Very nice Pixie and Katye. Yes, overcast is good for pics, some times just waiting for a cloud can help.
I find my camera lacking when I shoot in Auto. Now I shoot in S (speed) with better results. It takes frequent adjustments but worth it.
The Long View 2009 #3
Beautiful
nice shots Pixie and Katye!
there must be quite a slope in the yard too celeste?
This is the side of the house that faces the nieghbors....it does slope some, not to steep.
The campers, ect....are in the neightbors field, not mine.
Very nice, Celeste and Katye.
Luvly long shots all. Andy P. how do you make new clematis? Cuttings? Katye I'm drooling over that beautiful red and green grass. What is it? Pixie I want to add more dwarf iris too! I would like some with variegated foliage. Are there dwarf iris with variegated foliage?
Not to my knowledge. there is a pallida with it so some TB people are working on that, but I don't know of any dwarf variegated projects. It can be difficult to get variegation to stay without reverting to green.
So they eventually revert to green irisMA? I saw the beauty pallida at the Denver Botanical Garden this spring and I MUST HAVE.
DahliaNut, starting new Clematis vines is easy if you are patient.
Find a low growing young stem, run it along the ground, place a small stone on every other leaf node to maintain contact with the ground. It should send out roots under most stones, snip them next spring and pot them up.
Andy P
I. pallida known as zebra stays variegated--hardiness in question. My variegated sedum changed to green & died the next yr.
Dnut - grass is Imperata cylindrica: Japanese Blood Grass. When you are out this way, let me know & I will dig some up for you. I don't think it would be hardy there, but it does well in a container & could be overwintered. VERY easy to dig, by the way...
O wow that sounds easy. Thanks AndyP. I'm going to try that with Madame Julia Correvon as I want one in the back too. Katye I can't take plants back over the border without a psyco-certificate sigh. Iris was it that variegated Autumn Joy type? I've heard that one reverts for sure. I like the luvly little sedum spurrium tri-colour. Some years it will have some new growth that has reverted but it is mostly true.
It was sedum Frosty Morning (white flowers) variegated foliage 2 of the first set which I bought were albinos so those died. The other hung on for a couple of yrs.
Oh Andy love your pics... the clematis looks wonderful... I miss the dahlias you gave me... I lost all my tubers last year - I am devastated... this year I just got cheap ones at walmart... so sad... my grapes are still small but I have hope! another 2 years right? you said 4 years to produce?
I got a blueberry bush and it has about 10 blueberries! well it's a begining!!!!
I have been working a lot and no time to garden or to check DG - but this is my weekend to do some gardening ... the weeds had taken over... no anymore... far from finished but this is what it looks like today...
the more I move plants around the more I want to do it... does it ever stops???
so I planted the canna in a big pot... makes it easier to move it around!
... the only decent rose bush at the moment... Tuscan Sun - this is really one of my favorites!
need a makeover on that bed... the pink flowers are done... I have a spring garden, not much on summer... need to change this!
Your dahlias look great
This is the first year for Garden Treasure lily.
Hope there are more open today.
that Tuscan Sun is beautiful Kassia
a better view of Garden treasure with liatris and monarda Raspberry Wine
love that!
Thanks.
Its so majical to see the areas bloom with the plan I did last winter, some areas are not planned but just work out by dumb luck.
I had hoped for areas for paintings.There are a few .
I have high hopes for the new hydrangea walk.
There will be hostas,astilbe and daylilies here.
nice.... I am sure you will make it look wonderful
i was sound asleep at 4:24 AM!! Stay in bed Joann.
i can remember staying with my in-laws on vaca in FL when my mil decided to empty the dishwasher at 5AM - THAT incident had all the potential to be in the news - still remind her about it 5 years later.
I have changed my sleep patern starting at age 65.
Its a curse. I get into bed at 8 and am asleep by 9
SIL and DD have a coffee pot thats set on a timer and goes off at 5:15 that was a treat the first time.
Did you see the ner sidewalk Bill?
We have 9 slabs left and if I keep my mouth shut DD will find something to do with them.
they look like big slabs - expensive too if i remember correctly - you need to find something to do with those can let them go to waste!
The slabs were a gift from a neighbor who put in a patio and rebuilt their sidewalk with patio pavers.
There is a painting in their future.
nice neighbors!!
Bill, quit lusting after those rocks! She'll find a place for them.
Just posted this on the photo thread. The corner wall of my patio. I have to move those ferns!
did not know you could see the drool
Heehee
OMG Victor is there anyplace on your property that looks like a junkyard?
lol
Wherever my kids are! Thanks.
tee hee
Hello everyone. I have been away a while but lurking every now and again. Been spending a little time at the coneflower forum but not posting too much otherwise. All your pics are wonderful. Such pretty gardens everyone has. The last few weeks or so I have been trying to get the garden in some form of decent condition after the lousy weather in May and June. Pretty blooms and some very unattractive plants due to the wet, slimy slugs, fungus and holes from hail stones. Not the greatest year for a nice pretty garden but flowers seem to help the overall appearance a lot.
It is raining here today, so I thought I would post a couple of long views taken when we had a couple of perfect days, finally this week.
Drooling is an acceptable reaction to Victor's garden. I love that picture Andy P posted of the clematis. Mine are still puny!
Ge1836, great trade, you both got a great deal.
ngam, you have been very busy keeping your garden pristine. Lovely and not a slug to be seen! Patti
Welcome back, Pat - looks great to me!
Beautiful, Patti! This must be a great time at your botanical garden. The bogs seem to like.