Planning The 2008 Garden

[starr]

It's that time of year when I start my "new" garden, pulling weeds, rotating plants, adding new, removing some of the old that has lost it's purpose, does anyone have any great gardening projects to try? Plants that are a must? I would really appreciate any wiccan input I can get here.

[osran]

Starr, There is so many project that one can choose from. It all depends on what type of planting bed that you like. Pretty flowers, Or just yard plants that continusely grow year after year.

I, Myself like the outlook of a flower-bed. But I do put flowers that contiues to come the following year after. Such as Dutch flowers, Tiger Lilies, Bell Flowers, Cherry and the whole nine yards. However, I also got a place for where my other yard plants grows. Like the Devil Snare vine plants, Lamb ears..Which I so love.

But I would recommend trying Lamb ears. They bloom late summer and they are very pretty. And they come back the next year three times bigger and more bushier then the previous year..and will continue to grow like that. And they spread very quickly if you do not contain it. But let it grow and spread. I think you'll like it.

[*Gypsy*]

Angle's Trumpet





Are my favorite plants and are used for the night garden, Datura's and Brugmansia's are a necessity. These beautiful fragrant plants, commonly known as Angel's Trumpet open up after dark and remain open until the sunlight hits them the next morning.
I am an outside Moon & Stars person so I love a Night Garden.

There is no sight like that of an Angle's Trumpet heavy with blossoms. The perfume that the flowers release is an extremely sweet, intoxicating scent. These plants will bloom year round if given the proper care.
Most say they can be poisonous......but....
If you're worried about poisonous landscape plants, you'll have to pull up the mountain laurel that makes your town so pretty in early summer. Remove every azalea, rhododendron, Carolina jessamine, boxwood, daffodil, clematis and Virginia creeper. Also take out any privet, burning bush, elephant's-ear, lantana, oleander, arborvitae, caladium or Easter lily you have in your garden. In my opinion, a case could be made that most plants are poisonous, depending on how and how much you contact. Eat enough beans, and you'll have a violent stomachache. Does that make them poisonous? Rub against an angel's trumpet, and you'll usually have no reaction at all. It is true that angel's trumpet seed and leaves cause tremors and blurring of vision if you eat them. But so will the foliage of a tomato. Unless your neighborhood children are likely to chew the leaves of your angel trumpet, enjoy the flowers and keep in mind that while the plant can be poisonous in certain situations, it is not likely that it will be poisonous in yours.

*I would not do this if I had small kids around*
But what a show they are!
Enjoy the Photos

[starr]

Thank you, I will be on the lookout to add these to my garden this year!

[aislinstorm]

I have had a very small flower garden in previous years because I don't have much space to keep plants in. this year I am going to try flower boxes. They are easier to take care of, and you can stack and build them in levels.