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Plants & Misc that start with 'A' 2008 Photos

15 years ago

It's that time again to start the alphabet albums again!

Post photos from 2008 of your garden/indoor plants or any gardening related miscellaneous that start with A, its your choice whether it be botanical (latin) or common name.

If someone would like to start posting, that would be great!

IÂll post some of my A photos tonight after work ;)

Stay tuned, every week or other week will continue on to the next letter(s) in the alphabet! Please join in, should be enjoyable and make time fly by for the winter months!

Sharon

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valleyrimgirl
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Glad you started the alphabet in the gallery, Sharon! I am just starting to work with all the thousands of pictures I took this summer.

Right now, I am planning on not posting any pictures of perennials that have bloomed before this summer, but will hope that people will still go back to last winter's alphabet to see the other perennials I have in my yard.

Brenda
marciaz3 Tropical 3 Northwestern Ontario
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Here are a couple. I never get tired of Aster 'Professor von Klippenberg':

Achillea 'Parker's Variety':

Dwarf Alberta Spruce:

And, some Apple Jelly:
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Sharon, great pictures! Here are a few of my Ms. I will post the misc pictures and then plants. M is for Mulching my flowerbeds. I like to use flax shives. They are easy to work with, lightweight, look good and are an excellent barrier to weed seeds. Here is one of the new hosta beds that I planted up last summer/fall, mulched. This Mirror is at my cousinÂs place. It is made of old barn boards. Here are the muffins I make for my sons. Each are the size of 4 regular muffins. Moly Allium I have had for years and years. Each year it blooms better than the year before. I wasnÂt sure where I should put these next two daylilies in our Far North alphabet. So, I decided that since they are Montfort daylilies without names from their own crosses at Montfort, I would put them into the MÂs. So, here is 02-39 Montfort daylily. I love the way the petals curl back on itself. Here is the second no name daylily that I bought from Montfort...99-C1. Mae Graham Daylily Malaysian Monarch Daylily Maria Tillsbury Daylily Maymont Double Daylily Milk Chocolate Daylily Mini Pearl Daylily Musical Interlude Daylily Michailovskyi Fritillaria has a much smaller flower than I expected. But, it is really different, the deer did not eat it and it bloomed for a long long time. Mayan Moon Hosta before the deer ate it. Maui Moonlight Iris, IB Maya Mint Iris, MDB Ming Iris, IB Madame Lily Mahogany Bells martagon Lily Mango Lily Merry Spring Lily Music Art Lily Margery Fish Lungwort Monkshood. This is one I got at a garage sale years and years ago. Mona Lavender Plectranthus I bring into the house and place into the sunroom each fall. It is just starting to put out new growth now. I will probably take a few cuttings off it in the next few weeks. Moss Rose Portulaca is another annual that I bring in the sunroom for the winter. Miss Willmott Potentilla Monarch's Velvet Potentilla was new in 2007 and somehow I missed taking a picture of its flowers. I have just over half a dozen kinds of the Morden series of roses. Here is a couple pictures I took last summer... I love the little rose buds on the Morden Blush Rose. Morden Ruby Rose is planted near the walkway between the house and greenhouse, where I walk all the time. I love it there. I have a Blue Boy clematis planted next to it and they look great together. Magnificum Sempervivum Magnificum sempervivumÂs flowers with dew on them. Merkur Sempervivum Monte Beau Tulip Now on to the NÂs.... Brenda
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Sharon, you have lots more O plants than I have! I just have misc Os this year to post...as the new perennial purchases I have, that start with O, didnÂt bloom in 2008. At the end of January 2009 my DH and I went on a road trip down to Arizona and swung up thru California and up the west coast of the US to British Columbia and then drove across the prairies to our home in Manitoba. We travelled almost 8800 km...and we are still talking to each other!! When we were in Mesa, Arizona we took a drive one day to visit the Desert Botanical Gardens. Here are a few cactus that start with O that we saw. They had all the cactus labelled, so I took a picture of the cactus and then a picture of the name of the cactus. I was just about tired of looking at cactus by the time we left there, 3 hours later. I know my DH was. The Octopus Cactus One of their Old Man of the Andes Cactus. The Organ Cactus My DH spent some time golfing at some beautiful golf courses. Here is a picture of the Orange trees along the drive at the Arizona Grand Golf Course in Phoenix, Arizona. And a close up of the Oranges. DonÂt these look good!!! As we drove up the California coast on highway 101 we came across a sign for the Gallup and Stribling Orchid Farm, just south of Santa Barbara. So, we stopped in. Their web site says that they have more than 1.5 million square feet of greenhouse space for their orchids. Wow!! http://www.americanorchids.com/farms.html They are apparently the USAÂs largest orchid growers. Here are just a few pictures I took in their visitorÂs showroom.... As we travelled north of California we drove thru Oregon. It was lightly raining that day. Here are two pictures of the Oregon coastline... The first is a typical view of the ocean and the second is a typical view of the highway, with the ocean on the left and a winding highway to drive on ahead of us, with lots of mountains, little towns and agricultural land to drive thru. When we got to BC, my husbandÂs brother and sister in law took us to the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver. http://www.granvilleisland.com/en/home Here are some orchid magnets that were made from clay that were for sale there. I really liked them so I brought a few back with me. ThatÂs it for the OÂs for this year... Brenda
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Crazy_Gardener
Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Well dang, I had all my HTML codes all ready to go and then I clicked on Preview and it stalled, grrrr, therefore I lost all my codes, I'll try tomorrow but next time I'll remember to copy and paste on WordPerfect first ;(

Marcia, I sure hope your cute lit' Alberta Spruce makes the winter, I have no luck with them here and here I live in Alberta! LOL

Brenda, thousands of photos uploaded, you'll be keeping us busy all winter long, start posting girl!

