that's good. Especially in about 20 yrs!!!
Garden photos of '09.....#8
RC when I bought it the description said French Pink
That's sort of what I was thinking was a willow with "french" as the common name, but that was as far as I got with it :-p they are really pretty trees when they're in bloom!
the birds really like it.. must be a good sized branch
Iris reticulata starting their show here in Stamford!
Time to plant some sweet peas..St. Patty's Day tradition. see this
http://www.abbyjenkins.com/2009/03/st-patricks-sweet-peas.html
happy Spring! I am finally seeing green!!!
Nice, Abby!
Oh, they make me smile, those lovely little crocus!
Victor, you are my hero....here's one just for you.
Wow! Thanks. Hardly deserve that! Nice shot.
What a wonderful tradition abbyday! April 1st for me. Perhaps it could be a Spring's Here You Fool ^_^ tradition.
Blowdryer thawing. Crazy Canuck trick.
How big is yours?
Seriously coffee grounds and black plastic in the sun will thaw enough to push the seeds in. TADA!
Looks like a big sucker, not a big blower.^_^
rotflol.
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Well guess when I lived in VT it was a little tricky to get to the soil much less thru it! Here in Stamford I plant my sweet peas against a rock wall so the soil there is pretty thawed out at this point due to the radiant heat. Maybe April Fool's Day is a better option if you are farther north.
Speaking of April Fools look what is blooming in my garden today. Hahahaha
OMG..... Anybody else other than me, know where that picture was taken??? he he
Hee hee. Nice Peony. Which is it? And what is the JM behind it?!
That was a mislabeled Tree Peony that I bought a couple years ago, was supposed to be white. The Thread Leaf JM behind is glorious all year round! Have you ever been to Oliver Nurseries in Fairfield, CT? You should see their display gardens, over 75 yrs old. We get a lot of our best stuff there. Excellent alpines and concrete planters, like this.
No, never been there. Must add it to my list. Do you know the JM variety?
great pics Abby! I really like the peony.
I still can't get over that picture of what looks like a giant vaccuum cleaner.
The Jm reminds me of Waterfall. Although, there are a few others that remind me of waterfall as well.
redchic .. that picture is hilarious. I love that peony. and Victor I will look back in one of my many started garden journals and see if I can find what type. It turns fiery orange in the fall, chartreuse in the spring with red stems. I adore it. Now, to dinner. Here little brisket.....
There is one called Waterfall!
Redchic it looks like its Interstate 5 on the sign in the pic so the giant blowdryer is headed for Oregon if you need it ^_^
The 'giant sucking sound' you hear is our tax dollars going to AIG! Thanks Tim!
lol, aren't AIG headquaters over your way? lol
That's what I was thinking Dahlia! lol. At that intersection, they had to be in Seattle, and probably headed South! Seattle must be getting tired of the record amounts of snow they had this year!! although that pic is dated for when they had several, nasty, back to back, ice storms. Either way, it's probably made it's way to Eugene by now :-p Perfecting timing for the latest round of snow too!!
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Very jealous of the photos--the camellias were very nice! My stepdaughter put one in at her home on Long Island last year---I hope it lived. Oliver Nurseries looks like a good one, Abby--have you been to Hollandia?
i just had a waterfall delivered today!
Little messy, no?
You had a waterfall delivered huh? now that's not something you hear every day! That's what I was thinking.... a little messy?
OMG wha is sure to freeze off his toes for sure with the spillage and no plastic bags in his boots. WE NEED PICS OF THE NEW WATERFALL DEAR WHA! Thanks muchly.
Definitely we need pics of the waterfall!
Jo Ann, I mentioned sometime back that I would take a picture of Hellebore micha when it was in full bloom. Well, it finally is, and I have finally given up on waiting for a day when there was enough light to take a good picture AND I was at home for the particular 10 min. stretch in which the sun appeared! Anyhow, so this was yesterday and had to be done with a flash in the middle of the day!
After it's done blooming, I need to move it about a foot back and two feet to the left. I needed to move the little Andromeda back which I knew would make it too crowded, but wanted to wait to move the hellebore until after seeing it bloom.
RC Thats so pretty.I have no idea what my Nigers are up to
Pretty.
Thanks. I just can't rave enough about that Hellebore, it doesn't get anymore attention or fertilizer than the others and it just seems to thrive like that. It's only problem is that it doesn't come in any colors other than white or light pink :-p The one remaining niger that I have is literally about 1/3 the size of this one, and that's the one that lived! The niger that died was about 2 feet to the right of 'micha', and was about 1/10 the size of it.
Hellebores and Iris Reticulata are my latest obsessions! I have one dark purple one blooming right now, glorious, the one I put in two years ago, the ones I put in last fall are a little slower to wake up. What a wonderful delight they are this time of year. Will take some photos when I get back from my Irish breakfast!
I have never been to Hollandia but sounds like I need to get my clogs on and beat feet over there RobinDog. Here is a recipe for Shepard's pie, if you are looking for something yummy, easy and inexpensive for dinner. http://www.abbyjenkins.com
