Cry Baby Garden
The Cry Baby Garden was named after the prickly plants within it.
The beautiful rocks that are the back drop of this garden were given to us by Paul's brother Peter and we are forever thankful to you Pete. While our sons were younger I was unable to make any sort of a garden here because they claimed the area as the 'Push Bike Trials Park'. They'd be jumping on their bikes up and down the rocks squashing any plant I tried to sneak in.
While they enjoyed themselves I got busy propagating Erythrinas, Cocks Combs or Coral trees from seed in the hot house Paul made for me when we first shifted here. These were the first trees I planted in this garden once we redirected the boys to a different trials park area at the back of the house.
I was very worried about the Erythrinas due to the our severe frosts, so I stacked cardboard milk cartons up the length of the trees for the first couple of winters while I could. Most people laughed at the sight of the milk cartons but they did the job. Thankfully the rocks have helped keep the warmth of the winter sun close to the plants and they survived and are thriving.
Carpet roses and lambs ears were then planted. I thought I'd try plant woolly bushes, Adenanthos serieus, each side of a seat. I planted them on mounds to prevent water logging as our soil is clay. Thumbs up so far. The outer boarder of purple agapanthus in front and above on the rocks at the rear of the garden just made sense because of the extreme heat in summer.
The seat itself again is one of my Paul's projects. He's made quite a few of these from old beds we scrounged from the local tip. Thanks again Paul. Oh and the bird bath was a gift from our friends Phil and Glenda. Thanks guys. xxx
The beautiful rocks that are the back drop of this garden were given to us by Paul's brother Peter and we are forever thankful to you Pete. While our sons were younger I was unable to make any sort of a garden here because they claimed the area as the 'Push Bike Trials Park'. They'd be jumping on their bikes up and down the rocks squashing any plant I tried to sneak in.
While they enjoyed themselves I got busy propagating Erythrinas, Cocks Combs or Coral trees from seed in the hot house Paul made for me when we first shifted here. These were the first trees I planted in this garden once we redirected the boys to a different trials park area at the back of the house.
I was very worried about the Erythrinas due to the our severe frosts, so I stacked cardboard milk cartons up the length of the trees for the first couple of winters while I could. Most people laughed at the sight of the milk cartons but they did the job. Thankfully the rocks have helped keep the warmth of the winter sun close to the plants and they survived and are thriving.
Carpet roses and lambs ears were then planted. I thought I'd try plant woolly bushes, Adenanthos serieus, each side of a seat. I planted them on mounds to prevent water logging as our soil is clay. Thumbs up so far. The outer boarder of purple agapanthus in front and above on the rocks at the rear of the garden just made sense because of the extreme heat in summer.
The seat itself again is one of my Paul's projects. He's made quite a few of these from old beds we scrounged from the local tip. Thanks again Paul. Oh and the bird bath was a gift from our friends Phil and Glenda. Thanks guys. xxx