Garden Photos of '09.....#23

Yes - great shot. Especially since dogs are known to sniff other things!

only the stinky stuff Victor

Wow, I can't keep up. Lots of nice photos.
This is my tree peony from last week.

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Thanks, Robin and Louise!

Thanks for sharing your photos, Jen, Jumper and Noreaster. Jen, you dog and daughter pics are precious! Noreaster, I love those 2 hostas you have. Two more to add to my want list.

Robin, I must agree with Noreaster, your NOID vase shaped hosta looks a lot like Hosta montana 'Aureomarginata' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/50044/ . I have that one and just love it.

More pics to post from Monday.

Karen

Chives

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A very early daylily called 'Flavina'

Blue tradescantia. This is not the invasive kind that spreads by underground stolens. This one will seed in, but it stays in clumps, so is more well-behaved. I will have some to trade at Boojum's RU as well as at mine.

Karen

White tradescantia. This is also well behaved, and I don't have much of it. Not a prolific seeder like the blue.

Another shot of the white.

Here is a baby goldfinch

nice Karen

NOID blue sib iris. Will probably have plenty of this to give away at the RU's as well.

Thanks, debilu! Cute goldfinch baby. I've never seen a baby one before.

White Sib Iris, NOID. I only have a tiny clump of this left, as the voles did a number on it 2 winters ago.

My heavily laden snowball vibernum. I just love this shrub.

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I have mice in my garage since it has been raining for three days lol they are looking for a dry place to stay found one dead one and DH just told me one ran across the garage

I hate mice coming in the house, garage, shed, wherever. They don't belong there!!!!

Closer shot of the snowball vibernum.

Oops! Here's the picture!

A nice weed. This is silene.

A blue corydallis I bought this year. I hope it survives the winter for me. They can be iffy here.

I love this woodland wildflower. Don't know what it is.

Closer shot of it.

Centauria

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I have that nice white weed at my house to all over the place, also the small blue asters show up later in the summer, with the butterfly weed (milkweed) wild all over the back field, oh I cant forget the pretty yellow one that is all over my lawns right now

Rhodie (Scintillation?)

Oh, you mean the dandelions, Mona? LOL! Or is that the buttercups? I have those, too!

Here is a closer shot of the rhodie.

And closer still.....

I have both but the dandies are making me nuts cutting the front lawn twice a week just to get rid of them most are dying since we did the weed and feed but will have to do it again in about a month since the seeds will start making babies and have to get them early since we blew it and did to late the first time that is why so many seeds

wow what great pictures dear such a beautifull color of pink

Use a dust buster mini vac to suck up the dandelion seeds. I read that tip in a gardening mag recently.

My young Larch.

You can see my disorganized, chaotic garden in the last pic.

Close-up on the foliage.

I planted last year seven out of the 12 reblooming irises they are so beautifull

NOID clem (Nellie Moser?)

Very pretty, Mona! I bet you can't wait for them to bloom.

Karen

White geranium.

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'

Baptisia 'Twilight Prairie Blues'

one has buds now just being patient lol will post pic when it opens

Salvia 'Eveline', and last one for tonight.