Ongoing Random Photos From My Gardens
Fueling my own picture taking obsession...I'll be trying to name plants but some won't be identified, sorry. TIP: Click on photo for a possible larger view. Some get bigger, others don't.
My potted perennial experiment: Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem', Physostegia virginiana 'Pink Manners' (obedient plant), Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten', unseen Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'
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8 years agoTop: Nandina domestica, left Astilbe and Hellebore
No ID Maple with Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely)
No ID evergreen Azalea with Blechnum spicant (deer fern)
Deciduous Azalea, Deer Fern and Astilbe
Japanese Maple, Yew and Cornus shrub (no ID)
Lysimachia ciliata 'Purpurea' (?), Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost' and (upper right) Maianthemum dilatatum (false Lily of the Valley) which pops up everywhere!
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8 years agoPhysocarpus opulifolius 'Diabolo' with native Dicentra formosa/Pacific Bleeding Heart
Front Laurus nobilis (Bay tree), Stewartia pseudocamellia (back) Spirea japonica 'Limemound'
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Comments (8)As always, I've butchered the English language. This is not my yard, we were visitors on a small charity garden tour. Dear Lovetogarden, I'm from Massachusetts and it is a delight to learn about new plants, micro-climates, freezes, too much rain, not enough rain, and hot hot sun, oh my! Last winter was spent tearing things out, this winter I've truly had a lot of fun planting all kinds of things. I'm happy with my choice of Sarasota, however only Key West does not get an occasional frost. You can grow anything in Florida, as long as it is in a pot you lug in on cold nights. And the further away from the coast you go the larger your land, however, it's colder away from the water. Good luck, CB...See MoreRandom photos from this week
Comments (14)Oh how I wish that my garden looked like yours! Your garden is so amazing looking. I love it. You can tell you put a lot of hard work into it. Love the colour of No Count Blues. Your Maid Of Orange Iris looks to be a lot taller than mine is. The colour of the Sea Holly really stands out. Love that last shot. Looks like a nice place to sit and enjoy the surroundings. I could see myself sitting out there for hours. Beautiful!...See MoreGrowing my Market Garden and other random ideas/thoughts
Comments (17)I love growing different and unusual things. A lot of people know me for that. It seems that sometimes when you have different stuff it just takes a while for people to notice it sometimes. Like for example I had the most beautiful bunches of collards and Red Russian Kale all season long this year, but for the first half of the year no one seemed want to buy it. When I was looking back at my sales for the year I realized that for the first half of the year no one bought any and then all of a sudden it started selling for the second half. Once it started to sell they was not a week that I didn't sell any. It was kind of interesting, and should be even more interesting to see if people come back for it next year, and see how much I can sell then. You never know what will make people buy things. My peppers I can not sell by the quart for anything, but my eggplant sell best if I sell a few different kinds together in a quart. I don't understand it myself. I think samples can definitely help sometimes. We had a lot of people that were amazed by our mixed heirloom cherry tomatoes but just were not sure if they wanted to try them, and when we gave them a sample they bought right away, and usually ended up coming back for more. Maybe since it would be hard to sample zucchini you could give some of your good regular customers a free trial zucchini, if you think you will not be able to sell it anyhow it is better than having to throw it away. It is always nice to get something for free and if they like it chances are they would buy it again. Come to think of it, that would probably be a great thing to do for those customers that stick to the regular common things, and think that anything unusual is not worth trying. I could make up little sample bags of each kind of cherry tomato in my mix and give it to some of the people that just stick to the regular red ones. Maybe it would get them to branch out and try different things....See MoreRandom pics from the garden
Comments (8)Thanks Sherry! We have tons of lizards and are still trying to trap a spiny tailed iguana before he reaches his maximum 4-5 feet! When Tropical Storm Emily hit us Monday she brought in hundreds of frogs that croaked loudly all day and all night. But, by mid-morning Tuesday they had disappeared. Weird. Thanks Iris! Things are looking up now :) Let me guess, the butterflies we're enjoying some dung. LOL It is pretty gross but I guess they get nutrients from it....See MoreUser
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoStewartia, Daylily, Variegated Euonymus and Shasta Daisy
Fragaria x 'Lipstick' with no ID Euphorbia rubra
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8 years agoDaylily with Phlomis russeliana foliage
Self-seeded Aquilegia (Columbine) with Ilex crenata in background
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' with Golden Marjoram
Golden Marjoram with Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans Compacta' with Weigela 'Midnight Wine'
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8 years agoGH--here are some photos from this cloudy morning! We took 4-5 feet of sod off the long border last year so there is still lots of bare dirt but I'm giving it my best shot filling it in!
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The Pieris below is fading from it's bright coral red color this Spring
This bed below was emptied of overgrown trees, shrubs and Heathers last year and is starting to fill in--grow plants, grow!
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoNot tons blooming, but I like the foliage just as much! Click to enlarge.
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8 years agoKez (Z7 OK)
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI agree with everyone else - just beautiful! Such wonderful foliage contrast everywhere. Your photos reinforces for me the importance of trees and shrubs as a backbone to the perennials. I've mainly been concerned with perennial flowers since taking up my gardening hobby again 3 years ago. But I did buy a pieris early last summer. It put out a valiant effort for quite a while but sadly it died by the fall. It was pieris 'karenoma.' Is that a 'karenoma' in one of your pics? Here is the photo I had seen last year that made me go buy one.
Makes me sad all over again seeing the photo. I think I will give it another try.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoYou're all so kind! The hard working gardener's behind the camera! LOL!
It's been a labor of love, for sure.UPDATE: It's been raining here all day, so I went out for some photo opps (mostly close-ups). May have to click to enlarge.
Berberis 'Orange Rocket'
Campanula budding
Deutzia
Purple BerberisRosa 'Ballerina' coming to the party
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThank you all!
Mar, that's not Angelina, it's 'Blue Spruce'. I have Angelina and want her to cover ground! I've read that Berberis are questionable as to spreading. My very old ones have given me just a few babies. I would take them out if I needed to, though.
Here are some from around 8PM tonight.Click to enlarge.
Nepeta 'Walker's Low' with Hamamelis behind
Sisyrinchium
Primula
Rosa rugosa 'Hansa' she's got a spicy scent
No ID hardy Geranium
Aruncus dioicus
Kousa Dogwood w/new growth of Noble Fir
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Kousa Dogwood
Katsura tree foliage
Lysimachia punctata(?) at back, Salvia nemorosa and Heather
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Spirea 'Snowmound' ?
Larix and Phlox foliage
Bird's Nest Spruce, Blue Star Juniper and a NO ID Euphorbia (yellow bloom)
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