OPEN GARDEN "THE SHAMBLES" 1ST 2ND OCTOBER, NEW PLANTINGS

Montvilles

Spring Gardens

2 established private Gardens

October 1 & 2, 2016

9.30am -4.00pm    $6.00 entry children free

THE  SHAMBLES                                                                                                                                85 Western Ave Montville 4560

Wongawilli                                                                                                                                             19 Manley DRIVE, MONTVILLE 4560

see   www.montvillegarden.com     http//:www.facebook.com/montvillegarden

http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

AND http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4248133.htm

NOW FOR OUR PLANTING ADDITIONS 

Abelia floribunda,     Semi-evergreen or evergreen medium shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5cm long.  Mexico         Central Shrub garden with the other collected Abelias

Weigela foliis purpueia         'Foliis Purpueis' is a small, spreading deciduous shrub with ovate, dull purplish-green leaves and clusters of funnel-shaped, rosy-pink flowers paler within      Stone Circle garden South East Corner with the other collected Weigelas

  

Forsythia viridissima, The flowers are produced in the early spring before the leaves, bright yellow with a deeply four-lobed flower, the petals joined only at the base. These become pendant in rainy weather thus shielding the reproductive parts.  The genus is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was royal head gardener and a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society     Embankment behind the Pool with newly collected Salvias   China

 

Fuchsia shrub “Shower of Stars”               East Border garden

Fuchsia shrub “Annabel”                            East Border garden

Fuchsia shrub “Carla Johnson”                    East Border garden

Fuchsia (white Shrub) from Rowenas garden         East Border garden

Fuchsia “Viona”                                        East Border garden

Fuchsia  “Marcia                                          East Border garden

Salvia “Blue Bird”     Blue                                    Poole Embankment

Salvia chamelaeagnea  (mauve and white) Afrikaanse salie. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope  Pool Embankment

Salvia cacaliifolia Blue Vine Sage Chiapas, Mexico, and in Guatemala and Honduras, at 1,500–2,500 m (4,921–8,202 ft) elevation. It has been available in the United Kingdom for many years, after being recognized by William Robinson in 1933 (Royal Blue)  Pool Embankment

Salvia “Cookie”  (Blue)               North West Corner garden

Salvia disermas  White, mauve and white  South Africa         North West Corner garden

Salvia flocculosa   Ecuadorian sage (Blue) The flowers, which seem to never stop blooming, are strongly marked with white bee lines. Ecuador  Pool Embankment

Salvia gesneriifolia  Red black bracts, It was named in honor of 15th century Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner Mexico  South East Corner Verandah gardren

Salvia microphylla  ‘Huntington Red’ is an evergreen plant, growing from 70cm to 1 meter and spreading from 60 to 75cm. It has a shrubby growth habit with many thin, but firm and upright stems. The striking dark coloured stems approach black in colour and show off the red flowers. The calyces are almost black          North West Corner garden

Salvia pratensis   ( Meadow sage Pink cultivar) perennial forming a basal clump 1 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges Europe West Asia  Pool Embankment garden

Salvia radula         white flowering Salvia radula is also called Scrappy African Sage and is native to the botanically rich mountain regions of South Africa and grows at elevations from 1300 to 1900 meters. South Africa  North west Corner Stone Circle

Salvia Buchananii “Wendys Wish”      Pool Embankment garden

Added  after 2^nd September

Tea Rose “The Shambles’ Rose  x 6   South Rose garden and Front path garden

Pyrostegia venusta syn. Pyrostegia ignea   Orange Trumpet vine. Flame vine is a rampant climber that carries cascades of bright orange tubular flowers. he plant from which the painting of P. venusta in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine was illustrated was collected in Brazil in 1815 by Admiral Sir John Beresford (Second Sea Lord and Conservative politician). The species was first described by John Miers in 1863 Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.  Northwest Cornet garden West Fence

Petrea volubis  Purple Wreath          Front Embankment/House sign

Rhododendron vireya “Dixie”  Yellow Tropical Rhododendron  Near Plough inn

Lobelia laxiflora Mexican lobelia, Narrow leaf shrub , orange and yellow flowers. It is also considered poisonous. The plant contains alkaloids and other toxic oils that can cause vomiting, diarrhea or other problems if consumed. Introduced to Britain in 1825.    Mexico, South, Central, and North America as far north as Arizona in the United States Central Lawn and border garden near pool fence

Euphorbia fulgens   Scarlet flowering, narrow leaves  In Mexico, they are often used as Christmas plants. They’re seen as more convenient than large conifers, and as they’re a local plant, they’re in plentiful supply. Mexico   North West Corner stone circle

