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B eing influenced by the spring garden
m agazines to use this year's suggested color
co m binations w hen buying annuals to fill
the co n tain er plantings, and to reshape my
garden in a m ore defined style, I m ade long
lists for this sum m er's garden.
T hese plans w ere forgotten the m inute I
visited the garden store. M y cart w as soon
filled w ith a full pallet o f color. In the
garden last year's plants had already
sprouted. T hey could not be disturbed.
A las, an o th er year o f w ild-iike disorder.
I w as relieved w hen reading a garden
m agazine that m y garden did have a 'nam ed
style'. T he m agazine called it an "A m erican
C ottage G arden". The w riter described it as
an inform al style o f gardening w hich
produces a glorious potpourri that reflects
the ow ner's jo y in the variety o f flow ers and
colors o f plants.
T he term "C ottage G arden" originated in
E ngland. T he book titled "E nglish C ountry
G ardens", by E thone C larke and C lay Perry,
described this style as, Q uote; "These
g ardeners are 'm ad enthusiasts', and w e give
them that appellation w ith special affection;
they grow anything they can get their hands
on, 'just to see w hat sprouts', and they can
turn any space into a garden." U nquote.
Since I live in A m erica, and my garden
su rrounds a cottage-like house, and I
inherited the desire to enthusiastically 'see
w hat sprouts', from m y E nglish ancestors, I
decided to call m y garden an "A m erican
E nglish C ottage G arden". I'll also be content
and quit m aking planned lists, but, the other
m orning, as I w as looking at m y Pine tree,
w ith clippers in m y hand, contem plating
w hether to start trim m ing the fast grow ing
candles, m y neighbor stopped to talk. She
asked, "D id you take lessons on how to trim
your Pine tree from the gardeners that take
care o f Portland's Japanese G ardens? Y our
Pine tree resem bles som e trees I saw there."
I thanked her and confessed, "No, I ju st
planted the tree too close to the house, and I
have to prune it so I can see out the
w indow ," and thought, I have an idea, I'll
build a sm all pond, plant grasses and
w eeping C herry trees, add a few m oss
co v ered rocks and a pagoda a n d .. .
O u r w eath er here on the coast has usually
no prolo n g ed extrem es o f heat or cold.
M oist air and strong w inds, and poor
drainage are prim arily the problem s w e
have to solve.
W hen I first started m y garden I had all
the above problem s, and I lived 175 ft. from
the ocean front. I had drainage tile
installed. T o shelter the yard from
prevailing w inds I m ounded the soil around
the perim eter and planted trees and shrubs
and b u ilt a fence. T his helped to baffle the
w inds. In the rest o f the yard I built raised
beds.
U nless you live on a slope, the easiest
solution for poor drainage is to build raised
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Sage and o th er herbs.
I added L ad y 's M antle and the grey leaved
L ychnis that bloom s bright pink. Both these
plants have scattered their seed throughout
m y garden and paths, but they are easy to
control.
If all fails, there is alw ays M ontbretia.
Y ou w ould be surprised how m any visitors
ask about this plant and even stop on their
w ay hom e to buy them at R aintree N ursery.
I do like the m ore fragile bright red
flow ered C ro co sm ia curtonus 'Lucifer'
(M ontbretia). It grow s to about 2 1/2 ft. tall
and should be used as a background plant.
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T hen there are alw ays N asturtium s.
I w ould like to thank som e unknow n
adm irers o f m y garden w ho left a poem and
m essage in m y paperbox and share the card
310 Lake S t • POB 72. Ilwaco. WA 9Ô624 (2 0 6 ) 6 4 2 -4 2 5 6
(503) 436-2832
w ith you readers.
Ceuuwn Peach
People who love flowers
are a strange and crazy lot.
Instead of going shopping
they'd rather fill a pot.
They'd rather dig and plant
they'd rather pinch back buds,
instead of velveteen or lace,
they'd choose their garden gloves.
Pruf/un
Veronica Lake (CWH#742)
by Patra
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seances
with candles and
a cat
Water colors paint
the sky
So aloneness is
not so flat
239 N. HEMLOCK • P.O. BOX 905
CANNON BEACH. OR 97110
QUIET COTTAGES
CLOSE TO BEACH
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YOUR HOST
PATRICK KEALEY
T he m essage read;
H u r r y ,. .
I'm anticipating hanging over your
back y ard fence again soon.
(5 0 3 ) 4 3 6 -2 2 3 7
188 E. VAN BUREN
P.O. Box 426
CANNON BEACH. OR
Signed, An A dm irer
beds. T h e soil in them also heats up faster
for earlier planting.
It is w ise to have a plan, particularly if
you are planting trees or shrubs. R esearch
the h eig h t and w idth o f their full grow th,
and if they are suitable to w ithstand the salt
air and w inds. O ur local nurseries w ill help
you to select the best plants to use for your
location, w hether you live 25 ft. from the
Thank you admirers of my garden full of flowers,
come forth and show your faces
so together we can learn
about Foxgloves, Forget-Me-Nots,
Freesias, and Ferns.
ocean front o r blocks East.
T o give m y sum m er flow er garden the
u ntam ed appearance o f a cottage garden, I
I'm o ff to the garden store again. . . .
scatter seeds o f C alendula, G odetia, C osm os,
A lysum , varieties o f P oppies, Forget-M e-
N ots, and D ill, to nam e a few , am ong the
perennials. T o tone dow n the brilliance I
add w hite leaved plants o r A rtem isias,
Santalina, Stachy's lantana (L am b's T ongue),
T o the unknow n adm irers;
It's tim e to plan and plant. G ood luck, I
hope you have m ore discipline than I do.
JECOMMUNITrgiï°R£
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June's Garden
PO Box 74
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
est.1974
9 14th Street
600 Broadway
tona OR 97103 Seaside, OR 9 7 '3 6
256 E Mam
H.lisboro OR 97123
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