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Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-and-Half
The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Half-and-Half. The pairing of two plants with similar leaf form but distinctively different colors displays this week’s theme. The plants are Berberis thunbergii ‘Bonanza’ and Buxus sempervirens English boxwood. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/half-and-half/
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Tagged barberry, Bonanza barberry, boxwood
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Wordless Wednesday/Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: Two for the Price of One
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Tagged barberry, Bartzella Itoh peony, boxwood, clematis, Cleyera japonica, Dryopteris erythrosora Autumn Fern, Forest Pansy redbud, Goldmound spirea, heuchera Caramel, hosta, Japanese maple, lamium, Maggie Daley astilbe, Red Mill pieris, Smoke Tree
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Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: 22 March 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers Foliage Day hosted by Christina at Creating my own garden of the Hesperides. Spring is making its presence felt in my garden, waking up plants that have been a bit sleepy for awhile. I thought it might … Continue reading →
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Tagged 'Chardonnay Pearls', ajuga, astilbe, aucuba, barberry, clematis, daylily, deutzia, hellebore, heuchera, iris, Maggie Daley, Peach Crisp, peony, phlox, Sedum, Spirea
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A Garden Review of 2014: October-December
Here at the end of the year is the final chapter of A Garden Review of 2014. Thanks (and a very Happy New Year) to Cathy at WordsandHerbs for initiating this idea for sharing the key events/plants in our garden in quarterly reviews during … Continue reading →
Posted in Gardening, GBFD, In a Vase on Monday
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Tagged 'Winter Gem' boxwood, A Garden Review of 2014, Autumn fern, autumn leaves, barberry, bearded iris, Camellia 'Our Linda', Camellia sasanqua, Cathy, Clarence bearded iris, Encore azalea, Encore azaleas, Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, Knock Out roses, Kousa dogwood, liriope, muhly grass, pansy, peony, pots, rabbits, rain gauge, spring bulbs, viola, Words and Herbs
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The First Bite
Last night we experienced our first bite of autumn. It wasn’t much of a frost (about 28F [-2.2C]), but it was enough to freeze the surface of the birdbath, sentence the mandevilla to the compost pile, damage a number of open azalea and rose … Continue reading →
Posted in Gardening, Nature
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Tagged 'Endless Summer' hydrangea, barberry, Ever Red Japanese maple, first frost, hydranagea, mandevilla, pansy, Royal Burgundy, Royal Burgundy barberry, viola
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A Sunday Walk in the Garden
Today was a great day to walk in the garden and take in what is happening here…and show me a few chores that I need to undertake. It’s cooler today…finally…and a cloudy sky takes away the harsh glare of a full sun. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anthony Waterer spirea, barberry, Bartzella, Berckmann's arborvitae, Blushing Bride hydrangea, calla lilies, Camellia Forest Nursery, Camellia sasanqua, carex, Carex morrowii 'Evergold', chaste tree, clematis, Comptesse de Bouchard, coneflower, crape myrtle, Creme Brulee, daylily, Encore azaleas, Endless Summer, Flame Lilac phlox, General Sikorski, Green Giant arborvitae, hydrangea, liriope, liriope muscarii variegata, Midnight Marvel hibiscus, ninebark, Our Linda, peony, Ramona, Russian sage, Sonic Boom Pearl, Spirea bumalda 'Goldmound', Tequila Sunrise, Thuja, Twist and Shout hydrangea, Variegated liriope, vitex, Weigela florida, Weigela florida 'Bokrasopea', White Swan coneflower
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Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: A First Attempt
I am delighted to accept the invitation from Christina to join gardeners for her suggested Garden Bloggers Foliage Day. This will be my first humble attempt to participate on the 22nd of the month. Here is a view of my side garden which has a southern exposure. Consequently, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 'Winter Gem' boxwood, Baby Gem boxwood, barberry, bearded iris, Berberis thunbergii, Berckman's arborvitae, boxwood, Buxus micro. var. japonica, Carissa holly, Clarence, clematis, Cleyera japonica, Comptesse de Bouchard, Emerald Blue, Emerald Green arborvitae, English boxwood, Euphorbia martini 'Ascot Rainbow', Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, GBFD, Gentry, Globosa Aurea, Ilex cornuta, Immortality, iris, Montauk daisy, nandina, Nandina domestica, Nipponanthemum nipponicum, peonies, Phlox sublata, reblooming iris, rosemary, Ternstroemia gymnanthera, Thuja occidentalis, Thuja occidentalis berckmanii, Thuja occidentalis Globosa Aurea
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In a Vase on Monday: From An Early June Garden
Here are some of the things that are blooming in my garden this morning: Included in the arrangement, with deep appreciation for my wife’s hand in its design, are ‘Blushing Bride’ hydrangea, ‘Chapel Hill’ lantana, ‘Mr. Goldstrike’ Aucuba japonica, ‘Ever … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anthony Waterer, Anthony Waterer spirea, Aucuba japonica, Aucuba japonica 'Mr. Goldstrike', barberry, Blushing Bride, Blushing Bride hydrangea, Cathy, Chapel Hill lantana, clematis, clematis Jackman, Ever Red, Frances Williams, heuchera, heuchera villosa 'Circus', hosta, hosta Frances Williams, In a Vase on Monday, Japanese maple, Mr. Goldstrike, Spirea
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Purple
Having things purple in the garden adds wonderful touches to my color palate. Japanese maples, ‘Forest Pansy’ redbud, ninebark, heuchera ‘Beaujolais,’ and several different cultivars of purple barberries perk up many corners of the garden. They add delightful contrast to the green … Continue reading →
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Tagged barberry, Beaujolais, color palate, Cotinus coggygria, Forest Pansy, heuchera, Japanese maples, ninebark, redbud, Smoke Tree
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A Walk in the Garden 