Crevice Gardening ......in defence of rock.....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Great job Anne ! It is such a joy to see this work of art .

[ranunculus]

Thanks so much, Cliff.  Hard work, but worth it.  When are you and Sue coming back to our neck of the woods?

As soon as possible, Anne ... we enjoyed New York State and the beautiful Eastern seaboard immensely.

[Lesley Cox]

  When are you and Sue coming back to our neck of the woods?

 Wait in line Anne. Our turn next.

[Maggi Young]

Wait in line Anne. Our turn next.

Yes, the Bookeroos are visiting New Zealand in November - and then it's our turn - Cliff -with Sue,  is the SRGC Travelling Speaker early next year - in Aberdeen in February   

[astragalus]

Many thanks, Kris.  I'm waiting for your pictures next spring!

Good grief, G.B., what a schedule.  Maybe I should email your upcoming hosts with your menu preferences??!!

[ranunculus]

Good grief, G.B., what a schedule.  Maybe I should email your upcoming hosts with your menu preferences??!!

 

[Maggi Young]

WHAT?   He needs feeding??? Oh crumbs- yes, I was forgetting the Pudsey Piggery!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Reached my 2013 goal and a bit more.  Right after I finished setting the last stone yesterday, we had a heavy rain which cleaned off the stone and helped settle the mix.  Will be planting like crazy in the spring and spending the winter poring over seed lists and catalogs.
1.  Crevices back of cliff as of June 15th, 2013
2.  Crevices back of cliff as of today, September 22, 2013

Great job Anne - it simply looks gorgeous !!!
What a treat it will be to plant it up !! 

[astragalus]

Thanks, Luc.  Next spring is going to be so much fun because there's a lot of crevice planting space waiting.  If our good weather holds for a few more weeks it might be possible to get a good start on another section.

[David Nicholson]

Yes, the Bookeroos are visiting New Zealand in November - and then it's our turn - Cliff -with Sue,  is the SRGC Travelling Speaker early next year - in Aberdeen in February   

All this attention he's getting, he'll think he's treacle and everybody wants a lick!

[ranunculus]

All this attention he's getting, he'll think he's treacle and everybody wants a lick!

Oh molasses!!!!   

[astragalus]

I showed this before when it was just starting to bloom.  Here it is now and almost prime.  We're lucky that we have yet to have a killing frost so it may have time to even get better!  It's planted in a crevice between two huge hunks of ledge and is very happy.  So far not browsed by deer, unlike some of the daphnes.  It's too early to put up the protective wire screening and hunting season hasn't started yet.
Zauschneria californica 'etteri'

[ranunculus]

Superb. 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb. 

I can only agree, Cliff !!

It's truly gorgeous, Anne !!!

[astragalus]

Thanks, Cliff and Luc.  So far I've tried four different dwarf zauschnerias and really like them all.  Three of them are in the crevice garden and the fourth hangs over a wall.  They are Z5 plants and this garden has always behaved like a Z4b garden.  No Z6 plant ever survived and Z5a was really questionable.  The main reason is that the garden is very windy, especially fall to spring, and is on the "cold side" of the hill, facing NW.  Maybe the zauschnerias are thriving due to global warming?  It's been a while since we've had a winter with "normal" cold, which here should be -20F, with possible dips below that.