People online have said that the curry tree berry has an interesting/distinct taste so I wanted to try. Last/this year, animals have been stealing them before ripe. But I finally got to try one.
They don’t taste good, no. They have the curry leaf flavor but with Pine-sol and a bit of sweetness. Seeds are mildly poisonous but are large so easily discarded.
The soil where we live in Albury is heavy clay so I'm putting my vege garden in a raised bed. This also gives it a bit more winter sun. Be interesting to see how it turns out. #gardening
Seed packet had only around 10 seeds but the butterflies seemed to like the few plants that came up so will save seeds. The idea was to plant something smallish but tallish near tricky to pollinate plants so bugs can find tiny flowers. (Achocha, miracle berry, etc.)
I'm finally at the end of my photos from the Ball display garden. I didn't realize it would take 38 posts and 12 days! I hope you have enjoyed the pictures. The series was tagged with #GardensOfBall so if you missed anything, it is easy to find.
This final picture is an all white garden near where we exited from the garden. In front is Achillea ptarmice Marshmallow. The back is a white cosmos, but I didn't record the name. #garden#gardening#bloomscrolling#florespondence@gardening
We didn't see many dahlias at the Ball display garden. Probably because they are either expensive annuals in our climate or you have to dig them up and store them over the winter (zone 5). These are the only two I photographed. The larger one was unlabeled. The smaller, more open one, is Dahlia Dalina Grande Cancun.
These pots are also from the "Rays for Days" area (see last post). These are both plants I have never seen used in containers before. Ajuga is usually a ground cover in gardens and I usually see cleome in flower beds. Often mixed with other flowers. The plant behind the ajuga is a verbena.
This is another 'new to me ' (but clearly not new to many others once I searched for it!) plant. This was growing at the Ball display garden over a long retaining wall. It looks like it is often grown up trellis, but this was spreading along the ground and over the wall. It was unlabeled, but Google image search identifies it as Dolichos lablab, Purple Hyacinth Bean. #garden#gardening#GardensOfBall#bloomscrolling#florespondence@gardening
Easy to grow tree. Fruits within a few months with cloning. Lots of delicious fruit - the birds agree. Tastes like almond joy candy if it were jammy and didn’t contain HFCS, just cane sugar. Doesn’t tolerate sustained cold temperatures. Bring inside in winter. Water hog. Gets big. Pest resistant.
We have reached that time of year when there is more coming out of the #garden than 2 people can possibly eat! The tomatoes are just starting. In a couple weeks it will be completely insane. #gardening@gardening
It has been a full week since we visited the beautiful gardens at Ball Horticulture's headquarters. I have been posting pictures of the gardens every day and am only about 2/3 through!
I am using the hashtag #GardensOfBall on each post that can be used to see the whole series. You can also block that hashtag if you are tired of seeing these!
This picture is from the Circle Garden. I believe everything in these beds are annuals. #garden#gardening@gardening
These double coneflowers (Echinacea Double Scoop) are certainly eye catchers, but I wonder if they are good for #pollinators. There seemed to be far fewer bees on these than the standard coneflowers.
We have never had good luck with lavender in our yard. It usually doesn't make it through the winter or only holds on for a couple years. I'm hoping I'll have a chance to visit the Ball garden next year and see how this one holds up
We saw guara throughout the Ball display gardens in both annual and perennial plantings. It is an awesome plant to combine with others. (The "filler" in the classic filler/spiller/thriller combo)
I've never encountered this plant before, but that might be because we don't have a rock garden. The common name seems to be 'Ice Plant' and it is a succulent ground cover. The super shiny bright flowers really catch your eye!
Delosperma hybrida- Ocean Sunset Orange Glow - Hardiness Zone 5
Mine is a female tree but birds and squirrels eat most of the berries. The berries are awful, chemical tasting. 2 cycles of cold stratification needed to germinate seeds. Flowers smell faintly like honeysuckle with a little jasmine. Dried, they smell like floral fresh hay.
This huge pergola is showcasing hanging baskets. The front half are Hula spreading begonias and the back half are Easy Wave Petunias and Dichondra Silver Falls. I believe the pots on the ground are impatiens.
@jblue@loren@artcollisions@plants Beefsteak tomatoes, yellow cherry tomatoes, yellow chillis and polka raspberries. Part of today’s shopping spree at the plot.