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In a Vase on Monday
It’s Monday and time for the weekly vase. Cathy at Rambling in the Garden invites us each week to gather flowers from our gardens and bring them in to fill a vase inside. The first Encore azaleas and the annual ranunculus provide the … Continue reading
The Old and The New
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
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: December 15, 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. This month’s offering comes at a time of transition in my garden. Surprisingly, an annual geranium (could it have a better name than ‘Fantasia Shocking Pink’) survived our frosty … Continue reading
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day: November 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, hosted by Carol at May Dreams Gardens. I woke up this morning and found a thin sheet of ice on the birdbath. Welcome to fall in my North Carolina garden. The frost was not severe … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, GBBD
Tagged 'Endless Summer' hydrangea, 'Sunny Disposition', Camellia 'Our Linda', Carol, Carolina jessamin, Clarence, Clematis Comptesse de Bouchard, Daisy Freak, Encore azalea, geranium, Immortality, iris, mandevilla, May Dreams Garden, pink Muhly Grass, Purple pansy, reblooming iris
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In a Vase on Monday: Catawba
This may be my favorite view of the garden at any time of the year. The purple Crape Myrtle ‘Catawba’ is in full bloom, seen over the Japanese maple ‘Ever Red’ (not quite so red here in July), the lime … Continue reading
Things I See Around Town
My friends, the Woodland Gnomes at Forest Garden, introduced me to a most interesting post by Cathy at Words and Herbs on the Ten Seasons of Phenology. That was a new term for me, and I submit that her post is a most interesting explanation. I hope … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Things I See Around Town
Tagged Carolina jessamin, dogwood, Guess What's in My Garden!, phenology, pink dogwood, red maple, redbud, wisteria
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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
Posted in GBFD, In a Vase on Monday, Uncategorized
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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A Walk in the Garden 