|
Post by jfowler on May 26, 2008 3:05:04 GMT
Thanks, RL7836, for your interest. The bog garden is about 4 and 1/2 years old. I dug it on a Thanksgiving Day weekend (November) - lots and lots of work. I hit some solid rock in places at about 12 inches deep. The bog is about 10 feet x 3 feet x 18 inches deep (~3 meters x ~1 meter x ~ .5 meter deep). I used a mixture of 50% washed river sand and 50% Canadian Sphagnum. It is lined by a thick, rubber, pool liner with a few holes punched at about two inches from the top to allow for some drainage. I let it "mature" several weeks before putting in the plants. In mid-summer, it gets about six or seven hours of direct sun. Here is a photo taken a couple of weeks ago when the Calopogon were prominent in the center of the garden:
|
|
|
Post by kchace1 on May 28, 2008 0:15:50 GMT
J. sorry to hear about the theft! Some people are unbelievable.
|
|
|
Post by jfowler on Jun 8, 2008 13:43:31 GMT
|
|
|
Post by jfowler on Jul 3, 2008 0:17:18 GMT
Here are a couple of shots of another wet-loving plant (quite suitable for bog gardens). It is a native of our area of the southeastern United States, but can be found at many garden shops. I "rescued" it last fall from the side of the road. It was about twelve inches tall and had two withered flowers on the top of the stem. Now, it's more than three feet tall and still growing. I wish it weren't so tall, but it is beautiful in the bog garden. It is one of the reddest wildflowers I've ever photographed. Note dead grass in the background of the first image. We are currently twenty inches deficit on rain. I've had to water the bog garden at least once a week for the past three weeks, and it needs it again. Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower)
|
|