honey suckle

honey suckle

庭の紹介

 夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました. 赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.
 2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.



8/14/2014

CUTTINGS OF PLANTS

Today I have made cuttings of boxwood, ivy and Lantana montevidensis.
Box (Buxus sempervirens) had not been so common in private gardens of Japan, however,  recently it's becoming popular.  I had planted it in the kitchen garden, and I read about box cuttings in the book 'Gardening at Longmeadow' written by Monty Don which I bought several months ago.  That is a quite interesting book.  He wrote gardening of every month from January to December at his gardens at Longmeadow, England. I felt an affinity with him because he is about my own age.


Cuttings of box, ivy and lantana in small containers

Watering before sticking into containers
I really like box because of its beautiful light green color and tolerance to insufficient sunshine.

Boxwood in the kitchen garden

I bought Monty Don's 'Gardening at Longmeadow' last December via Amazon.  Now we can buy almost foreign books online.  It is very convenient, isn't it?


An article about box cuttings.  It's well illustrated and easy to understand.



Ivy is another evergreen ornamental plant, and it has a many varieties of colors.  I read about ivy cuttings in the August issue of Gardeners World.


An article in August issue of Gardeners World.  

In addition to two plants above, I made lantana cuttings.  This Lantana montevidensis in our garden was brought up from a cutting.  In this summer, it flowers less than usual because of unusual weather; more rain and less sunshine.


1 comment:

  1. Monty Don氏の庭のボックスの病気についてはGardeners World誌で読みました。
    うちのボックスには先日から虫がついて、手でできるだけ取り除いて、殺虫剤を少し撒きました。庭木はやはりきちんと世話をしていないと大変なことになりますね。

    Gooff Hamiltonさんの本、早速アマゾンで探してみます。ありがとうございました。

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