Garden Photos of '09.....#22

nice hosta sherrie
yes willie that is as tall as they will get - they've in the ground for 4-5 yrs now.

B&D LILIES is having a closeout on Daylilies.
Just so you know.

Great shots, Shelly. Wonderful lighting as always. Wish I could motivate myself to get up before sunrise!

Beds look fantastic, Bill. I'm getting sold on Shirazz. How tall is it now? Don't think David sells it.

Gorgeous iris, Weeze. Nice dahlia, Sherry.

Siberian iris 'Silver Rose'

flowering wageria(sp?). It's taking over that bed, will have to prune bottom branches when it finishes blooming.

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thanks all!

Victor.... work as a lookout for any amount of time! About 10 min. before the sun comes up, you'll be up... promise!

Sherry... pretty dahlia!

Venu... that iris is lovely! i'm not sure if there's something different about Oregon sunsets, i've seen sunsets from some eastearn states as well as here.... the main difference is the effect that the topography has on things. I bet you can figure it out if you google some images though!

Bill.... Your place is looking fantastic. I know I say that every time... but it's true! I really like the view in this Post #6594259 and the one after it.

Thanks for the link Willie.... How cool!

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Nice shots AND photographic skills, Victor and Shelly! Victor - I just got that fireworks clem for Mom's Day. Glad to see how pretty it is! Shelly, I love that backlit shot!!

Bill, those are beautiful, well-tended gardens! I am very intrigued by your shade garden, as I have a brand new shade garden area that is still a blank canvas. It is in front of a huge, interesting erratic in our back yard. So far, I've planted some coleus and will plant lots of caladiums and EEs once they can go in. I also like that river beech tree. I have never seen beech blooms. Shirazz is stunning too!

Weez - love that iris!

Nice shots, Sherrie. That is a very different hosta!

Jumper - nice shots.....love the color of that shrub!

thx shelly and DB

here are some more shots - josephine getting ready to show her stuff!

iris are in bloom

any guess to the id of this?

another shot of some others - these have just popped up - waiting to see if they are something

and more iris on the other side

Agree with Louise----very nice photos---& Bill---your gardens are too neat! Here is an iris opening for the first time, but I never labeled it....

close up of one

Another NOID..

some clems

closer look at the clem on the left

never too neat

and on the right

Whaa - Bill you should be a master gardner. No words to explain.

and another one

here is my jm orchard - in front in the blue is full moon, too the right is peaches and cream, straight ahead is Abigail rose, and too the left is ashuri zuru

close up of Abagail rose

the new full moon maple

thx sherrie - not so sure about that though, pictures do not tell the whole story:)

a shot of the celestial white dw blooms with crimson queen jm in the back ground

close up of the river beech - this is a great tree in the spring and then it gets a brownish leaf color

rodies again through the red majestic

Bill - I'm really liking that river beech. Thanks for the close-up. Those clems are fantastic! I can't believe one zone away from us can make such a difference in the blooms you have! That JM orchard is going to be a special place. I'm looking forward to seeing that as it grows. They are beauties, aren't they?

neat garden? close up of a coppertina bud - WITH A SPIDER WEB!! how did that happen?!?!?!

fern

i love the jm's - river beech too - it just needs a place in the sun that is not the center of attention, just close enough to see, i picked this up at either an agway or at hd

hosta marmalade

hosta first frost

ok i'll give up the photo's thread and end here appropriately enough with - sweet william:)

ooooh, I like those hostas! Now, about that spider web! Hmmmm, I don't know, Bill.....that's pretty shameful for you! I had you on such a pedestal. I'll put you back up there if you tell us that you immediately removed that web.........it isn't still there, is it?

still there - spiders are good for garden bugs

Oh, ok. See how easily you climb back up????? LOL

Looks great, Bill. Nice developed clems. What's the name of the river beech? What light does it get?

First peony.

Clem Silver Moon.

Robin taking a dip.

Kalmia.

Clem Rooguchi.