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Lots of rain of late and with that, some great blooms...larger than normal and more intense colors. It's hard to keep up as each day more and more open. Peak will probably be in a week or so, as a guess. The only down side (besides extreme weed growth) is that getting to the seedlings on my hill is near impossible. The bottom bed is especially difficult and that's the one I must make the

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Last night, my father passed away. He had fought hard for the past three months, but it wasn't to be. My father had just turned 80, so he had a long life. I feel blessed to have had him as my father and am grateful that I was able to spend that 80th birthday with him.How this intersects here is that my father enjoyed growing plants. For a number of years, he propagated African Violets and

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Last night brought a big old thunderstorm, so things are really wet today...starting off with...AERIAL APPLIQUE...FEMININE INTUITION...YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY (ffo...and on a blasted scape)...WONDERS NEVER CEASE...TERRY LYNINGER...HERMITAGE NEWTON....WALTER KENNEDY...ETCHED EYES...ARCTIC LACE...BECKYWECK...improving...and, an odd one...FINAL TOUCH...which is a late bloomer. I did move it and

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Not so many to show today (it's very early still)...CELESTIAL SHORE....FLAMBOYANT EDGES...ffoFLIGHT OF ORCHIDS...ffo...SMALL WORLD ALLI...ffos...TILTING AT WINDMILLS...MOON OVER MONTEREY...(not being eaten...much better!)......and now, for a bit of seedling fun...I posted a tale of woe on a forum and building on that...let's just say that what you get might not be what you expect...First up....

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I meant to post this a few days ago...glorious magnolia bloom...The rain continues here. I think I would be cheering it on (more) if I had had things in hand. Now, the weeds are threatening to over take everything and it has become perilous to try to see the seedlings and other daylily blooms in the backyard.Here's where I skidded to a stop, sliding in the mud...I have about a two inch layer on

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Isn't this just the most perfect bloom??This is GREENWAY a new one for me that I brought back from Florida. This is a biggie, registered at 6.5"....it's at least that (where is my handy tape measure when I need it??). As you might guess from the name, it does have green edges...Also blooming today...a trio of blooms from FIRESTARTER....PATSY CARPENTER...SCRAMBLED LEGS...BALLERINA ON ICE...is

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I did it. I've been thinking and thinking about it. And, I just finally did it. While at the AHS National Convention, I happened upon a vendor selling the set ups...and I bought one. No plugs, here, as I paid full price, etc.Here they are, the new employees of Gotta Garden...Yep, three varieties, no less, that will, hopefully, soon start eating and eating...Here are some attempting to get to

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....for lack of a better category for miscellaneous things...So, I'm doing my complete looking around (after discovering I missed the first two blooms on FIRESTARTER...tragedy for sure...)...you know, the morning and evening browsing...and I realized how much I let go by me this year...already....Not wanting that to continue, I noticed the Japanese Iris seedlings blooming....What's especially

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A ladybug working on a daylily leaf (lots work to do...get those aphids!)...What I think is a paper wasp...the larva eats insects...I have these two handy charts of good and bad bugs and it appears to most closely match the paper wasp...a bunch of species (like 24 or so...)...this is a tiny thing, as you can tell...the Rose Campion 'Occulata' is not a large flower...Without the wasp...My first

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A duo is open today on WAITING IN THE WINGS...Lots of Waiting in the Wings blooms to come...

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I almost missed it....while going out in the rain tonight to put stuff in the composter, I just happened to see WAITING IN THE WINGS...no longer waiting in the wings...ha...Actually, yesterday SIMPLY GLORIOUS had its first bloom making it the official opener of my season...but it was a very rainy bloom, noble for its effort...but not glorious....Also blooming...some of the potted driveway plants.

