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A struggle ....
White Oriental Roselily Corolla has been an amazing beauty this year .. I feel guilty for not keeping up with the neem oil spray to protect it even further. It has put on a beautiful show in the garden...
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September is a Shy Month
September seems to be a shy month to me .. slowly dialing the light back bit by bit.My vines are feeling confident that they can creep along anywhere . This is not a well used birdhouse sadly but the...
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Simple Signs
Summer is packing her bags up ... slowlyLittle signs here and there as Autumn advances or dances ? in .. I think I miss the traditional ORANGE pumpkin, even though the white one caught my eye. Korean...
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Incentive vs. Worst April Ever ?
This is the first year I have taken so long to post in the Spring. I could say the weather is totally to blame because it has been the worst April I can remember .. so cold, windy, rainy .. totally not...
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It's Just Not Right
It wasn't even 7 AM when the temperature outside reached 20 C ... we have swung from a cool wet sort of Spring to a HEAT wave ... the garden is drying up .. the sprinkler system has to be turned on by...
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Colour Explosion Then Quiet
Mandarin Lights azalea is not for the faint of heart when it comes to the colour orange . I am a Halloween nut so orange is not a scary notion to me ? plus how beautiful is that detail in each flower....
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The Obsession
This time of year brings out the plant crazy in me, or it seems to kick it off for the rest of the season. Green Lotus Peony drives me to take way too many photos of it, seeking the "perfect" one. I...
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Plants in Shadow and Light
My little gargoyle that keeps watch in the shadows and light.Some plants in the gardens I have had for years and they still surprise me.I had no idea .. or perhaps I kept missing it .. that the...
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Jewels in your garden
My gardens are, for the most part, more about foliage so flowers are almost like bonuses ? However there are lag times in between the fabulous Spring show and the beginning of the summer to Autumn...
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The Lush Time
The last of June and the beginning of July ... before the heat, humidity, and BUGS hit ? It is the time of lushness . The moments you think "yes ! this is what I was aiming for , a semi jungle maybe...
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Do you have "curves" ?
I read some where (in a garden book of course) that having curves, was a must in your gardens. That straight lines were too harsh ? I must admit I have a couple of long, some what straight lines by...
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Volunteers , Lilies , and Maintenance
I have to say 90% of the time I am happy with volunteers because they really do a great job of softening hard edges and directing your eyes right from the ground up if you are paying attention. I love...
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A Treat
It is funny as the years pass for a gardener , how your tastes change . I never was that thrilled with spider lilies . I thought why go through all that effort and have a "stringy" flower ? Well I was...
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The Scary Parts
I have been a bit obsessed with bees in the gardens, mainly because no matter how closely I work near them they have never tried to sting me and I appreciate that ! Also there is a bit of a sad fact...
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Mad about them or just mad ?
I don't usually take pictures from the front garden because I am too busy weeding the stones or doing general tidy up, so I was glad to get this as a record of how the plants are doing this time of...
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Autumn Flashes
Autumn is just about my favorite time of year .. I have to give leeway to Spring when the garden wakes up .. but the garden going to sleep is a beautiful event as well. You watch for specific plants .....
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Last colour parade .. I think ?
Upper photo "Waterfall"Bottom photo is "Fothergilla gardenii"Hydrangea "Berry White"This bottom photo is "Deft Lace" astilbe hybrid , I have never seen it transition to these colours before.Neighbor's...
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So what's the plan ?
I say to myself every winter not to go overboard on ordering a few plants ! why don't I listen to myself ? It has to be a mixture of things that drives me to distraction, and my mind's eye, my garden...
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Incredible Swinging Spring ?
I put this post together maybe a week ago ... it is the May 1st today and we are in full rain mode. I feel so sorry for the birds and pollinator insects in such cold miserable weather but we needed the...
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It has been a while .....
Fothergilla in later May with it's exceptionally sweet flower buds.Epimedium "Niveum" I am always drawn in by these dainty white flowers .The scent of my Dwarf Korean Lilac tree is beyond description...
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It has been so hot and humid these past days that to see a little sun shining on anything was so nice. The days are gray because of weather systems and wildfires. I think we are all hoping things will...
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I'm angry, sad, FRUSTRATED as hell ... but it looks like the end of the season for me till next year. Wednesday morning at 4 AM is when it started .. I woke up half asleep half awake in the middle of...
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To The New Year
I wanted to wish all the garden bloggers out there (if there are any left because of other platforms consuming them such as instagram etc ...) a Happy New Garden Year when it arrives in your part of...
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Moon Pie ?
Not quite the shape of a moon pie but close ? January1st, Monday night first one of the new year .
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