Share your may blooms here !
Maybe you have some random blooms you don't want to start a thread for but want to share with us. Well here's a good place ! And go crazy ! Share your favorite plants, vines , clematis., random garden art .. show us what you are enjoying now. I'd love to see what everyone has going on .
I'll start with some jasmina . She's not in full bloom to have her own thread yet but I love her ! I need to get some support for her canes though. I don't know what to do with some of the floppers.
It's so rainy they are all ducking :)
thanks for looking and please share!
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHey!! Great pics lilyfinch! What a sweet idea for a birthday gift. Love the rock. I like be the mailbox too. I've been so tempted to get one on Zulily or Joss and Main that looks alot like it. I've got to get my Jasmina weaved thru my arbor but she's slow at climbing. Sonia looks beautiful!!
Heres a few I've taken the last couple of days.
I have been smitten with Miss Dior. I love this rose.
Summer Romance.
Plum Perfect. This rose is so perfectly named.
Climber Seminole Wind
Distant Drums. Kind of a weak plant but hope to get a few more when Edmunds gets them back in stock.
Pink Martini resting on a fence!
You know I gotta add a couple bouquets!
Miss Dior
Mixed bouquet
Ok time to go see who else has added their pretties!!!
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I'll share my recipe, if you'll share yours, May 23, 2012
Comments (5)You can't go wrong with a 7-layer salad. I make mine a little different, but no matter what, it just gets better the longer it sits. It's great for picnics or cookouts because it doesn't last long enough for the mayo to go bad! Jasdip, that glaze sounds delicious! Have any of you ever made gazpacho? I've wanted to try it so this may be the summer to do so. I found this recipe, but if you have one you really like, I'd appreciate it if you could post it. GAZPACHO 1 red pepper, diced 1 green pepper, diced 3 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled and diced 1/2 red onion, diced 4 Tbsp olive oil 2 Tbsp apple vinegar 7 leaves fresh basil 1 cup minced cucumber 1 clove garlic 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1/4 tsp tabasco sauce 1/4 tsp cumin 1 pinch salt 1/2 cup cold water For garnish: diced avocado, fresh basil leaves, radishes, parmigiano reggiano. Put aside 2 Tbsp diced red pepper, 2 Tbsp diced green pepper, 2 Tbsp diced tomato and 1 Tbsp red onion. Put the rest of the ingredients in a blender and mix them for about 10 seconds. Transfer the mixed ingredients in a soup bowl and add the chopped pepper, tomato and onion that you set aside. Give it a stir and put the covered bowl in the fridge for a few hours. The longer the soup stays in the fridge, the more the aromas blend. Serve in glasses or bowls, garnished with the diced avocado, fresh basil, radishes and parmigiano. Serves 4-6...See MoreI'll share my recipe, if you'll share yours, May 28, 2012
Comments (3)I made this for dinner last night. I omitted the green pepper and cooked the potatoes separately and mashed them. Tangy Beef Pot Roast (Slow-Cooker) By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen There's a tang of vinegar and a touch of ginger in this streamlined version of sauerbraten. 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 boneless cross rib pot roast or blade pot roast, (3 lb/1.5 kg) 3 cups sliced onions 1-1/2 cups beef stock or water 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1-1/2 tsp ginger 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp ground cloves 1 bay leaf 8 potatoes, halved 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup light sour cream 1 sweet green pepper, sliced Put sliced onions and potatoes in the bottom of a 5-6 quart slow-cooker. In Dutch oven, heat oil over medium high heat; brown roast on all sides, about 10 minutes. Place meat on top of onions and potatoes. Drain off any fat and add 1/2 cup of the beef broth to deglaze the pot, pour over the meat in the slow cooker. Combine remaining beef stock, sugar, vinegar, ginger, salt, pepper, cloves and bay leaf; pour over roast. Cover and cook on Low 7-8 hours or until meat tender. Discard bay leaf. Transfer meat to cutting board and let rest 15 minutes. With slotted spoon, transfer onions and potatoes to platter. Cover and keep warm. Sauce: In small bowl, whisk flour into sour cream; whisk in 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the cooking juices. Whisk mixture back into pot. Add green pepper. Turn to High heat and cook 15 minutes until thickened. Slice beef; add to platter. Serve with sauce....See MoreI'll share my recipe, if you'll share yours, May 21, 2012
