garden pictures (too many pictures !)

olyagrove

16 years ago

Pictures from the garden:

Louisiana Iris - more colors and blooms to come!

The backyard

Neomarica caerulea 'Regina'

Begonia blooms

Don Juan covered with jasmine - great fragrance combination!

Highbush Blues

Orchids

And my silly foster kitties

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Thank you for visiting!

Olya

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Irma_StPete
16 years ago
Luscious, Olya! Where do you get your iris bulbs and how much sun do they require to bloom? Are these 1st year blooms?
olyagrove
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16 years ago
Thank you, Irma
I bought LA iris about a year ago from Iris City. Wonderful place to order from - I am trying to find another spot to put in a bog...They bloom for me with about 4 hours of sun.
I have them in a bog, with constantly moist rich soil

Olya
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cindeea
16 years ago
Love the iris! The pale pink orchid is to die for...do you know it's name? (4th from the last) Of course, who wouldn't love the kitty faces.
olyagrove
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you :)
4th from last orchid is Iwanagara Appleblossom - easy to grow, likes high light and is very fragrant. I bought it years ago as a seedling from SunBulb (bagged seedlings you find at Lowes or Home Depot)

Other orchids in the pictures:
1. Group shot: a hybrid phal - P. Rong Guan Amah - with Blptm. Midnight blue 'Cardinal's Roost' and a broken spike of Cymbidium Sunshine Falls 'Butterball'
2. Cattleya bowringiana var. coerulea , Brazilian species, from a nursery in Brazil (export)
3. Iwanagara Appleblossom - had two spikes, but I recently broke one while watering :(
4. Intermedia x walkeriana cross - also from Brazil

Thank you!
Olya
solstice98
16 years ago
Love the iris and love the foster babies too!
acoreana
16 years ago
LOL! That last kitty could be a pic of my newest rescue Nermal. He's always talking, too!

Beautiful pics, thank you for posting them.

I love the idea of the jasmine mixed with the rose, wish my screen was scratch & sniff.

I've got an Elle out back that is wonderfully fragrant but the NOID red out front has very little scent and is always a bit sparce. I'm worried that jasmine might be too prolific for out front due to HOA. I just have to find a spot for it somewhere though - the scent is heavenly.
goldenpond
16 years ago
OOOH such lovely flowers and the siamese, oh it is the cats MEOW!I once had a kittly like that ,named her the Spazzmanian Devil Spazz for short!Is she a Lilac?
olyagrove
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you!
Goldenpond, thanks a lot. Not knowing too much about Siamese cats, we listed him as Blue point, but might be Lilac point, actually. His name is Elijah Blue, and he is a shy by sweet boy :)
Olya
annafl
16 years ago
Beautiful irises, Olya. I didn't know so many colors existed for the LA irises. I was trying to select a favorite, but kept changing my mind! Cute kitties and beautiful orchids as always.

Anna
an_ill-mannered_ache
16 years ago
i covet your irises
FlowerLady6
16 years ago
I love your irises also. Drool, drool, heart palpitating faster while viewing.

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