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hazel's gardens so far...not dead yet!
Here are some of the flowers I've had this year. I'm verrrry happy...not too much carnage out there this year! Just outside the back door, growing out of some rocks, is a wild geranium, one of my favorite wildflowers: The peonies seemed to really like our rainy spring...and even the dog raids didn't decimate them too badly (you might be able to see all the tomato cages I strategically locate in the garden...they keep the dog damage to a minimum! )
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The black-eyed susans are loverly in the well garden:
Back in the main garden, I had a surprise Sweet William come up (didn't notice that one even bloomed last year ) And the lupines bloomed for the very first time in 3 years!
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The Spiderwort thrived (throve? ) in the spring rains. The plants are more than a meter in height and they're still blooming profusely:
The Stella d'Oro lily is doing well, too! And the Daylilies coming up through the Spiderwort are absolutely breathtaking this year!
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Finally, a shot of strawberries and Salvia firecrackers in the Hummingbird Garden...
...a shot of the new birdbath and the hanging impatiens before the phlox and the lilies grew up this spring... ...and a shot of the entire Hummingbird Garden including the feeder stations for anyone interested in where hazel's hummmer friends hang out. The lilies on the right are still in bloom. The phlox on the left will bloom just about as the lilies are spent. The red flowers behind the firecrackers (in front where there is marginally more sun) are impatiens and will fill in even more by August. There is also a coral bells and pulmonaria hidden in back next to a columbine, a purple petunia that I have no idea how it got there, some purple violas and a volunteer common milkweed plant that is gloriously green but probably doesn't get enough sun to ever bloom. You can see hazel's brave milkweed halfway between the bird bath and the left edge of the picture. And that's the end.
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"We are--each of us--dying; it's how we live in the meantime that makes the difference." "It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived!" "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." |
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Ooooooo, Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, BEEEEEEAUTIIIIIIIIIFUL
I'm very jealous though.... other than Sweet William and Jacobs ladder my garden is nothing but GREEN.... the most lush green ya ever saw but not a flower in sight. A couple of warm and sunny days and things might be just beautiful but, no such thing anytime in our future (can we borrow the crystal ball Madame Hazel??) Not even the "wildflower" patch is showing a flower (but there are buds) Heee, heee all the fencing etc. makes me smile... I have similar but to keep chickens out You must have the happiest hummers around I love the bird bath!
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Magnolia (aka Nolie) - 6 yrs old, adopted May 3, 2009 - mixed breed monster mutt R.I.P. Chloe - my first Golden girl - we said goodbye but you will always be here (1994-2007 adopted April 2000) R.I.P. Molly - my Golden girl, who's causing havoc over the bridge now - (1999-2009 adopted May 2007) and love for my "lost ones" - Misery, Clover & the girls (chickens) Last edited by otter; July 22nd, 2008 at 09:46 PM. Reason: forgot something |
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I didn't think our flowers were ever going to bloom, either, but it finally warmed up enough to get 'em revved up.
The birdbath was supposed to have a bird on it, but when we unpacked it, it had a dragonfly. Luckily, hazel really likes dragonflies, too.
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