Comments (8)I've made rolls similar to these but never the same technique--and never with raisins, which I love! CINNAMON PECAN CARAMEL PULL APARTS (The Sam) 3-10 oz packages refrigerator biscuits, quartered 1 2/3 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 cup pecan pieces 1/4 cup raisins Preheat oven to 350 Combine cinnamon and 2/3 cup sugar in large bowl. Drop biscuit quarters in the bowl a few at a time and mix with your hands until evenly covered with cinnamon sugar. Meanwhile, combine remaining sugar and butter in a small pot over low heat until butter has melted � mix well. Scatter half the pecans and raisins in bottom of buttered bunt pan, and cover with half the coated biscuit quarters. Pour half the melted butter mixture over the biscuits, and repeat again with pecans, raisins, biscuits and finally the rest of the butter. Bake in heated oven for about 40 minutes. Carefully turn upside down on a platter big enough to handle some dripping of the gooey carmelly stuff running down the sides....See MoreI'll Share my Recipes if you Share Yours Tues May 18
Comments (8)This is in the oven right now for Kamren's 10th birthday. I'll take it by his 4th grade class this afternoon. I've made it a handful of times since AnnT posted it on her blog. My guys love it and it packs so nicely in their lunch boxes. Sometimes I use leftover coffee for the water. I also only use 1.5 cups sugar and 1/2 whole wheat pastry flour. Texas Sheet Cake (Buttermilk Brownies) ======================================= From the Food Librarian's Blog Source: Better Homes and Gardens Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup water 1 cup butter 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 eggs 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk 1-1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1 recipe Chocolate-Buttermilk Frosting Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 15x10x1-inch or a 13x9x2-inch, or a 14" X 11" baking pan; set aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a medium saucepan combine water, butter, and cocoa powder. Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add the cocoa mixture to the flour mixture. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake about 25 minutes for the 15x10x1-inch pan, about 35 minutes for the 13x9x2-inch pan, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Pour warm Chocolate-Buttermilk Frosting over the warm brownies, spreading evenly. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 24 brownies. Chocolate-Buttermilk Frosting: In a medium saucepan combine 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, and 3 tablespoons buttermilk or sour milk. Bring mixture to boiling. Remove from heat. Add 2-1/4 cups powdered sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until smooth. If desired, stir in 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans. Note: To make 1 cup sour milk, place 1 tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar in a glass measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1 cup total liquid; stir. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes before using. Use 1/2 cup sour milk in the brownies and 3 tablespoons sour milk in the frosting. Discard remaining sour milk. Or reconstitute dry buttermilk by following the directions on the powdered buttermilk container. Here is a link that might be useful: AnnT's Blog...See MoreIngrida
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoLots of great pictures here! Lilyfinch, I like Jasmina very much! Your post box, too. Maybe I need one of those. I could use a place to stash a few everyday tools. The clematis look great too. Roses are my first love, but clematis are in my top 5 favorites! Did you remember the name of the other one pictured? I forget so often it's ridiculous! The name is there one minute and then gone the next. It will drive me nuts until I figure it out. I need to go through and write everything down, before I really forget something forever.
Prettypettals, I am smitten with your Ms Dior as well. I've seen it for sale and considered it before. This just confirms it. What sort of habit does the plant have? Plum Perfect is one I have been meaning to get as well. I always notice that every single rose you grow is one I grow, or would like to grow. We definitely have the same taste in roses. ( I must say I have a few that I don't like and don't want, so those don't count.) All your roses are so lovely.
Cenk, nice passion vine. I keep changing my mind about growing one. Many grow so large. I'm keeping my eye out for one that stays 10-15 feet and has edible fruit. What is that first pink climbing rose? I love it. Your three new friends, of course, steal the show. Adorable!!
Some rainy day pictures
Darcy Bussell in need of rescuing from the sweet peas
Duchess de Brabant with Dianthus, poppies, salvia, evening primrose and more. This bed needs some tidying up! Funny how much more I notice that when I share pictures:)
Alnwick Castle with Prince Charles Clematis in the background
I love this container combo. Love Song with purple honeywort, and pale yellow salvia.
