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A Liebster Award

Posted on January 8, 2015 by johnvic8

I am grateful to Sue Turner at from sewing room to potting shed for nominating me for the Liebster award for gardening blogs. I have been at this blogging thing for just less than a year, and I am surprised and humbled … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Liebster Award | Tagged chaste tree, clay soil, crape myrtle, cut flowers, from sewing room to potting shed, garden pests, Harrowsmith, Japanese maple, landscape style, Le Vasterival, Liebster award, Patrick Lima, rabbits, Sue Turner | 19 Comments

A Garden Review of 2014: April-June

Posted on December 11, 2014 by johnvic8

Cathy, at WordsandHerbs, has encouraged her readers to present a review of their gardens for the past year, focusing on a quarter of the year each week up until Christmas. I am pleased to present this first offering. In putting this … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged 'Sunny Disposition', allium christophii 'Star of Persia', Azalea Sunglow, Bartzella, bearded iris, bluebells, Blushing Bride, Caesar's Brother, candy tuft, chaste tree, clematis, Comptesse de Bouchard, creeping phlox, Endless Summer, Ever Red maple, Flame Lilac, garden phlox, Garden Review 2014, General Sikorski, heirloom peonies, Hibiscus Midnight Marvel, hosta Frances Williams, hydrangea, Immortality, iris, Itoh peony, Keiko, Kousa dogwood, mandevilla, Ramona clematis, Siberian iris, Star of Persia, Summer snowflake viburnum, Twist and Shout, Vitex agnus-castus, Words and Herbs | 17 Comments

A Sunday Walk in the Garden

Posted on August 24, 2014 by johnvic8

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 →

Posted in Gardening | 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 | 7 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: After the Rain

Posted on July 21, 2014 by johnvic8

I awoke this morning to a light drizzle. Within an hour it had become a downpour and dragged on until afternoon…over a half inch of welcome water for my garden. I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to collect … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, In a Vase on Monday | Tagged Becky daisies, Calla lily, chaste tree, flower arranging, hydrangea macrophylla, In a Vase on Monday, Leucanthemum x superbum, Loroperalum chinense, natural light photography, Pennisetum setaceum, Purple Fountain grass, Purple loropetalum, Shasta daisies, Vitex agnus'castus, Zantedeschia aethiopica | 5 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: Today’s Special Garden Colors

Posted on June 30, 2014 by johnvic8

In putting together today’s contribution to In a Vase on Monday I was faced with too many choices. There are wonderful things happening in my garden, the most striking of which are the opening crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia cvv) and the continuing flowering of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, In a Vase on Monday | Tagged Cathy, chaste tree, conefower, crape myrtle, crape myrtles, Echinacea purpurea, Heuchera Beaujolais, Heuchera dolce, In a Vase on Monday, Lagerstroemia, Magnus, Osage, Pennisetum setaceum, Purple Fountain grass, reblooming weigela, Rubrum, Shoal Creek, silver water pitcher, Sonic Bloom Pearl, Tuscarora crape myrtle, Vase, Vitex agnus-castus, Weigela florida, Weigela florida 'Bokrasopea', White Swan | 3 Comments

In a Vase on Monday: In My Garden Today

Posted on June 22, 2014 by johnvic8

I walked around my garden this morning looking for blossoms I could include in this week’s vase. The big swatch of lavender color is coming from three chaste trees (Vitex agnus-castus cvv.), the hydrangeas are covered, and several hostas are in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, In a Vase on Monday | Tagged annual vinca, Cathy, chaste tree, daylily, garden phlox, gardenia, gardenia jasminoides, hosta, hydrangeas, In a Vase on Monday, loropetalum, Radicans, tickseed, vinca, vitex, Vitex agnus-castus | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday: The Jewel of the June Garden

Posted on June 18, 2014 by johnvic8

Posted in Gardening, Wordless Wednesday | Tagged chaste tree, vitex, Vitex agnus-castus, Wordless Wednesday | 2 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

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Tag Archives: chaste tree

A Liebster Award

A Garden Review of 2014: April-June

A Sunday Walk in the Garden

In a Vase on Monday: After the Rain

In a Vase on Monday: Today’s Special Garden Colors

In a Vase on Monday: In My Garden Today

Wordless Wednesday: The Jewel of the June Garden

A Tale of Two Pots

A Walk in the Garden

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