Some pics from today; oh how my garden has grown

Esther-B, Zone 7a

8 years ago

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Esther-B, Zone 7a
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8 years ago
Sorry, the Bleeding Heart, Garden Cat, Heuchie Sweet Tart-Marilyn Monroe-Heuchie Sugar Berry labels did not come through the edit process. In the picture below, the big heuchie is Ginger Snap, with Grand Prize behind it, then Ripple Effect keeping company with Heuchie Sweet Tart to its right. In the 18" ceramic pot are Appletini (11 o'clock), Cracker Crumbs (6 o'clock), and Pure Heart at 5 o'clock. Last picture is a box containing 2 colors of tuberous begonias, some wax begonias, some New Guinea impatiens and backed by some purple stock.
don_in_colorado
8 years ago
Awesome, Esther! Looks great, tons of colors.
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Thank you, everyone, for your nice comments. Jadie-Berry Smoothie is a more intense pink in spring and Georgia Plum is truly plum. GP is also pretty small in size. Both glow in the garden and are worth having, IMHO. GP packs quite a whollop of color into its little size. They both age differently (color wise) as well. Berry smoothie gets almost a grape color to it with very veiny leaves. DGregory-Ophir is quite a show stopper in the spring, but unfortunately it does go green in the summer. Still an attractive hosta, though and well worth growing. Mine is young yet. I've seen pics of mature ones and it's pretty amazing when it grows up. Dark Star is definitely worth growing. It's truly beautiful, which is why (I think) a lot of people have it. It gets darker in color later in the season, hence the name. Mocc-I think your boat with hostas idea sounds awesome! It could be such a focal point. Make sure to post pics if you actually decide to do it. I'd love to see how it turns out.
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Thanks, Jo. It seems a spring fever has come upon me, and I spent almost the entire weekend browsing hosta catalogs and reading posts and doing some research about hostahostahosta. So....what else is new with the rest of the forum? Don keeps his garden so perfect, my first impulse is to ask him, "How many gardeners do you employ full time to keep it that nice?" Mine will never be so lovely. Somewhere I seem to remember pictures of the massive construction of curbed bed borders and paved pathways of this garden. THAT is total dedication, and also self-knowledge....Don knows his interest in hosta is a life long affair. I have to admire the garden on all points.
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I am so happy to see your pictures again! I was here back then, but mostly lurking, which I still do a lot because I am not very good about id-ing my plants since the dogs destroyed my labels and I gave up There are a few I know the names of, but not too many. You were one of my secret mentors when I started my hosta planting! I am sorry your 'When I Dream' was a disappointment, but there is so much to love about your gardens! Thank you for that!!!
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Linda's Garden z6 Utah
8 years ago
Thanks for sharing pictures of your garden. I always try to imagine what it looks like when you describe it. It is nice to see the actual garden. I love the cat planter and all of your plants look very pretty!
sandyslopes z5 n. UT
8 years ago
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Your space looks bigger than I pictured it. You have a lot of variety of plants in there. Of course the hostas and kitty planters catch my eye.
hostas_for_barb
8 years ago
Beautiful Bleeding Heart? I just bought that one and there was some discussion as to whether it was really Bleeding Heart. Your Little Treasure is beautiful. Nice job with the garden too!
Esther-B, Zone 7a
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks, everyone. You know what I go through in order to HAVE a garden here. My garden is my solace when I come home, something to nurture and putter around with. Gives me an opportunity to speak to the neighbors, too. The gardens are about 17' long and 3' wide, ovals around the Obligatory Bushes.

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