The Amaryllis are all in bloom here outside.
First ever bloom opened today on my new Princess Charlene de Monaco. Pretty, but a little misshapen. Already has a wonderful scent.
What a nice surprise on the slope this morning! My Evelyn rose, planted in December of '16 as a band size has produced her first two blooms. One is open and one a tight peach bud. They are surrounded by the poppies and sweet peas that self sow every year. Next month it will be too warm for them and they will quickly go to seed. I've had an abundance of self sown annuals come up this year with all the extra rain.
A pretty Clematis, " Samaritan Jo" climbing through a never yet blooming "Boule de Neige" rose with a pale pink Aquilegia in the foreground. Lisa
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7 years agoFirst bloom for my David Austin Alnwick rose planted a couple months ago here in Alabama.
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7 years agoHi lilyfinch, Samaritan Jo is kind of Violet pink, darker on the outline and paler in the center. I do like it, and it helps to add color to the rose that just has hasn't bloomed yet in two years. You lucky dog! $5 Crystal Fountain Clematis! I think CF is my very favorite one of all. I wish I could remember where I recently posted a picture of my 10 year old Crystal Fountain in full bloom with Mary Rose. Totally Gorgeous. Mine is in quite a bit of shade, so it often shows more greenish than lavender colors, but it's so much happier out of the hot sun. I was so mad at myself last week. I was pulling weeds around it just before dark, and accidentally broke a big stem a ground level. This shoot was loaded with blooms and entwined in a metal oblisk and into the rose bush. So mad at myself! I love clematis and I actually have quite a few new ones I need to get into the ground ASAP. I just have such a hard time deciding who goes with what rose. You will love Crystal Fountain. I'll see if I can find my picture of it with David Austin's Mary Rose. Lisa
Not the one I was thinking of, but you get the idea. It will show more purple with more sun. These blooms were near the very bottom of the plant, so they were in heavy shade. The blooms that climbed higher up the rose and into the sun were lavender. This is my favorite clematis. If this is your first Crystal Fountain, you're in for a real treat! Lisa
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7 years agoOh dear, stunning pictures and now I want Alnwick Castle and Crystal Fountain. And a few others.
Lisa, how does Mary Rose bloom in the shade?
Betty White has large blooms but after 40 inches of rain they are humongous.
Charles Darwin is still newish. If this bud has longevity he will be a fav.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoDear Lisa, I found the name of that pink rose. It is 'rosa damascane' and it is a hybrid of 'rosa gallica' and 'rosa moschata'. This rose is very common in Isparta, Turkey and Kizanlik, Bulgaria. Please check this link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_%C3%97_damascena
This is the bush type of it in my garden:
And this is the climbing type:
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7 years agoCharles Darwin opened today May 10th
If you have Love Song and Ebb Tide plant them together. Love Song looked more smokey lavender today and the combination was made for each other. Picture doesn't do it justice.
Thank you Lisa for the shade answer. Your combination is a winner!
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7 years agoThese survived that late snow.
Evelyn
Munstead Wood
Winchester Cathedral
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7 years agoI clearly did not pick the right spot for this Sandra Bernhadt peony as a Japanese maple is growing over it. But the color of the buds matches the maples foliage.
I will move it after it blooms. This peony is tough. I dug it up moved it 3 times since it was a baby in a pot and it still has 2 big buds on it in its 3rd season.
My rose companion plantings are really taking off this year. Walkers low nepeta and Salvia caradonna with Cream Abundance. I think caradonna is my favorite Salvia. It is the first to bloom even before Blue Hill which is runner up.
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7 years agoStore bought Columbine with Boscobel which is much paler in cool rainy weather. I had no luck direct sowing Columbine from seed.
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6 years agoLady of Shalott blooming from the ground to above the fence with wisteria
cream veranda bud looking the same shade as Wollerton Old Hall
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Tiny first bloom on baby Plum Perfect but 2 more on the way. Love the color. It is my first purple rose
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6 years agoMy first roses of the season, both from cuttings in pots:
Diablesse de Mers
Belle de Segosa
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