I visited a renound artist here and took these photos of her gardens
She is especially proud of the roses. I dont have id's but will send along as soon as she emails w/details.
This message was edited Jun 11, 2009 3:35 PM
Other peoples gardens
another collage
the last.
How pretty!!! Love the pinks.
Very nice. I would like to know the id of the lower left pink one in the first.
She said they were a French strain. I have an email to her with images for id. Probably by the weekend.
Merci.
here are the rose id's
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Thanks!
very nice!
i would say pick is a favorite of hers!
I wonder how much pampering she does with those? I just don't have any sun. Beautiful pics; thanks!
I dont think she pampers at all. She kept saying they cut the bushes back by half and in spring theyre back as big as before.
I dont know jack about roses.DD is in charge of thet shrub.
I wish she would plant more.
So maybe those are good suggestions for carefree NE roses? They still need sun, though.
Very pretty! It's fun taking tours of other people's gardens. I am painting some chairs for a client of mine who has an absolutely gorgeous one...I will try to take some pics to share when I deliver them this week.
Please do I always like to see other poples visions for their gardens.
I visited someone else's garden last night for a big dinner party - wish I could have taken pix except it wasn't that kind of party, but I would have!
Its alwas a good idea to have a camera handy.
Except I never think of it unless its a designated garden i'm visiting.
Oh wow. Those roses are gorgeous. Light pink roses will always remind me of my grandmother. I planted New Dawn in her memory.
Jo Ann, in the third pic, the bottom right shot, by the pond, what's that spidery looking white flower? It's definitely cool!
Its a "water iris" she called it.
She didnt know many of the plant names.
I'm sure she plans just like an artist"size shape,color, arrangement" and doesnt bother with names.
I bought 3 persicarias this year and had never seen a full size plant. She has one thet grows 4-5 feet up the side of her house,I think they said they tie it up.
I said"wow thats the way a Persicarie looks"? They had no idea that was the name of the plant.
She knows all her roses and where they came from.ie hybredizer etc,country of origin
LOL! Funny! I thought that knowing what plants you have, helps you understand them better, but I guess not!
Artists tend to be visual people and not great at cataloguing names and data.We are just not wired that way.
She buys for color I sure.
That's a generalization I can't agree to, considering I'm an artist too!
I agree as I have kept files and records and maps of my garden since putting it in last year.
Generalizations are just that, general and leave room for those of us who only fit in most but not all of the catagory.
Yeah, I think that keeping the files helps me remember what's what and what's where so that I can design and compose better.