Oh them Bunny Tails

Gardening

Isn’t this gorgeous?

Bunny Tail Grass

I instantly fell in love with this plant when I saw its picture of a seed packet. Yes, I do fall in love easily, I admit, but this one is a bit different. And not so different at the same time. I love tall grasses and I have several clumps in the garden as well as outside the house, so I thought that this particular variety would add some good texture; the “tails”, as you can see, are particularly nice and they fill in the space they’re in very well.

To be honest, I didn’t think that they would survive, let alone thrive. Well, they’re doing very well so far and am looking forward to them surviving our punishing summer.

For now, I shall continue to enjoy them.

Garden Accessories

Garden Design

Relax! Garden accessories add value to any garden

I don’t think a garden is complete without some nice statues or other accessories.

In my garden, I placed quite a number of accessories in several places, but not enough to overwhelm it though, I think you have to have good balance in what you’re doing, otherwise it will rob the essence of a beautiful garden and you’ll end up with a backyard second hand store!

One of the best accessories that continues to give me a lot of pleasure is the bird bath. I’ve positioned this just outside my study and I have a full view of it through bay windows. It has become a mecca for all kind of birds who not only use it to Bathing Sparrowshave a drink, but also seem to really enjoy themselves bathing in it at all times of the day. Click the link above to see some of the pictures I’ve taken of some of the birds enjoying it.

One of the garden accessories that I would love to have but know that it will be useless here is a hummingbird feeder. I’ve seen them in action in Canada and I never tire of just sitting there watching hummingbirds feedings.

What’s your favorite accessory? What accessory would you really like to have in your garden? Please enter your comments below.

Variegated Hibiscus

Gallery, Gardening

I love hibiscus flowers. There are thousands of them I know, but they all obviously share some basics which distinguishes them from the others. I’ve had and still do have several bushes in my garden, unfortunately, they’re very susceptible to the dreaded mealy bug, especially in the summer, and as the summer is already here (and I’ve already had to uproot and young afflicted hollyhock) I do hope that they won’t suffer too much this season.

In any case, this is the first bloom in the two hibiscus bushes I planted in this location at the front garden. I’m very pleased with its dainty and organic appearance. Love the serration on its petals and that stile is quite magestic too, don’t you think?

Mulch, my solution to the cat problem

Gardening

The Desert Roses are thriving again once I've put the mulch down which kept the cats awayThese lovely clump of plants only started to thrive – after coming very close to death – when I put that mulch on all around them. The reason they were dying was the bloody cats were insisting on using that patch as their latrine!

I’m glad to say that I’m having good success with the mulch in that they’re not digging it up, except for Gimpy who’s immune to any sort of thought and he continues to go to his usual haunts and if the mulch is not deep enough, he would scrape that off and do his business. I’m seriously now considering mixing some black pepper or curry powder with the mulch in those areas.

Do you have any mehods of preventing cats to limit their latrine areas or keep them away from specifica patches? Would love to hear your thoughts.

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