In praise of lavender
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Best Performers -- Pinks and Lavenders
Comments (40)Oh, good - that's even better. It's kind of hard to tell with Chris; but I'm also a married "she", and I'd just as soon keep the dh that I've got already. Blue Pink Beauty has been on my provisional wishlist. There is a zone 4 garden within driving distance that is trying it out, but it was a brand new 2-fan plant last year. I was surprised when I got to see it bloom. I was expecting an obvious lavender cast to it, but I couldn't see any blue at all. It was very pink, and probably a true pink, as well. San Ignacio is also in a zone 6 garden farther away (but still in driving distance). I took it off my order lists, and plan to buy it from them - once I've had a chance to see it in bloom, count buds, and so on. I just missed seeing it last year. (Rats!) Thanks, Sharon...See MoreGermander praise and question
Comments (7)GardenGal, are you sure you aren't named Daryll? A year and a half ago I bought a bunch of Teucrium chamaedrys to use as a low growing hedge in place of boxwood. Sounded awfully familiar. I actually cleared out the stock at my local nursery. I planted about 14 or 15 plant along my front walk and steps and love it. Mine doesn't get any morning sun, but full, blazing afternoon and evening sun. It tends to be a little droopy, which I believe is because of the morning shade. I love the greenery on this plant, and in bloom it's really pretty. I want to expand my hedge to the long strip up the side of my driveway and I'm hoping to lift tiny starts in the spring for that purpose. Mine attracts bumblebees, which hasn't been a problem even though it's right along my main walkway. They're peaceful little bees who totally ignore us. Live and let live, I say. I can't seem to find a photo in bloom, but here's one from June of this year. It's the plant along the walkway in front of the steps....See MorePurple/lavender rose suggestions
Comments (14)I agree with Jackie's Veilchenblau suggestion. A wonderful rose! I am downsizing my (tiny) garden but adding a few favorites. Veilchenblau is one on the honored few. It's that purple and that good! I also grow Violette which would probably thrive for you, too. She's another multiflora hybrid and really deep, yummy red-purple. In your area, I would give these ramblers partial shade. They should bloom just fine. I'm big on purple gallicas here in Portland, OR, but except for CdR, which you mentioned, I think other classes perform better in OK. Baby Faurax is a nice little mauve polyantha and should do well in your climate. A personal favorite of mine is Basye's Purple, developed by Dr. Robert Basye and much loved by the Texas A&M crowd...and me! Carol...See MoreIn Praise of Yellow & other Wall Colors
Comments (25)Thank you justerrilynn..I loved it too but it seems now I see the shortcomings more:) (interestingly, opposite from my own photographs-the older I become the more I'm puzzled why I was displeased with them then lol) Anglophilia I had a yellow-gray plaid trenchcoat when very little!..it was probably too good, too dressy, since they rarely let me wear it..and then I grew up and it became too small)) Now though I have a very vivid yellow rain jacket, bought on sale in St Petersburg when August weather there suddenly turned into late October lol..strangely works well..but it was made in Germany blahblah..the quality is superb It was 2010 though..maybe they also went down in quality since then lol ah back to yellow. again when I was very little-somebody gave me three or four remnants of yellow velvet fabric..tiny but enough to imagine it being a blanket for a doll or something I think I never recovered from it. They were so rich and luxurious and pretty and, well, velvet-y... I think I still remember all my toys, dolls, and their clothes. Which takes precious space in my brain since I'm bad with numbers and historical dates.. Great thread..I love looking at all the rooms and colors and reading everybody's stories....See MoreEmbothrium
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