Liza. The asters are beautiful. What types are they, do you remember? I particularly like the purple ones.

23 Sep '05 7:30 pm

Hi, Bex!

So happy you like them! Well, the purple ones (you don't mean the pinkish-red Chrysanthemum, right?) are the very tall "Novae Anglia".

Love, Liza

20 Oct '05 6:58 pm

Just look at these super-beauties!!

I just discovered (:go to Home ,then choose:Shrubs) these ma-gni-fi-cent Moosey's photos and I couldn't resist to share them directly with all of you!!

Just look , admire, and reflect upon these Nature's masterpiece colors!! It's breathtaking!

Be positive and happy!

Liza

13 Jan '06 8:11 pm

Love that rose..Whats its name?
Best BILLY

13 Jan '06 8:24 pm

I like the fact, that you also admire the lovely Autumnal Golden Celebration!

All my love, and the best for your Tour!

8 Feb '06 1:44 am

liza... i'm absoulutly dumbfounded. AWSOME FLOWERS!!!! I don't have any flowers at the moment cept sunflowers, but i am just about to plant some Very Happy

YAY!

I saw this website about the japanese growing the last flower in you pictures. crynathiam or something. Man they looked awsome... all the same and all perfect. i think they grew them from cuttings.

Tell us more about this flower. What makes it flower? (temprature, photoperiod etc.) How can i grow great flowers like you? What do you prepare the soil with? how do you propergate? Where do you buy your seeds?

thanks Very Happy

HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!

8 Feb '06 1:49 am

SO BEAUTIFUL Shocked

, just been back to look at the photos. WOW! You really grow amazing plants. Embarassed

love you to teach me how you get such great results Very Happy

8 Feb '06 7:39 am

8 Feb '06 8:08 am

Hello, and welcome , dear gardener friend! Thank you for your enthusiastic words so much! It feels so great to know that your plants make other people happy like yourself! And sharing this sort of happiness, for me it is the best present ever in my gardening world...But if you spent some more time in this lovely website, you will discover, that many-many other gardeners in the site will make you feel equally enthusiastic because of their happy, lovely plants!

Now. Crysanthemums!! Yes! Simply adorable! Meaning "Golden Flowers" in Greek -- although not all of them being golden... They are absolutely easy plants to grow, especially the outdoor varieties of my photos. And , of course, like all living creatures , they have their own...personality, which we have to respect, if we want them happy like in the photos:

1--First of all, they need your enthusiasm and love --which they have already!

2- They need very-very good draining conditions! For this, it would be great to add at the bottom of their planting hole 10-15 cm tiny terracota balls.

3-SITE and SOIL : Pick a spot , which receives at least a few hours of sunshine on a bright day. Never plant under trees. Buy for your plants special soil for potted geraniums and mix it at the planting time with humus or good organic matter (: compost, etc).

4--WATERING and FEEDING : Water well during dry, hot spells, but never keep the ground constantly soaked. In fact, the plants prefer for a while to remain a little dry, but never being constantly soaked. Feed them every 15 days with liquid fertilizers for Surfinias or Petunias. They do prefer slightly acid conditions.

Now. The plants in the pictures are plants firstly bought at the nursery, perfectly grown up in size, during early Autumn as pot plants . Soon as I bought them, I planted them directly in my garden, where I wished them to remain as perennials. The hole I prepare for them is aways VERY comfortable, because I never forget that they are going to aquire many new shoots at the bottom and many new roots as well. Soon after the blooms fade, I NEVER CUT THEM BACK, because their round umbrellas will serve as protection for the winter frosts! Even more, I protect them with some dry leaves of my garden, directly on surface level, if the winter is severe , of course.

CREATING NEW PLANTS : I personally divide my Chrysanthemums every 2 years in early Spring. But, if you want, you can use the new rooted shoots at the base to create new baby plants , which you will firstly plant in medium sized pots. In the following Autumn , you will plant them directly in your garden. Many of my neighbours have adopted some of my Chrysanthemums in Spring, because there is not always space for all those new babies...

STOPPING : This is pinching out the soft tips, in order to create more new shoots, even more flowers in Autumn. You can do this during the first week of June.

The dark pink Crysanthemum in the photo starts blooming by the beginning of September, while the other varieties , the golden and cream ones, start by the end of September and flower during October.

I hope I gave you all the information you need , my good new friend, concerning Chrysanthemums. Regarding all plants in general, they need Love , and Respect for living beings and not for decorative things; also, they need being planted according to their environmental , personal needs, and not our own... They all need good draining conditions and fresh , good quality soil enriched with good organic matter.

Good luck, and remain positive and happy!

Autumnal Glory in our gardens!

Autumnal Glory in our gardens!

Autumn flowers

The purple Asters.

Berberis with Autumn color,Smokebush in Autumn

lovely colour from the deep north

Hi, Billy!!

Re: Hi, Billy!!

Chrysanthemums Love Story!