Spiraea x bumada  Pink. Spiraea japonica is one of the parent plants of Spiraea x bumalda. Flowering semideciduous Spiraea China North west Corner garden

Westringea fruiticosa “ Wynyabbie Gem”         North west Corner garden

Anigozanthus hybrid “Bush Pearl”  red-pink flowering Kangaroo paw     North West Corner garden

Banksia Integrifolia Coastal Banksia               North West Rainforest garden

Grevillea glossadenia x venusta “Orange Marmalade”  North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea whiteana “Moonlight   North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea (G.Superb and G.Moonlight) “Flamingo”  Pink   North West Corner garden/border

Grevillea longistyla x venusta  “Firesprite” North West Corner garden/border

Hardenbergia violacea “Meema”  Purple flowering bushy groundcover  Western fence Fenced Rose garden

Hovea acutifolia ‘Ponted Leaved Hovea’  Purple flowering sub shrub. The genus name honours Anton Pantaleon Hove, a Polish plant collector. Eastern Australia North border near Plough inn

Metrosideros collina “Spingfire” native to French Polynesia and the Cook islands. The species was first formally described by botanist Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in 1775. It was given the name Leptospermum collinum. Front Embankment/ House sign

Hibiscus roas-sinensis  “Snowflake”  Variegated red flowering Hibiscus  Criss cross garden

Also from Punnet , throughout, oncluding these locations

Brassica oleracea   Ornamental Kale           front path garden

Gaura lindheimeri   Butterfly Bush            North west Corner Garden

Statice perezii “Blue Seas”

Coreopis grandiflora                                  North west Corner

Dianthus

Primula malacoides                                   Stone bed, Central shrub garden

Viola x wittrockiana Pansy “Giant Butterflys”  Near Back stairs

Viola cornuta                                         Stone bed. Near back stairs

From seed:

Tropeolum majus  Nasturtium “Black Velvet”

Tropeolum majus  Nasturtium  “Jewel Cherry Rose”

Flowering Whites

It is always good to have white flowering plants in shady corners and the great thing about Michelia and Pieris shrubs is that you can get up close to examine the showy  flower forms..
The Michelia shrubs are looking gorgeous . It seems like they have finally reached a size when they can not be ignored. Michelia doltsopa, Michelia x hybrid"Bubbles" , Michelia x hybrid "Mixed up miss", Michelia x hybrid "Coco" amongst others are well worth growing in domestic gardens.
Another favourite right now is Pieris ryukyuensis "Temple Bells' . I know this plant grows well down south and I have seen it as quite a big tree. For us it has been slow but it likes the south east corner where it is fair shady and protected.New foliage on the plant is burgandy /red but I just love the chains of small white bells.

Happy gardening, Kyleigh

The Shambles and plant collecting, acquisitions keeps on keeping on

Plants added   The Shambles,   July 2016   

Strobilanthes flaccidifolius "The Shambles"

These acquisitions listed below are in fact potted up and waiting for spring. It hasn't been a bad winter. There has been intermittent rain and it's only just now dipping down in temperature

The following Fuchsia and Salvias are waiting along with Abelia floribunda, Weigela purpurea and Forsythia , all in pots for a chance in spring. God know where they will fit

  

Fuchsia shrub “Shower of Stars”

Fuchsia shrub “Annabel”

Fuchsia shrub “Carla Johnson”

Fuchsia (white Shrub) from Rowenas garden

Salvia “Blue Bird”     Blue

Salvia chamelaeagnea  (mauve and white) Afrikaanse salie. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope

Salvia cacaliifolia Blue Vine Sage Chiapas, Mexico, and in Guatemala and Honduras, at 1,500–2,500 m (4,921–8,202 ft) elevation. It has been available in the United Kingdom for many years, after being recognized by William Robinson in 1933 (Royal Blue)

Salvia “Cookie”  (Blue)

Salvia disermas  White, mauve and white  South Africa

Salvia flocculosa   Ecuadorian sage (Blue) The flowers, which seem to never stop blooming, are strongly marked with white bee lines. Ecuador

Salvia gesneriifolia  Red black bracts, It was named in honor of 15th century Swiss botanist Conrad Gessner Mexico

Salvia greggii  “Pumpkin”

Salvia microphylla  ‘Huntington Red’ is an evergreen plant, growing from 70cm to 1 meter and spreading from 60 to 75cm. It has a shrubby growth habit with many thin, but firm and upright stems. The striking dark coloured stems approach black in colour and show off the red flowers. The calyces are almost black

Salvia pratensis   ( Meadow sage Pink cultivar) perennial forming a basal clump 1 to 1.5 m (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges Europe West Asia

