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In a Vase on Monday: Mr. Goldstrike
You have seen the ‘Debutante’ camellias several times, the hellebores aren’t quite open yet, and I’m saving the pansies when I might be in exremis on a given Monday. For our vase this week, my Arranger suggested we share this … Continue reading
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Tagged Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', Rambling in the Garden
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Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: 22 May 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day, sponsored by Christina at Creating my own garden of the Hesperides. My garden is in a stage of transition right now; the peonies and iris have finished for the spring, and I’m waiting for the blooms … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Endless Summer' hydrangea, Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', Autumn fern, Berckmann's arborvitae, Camellia japonica Governor Mouton, Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls, dwarf crape myrtle, Encore azalea 'Autumn Lily', foundation planting, heuchera Caramel, Heuchera dolce Beaujolais, Hibiscus Midnight Marvel, hosta Patriot, hostas, Japanese maple, Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode.', oak leaf hydrangea, Summer Glow maple, Variegated liriope, Weigela florida Wine and Roses
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End of Month Views: March 31, 2015
I am delighted to share a few photographs to show what it happening in my garden at the end of March. After a long, cold and damp winter, spring is here; perennials are leaping out of the ground, vines are … Continue reading
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Tagged Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', candytuft, Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls, Dianthus x hybrida Scent First Eternity, Euphorbia martini 'Ascot Rainbow', Heucherella Sweet Tea, Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue', Iris Immortality, Muscari armeniacum, pansies, Phlox sublata, violas, Yoshino cherry
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It is a pleasure to make the first report of the new year for Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, a monthly review focusing on our garden’s foliage, created and hosted by Christina at Creating my own garden of the Hesperides. The weather has turned in our … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Old Reliables
Freezing weather for the past week has turned all the open camellia, tea olive, loropetalum, and azalea blossoms in my garden to brown mush. It has also inhibited any buds that might have wanted to from opening as well. All the … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday Meets Garden Bloggers Foliage Day
Today is Monday, the 22nd of December, and I find myself in a blogger’s conundrum. Cathy at Rambling in the Garden has invited me to participate each week in In a Vase on Monday, and Christina at Garden of the Hesperides has … Continue reading
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Tagged aucuba, Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', Azalea Sunglow, Camellia japonica Governor Mouton, Carolina jessamin, Cathy, Christina, Cryptomeria japonica Yoshino, Cupressocyparis leylandi 'Golconda', cut glass bowl, garden, Garden of the Hesperides, GBFD, Gelsimium sempervirens, In a Vase on Monday, Loropetalum chinense, muhly grass, nandina berries, Nandina domestica, Osmanthus fragrans, Peach Crisp heuchera, Pieris japonica, Pieris japonica Red Mill, Rubra, tea olive, winter garden
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In a Vase on Monday: Slim Pickin’s
Finding things to include In a Vase on Monday is a problem on this first day of December. Very few flowers in my garden are real cold winter bloomers; I have to rely on the annuals…pansies and violas…for flowers and then gather … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Buds and Foliage
Here we are again at In a Vase on Monday, hosted by fellow blogger Cathy to encourage us to share what might be showing in our garden on this first day of the week. Driving home from church this morning, I was struck with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ascot Rainbow, aucuba, Aucuba japonica, Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', autumn color, Camellia, Camellia japonica, Camellia japonica Governor Mouton, Cathy, Cupressus x leylandii Golconda, Euphorbia x martinii Ascot Rainbow, foliage, Golconda, Golconda leyland cypress, Governor Mouton, In a Vase on Monday, Japanese pottery, loropetalum, loropetalum 'Rubra', Loropetalum chinense, Pieris japonica, Pieris japonica Red Mill, Pottery, Rambling in the Garden
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A Walk in the Garden 