{"id":77,"date":"2008-05-28T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-28T21:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/gardenblog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2008-06-26T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T19:24:19","slug":"cant-get-enough-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/2008\/05\/28\/cant-get-enough-roses\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Get Enough Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have had sweltering heat here for the past two weeks (several days over 100), but the roses continue to bloom as long as they get enough water. The New Dawn rose next to the arbor is sending out multiple new canes that will be ready to tie to the arbor very soon. The red knock out roses seem to thrive in the heat, and the Caldwell Pink is starting to take off as well.<\/p>\n

\"Roses<\/a><\/p>\n

Roses at the Arbor<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The rock garden is starting to take shape and get established. The sedum ‘Golden Acre’ is filling in very nicely between two large rocks, and the zinnias in the broken pot are finally starting to bloom. Volunteer nightshades keep threatening to take over this area, but I keep pulling them up as they are too large for what I had in mind for this spot.<\/p>\n

\"Rock<\/a><\/p>\n

The Rock Garden<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Pink Gaura in the bed along the front of the house is an incredible plant. I have never grown one before, but I will definitely be finding a place for more of them. This one has been blooming for weeks, and doesn’t seem to mind the heat at all. The Fairy Roses that flank the Gaura are not thriving yet, but they are hanging in there and pushing out a few blooms. The Fairy, like the Caldwell Pink and the Belinda’s Dream roses are all Earthkind roses which are well suited for growing in our Texas heat. For more information on Earthkind roses check out this post on Herself’s Houston Garden blog.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Pink<\/a><\/p>\n

Pink Gaura and The Fairy Roses<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I love this Little Bunny dwarf fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides). They are definitely one of my favorite new plants in the courtyard.<\/p>\n

\"Dwarf<\/a><\/p>\n

Dwarf Fountain Grass<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is a view of the courtyard from the east entrance.<\/p>\n

\"East<\/a><\/p>\n

East Entrance to the Courtyard<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And here is a view of the courtyard from the north side.<\/p>\n

\"Courtyard<\/a><\/p>\n

Courtyard View from the North<\/em><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We still have much more work to do to finish the courtyard area. Next up will be the flagstone on all the paths and around the fountain. Following that will be a deck tucked into the southwest corner of the courtyard under an oak tree that will have three large tiers that will provide a transition between the courtyard and the back raised beds.<\/p>\n

Future plans also include installing a rainwater collection system that will collect rain from the south side of the roof, connecting to a tank or cistern to the west of the back beds via a mini aqueduct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pictures and brief discussion about the progress of the front courtyard landscaping project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[91,345,93,347,92,90],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-landscaping","tag-caldwell-pink","tag-gardening","tag-knock-out","tag-landscaping","tag-new-dawn","tag-rose"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phuiL-1f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}