Tag Archives: azalea

Warm and Uplifting

Posted on March 29, 2020 by johnvic8

Today is lovely. The sun is shining; it’s warm. It’s an SSSS kind of day (SSSS=short sleeve shirt and shorts). I was able to take a nice walk around the grounds of our retirement community, abiding by the current “social … Continue reading →

Posted in End of the Month View, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town | Tagged azalea, daffodil, dogwood | 13 Comments

Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: May 2016

Posted on May 22, 2016 by johnvic8

Today is Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, hosted by Christina at My Hesperides Garden. Rather than do a complete review of the foliage in my garden this month, I will offer only a few vignettes of areas in the garden dedicated to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, GBFD | Tagged azalea, foliage, foliage plants, heuchera, hosta, Variegated liriope | 12 Comments

The Old and The New

Posted on January 2, 2016 by johnvic8

During the last ten days of 2015 we received eight inches of rain in my garden. We are not alone as heavy, often damaging rains have occurred over the US and in the UK. There were flood warnings out again yesterday, but the County … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged azalea, bearded iris, bluebell, boxwood, Camellia, candytuft, Carolina jessamin, daffodil, dandelion, daylily, Gelsemium sempervirens, Iberis sempervirens Candytuft, Indian Hawthorne, ipheion, loropetalum | 14 Comments

Wordless Wednesday/Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: A Two-For-One Combo

Posted on April 15, 2015 by johnvic8

Posted in Gardening, GBBD, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged azalea, Bath's Pink dianthus, bluebells, cutting garden, dipladenia, iris, lantana, pieris | 14 Comments

A Pick-Me-Up Day

Posted on November 21, 2014 by johnvic8

For the past week we have been joining the rest of the country in unseasonably cold weather. Our garden had a welcomed one inch of rain, but it was sandwiched between two days on either side of the rain with freezing … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged azalea, Camellia, Charlotte, cold weather, dogwood, fountain, garden, ipheion, Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue', Kornus kousa, Leucojum aestivum, Mercadonia, peony, record cold, Spring snowflake, Wisley Blue | 4 Comments

A Tale of Two Pots

Posted on May 3, 2014 by johnvic8

Some years ago I purchased a blue glazed pot for our Chapel Hill garden. I had no intention of putting plants in it; it was to be an architectural piece…a statement piece. I placed it in the front garden midst … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Nature | Tagged Autumn Twist, azalea, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill garden, chaste tree, crape myrtle, Encore azalea, garden sculpture, glazed pot, Indica azalea, Knock Out roses, magnolia, Shoal Creek, Tuscarora crape myrtle, Vitex agnus-castus | Leave a comment

After the Frost

Posted on April 18, 2014 by johnvic8

After a few nights of just freezing temperature, it looks like spring really is here this time. My wife helped me bring pots into the garage for safety, and we stretched sheets over the Itoh peonies and a newly planted … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged azalea, clematis General Sikorski, crape myrtle, creeping phlox, Forest Pansy redbud, holly, hosta, Japanese maple, liriope, maple, Nellie Stevens holly, oak, peony, pieris, Ramona, redbud, Summer Glow, violets, vitex | 1 Comment

What a Difference!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by johnvic8

It has been cold and raining for two days. Today the sun is out; the kids next door are playing basketball in their drive; and my wife and I spent the afternoon planting summer annuals in two of our pots. These are our … Continue reading →