December 27, 2006

garden: year in review

1. Tomatoes - didn't grow too tall, fruited quite abundantly. Seemed to do better with the drought/heat than the ones last year.

2. Oregano - grew like a weed, presumably it will overwinter outside again.

3. Asters - oddly bloomed for a while in July, made a sad attempt to bloom again in October. One seems afflicted with something unpleasant.

4. Gaillardia - doing fine.

5. Bougainvilla - seemed very pleased to be repotted, grew a lot, didn't bloom much.

6. Miniature roses - did reasonably well, bloomed when fed.

7. Pink fragrant geranium - seemed quite happy, bloomed frequently.

8. Geranium 'sparkle' - unhapppy. Bloomed for a while, seems to be in soil that doesn't drain well enough.

9. Abutilon orange-red - doing well, bloomed multiple times.

10. Abutilon yellow - flowered, doing OK.

11. Abutilon variagated 1&2 - 1 seems vaguely unhealthy. 2 bloomed until I killed its leaves trying to get rid of whitefly. Note to self, do not make homemade whitefly repellent.

12. Abutilon mixed in pot - flowered well, had caterpillar problem. Think it is resolved.

13. Abutilon mixed red/white - flowered in the beginning, started to look unhealthy later on. I think it needs to be cut back after every flowering.

14. Shrimp plant variagated - didn't flower.

15. Shrimp plant regular - didn't flower.

16. Clematis - did much better with mulch and fertilizer. Bloomed a couple times.

17. Yellow rose - attacked by japanese beetles, did well regardless. Grows like a freaking weed. Lots of flowers.

18. Coreopsis in concrete planter - happy and more abundant every year.

19. Gerbera daisy - stopped flowering. Don't think it liked being in with zinnias and portulacas.

20. Zinnias - flowered admirably. Grew weedy at end of summer, but oh well.

21. Portulacas - very happy. Had to be removed in october due to black aphid type infestation.

22. Jasmine - grew like a weed, happily flowering now.

23. Brugmansia - produced 4 flowers. V. nice.

25. Jewel of Opar - flowered, v. pretty.

26. Ruellia - flowered several times, seems quite happy. Tends to grow overly tall.

27. Chives - had an affliction of black aphid. Killed them off through drowning, neglect. Seems to be doing OK/insect free now.