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This appears to be the peak time for gardening friends up North with the most glorious blooms. Please come and join us and share our joys of gardening here. Here in the South, Clethra is making a show in the garden.
Hydrangeas!!!!!
More hydrangeas!!!!
Hostas
I have one Hosta in the shade and other in the sun. The one in shade is struggles while the one in sun, while getting crispy, is about to bloom. Go figure...
I cannot find the name of that red/yellow Coreopsis. I have looked at all my stuff and I don't see it anywhere. I'm thinking it came in a group of seeds for newbies for my DD. She gave me a few things she didn't want. The red one has 2 names on the package, Dwarf Red and Limerick Ruby. It could be either.
Daylily 'Kwanso.'
Nice lily
Shade might be slowing down the hosta.Many varieties are slow to develope.
I had to take a tree down. It was underplanted with a ring of Hosta June.
They have now lived in full sun for 3 years.
They are incredibly vigorous, though about this time of year, start to get burned.
I keep meaning to move them,
but there always seems to be some other more pressing crisis.
In the meantime, they seem to be thriving.
Hostas def. need shelter of shady trees here. Taking down trees? We've lost a beautiful Yoshino Cherry tree in the backyard. Yesterday DG took it down, but saved the stump, portion of the tree to make this pedestal for a flower container for me -- per request. Nice pics. everyone, thank you for sharing.
A different view, here is looking out to the same spot as above from inside the house. It was tough to part with a big beautiful tree, but it was time we let go.
How sad, Lily. I love my Yoshino.
Yes kwanjin, in early spring. It was gorgeous. But apparently a flood earlier in the season has suffocated the tree's areation. It soon gave out....took months to show its effect, but there was nothing we could have done to save it.
I hate losing favored plants. So sorry about yours.
Thanks kwanjin of your kind thought.
'Tangerine Beauty' crossvine scattered rebloomers to the front of the evergreen clematis arbor.
A fruit, Maypop (passion vine--native) over hang on Kwanzo cherry tree to the side of the garden.
Liliums blosoms, one of the late blooming variety.
I just wanted to add, I know lilies are at their peak performance up North. Down here, however, Casa Blanca and 'Black Beauty' (above) are the last to bloom in the garden for me.
You get to grow so many more things than I. I am envious!
For instance, mid. May was our peak bloom of hydrangeas.
Thank Meredith, we do have a longer growing season down here.
Another hydrangea back in May.
I'm waiting foe Black Beauties .Pretty soon.
Green Zinnia
Green Coneflower
White Cleome
White Cats Whiskers
NOID lavender
Veronica PO
Gazania
Nice catzgalore. Jo Ann, the 'Black Beauty' blooms lasts a long long time. I'm very pleased with its performance.
Thanks Lily :) I'm just grateful that I have any blooms at all with all this heat.
I know, I know. Mother nature racks hovoc this year. I hope and pray that it would let off and be kind the rest of the season.
Black Beauty
single up closer
J, beautiful! Is that Casa Blanca next to B.B.?
ES Hydrangea with....candy tuft? Certainly doesn't look like the zinnias or masters i planted. Maybe it wasn't masters in the package?
Lol *asters* not masters...lol i really need to double spell check before i post with this auto spell
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Beautiful Endless Summer hydrangeas, OLH. Makes a nice bouquet!
Next to BB is July Snow
Okay, I get it. J. That gorgeous pristine white lily isn't Casa Blanca, but 'July Snow'! Nice, beautiful companion planting!
Swamp hibiscus yellow daisy and Mexican hydrangea.
