Still winter here.....a few pictures

17 years ago

Yup, still winter here. No flowers blooming, but a few from last year are still "hanging" around.

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It was snowing this weekend and thought I could get some nice pictures, but didn't want to go outside. So took the pictures above and also the ones below through the windows. They turned out better than I thought they might.

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No school today....can hardly see the school desk for all the snow!

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Hope you enjoyed.

Marylu

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armyyife
17 years ago
Oh how pretty I love them! I do love some snow. Spring hasn't decided if it wants to stay or not. My tomato plants died because of the freezing temps we had the last two nights. So I'm just waiting till the end of March when I figure it's safe.
natvtxn
17 years ago
Brrrrrr!
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Oh jeez, if there is a non desiccating version of ERC, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS!!!! Seriously, is it sooooo ugly in the late spring....and I never would have bought it had I known that. My garden is just too small to put up with that. But maybe it is my zone, jadie....I also have zero tolerance for the hostas that drawstring, but I've read somewhere that southern gardens don't have a problem with that. So if I send you ERC, you'll be getting Barbara Ann too, lol! Flower-frenzy: as much as I love your part of the country, I have heard about those gigantic slugs of yours and i think I would freak out if I lived there. Although right now my slugs are pretty beefy themselves. I am really trying to keep fighting the good fight, in the hopes that I can make a dent in next year's population, but it's tough. I buy copper foil and make rings myself. It has to be at least 3" high. The problem is that as my hostas mature, many are now overlapping neighboring plants, and slugs can access the "protected" ones that way. But if you notice, Loyalist has nothing overlapping it, and doesn't have a single slug bite that I can see. The copper works very well.
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Hi, yes also with the japanese names it is quite confusing and besides the fact that we don't perfectly understand their names, even in Japan they are often used synonymious for different cultivars. As Oksana correctly have noted Kagetsu means Moon Flower. However, this is also the general word for a jade tree in Japanese ... so, jade tree = Kagetsu To specify the particular cultivar there is always a second or third word added ... Kagetsu Nishiki = Moon Flower Variegated (normaly this is Tricolor) Ougon Kagetsu = Golden Moon Flower (Hummels Sunset) Hime Ougon Kagetsu = Princess Golden Moon Flower (Small Leaf Hummels Sunset) Hime Kagetsu = Princess Moon Flower (Small leaf Jade = Crosbys Compact) Shin Kagetsu Nishiki = New Moon Flower Variegated (this is actually a synomym for Maruba and some others) Maruba Kagetsu = Round Leaf Moon Flower Maruba Nishiki = Round Leaf Variegated (actually the same as above) As Maruba is already established here and elsewere, I would argue to keep this name for the cultivar. Alternatively one could use ShinKagetsu as I did in the beginning or choose a completely new name. As far as I understood the japanese do not distinguish the simple Maruba (only light sensitive variegation) and the variegated Maruba (light sensitive variegation + green variegation that does not bleach) and use the same name for both. here some older pics of my plants ... common Maruba ... you can see that the whole leaf bleaches out and gets yellow (the middle alway bleaches last) variegated Maruba ... you can see that some parts of the leaf stay green and don't bleach out even though one cannot see a difference when the leaves are not bleached (the green state) in my opinion the difference in the bleached state is big enough to consider both as distinct cultivars. This is also corroborated by Mikes pictures ... maybe he could make another side-by-side view of his two plants for better comparison. Ben
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thinman
17 years ago
MaryLu - Nice pictures. I hear you about the winter. It's -16 F this morning here in northern Michigan at a nearby airport, but the weather guys say maybe 40 by the weekend. Hang in there; we will get to garden eventually.

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mrmorton
17 years ago
I like the third pic the best. Something so wintery and "sad" about it. Those first two pics reminded me of a similar pic I took a few weeks ago:
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Honestly, though, I am SO done with Winter. Warm temps and growing plants can't get here soon enough.
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17 years ago
Mary lu those are wondeful pictures. I will look forward to seeing your garden in spring.

We will have 70 ! here today....wish I wasn't sick and could get out and enjoy. Back to bed now and will think on the suggestions for my plants that I have gotten.
Eduarda
17 years ago
Mary Lu, that number 3 picture should make it into your Christmas card stash as well. What a thing of beauty! I like all of them, but that one is special.

Sorry you're still so cold. But remember that come Summer all of your beautiful garden will be lush and green, while mine will languish and fade under the scorching sun.

Eduarda
jennbenn
17 years ago
So pretty, but I chilled to the bone looking at it. It is gorgeous though. I agree #3 could be a card!
Hope you warm up soon!
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fammsimm
17 years ago
I love picture #3, and agree that it would make a lovely Christmas card. Hmmmm...if your Christmas decorations are handy, and you have a Christmas wreath stashed there, I'd hang the wreath on the door and snap the picture again, from the same angle. Maybe lean an old Flexible Flyer against the side wall, if you have one.

As you can see, I am partial to the Country Christmas look. :-)

Your pictures turned out very nice, Mary Lu.

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Eduarda
17 years ago
Marilyn, that's a fantastic idea, Martha would be proud of you! I'm assuming the Flexible Flyer is some sort of sled? I seem to recall Mary Lu has a very pretty antique wooden one hanging on a wall inside... Wreath on the door, sled on the side, a candle in the window, maybe a cardinal somewhere for an additional touch of red... We want to see how your Christmas card turns out, Mary Lu :-)

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georich5
17 years ago
Mary Lu,

I hear ya!!! Beautiful pics.
Put me down for Christmas card #3 also.
We're getting a blizzard tomorrow for about 5-7 more inches. We got snowed out of Michigan on Sat. as we tried to get up there to visit DS and DDIL. Trying again this Sat.

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mary_lu_gw
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17 years ago
Thanks everyone....I never even thought of the Christmas card idea!

mrmorton... I hadn't considered the shed picture that way, only whether it was a "good enough" picture. But now that you mention it, yes I get the same feel from it.

Marilyn, the sled and wreath sound great...but...we had sun and now the icicles and snow on the roof of the shed are gone and so is the snow on the patio. Also bunnies have added their tracks to the snow in the garden room. :-( But I will keep it in mind for NEXT year when we get snow....no more snow this year says me! (fingers crossed)

And yes, Eduarda,it is a sled and I do have a Flexible Flyer hanging on my laundry room wall. What a great memory you have!
Marylu
FlowerLady6
17 years ago
Oh my gosh Mary Lu ~ How bitterly cold it must be for you and winter must seem so long. You got some wonderful shots of winter's beauty though. Your shed is wonderful looking with the colors and the icicles. Hope winter comes pretty soon for you.

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