Sharon
valleyrimgirl
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Here are a few A's from my yard...

Apricot Whirl Daffodil has a nice double flower.

Ann and Russell Burgess Daylily is a beautiful creamy yellow daylily with a bit of a ruffle around the edge of each petal.

Articulate Daylily...love the color on this one.

Atlanta Royalty daylily is a nice red colored tetraploid daylily.

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Ankum's Pride geranium is a small perennial geranium with the most pretty pink flowers.

Albo Picta hosta...

American Halo hosta is a slow grower for me. I would like to see what a little fertilizer and lots of water in 2009 will do for it. I love the leaves on this hosta.

This is Alpine Lake iris, a MDB. It was taken just after a rain and thus the transparency in some parts of the leaves.

American Patriot is an IB iris I got from Snowpeak in 2007. Its first flower had 4 petals. So, first is a picture of the front, but then the second picture I will show has all four petals. Love the bright colors on this iris!!

Apache Warrior, an IB iris, bloomed shortly after I traded for it with a friend.

Arctic Fancy, IB iris is veined and edged with violet.

Ask Alma iris is an IB apricot colored iris.

Algrave lily is a pure pink asiatic lily that I got from Shelley in 2007. Thanks Shelley!

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There are two semps that I took a picture of this summer that start with A....

Adelmoed Sempervivum...

Akhenhaten Sempervivum...

Aymon Correvon sempervivum's flowers are so tiny and pretty.

Aztec Gold Veronica is a miniature, creeping veronica. I love the yellow coloring of the leaves. Lots of people who toured the yard this summer asked what kind of perennial it was because its leaves stood out in the landscaping.

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Crazy_Gardener
Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
After seeing all these photos, I can't wait till Spring now!
Wonderful A's Brenda!

Alyssum wulfenianum

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Anemone coronaria 'Lord Lieutenant' - I sure hope they make the winter.

Ajuga x tenorii Chocolate Chip (Valfredda)

Allium 'Purple Sensation'

AUBRIETA deltoidea Hendersonii False Rock Cress

Arabis caucasica Rosea

Alcea rosea Hollyhocks

Aconitum fischeri Monkshood

Angelica archangelica

Agastache 'Blue Fortune' - WS'd, not sure if they came out true.

ANDROPOGON gerardi Blue Stem Beard Grass

Achillea filipendulina 'Cloth of Gold'

Aster from Shelley

Amaranthus caudatus Velvet Curtains - these were self sown plants that I just left be.

APRICOT SERENADE Daylily

AUTUMN RED Daylily

ALL AMERICAN WINDMILL - first bloom, hoping it will put a good show on next year.

AGELESS SDB Iris

APACHE CARPET SDB Iris

AUTUMN JESTER SDB Iris - this lit' guy performed all season long!

ALENE'S OTHER LOVE SDB Iris - should be a real show girl when she clumps up.

AZURE SKIES TB Iris - thanks Laurie!

Affection Asiatic Lily

Alex 8 Asiatic Lily

Ariadne Asiatic Lily

Angels Touch Asiatic Lily - this is probably one of my favourite lilies.

AB Bi-color Asiatic Lily - reproduces real fast!

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Apricot Pixels Asiatic Lily

Arena Oriental Lily

Agnes Rose

PS> I really like how you can rearrange your photos in photobucket now.

Enjoy!
Sharon
sazzyrose
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
It is nice to see all the lovely flowers.

My Amaryllis are blooming nicely now.

And this is the reason I have been rather quite lately.
It's been "A" busy time redoing this "Area"....my living room.
We ripped out the rug and installed laminate. ("An" early Christmas present from my oldest son). Of course I had to repaint and buy new curtains and stuff. I need to paint the window ledges yet...but not until it warms up. Then I am going to get new blinds as well. I still have the old roller style that are a zillion years old. Roses, lilies and daylilies were always a priority over new blinds.

PS don't you just love my plant shelf too. LOL

Shelley
Crazy_Gardener
Original Author
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Oh wow your Amaryllis look so beautiful all blooming at the same time! Looks like you got lots of snow in the background?

Living room reno's looks great Shelley, you did a great job!

Sharon
i_heart_flowers
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I'm a little behind - here's a few A's:

Aster

Amur Maple October

Achillea

Astilbe

Oh yes, Happy New Year everyone!

Cheers!
savona
15 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I thought I had better pull myself out of hibernation and get my photobucket pictures cleaned out and up dated..lol. So many of my flowers are yearly dependables and I wont post pictures of them again, I did want to thank Sharon for the arctic campoin seeds (lychnis alpina) that bloomed this year

savona

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