Here we go again...
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Karin Black Cat
5 years ago
The plum tree and the yellow maple...
Whiskey Sour, divided to share with friends
Unmistakable...Wheee!
Rainbow's End, still mini...
The Valley's
Valley's Frozen Rum
Sempervivum
Lakeside Dragonfly
Cordyline
Empress Wu
Heuchera
Karin Black Cat
5 years ago
Seems like we have the same problems with uploading pictures as last year...I will check tomorrow if the pictures are all here, otherwise I will reload...
Have a nice week!Karin
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5 years agoAnn, do you also have those little flowers in your spring garden? Beginning of April the woods around here are full of them and I love the bright light and the new green.
We had rain yesterday and I'm sure the pots will look much greener when I come home from work today :-)
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
5 years agoKarin..the plants seem bigger everyday :-) ..a couple of pics from today..Dutchman's Breeches have some blooms..and I have small white flowers scattered all over..see one on the lower left?..has only 5 petals instead of 7 like the ones in your photo..
my Valentine bleeding heart is coming up..see another white flower on the left by the bricks..I have lots of brown fern fronds to clip..
the 2 pics below are from last year..there's lots of tiny blooms..they're so sweet..
6 petals on these..the foliage on the bloom by the bricks is different..I might have several white flowers..
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5 years agoKarin Black Cat
5 years agoWow, lucky you, I would love to have those pedestals too :-) And for free...somebody must have hated them. Are they some kind of resin? I would also try to give them an aged look, there are special wax paints for something like this.
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The hosta are growing now, it is always so much fun to see them again. Not too much losses this year, I will wait a little longer until I make my final count...
Max, the stray cat is looking much better, he has been adopted by the whole neighbourhood, gets food and love from a lot of people now...
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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoKarin Black Cat
5 years agoYippiiieee!!!! The first hosta parcels of the season arrived today! It's always so exciting to open them...
here are some new Frisian hosta, I will show single pictures when they have leaves :-) Just as a teaser in advance...
and a wonderful parcel from Dave (tiddisolo), we are sharing since last year and he sent beautiful plants :-)
like this BIG piece of Ivory Coast...
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I love to see new hosta leaves :-)
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Karin Black Cat
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Karin Black Cat
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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis