still breaking in the new camera- I think now I'm getting too close to the subject to get a good pic- but here's from a little while ago- we were having endless cold rainy weather, suddenly its been 80 degrees and sunny...Androsace sempervivoides..but a slightly darker selection, peeking over trough
pictures from new hampshire
hmm- tried 2 times to get that picture posted......
still trying-
now I thought this little mini was adorable..but I hear that Todd is "anti" standard type iris in the rock garden, too fluffy!...shucks
Oh, but your dwarf bearded is so cute. I'll allow it! LOL! I am anti the large bearded iris...Iris pumila and the dwarf bearded are not as garish.
That's a beautiful mini iris. Do you know its name? More pictures, please.
Hi, sjms, I like your little mini iris, too :-) .
And as for the tall bearded iris, I think everything has to be evaluated in context.... Some TBI can be 'over the top', but others can be quite elegant in proper scale...
I am just starting to receive the bulb catalogs, and there are so many iris for the rock gardens...ordering will be lots of fun...
Will post some of my little iris pics when Dave fixes the server problems...
I know what you mean, Tabasco. Brent and Becky's catalog arrived today and I couldn't believe how many tiny iris they have. I also couldn't believe they want $9 for one Rhodifialia bulb. I got beautiful ones this year from YuccaDo, and I'm sure I didn't pay even half that price.
Just call me a plant snob! LOL! (it wouldn't be the first time I was called that).
Hi Todd, LOL. One could just say you have your particular 'likes' given your needs, background and experiences...that's what makes the world go 'round!
We could probably have a whole forum devoted to why certain people like certain plants...it would keep a psychologist busy for years!
Happy gardening. t.
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HHHmmm.....maybe we should hit Dave up to add that new forum! LOL!
searched everywhere for the name of that iris.. but it is darned cute...i went on a buying spree last fall don't even know which nursery it came from, since i ordered from too many- i have to say I just go in every direction..like peonies.. form the fluffy bombs to the species..it's a very deep addiction i have to the plant kingdom- actually, all i have to say is i really don't like such and such, and in a month's time, i'll be thinking i should give it a try..can't seem to exclude any of them. the real problem is room. and time.
Maybe plants are like pets...people start to look like their plants, or is it people like the plants that look like them?...
According to your latest theory, Tabasco, I am a big colorful mess with nothing practical in my makeup. My garden is packed full of every type of flower, but I wouldn't grow vegetables even if I had another acre or two. I like to eat vegetables. I just don't want to waste my time or energy on something that doesn't bloom, and the more flamboyant the bloom, the better. My current passion is hibiscus, and not just any hibiscus, but the double, double, double types with more than one color.
LOL Well, I'll ask about you, Zuzu, in my next therapy session. There could be some 'work' to do for you!.... just kidding!
Mmmm....my garden is fairly restrained colorwise right now--mostly purples--mainly because I'm afraid of color and I'm afraid my neighborhood association will kick us out if I get too 'off' the norm on our suburban cul de sac!
As far as kinds of plants--I am trying a range, but I will have to edit out next year. My kids say my garden has a bad case of plant 'acne'...mmm
Happy gardening. t. :-)
I know all about those homeowners' associations and you have my sympathies. Luckily for me, I am living in unincorporated territory these days, one mile south of Sebastopol, where the usual 6-cats-per-household limit doesn't apply. The last I heard, we rural denizens cannot have more than 25 dogs unless we get our neighbors' consent. Sky's the limit on anything else--cats, horses, pigs, sheep, llamas, etc. There are usually five buffalos grazing on the front lawn of a house a couple of doors down from Vintage Gardens, where I buy most of my roses. A rather amazing thing to see on your morning walk. A couple of miles the other way, toward Russian River, there are zebras.
As for your fear of color, that might be something for you to focus on at your next therapy session instead of my aversion to vegetables and non-blooming foliage plants. Oh, and Kniphofia. I hate Kniphofia. Oh no, have I revealed too much?
You hate Kniphofia! I think we need to closely examine this aversion....must link back to some childhood trauma. (I'm rather fond of Kniphofia myself).
did anyone see that picture of an incredible sweep of giant kniphofia growing wild on some steep slope in southern africa somewhere- taken by dan hinkley on one of his journeys- i think it was in one of the heronswood newsletters- simply spectacular...even zuzu would think so!! in my garden it sort of sputters.....
I did see that picture, AMAZING!!! It was in the Heronswood newsletter, I think. They were so huge! I don't care for kniphofia that much, but those in that picture were something else....
Jamie
yeah- somethings are best appreciated in their natural habitat- hard for me to admit, as a gardener.......
I agree, and equally hard for me to admit, ecspecially since smany of my plants are so NOT native...;o)
Jamie