Thought these might be of intrest.
I just returned from GF's OpenStudio and Garden.
What a charming place.Very personal and great time had by all who stopped in.
https://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/ArtistsOpenstudioAndGardens?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuS8KvlgrGhhgE
What's Blooming in Your Garden? Part lll
Nice ones everyone. Too many to comment on each. Ge thanks for sharing those photos. Robin those Telekia is very interesting looking.
I agree, Lily..that telekia is definitely a looker.
ge - you always have the coolest photos of places that you visit. I really like the twig arbor -along with everything else.
This is my GF's garden at the end of her driveway and back yard.
She and another friend made the srbour for GF's daughters wedding in the backyard 6 years ago.
GF also stenciled the driveway with traditional indian drawing so it looked like a carpet.Her daughter came down the driveway aisle to the "stick arch" to meet her husband. It was all quite grend.
Crinum
Peruvian Daffodil
more Rudbeckia
Poppies
JI Anytus
JI Confetti Dancer
Fasciated Landini
Ummm, that fasciated Landini. Is really fasciated right? How flattened is the stem Jo Ann? fascinating!
pretty flat.it's impossible to get a profile. i will try later when the plant is higher.
Thanks Jo Ann. Here is a last blooms on my Lotus for the season. :((
Dont start with the sad stuff yet!!!!
It's just the Lotus that's winding down. Other blooms will keep me going for a while though.
'Stargazer' Oriental lily.
I am in love with that 'Anytus' Japanese Iris!!! All the flowers are pretty but that one knocked my socks off! LOL
Clematis 'Henryi'
Yarrow 'Paprika'
Rose 'Westerland'
Coreopsis 'Strawberry Lemonade'
I do like that Strawberry Lemonade. Have you had it long?
Hoe does it do as far as comming back.
I lost my favorite Sienna Sunset.
My Coreopsis didn't return this year either, forgot the cultivar. But, kwanjin what's that yellow bloomimg ones? I've them too and they too are in full bloom and I forget what they're. Having one of those moments, CRH. (Can't remember hoots).
I had heard some dont winter over. The pale pink one with a dark eye was brief in my garden.
Here is the border with the neighbors
https://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/ShadeastWideViews?authkey=Gv1sRgCIyagpe_xYTHvAE
I've two varieties, one pink one yellow blooming Cories, neither came back. Grrrrr! Jo Ann, love, love that composition you've made of your flowers bed.
I was taking photos for a panorama. I see photos that didnt stitch right.The end of the house is repeated but the gardens are nearly right,This garden border is 100 feet long.
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Love that panorama pic idea, ge! I'll have to try that.
With a hundred foot border that's what you need to use for sure!
The software came with my camera.
I've only had the coreopsis for about a month. My Moonbeam comes back every year so we'll see how this one does. If it doesn't , no big deal, as it was free.
Nice panorama!
Perennial hibiscus first bloom. That's IT. 'Moonbeam' was what I had. For a time I had it for a good long while. Then last year, it goes fragile on me. lol.
Yo, kwanjin what are those yellow blooming flowers? I can't remember the name for nothing. lol
Oh! Sorry! LOL Those are Sedum kamtschaticum, Russian Stonecrop.
LOL, that was a case of misidentity -- on my part. Not the same plant I thought of. But thanks anyhoo. lol
Echinacea
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Ooooo! Pretty! My crocosmia isn't blooming yet.
No photos yet today,suns not up for an hour or more. There should be more lilies
I presume you were lying on the ground for the echinacea shot?
That's really going the extra mile!
I was doing the same thing one day last summer.
My wife saw me from the house lying on the ground
and sprinted up the hill thinking I had keeled over dead.
I was touched by her concern...
LOL Wee
J - beautiful shot of the echies, I love all the bright colors so perfect in each spot.
Wee, you and wife! Too funny. I agreed with Di, all so beautiful shown, J. Lovely.
Picasa is on the fritz.Here are a few images from today
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