Another "odd" Arisaema (heterophyllum). Its height is normal (3') but usually it flowers "above" the foliage?
Garden Photos - Part 16
Cheating here, this is not in my garden but it IS my plant! My best friend is a newbie gardener and I am so proud of her :) We have this planted in our gardens but ours doesn't even compare to the one I gave her - Scutellaria ovata. She has it planted in a little more sun than ours and it's right off her deck where it gets a daily watering. Hard to see in the picture, but the foliage is so pretty - silver with green, smaller leaves but similar to the foliage of Brunnera 'Jack Frost'.
Hypericum 'Blue Velvet' is finally putting on a good show this year - lots of flowers!
Close up of the flowers
Hosta 'Paradigm' blooming - from a distance the flowers really shine in this shady spot and look almost double!
Always liked this combination - Hypericum 'Brigadoon' and Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy'. When we planted our first Sparkling Burgundy, followed the tag information and planted in partial shade - NOT! Even though that plant was huge, it flopped over and never kept the rich burgundy color - fading to green. Tried it in the full sun and it definitely likes it much better here - never fades and when it flowers the blooms are much nicer and they don't topple over :)
Last one for today - one of the Geraniums - can't remember which one, we have two different ones planted here with similar flowers, but I think it's 'Patricia' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/610/
Donniebrook, I like the color of your house, it's really striking! and the old rose is great on so many different levels!
Rcn, nice to see some pictures of your place, love the shady area. I agree with you about the Eucomis, It's one of my favorite dark foliage perennials. I never did put mine in the shade. I saw others have there's in the shade, and they just didn't look all that happy there. Mine is in the full sun by one of the Forest Pansy's. It really likes it there.
RC, the "shady area" is one of my favorite places in the gardens :) Although this year, the River Birch in the background had an infestation of Woolly Aphids which covered the Hostas, Ferns, etc. with black sooty mold, disgusting :( I liked the Eucomis/Hypericum combo so much I planted it in another area with a 'Summer Chocolate' Albizia growing up in the middle - now if it would just get some size to it I'd be happier! Your 'Forest Pansy' looks about the same size as one we have planted along the driveway. We had one planted in the same area and I loved the canopy it developed over the driveway. So we planted another one specifically to grow up and over the driveway to give the car shade during the hot afternoon. This picture was taken two years ago and shortly after Rick got carried away with the pruners and whacked it back and "lifted" it. I'm happy to report that it responded beautifully and is already forming enough of a canopy for shading my car :)
I'm glad to know that there's something that you're jealous of Victor, if it helps I can post some pictures of the erosion issues that go along with it? Erosion or not, I'll still take it though. Just wish it would happen according to my schedul. Oh well, I know I can't have it all!
I haven't been out in my own yard for a couple of days. So, some of these were taken at work and others at home a couple of days ago. basically if it's a large tree/shrub it was at work, if it's other than that it was taken at home.
hosta flower bud about to open.
Wow Rcn, great minds think alike! You probably already knew this as I post a picture back in blooms 11 or maybe 12 of the other Forest pansy that is opposite of the one in the picture above. The supposed path to the river goes between them. If it helps to know, I prune those turkeys back to a little under 8' (usually taking off 2-3') every year and they do just fine. And speaking of great minds and thinking alike.... last year I bought an Albizia summer choclate as well! And I'm definitely waiting for it to grow!!! it was about 10 " tall last year. I haven't decided where I'm going to plant it yet, but I like your idea of a Eucomis with it. Hope you don't mind if I copy do you? I doubt that anyone will notice! :-p So sorry to hear about your aphids. Yuk! How did you deal with the sooty mold? One of my co-workers has that on her plants and is having a heck of a time getting rid of it.
a variegated witches broom growing off of my camellia.
Another shot of it. Yep, it lives in a green house now, I think the rest of my camellias are jealous.
robinia purple robe
another one of my fav's
broader view
Oh good lord, how did you know I have a craving for variegated anything? LOL Do tell, who is that beauty, and red stems to boot - I think I'm in love :)
styrax, probably japonicus.
I love variegation too.
haha.... Well, we seem to be thinking alike and planting alike so, I guess that's it. It's an un-named "selection" of sorts of Acer Campestre pulverulentum. Cute, huh. If you like that you should look up acer campestre carnival as well. I think that they're quite underrated trees.
good morning all! If you ever decided to get one, I would say hand pick it from the group yourself or tell the company that you really want one with strong variegation. Some of the pulverulentum is pretty variable from mostly green leaves with a little white, to ones like the one above.
my absolute favorite purple rhody... Frank gaulsworthy. I can never post enoug pictures of it.
I think that the summer weather and sun has brought about these cravings... seems logical to me!
wisteria nivea blooms
callas
noid asiatic lilly
astrantia and blettilla
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RC, I had the hardest time trying to focus on astrantia yesterday. Nice photo.
haha, I know what you mean. I think it moves!! that picture was just one of many ummm.... "practice shots". It has such unique blooms though that we just have to try don't we?
rcn48, I am going to have to get a red bud 'Forest Pansy'. Nice collection of shots. I have eucomis, but not that great burgundy one. I will put that on my list. I winter them over in the GH, just in the pots and they reappear in the spring. I have them in full sun, but next to the porch and the hose. I did the same thing for the calla which all seem to be reappearing from last year except 'Green Goddess' which never stopped blooming in the GH all winter. Here is 'Vermeer' that is blooming well. Patti
your callas are beauties Patti. And they seem to really like your green house if green goddess doesn't go dormant. I think that you'll be really happy with the Forest Pansy.
Rcn.... it finally occurred to me, what on earth are you feeding your Forest Pansy if it can shade your car in just two seasons? Mine would be wide enough, but definitely not tall enough, even if I didn't prune it.
debilu, did you post the astrantia picture and I missed it?
Not yet - still on my camera, I will later.
looking forward to it for when I get up!
Wow - lots of photos since yesterday! Great shots. I do have a Forest Pansy and posted the bloom shots way back. It's one of my favorites. I love how the later day sun shines through its dark leaves.
Victor ~
I have a question about photographing white blooms. How do you capture them without making them 'glow'? Is there a certain lighting situation, time of day, camera setting?
Anyway, here's a shot of my 'glowing' Sicilian Honey Lily Allium. It looks like it's lit from the inside. Kinda cool.
Our Memorial Day Tea Rose, ready to burst
A quick shot this morning of the western end of the Front Garden
One of the many beautiful peonies
Foxglove, blooming again this season
And finally, for this hour at least,
this is what Anna's DH began creating for her yesterday.
A few things, Candyce. Try to avoid mid-day shots with the intense sun overhead. Early AM or late day shots are better. Try to move around the flower so you find a darker background. A great technique is to get a piece of black foam board from Staples, etc. and hold it behind it. I have done this and it turns out great. I just forget to grab it when I go out. You can change the 'metering' setting to make sure it's looking at the middle of the frame. Most have a default setting that uses an average from the entire frame. This way you can aim the middle on the subject and it will give a better exposure and ignore the stuff at the periphery. Finally, it;s a bit more advanced, but you can start experimenting with the exposure control. You can usually kick it up or down pretty easily. But I would try all the others first.
Very interesting plants, & some I'm not familiar with. Patti, a HS class in our town had a 50th reunion, & they planted redbuds around the town--I think 2 died, but the rest are lovely & hardy here, so they would be on Nantucket. Louise,--house looks great, & I wish I had some of the reblooming iris.