Forgot this one. Cryptomeria 'Black Dragon'.
Garden photos of '09.....#6
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Beautiful Hellebroes Shelly and im with Allison & Jo Ann with the peach and purple ones!!
Dyane your azalea's are gorgeous!!!!
"Cryptomeria"
Good grief, Victor.
Two years ago I never heard of heptacodium miconioides. Then you mentioned its virtues and I had to have one.
Now the hepta is the first thing I see in the morning. Maybe I need a cryptomeria to balance things out.
Hee hee! My current obsessions are J. maples and dwarf conifers. I have had that cryptomeria for about five years though.
Victor..... maybe you should tell David about Chamaecyparis then!! :-p
That black dragon is really nice!
Love the primroses Dyane.
Thanks Pixie. I'm really taken with that plant as well. However, I haven't had luck in finding the match that is not planted in her garden yet, but the search continues!
sooo, there was maybe a 2 minute break of sunshine between hail and snow this afternoon. it looks sort of interesting.
getting greyer again.
now the pic.
and almost gone.
Things are really bustin out there RC,
Great photos.
Thanks Jo Ann! yeah, to their own detriment. temps are supposed to be cold enough over the next two nights that they might not fair so well. But, It's sure nice to see them now!!
We seem to be having an early spring.No temps in the 50's or 60's mind but night snow showers and 40's.
I am reluctant go go all the way to say its spring because we do get hit with snow storms when the daffodills are blooming in April
Well, I guess we get to just take it as a repreive and call it good for now!
Its a repreve alright.
I see green shoots on the DL's and Dicentras are putting up pink shoots.
I'll transplant hostas as soon as I can see them.
Goats beards are emerging too. Its all good and moving toward constant warm days.
Its such a thirll.
Great shots, Shelly. Lighting is perfect.
Shelly, I'm with Victor, gorgeous lighting. I'm glad everyone's enjoying the azaleas, I can't wait to see this years show. Have to wait until May.
Here's what going on now. I have pussy willows opening up.
I'd love a black one too. I bought this one at a plant sale at the Botanic Garden last fall. I thought it would be fun for the kids. I was fascinated by them when I was little.
I only paid $3.00 for mine. I think they multiply easily.
DP the crocii in the lawn look totally fabby. I'm so doing that this fall.
No mowing grass until the leaves are dead.Might be in late May
Sweet photo of the flowering tree--is it almond? Remember when kids brought pussy willows to school, with them colored in chalk? Or was that just a local thing here?
I remember food coloring being used to color them.
pussy willow does transplant so easy that if a branche get broken in a storm it will root where it falls and also it grows lots of off shoots that come up to one very quickly becomes to many be carefull where you plant them lol
wow that pic of the azaleas is amazing such nice bright colors I love them in blooms
we did some trimming on our pussy willows.... I just stuck them in a pot of dirt... I know someone wanted some at the RU last year... can't remember who though
and they will do great just in that pot
when I was a kid I use to go and cut some for my mom, she would put them in a flower vase and enjoy them in the house and I remember after a couple of weeks the roots would start to grow on them very quick and easy
yeah I had some rooted in water last year... propped them up on my deck to bring to the RU little did I know the bottles fell over ... out came the water and they died before I found them... this year I even tied them upright... wish I could remember who wanted them
I planted mine next to where I keep the compost pile so if they multiply, they won't be taking over any valuable real estate.
Our rhodie leaves looked normal yesterday--not too bad today either, good for them ignoring the snow.
Wow! Don't know if I'll ever catch up!
Hello, everyone! I'm finally home from my Texas trip. Had a great time. I haven't uploaded my pics yet, but will sometime this week. Then I will share with everyone.
My Dad and I loved our trip so much that we want to move there to be closer to my sister. My little sister Hope would move with us, as Hope, Dad and I all live together, and Hope and I help out our father, who has dementia, possibly brought on by Lyme disease. Anyhow, Hope likes the idea. I have been to Texas a number of times, and I've talked about moving there before. We even found a house on 7 acres of property that we like. It's only 2 miles from my sister's house.
I love that 'Gollum' jade. Very cool!
Oh, Victor, I had venison sausage while in Texas. Very good!
Shelly, your hellebore pics are wonderful, as usual! Wonder if they would do alright in Texas? I would miss them if they didn't. I would miss hostas, too. Daylilies would do well there, though. So would penstemon, helenium, rudbeckia, echinacea, verbascum, achillea, hardy cacti and succulents, flax, and anything that is drought tolerant.
Karen
Wow - now that's when you know a vacation is good! The 7 acre part appeals to me, but not the heat.
Well, the heat doesn't appeal to me either, Victor. I look at it this way, though. In summer I will stay in the A/C cooled house, just like here in winter I stay in the heated house. Just opposite. One way or the other you have quite a few months when it's either too hot or too cold to be outside. Some people don't mind the cold, but I can't stand it. Will take the heat over the cold.
Karen
True. You will have to become a xeriscape gardener.
For certain!!!!
Thanks Karen! I agree that Texas is great in the winter. But, maybe take a trip there in August?? just to make doubly sure that it's still the better place to be!!
Thanks Victor and Dyane! Dyane...I love those azaleas! you do an excellent job at growing and maintaning them.
just two more from yesterday. None from today, i didn't feel like being out in the snow.
Well, even with the preferrence for heat over cold. Still think a vacation is a good way to confirm it. Don't forget the monsoonal rains in the summer as well! I was caught off guard by that factor when I was making a trip east many years ago. We were delayed for an extra day due to a few failed levy's.
