Jayne In Georgia

Will 2022, become 2020 too? Let’s hope that 2022 brings about all good changes from 2020. Better health and a better understanding of how to achieve that in the age of Covid 19! And more acceptance of other points of view. There is no way to achieve that if we do not listen to one another. Listen with compassion in hopes of understanding.

More time in the garden, because that is where you can find deep satisfaction, alone with your thoughts in the solace of the natural world. This is what is happening in our garden. This is where solace awaits.

The trough is quite lush right now. This will most likely need to be divided in Spring.

The parsley by the back door has revived with warm temperatures.

The original Mother plant was given to me by my son and daughter in law when they first visited us in Georgia. It is now divided and I have several. It is always exciting to see it bloom, and makes me think of them…miss them, so far away.

This camellia bud is beyond thrilling. Why? Because when Hurricane Matthew struck Savannah, we evacuated to Augusta GA, and spent a day visiting Aiken SC. While there, walking through a public garden, I picked up a camellia seed pod, and planted it when we got home. I now have three camellias growing from that attempt. This plant is still in its pot. The other two I planted in the ground have not set bud. So perhaps the lesson is to keep young plants in a pot longer. Anyway, I am so excited to see what the bloom will be! Since camellias do not always grow true to seed, it will be a surprise!

The camellias are out in full force in my neighborhood. The combination of camellias flowering among the Spanish Moss draped from towering live oaks is a sight that never fails to take my breath away.

I didn’t make the Saturday deadline for The Propagators blog this week, but I resolve in 2022, to live life at my own pace, so deadlines need not stress me. Let’s see how long that lasts! In the meantime, visit him, he is very good with deadlines! http://thepropagatorsblog.com

The weather continues to be divine, though rain would be useful. Here are my Six On Saturday. Hats off to The Propagator, https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com//, who provides this dizzy delight of garden photos from around the planet. I am happy to join in. Visit his site by clicking the link.

A visit to the Plant sale and a walk about on a perfect day in Georgia gave me plenty of opportunity to snap some photos.

I help at the Pollinator Garden here on Skidaway Island, and now that the heat has abated, it is pure delight…no, actually the fire ant hill I stepped in yesterday kept it from being PURE delight.

This is an educational walk and once had an adjacent field, called Sparrow Field, but the golf course and club own the land that we are allowed to garden, so when they took back the field for construction maintenance, we lost a LOT. But they still allow our work on this strip to go on.

I also spent some time working at the Farm. This is the second plot I work in where all the produce goes to feed the hungry through The Second Apostolate.

Crossing over the Bridge is always a wonderful way to end the day on Skidaway Island.

October on coastal Georgia brings bees, butterflies and blooms. While my gardens in New Canaan CT were prepping for a cold Autumn and Winter by October, this climate encourages the garden to continue delighting the gardener. I was fortunate to be able to go on a small private garden tour early in the week on Skidaway Island where the owners were developing a passion for gingers. I love the gingers, so this was a morning I couldn’t pass up.

Many of the gingers weren’t in bloom, but the owner had an I Pad to show us the many varieties he grows.

Today on a warm overcast morning, I drove to the Georgia Southern State campus in Savannah to walk along the many paths that encompass a 268 acre arboretum.

The garden areas are spread around the campus, so a long, reflective stroll was the order of the day. Stopping to examine new plants, I tried to photograph the ones unknown to me along with their tags.

The vine above was growing up and through a shrub in the Conifer Garden. Do you recognize it? It is similar to the Blue Moon vine I grow, but I’v

e never seen pink!

I am growing a stag horn fern on a board, at home, but I’ve never thought to grow one on a tree directly, un

til I saw this.

I spent an hour walking the campus, so there is much more to see. I may save the rest for another post. But I can’t leave this post without remarking on the glorious Overstory of magnificent trees.

So, check back next week, for a continuation of the walk on campus, once known as Armstrong State, but now part of the Georgia State University system.

I remind you to visit thePropagator http://thepropagator.wordpress.com for a look around a British garden and to connect with other gardeners around the world. His Six on Saturday is always a joy.

Savannah ….September week ends can be blissful.

Please visit https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/author/cavershamjj/ to see the author of six on Saturday, and see what is blooming all over the world today!

Six or maybe seven on Saturday in Savannah!

Thanks go to Jon the Propagator who hosts Six on Saturday. Pop over and see what’s blooming all over the world. Our poor world, needs more gardeners.