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OT: Garden Blooms, etc....

15 years ago

These were grown from seed.Love In A Mist

So pretty!

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Not grown from seed.

Orange Blossoms

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I went to visit my sister last week. She lives 10 minutes from Barnegat Lighthouse in New Jersey. We visited this garden her neighbor tends every morning! Beautiful!

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What's This? Not a very good pic I know! I accidentally deleted the good pic on my camera.It has variegated leaves & what reminds me of shrimp(color of shrimp cooked)

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Etc.... Thought Passie nuts would love these sheets from my sister's shop.

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Sunset from her deck on Barnegat Bay.

I haven't had alot of time to post on forum, but I pop in & out. Enjoy everyone's pictures. Thanks.

Theresa

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pagrdnr
15 years ago
Everything looks very nice!
Shawn
fool4flowers
15 years ago
Wow, looks like you had a great visit and you have some lovely flowers as well! Those are cool sheets. I think Karyn needs a set, lol. She is the passi queen. I keep killing them but am trying again, lol.
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Your flowers are beautiful. I can't grow delphinums here no matter what I do to my soil. They'll bloom but are always little wimpy things so I just don't bother anymore. That lighthouse garden is gorgeous. I wish I had the knowhow and patience to do something like that. Yes Kristy I do like those sheets! lol DH would have a cow if I bought more sheets. I just bought a couple sets and that is one thing that I do splurge on (for my bed, not the kids lol). I have to have at least an 800 thread count and we have a CA king size so sheets set me back quite a bit. Theresa what kind of shop does your sister have? BTW it's past the time for me to get rid of the baby chins. I am going to keep the one with the defective eye. I might see about having him/her spayed or neutered because I don't want to chance it's breeding but my vet said they don't handle anesthesia well, even with isofluorane (sp?) that she uses on rabbits. It's still beautiful with a vanilla colored coat and you don't really notice the defect but it's definitely not for breeding. I'm going to have a hard time giving the other one up but I don't need 4 of them.
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threas
Original Author
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Thanks for the nice comments! My sister owns a luxury bed & bath shop on Long Beach Island in Ship Bottom, N.J. She also does alot of custom interior design in clients shore homes. I got to tour some of the houses when I was there. Wow!!Big money & these houses are their second or third homes!
I also have 4 chins! No more for me either!LOL
Anybody have any luck with Iochroma cuttings yet? I love mine & would like others.
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Theresa, your plants are so beautiful. I especially like the Love in the Mist! Wow, what a wonderful garden your sister's neighbor works in!
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Thanks, El! My sister's neighbor volunteers there. I should have said it is a memorial garden at the museum.The garden is kept going by donors buying a brick with names they want on them and the bricks are put in the paths of the garden. It is so peaceful and serene. Kinda reminds me of my idea of heaven!

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vaskirt
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Theresa, What a beautiful garden. Wouldn't we all love one like that. You did well getting all those plants from seeds. The sheets are to die for !! Thanks for the pics.

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