Salvia radula         white flowering Salvia radula is also called Scrappy African Sage and is native to the botanically rich mountain regions of South Africa and grows at elevations from 1300 to 1900 meters. South Africa

OPEN GARDENS SPRINGTIME AT MONTVILLE 1st and 2 nd October 2016

OPEN GARDENS  ” SPRING TIME IN MONTVILLE”

WE ARE OPENING “THE SHAMBLES”   85 Western Avenue

            &     “WONGAWILLI”  19 Manley Drive (Off Western Avenue)

Sat and Sun   1st and 2nd  OCTOBER   2016

Hours   9 30am to 4 pm,    Admission $6  to each garden

Proceeds from  “The Shambles” to benefit the Cittamani Hospice  Sunshine Coast.  Proceeds from “Wongawilli to Fiji reconstruction post Cyclone Winstone.

http://www.queensland.com/en-AU/event/open-gardens-springtime-in-montville

http://www.montvillegarden.com

and                   http://www.facebook.com/montvillegarden

The List
Job this week -- Improve Coral fountain thingy
This actually looks a bit better in real life in my opinion . Anyway there is always something changing at the Shambles and unfinished things sometimes get finished. This isn't finished yet as I have run out of shells and coral . In fact I have broken up heaps of terracotta pots and picked up the odd stone or twenty on walks to cover the thing.
It is looking lumpen and for a while had the look of one of the Glasshouse Mountains but give it time...
Anyway as I was explaining to our son John the other day while we were attempting to build a shelf for Michael's piano-"never let the fact that you don't know how to do something stop you from giving it a go" wise words or misguided but any way we did muddle through and produce a piano stand but by Michael's face it wasn't what he had imagined. Things never are!
The fact is that John and I were mid way through the construction me with the electric drill and John with the jig saw when the power went out. Typical Montville! ( It only has to be windy or rainy and we are running for the candles and filling buckets- Michael and I now have head lights to wear in black outs.)  Anyway we stood around for a while holding the tools waiting for it to come back on but we eventually had to put them down. 9 Hours later!!!! it came back on and frankly I couldn't have cared less about the bloody piano stand. The moment had gone and has yet to return.Michael is muttering that it isn't finished and how he wants it decorated . I told him it's on the list.   Kyleigh

OPEN GARDENS  " SPRING TIME IN MONTVILLE"

WE ARE OPENING "THE SHAMBLES"   85 Western Avenue 

            &     "WONGAWILLI"  19 Manley Drive (Off Western Avenue)

Sat and Sun   1st and 2nd  OCTOBER   2016 

Hours   9 30am to 4 pm,    Admission $6  to each garden 

Proceeds from  "The Shambles" to benefit the Cittamani Hospice  Sunshine Coast.  Proceeds from "Wongawilli” to benefit charity

Refreshmens available

Open Garden "Wongawilli" Montville

Please come and see this wonderful garden at Montville as the owner Rowena is raising money for families in Fiji who were affected by Cyclone Winston. All money raised on the weekend is going directly to the purchase of building materials so people can rebuild their homes.
The thing about opening a garden now without the layers of costs that were associated with opening through the now defunct Open Garden Australis scheme is that there is no longer a middle man wanting 65% of the takings.
 People continue to ask us why the Open Gardens Scheme no long exists and as we were not part of the inner circle we were fed a lot of lines about the running of the organisation. I only observed hard working people at the State level and very generous garden owners who voluntarily opened their gardens and worked tirelessly to achieve successful weekends.
Unfortunately the organisation at the top level was not transparent and as stakeholders ,which includes all garden owners we were never given any financial reports to purse on an Annual basis as is required by all other organisations from the local soccer team , local garden clubs and bigger companies.
As garden selectors it became very hard to justify the high percentage of money going back into the coffers to garden owners especially the business savvy people . After all it didn't make sense to us.

'Wongawilli" is being opened for the first time and it has been a privilege to help Rowena to prepare for her weekend. The garden is set on a difficult slope which has well constructed terraces where an amazing selection of plants has matured . There is something to see at every direction and will be inspirational for gardeners who are just starting out as well as for the gardeners who just love seeing beautiful gardens.  Rowena has had a long connection with Fiji and has done a lot of things to help the settlement that she returns to several times a year including sending containers of books for the school and families as well as containers of tools and things that are not readily available.
Rowena has purchased her own insurance for the day and has been advertising the opening and arranging helpers and stall holders so it should be a great success.
The garden is at 19 Manley Drive Montville . If you are in the main street of Montville simply turn down Western Avenue and Manley Drive is the first street on the right just before the Baroon Pocket Dam turn off. There will be refreshments available at the garden. For people who have mobility issues there is some level access and a lovely terrace around the house .
Hope to see you there Kyleigh