The Summer Solstice
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Summer Solstice--Take your shade pictures
Comments (3)I started to map my shady areas this morning but couldn't maintain focus. I know the shade pattern has changed over the years since my first shade study in 2006 but since everything is going gangbusters, I'm guessing the plants don't really care/have adapted themselves to their growing conditions. I did plant some winter sown Dianthus, dig out & pot up a handful of volunteer Virginia knotweed seedlings....See MoreHappy Summer Solstice - Got Pix?
Comments (28)My bottlebrush buckeye today, note the ones to the right haven't opened yet. On an average year the flowers are infested with Japanese Beetles but this year, nary a one. BTW yes hummingbirds will come to white flowers along with so many winged insects too numerous to mention. I can't name any other plant with such a contrasting appearance summer vs winter. It is thick and lush now but in winter just bare stems. I raised these plants from buckeyes that I collected....See MoreLogee's Summer Solstice Celebration Sat. June 16, 2018
Comments (0)Logee's Summer Solstice Celebration Saturday, June 16...See MoreSummer Solstice inventory
Comments (14)Yeah, 2.5"+ trunk diameter at the base :-) A bit too long to discuss the issues of my little Buddha tree as I call it, issues that I now believe were caused by cultivation sins/neglect of the grower. I correct them little by little from one year to the next, I am about half way there. So, what kind of checkpoints do cone heads have at summer solstice?...See Morevee_new
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