2010 Garden Photos - Part 7

cross posted... sorry Weeze... thank you thank you.... I am so excited now!!!!... I guess Barb next door took some too.. she didn't mark hers either... LOL

The roses did look better after a soak. This is an azalea that we planted two years ago, gave us one bloom so far.

oohh an encore ... been looking at them for a while.. didn't think they were hardy for us

I have a couple azaleas that don't bloom well yet either... but seem to get better every year

This appears to be a double, again one bloom this year. I even gave it some shade, last year it was fried.

My peony seedling. I was convinced it was a maple seedling but the leaf shape is that of a peony, was next to my festiva maxima.

Great shots!!

love the double pic!!!

Nice azalias Allison
What a great day ahead.Temps in the 80's.I'll have to get my Clems in before it gets too hot.This is my order from Donahues

yeah I plan on getting out there early too... will be hiding later on

Thanks guys. And I thought I was the only one that couldn't sleep past 4.45 with the promise of a beautiful day and I see I have much company.
Rama

Its so great to hear the birds befor the sun is up. I am an early riser and love it when its light by 6:00. Winter is horrible no daylight until 8:00

I let the dogs out at 5 and could hear the peepers. They started a couple weeks ago but left when we were going down in the 30's. But their back :-)

Nice size clems Ge!
Rama I have no luck w/ Azeleas...none! I only grow Rhodys now , small leaf and big leaf, thats it! LOL Festiva Maxima is one peony I don't own but have recently fallen in love...it's on my list!
Allison you babies look wonderful!! Its so nice to see all your hard work pay off....when they come back like that, it's such a good feeling! You should see your poppy babies you sent to me, one has a really fat bud!!!

I've still got tulips blooming.

Peach daffs and never have they been as peach colored as they are this year!

This is a tree off my back deck, not sure what it is but it's is stunning this year. It has lovely white flowers, no fragrance that I can smell and bronze leaves.

Check out this trillium.....love how 3 are red and 3 yellow-green.

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Cistine plum of sorts Pixie on post#7753598 that you have. Lovely bloom. How big is the shrub or is it a tree?
I just got back from home depot and rescued a cherry parfait healthy looking rose for $10. Do you think the home depot guys laugh at us? So far whoever we rescued have behaved. I must say that these azaleas that I posted were a rescue from lowes end of season.
Rama

It's a tree Rama, about 15' tall.

I heard on the radio HD had smaller perennials on sale 5 for $10... think Randy and I will run over there later on.. see if they have anything worth while

yeah for the poppy bud Celeste!!!!... not sure if it was because of the heavy rain we had last week.. but mine look sorta floppy... hope they get better with age... LOL

Beautiful day in the shade garden :)

Love these Trillium

Love how my 'Waterfall' JM looks in the sun. Framed with (blurry) Jack Frost brunnera flowers

Does anyone know how to get both the flowers in the foreground and the tree in focus?

A blue jay taking a bath in my stream

Sure - if your camera has a Landscape setting, use that and focus on the flowers in the foreground. If not, set to aperture priority and pick the highest number you can go to - f 22 or something.

That is a great Waterfall shot. Can you take one of it by itself when it's backlit like that?

love the BJ

I've said that more than once. ^_^

Tried the aperature setting. Didn't work. I'm sure it's user error!

The lighting has changed but here's a shot of just the JM. I'll have to try it again tomorrow.

another one

With the flowers in focus - but now the tree is blurry

Great structure in that tree!

Geranium.

Physo Coppertina and dawn redwood.

Dying tulips.

It needs a haircut, but, yes, it's shaping up nicely. I've had it about four years and it was good size when I bought it.

Tinkerbelle.

I love the dying tulips. They almost look like lilies

Thanks.

Zenobia and Coppertina.

Koto no ito, with Mikawa yatsubusa in the foreground.

Tinkerbell is a cutie! Just my old fashioned lilac is blooming. Rama, my azaleas never have too many flowers either. Pixie, that tree looks like a cherry or plum.Here are azalea buds, but only on top of the shrub.

SongsofJoy, lovely photos, and your JM is stunning, especially backlit!

Victor, you already know that the beautiful dawn redwood gets extremely large, without trimming it will become a huge beastie!

how you get away with it i do not know victor - allison did you call him to response so fast?

yes i laughed:)