tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post6264034288092654066..comments2023-10-09T19:22:45.696+02:00Comments on The Balcony Garden: Gardener's Bloom Day : SedumSue Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-42497287672957660512008-04-20T11:14:00.000+02:002008-04-20T11:14:00.000+02:00Billy -thanks that's a great idea. I have been usi...Billy -thanks that's a great idea. I have been using the colour wheel on the BBC gardening website, but it's very basic - it just has the main colours and not the intermediate shades. I'll be round at our art supplies shop tomorrow!Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-50218212645530583162008-04-20T01:22:00.000+02:002008-04-20T01:22:00.000+02:00Sue - thanks for leaving your comments at my Garde...Sue - thanks for leaving your comments at my Garden Wise Guy blog. That Sedum display on all the balconies is stunning. What fun to have so many balconies with the same color leaping around. As for your comment about not having a great color sense, my suggestion is to go to an art supply shop and buy a painter's color wheel. There's so much information about tones and tints, and analogous vs contrasting color schemes, you'll learn a lot. Then look at pictures of gardens and "reverse engineer" what's going on with the schemes you like. Use the terminology of the color wheel to understand what's going on. You'll learn heaps. <BR/><BR/>Later, skater.Garden Wise Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785776337799149082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-50666176739218023522008-04-16T19:58:00.000+02:002008-04-16T19:58:00.000+02:00Our youngest daughter and her boyfriend (who does ...Our youngest daughter and her boyfriend (who does green roof gardening and works with sedums) gave me a wonderful dish garden full of it last summer, and I was captivated by the plants....so easy to care for, and I love the tiny flowers. Mine are all in shades of pink - no yellow. It sure looks pretty decorating the balconies.<BR/>We have bright sunshine and 70º (21º) today. I'm off to the garden!Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-18147997850419520932008-04-16T14:23:00.000+02:002008-04-16T14:23:00.000+02:00Hi Sue. If you've time, have a look at my Wed. 2...Hi Sue. If you've time, have a look at my Wed. 22 November post, where there are two types of aeonium, plus a lovely echevaria - all succulents that would thrive well in a big pot together with the sedum.LadyLuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425624818859182752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-24302665157091069312008-04-16T13:29:00.000+02:002008-04-16T13:29:00.000+02:00Hi everyone - thanks for your comments. I've seen ...Hi everyone - thanks for your comments. I've seen signs of quite a lot of guerilla gardening in Milan, and it's not uncommon for wasteland to be taken over unofficially and used as allottments. What was fun about this example was that it was being done by a fairly doddery old lady ...<BR/>But yes, sedum is the perfect "grow anywhere and in any conditions" plant. It doesn't seem to care about temperature, soil conditions, shade or light, food or water - it just grows.<BR/><B>Ladyluz</B> - don't know aeoniums, but am off to Google them!Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-81688731202269365052008-04-16T08:22:00.000+02:002008-04-16T08:22:00.000+02:00Hi Sue. Don't they look lovely on the balconies....Hi Sue. Don't they look lovely on the balconies. <BR/><BR/>For all-year-round interest, they can be combined with the aeoniums, especially the schwarzkopf variety, that go blacker the more sun they get. <BR/><BR/>Guerilla gardening - what a great way to recycle plants that get out of hand in your own garden but can beautify a public space.LadyLuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425624818859182752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-37427827956360968102008-04-16T02:29:00.000+02:002008-04-16T02:29:00.000+02:00I like how you focus on one flower a month. In my ...I like how you focus on one flower a month. In my garden, I let different sedums grow wherever they want. They fill in spaces where other plants can't or won't grow.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for joining in for bloom day again!<BR/><BR/>Carol, May Dreams GardensCarol Michelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-52433242117724231412008-04-16T00:03:00.000+02:002008-04-16T00:03:00.000+02:00I have never seen so much sedum in one place - her...I have never seen so much sedum in one place - here we have pansies galore in flower pots and window boxes. It's funny what's popular where. And isn't sedum the perfect choice for guerrillas who might not be able to tend their plot every day?!...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-14566635718904735482008-04-15T16:58:00.000+02:002008-04-15T16:58:00.000+02:00Sedums are great here in pots that get too hot in ...Sedums are great here in pots that get too hot in the summer for much else...and I love the guerilla gardener story too!growingagardenindavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959600840504166899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-46601184602096540232008-04-15T15:46:00.000+02:002008-04-15T15:46:00.000+02:00I have yet to see sedum yet. Maybe I'm just not lo...I have yet to see sedum yet. Maybe I'm just not looking for it when it's out in the garden centers. I think it looks great. Maybe the ones that have fall color would be better interest since they bloom for a short time. The guerilla gardener story is kind of inspiring and I would love to do that with this city that could use more plants.Priscilla Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353263318112375137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-76555793202232431022008-04-15T14:45:00.000+02:002008-04-15T14:45:00.000+02:00European Guerilla Gardening? Brilliant!European Guerilla Gardening? Brilliant!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-20697829721808370332008-04-15T14:09:00.000+02:002008-04-15T14:09:00.000+02:00The show may not last for long, but what a sight i...The show may not last for long, but what a sight it is for now. Such a cheerful yellow, especially for this time of year. Thanks for sharing your photographs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31803386.post-24483267936113499052008-04-15T13:38:00.000+02:002008-04-15T13:38:00.000+02:00Love the guerilla gardener with the sedum. I agre...Love the guerilla gardener with the sedum. I agree that it takes up space that can be used for other things, but for that spot where nothing else will grow it is perfect.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.com