Gigi's Cajun Gardening

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Colors For Winter

Living in zone 9 and looking for a bit of amazing vivid color to spruce up your winter landscape? Try these!

Japanese Magnolia (Ann, Jane)
Crimson Azalea (Majesty, Queen, Princess)
Camellias (Shi-Shi Gashira/pink, Professor Sargeant/red, Yuletide/red)

Evergreens

A list of the most common evergreens that do extremely well in this area (Zone 9) include:

Trees
'Lil Gem Magnolia
Teddy Bear Magnolia
Italian Cypress
Blue Point Juniper

Shrubs
Dwarf Shi- Sh Camellia
Dwarf Bottlebrush
Gardenia
Crimson Azalea
Sky Pencil Holly
Knockout Roses

Ground Covers
Flax Lily
African Iris
Mondo Grass
Liriope
Asian Jasmine

Vines
Confederate Jasmine
Chinese Evergreen Wisteria
Pandora

Friday, December 10, 2010

My Herbal Gardens



dwarf purple basil


Spanish Lavender


variegated oregano

Saturday, December 4, 2010

My Rose Garden


Garden Journal

Roses In The Beginning

May 24, 2009

Peggy Martin Climber on the right, Puerto Rico Rose on the left


homestead verbena, texas bluebonnets,
peggy martin and grandma yellow roses

Roses on Halloween Day
Grandma's Yellow & Belinda's Dream

Roses in the Fall of 2010

Peggy Martin aka Katrina Rose


November 2010


Puerto Rico Rose Bud * November 2010