Clematis seems to likeclimbing all over my fences, but the Delphiniums hate me. Gangly green & no flowers to speak of. Iris are finishing, peonies about done & daylilies are starting. I LOVE MY GARDEN!
Spring is in the air...Part 6
Lamb's Ears anybody? (LOL)
Red Mums, Statice, reblooming iris and punica.
Beautiful! When my neighbor girl was about 3 years old, she would come over to my house and ask if she could pet my "Sheep's Tongues". LOL. At least she had the right animal.
Susan
LOL Susan. Reminds me of when my niece told me about seeing the movie "Monkeys In The Nest". (gorillas in the mist)
Doss, you have interesting plant combos. Susan--enjoying your clean perenial photos. My beds look so empty now with the iris finsihing & the daylilies just starting. The Speedwell & daisys help fill in, but I miss my big clumps of iris blooms already.
I know what you mena about Lambs ears, but have you ever tried to control Soapwort? The darn stuff must be close to 30 inches this year & trying to spread in a 36 inch circle. Got to find a place where I can contain it better. I like the constant pink blooms and the butterflys it attracts.
Part of Shadegarden - southside..white Bleedingheart
Close-Up of that lovely Bleedingheart..one of my favorits
One more shot
My Gardenshed at dusk last night
Solomons Seal in front of shed
My mothers beloved Violets before she died.
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My mother taught me all about Nature while growing up and always took me on Naturewalks to teach me about flowers,trees,animals.
When I was about 6 or 7 years old I wanted to make little Tussiemussies and sell them.It was my own idea,I picked them,made Tussiemussies and dared to go into a Flowershop with them ..hahaha..well they bought my whole basket full and wanted me to make more....my FIRST Bussiness adventure.
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I have such fond memories of this that 2 weeks ago our youngest Granddaughter Julia ( 4 ) wanted to pick Violets.Ok..here it was raining buckets but we both bundled up,took an umbrella,giggled like 2 little girls,came into the house and I taught her how to make Tussiemussies.....her comment ...."Omi you are my BESTEST friend :-)
Larger view of the shadegarden,behind it is a japanese quince..behind that new rosebushes
Close-Up of Japanese Quince ? does anyone know the name of this ?
New Shadegarden - Northside..startet last Year
One more little sweetie...a Lady's slipper
That was the sweetest story about you and Julia ~ and what higher compliment could a person ever receive than the one you got from her?? :)
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Moby,Thank You :-)
Julia was so proud of her accomplishment that she held her Tussiemussie for 2 1/2 hours back to Boston while she was sleeping.Then immediately when they got home getting out of the car she wanted to put them in water.The next day she took the violets to school for show-and-tell.I think it really made an Impression and I created fond memories.
Great pictures!! What a nice story about your granddaughter, she'll be telling her own children about that day some day... you are making wonderful memories for her. :-)
What is a tussiemussie?
Japanese quince = Chaenomeles japonica????
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/49917/index.html
PlantFiles says hardy only to 5a so that might not be it.
GREAT story, Eglantyne....but I'm also dying to know what a tussimussie is.
A bouquet?
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=20&hl=en&c2coff=1&q=tussie+mussie&spell=1
edited to add.....
Ahhhhh, yes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=tussiemussie
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Whoops! I thought I was wandering thru the Daylily Forum, Silly me.... Don't have any good daylilies to show you yet.
Here is my first real daylily! I bought 15 unnamed from ebay last fall, 5 broke ground this spring and my very first bloom is one of them... This bloom is so very far from perfect, but will probably be my favorite all time pic!... This bloom just added fuel to the simmering fire that I had... I liked daylilies before ... they were so pretty in the pics... but this one is different... it is mine, the fire just got huge... I am completely captivated with this bloom... I sound nutso, right?
It's beautiful, Starr. And no, you don't sound nutso to me! That's exactly how I felt when I got my first bloom last year. ;-)
Congratulations on your first daylily bloom!! Now you know what all the excitment is about. Pictures just don't do them justice. I can't wait to get up every morning and make my daily rounds of all my flower beds to see what's open. Then I have to run and get my camera and take photos. Then I have to post them here, even if it's nothing special. Silly, but I can't help wanting to share them all!
Sometimes in the evening if I know I won't be outside anymore, I'll pick the blooms and take them inside and line them up on the coffee table or by the computer so I can admire them for just a few more hours. My only complaint about them is that I work the night shift and I can't take them to work to share them because they are finished by that time.
Susan
I thought for sure you were talking about me, Susan, until I got to the part about the night shift.
Congrats Starr! I too run outside with my camera every morning to see what has bloomed, guess it's just part of the addiction!
Here's a nondaylily bloom that I've been waiting on for 2 years. It took a year from me to decide to pay almost $4 for a pack of seeds + shipping. It a Lauren's Grape poppy, I will save the seeds like a miser, LOL, I only had 4 plants sprout and I'd like to get enough to share.
That's beautiful Vicki. I can hardly wait for mine to bloom, but they're just seedlings right now.
Part 7, anyone? http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/519102/#new
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Here's what bloomed in my like yesterday....first grandbaby..Caston Michael...Janetlee
Hey Janet - I'm so glad she finally had that baby....I know you all are thrilled and I bet she is relieved!!! Congratulations Grandma :-)
Congratulations ~ he's just cute as a button!
What a cute little profile! Congratulations grandma!
Susan
How precious!!!!
Beautiful baby. Congratulations. How about some Terracotta Million Bells for his birthday?
Thank you so much for all the kind thoughts. Doss I would love to have some Million Bells and would then be able to pass seeds along to mom and some day plant the seeds from this same plant with Caston...Thank you Janetlee
Here's the correct link to Part 7........
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/519102/
Oops. Thanks Brenda!
Ohhhh there is a new thread...Ok I 'll answer and post pictures on thread 7