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....and it's June...already! Where did May go?? Oh, that's right...I spent a good deal of it traveling. The up side to that means there will be lots of pictures forthcoming...eventually....I'll just start here with my return from Florida....Doesn't your car look like this?Or this?Driving with daylilies...This one my DH likes...he says it says it all...One of the Florida beauties (Born to Run,

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....a surprise box was delivered to me. Inside was a letter and a daylily from Georgia Daylily Hybridizer Tim Herrington. Tim and his late wife, Katiesue, spoke at Lilyhemmer 2007 and those us lucky to be present will never forget it. Tim and Katiesue had us laughing and hanging onto every word. None of us knew it would be Katisue's last public appearance...Fast forward...Tim asked if he could

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Here we are at our final stop. It's afternoon and still the daylilies look divine...what a garden! It belongs to Drs. Art and Nina Imperial. Yes, this is the garden of the real 'Art Imperial' (many folks own the daylily). We can hardly wait to get off the bus to begin exploring this garden.This is a stunning garden, very tropical...with daylilies all over.LESLIE RENEE:AMISH LINEN:AMERICAN

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Lilac 'Sensation' is my favorite bloom of the three remaining lilacs I have. I did discover, shockingly, that I don't particularly care for the fragrance of two of the lilacs after I cut blooms to bring inside. How can that be?? Doesn't everyone love the fragrance of lilacs?Last week, the dogwoods were just stunning. We'll revisit last week in this post. Herewith, my garden as it was then..

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Exuberant Lady Jane Tulips....opening wide in the sun...When closed, they give an entirely different picture (and color)...Other tulips...Lilac Beauty...Tarda...Just because...even now...this double hellebore looks great...I've participated in some co-ops and am expecting more double hellebores...some might be small...forewarned, it can take small hellebores a couple years to bloom...Let's get

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.....just can't get enough....Campion...Dreamlight...Lemon Drops...Zapallo...(perhaps not registered)...two views...Quail...Sidley...Hot Gossip...Edna Earl...Achnasheen...Stint...NOT Sugarbush...Bath's Flame...Sorbet...two views...Ice Wings...Pipit...Cheerfulness...Texas...three views...Aspasia...Mondragon...Pretty, but most likely NOT Ring of Fire...Some unknowns....still nice to look at...I

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Bright spring foliage on Heucheras... (Caramel, I must have cut the tag out/off)(Obsidian, the very darkest one I have)Midnight Rose, above, has wonderful speckled foliage.The one above has wonderful red rimmed leaves in fall.All of these heucheras have proved hardy here. I'm still up to add a few more, but, so far, the nurseries have been disappointing. Guess they must have gotten Dr.

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After about two weeks away from my garden, I have returned! Much has happened in my absence, but, oh, what fun it has been to explore and appreciate everything. Nothing like absence...I thought we'd take a look at the daffodils as I found them yesterday....well, some of them as (laugh) there's more than enough to keep us going for a few days...This is a new one for me this year...at this point,

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Hardy Cyclamen, I believe it's Cyclamen coum...Notice how much rounder the leaves are. This was a nice little find (below). I have tried this Sedum a couple times now, without success (Ogon)...however, check this:Here are a few pieces that have overwintered. Yea! One of the things I like about sedum is that while it sits in my pot ghetto, it can be prone to dropping pieces which then root.

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Hollywood:Wings of Freedom:closer:Barret Browning:A couple of Easter Bonnet...a good thing as those bulbs I laboriously pulled out of the tree roots...well, it appears I mixed them up...and they now reside elsewhere...hope they enjoy them...Changing Colors...beginning to change...I just like this picture of a group of Changing Colors...nice that daffs allow you multiple days to photograph them...

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March...the month that is said to be "In like a lion, out like a lamb"...is predictably unpredictable. Every year we forget this, of course. My actual garden journal (the written one) has more entries in March than in any other month. Part of this is due to the excitement of the garden awakening and each event is heralded. Later, there are so many things happening at once, that it is enough

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...at last! Although tonight a projected low of 31 degrees and tomorrow one of 30 degrees may make one think winter has not quite released its hold. Here where I am, we really aren't frost free until mid May or around Mother's Day. It's just that so many years we push and stretch things, we've come to expect that the weather will always cooperate.My 'push' this year has been to move some of my

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It was such a pleasure to listen to Margo Reed and Jim Murphy this past Saturday at the March meeting of the Richmond Area Daylily Society. For those who may not know, they are premier daylily hybridziers focusing on spiders and unusual forms. Their garden is here in Virginia and not only is it beautiful and full of daylilies you'll want to grow...but, it also is full of ideas that others might

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The Daphnes are blooming!Here's Alden's Regal Red...note the solid green leaves...Try not to notice the winter damage...it'll be gone shortly... here's my favorite, Aureo-marginata, and as the name would indicate...notice the edge...Yippee! Daphnes are divine for fragrance....as if you didn't know by my posting about them every year....First of the tulips...I thought I'd celebrate the crocus one

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