Vibrant Summer Memories.....from my gardens

17 years ago

A good day to you all!

Today it is supposed to be really nasty with windswept rain and sleet (snow in the mountains) and I'm keeping my heart warm looking back at my summer bounty.

I hope these pictures make your hearts warm, too!

Celeste

P.S...because I have so many pictures, I posted lots more in a similiar thread over on the Antique gallery if you're interested.

NICOLE

ALLIUMS

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DELPHINIUMS

TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

ORIENTAL LILY 'DIZZY'

BED OF IMPATIENS

SUMMER BOUQUET

DOUBLE CONEFLOWER

GARDEN PHLOX

GUY DE MAUPASSANT

FOXGLOVE

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tjsangel
17 years ago
WOW WOW WOW!! What beauties. I especially love the lilies and coneflowers, which I have trouble with (coneflowers). Really like the Tournament of Roses too. It's hard to see them go, but I just think of what it will be like next season.

Jen
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phylrae
17 years ago
Those photos are so beautiful!! Can you tell us about your coneflower (Razzmatazz)? I almost bought one once, but after being disappointed with Doppelganger, I decided not to. (Doppelganger's top tier of petals often doesn't appear until the bottom has gotten brownish!)
I just love Dizzy, don't you? All your flowers are gorgeous, Celeste! Thanks for showing us. :0) Phyl
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Wow, and Wow again. Marlorena, you had me at the first picture and my finger stayed stuck there even knowing there were more magnificent pictures to follow. That is the epitome of color explosions, and large yard or small that's what I aspire to some day. When you have both foxgloves and roses that are happy in the same yard, much less same spot in the garden, you know you are in the presence of a garden master. Just lovely, and I echo the encouragement to keep tempting us with shots of garden loveliness. Cynthia
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bethnorcal9
17 years ago
Gorgeous photos Celeste! Wish I could grow the delphiniums. They just don't do anything here. But I love that trachelium caeruleum. I have it all over the place. Makes a great filler.
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peachiekean
17 years ago
Thank you! These pictures made my day (and it just started).
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aprille
17 years ago
Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Love all of them - specially love the Oriental Lily. simply devine! thanks for the fix.

aprille
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zeffyrose
17 years ago
I always love all your pretty flowers.

The summer bouquet is just lovely ---I really like your vase with the rose.

Florence
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tweetypye
17 years ago
Just visiting around the different forums this afternoon and I'm so glad I stopped in here. Celeste, your garden photos are just beautiful. I'd give anything to be able to grow roses like that, but alas, there's not many that will tolerate our hot humid summers well. :(
Thanks for sharing yours.
Jan
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char_rose
17 years ago
You certainly have a green thumb! I enjoyed every picture--they are all so beautiful. Please continue to post pics all winter long since we need reminders of summer.
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carla17
17 years ago
Oh my. What beautiful pictures. Now you have something to look at during the bad weather! They are gorgeous Celeste.

Carla
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lesdvs9
17 years ago
Celeste, I hadn't looked and found these yesterday, I echo just gorgeous! I really love Nicole! uh oh.... How big does she get??? All your flowers are so beautiful. I'd love to have your gardens and I think you'd need to clone yourself 4 times over to be able to garden all of them, it must take weeks! But, just beautiful as usual roses and flowers you have! Leslie
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celeste/NH
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17 years ago
Good Sunday afternoon to you all!
THANK YOU for your enthusiastic comments! I do so enjoy growing so many different types of plants, and wanted to show off some of them. (However, ROSES are my FAVORITES by far!) I am glad that you all appreciated seeing some of them. I will be posting more soon, as my picture vault runneth over!

Phyl, this was my first year growing Razzmatazz...I have always grown the single coneflowers and they did so well I decided to try this one...so far, so good. That bloom pictured is representative of what they look like...I was pleased with mine. Its still young, though, so I hope it will be as nice next year.
Leslie, My Nicole stays around 3 1/2 feet, but remember I am in zone 4 and it does get some winterkill every year. In a warm climate I believe it grows much taller. I understand that there is some confusion in that this rose goes by several other names: Tabris, Hannah Gordon & Raspberry Ice...or that actually these are all seperate roses bred by Kordes but are nearly identical, so if you are looking for this rose you may find it under any of those names and they all resemble one another. I like how this rose blooms in sprays of 3 - 10, so the plant always seems covered in blooms. I will post another photo of her in a new post soon.
Regards to all,
Celeste
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