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Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: May 2016
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
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Tagged azalea, foliage, foliage plants, heuchera, hosta, Variegated liriope
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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: 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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GBFD 8/22/2014: A Foliage Border
Today is Garden Bloggers Foliage Day for August, and I am pleased to present an example of how foliage can be used to create an interesting and dynamic picture. This photograph shows a side of one of my four island beds. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Winter Gem' boxwood, Anthony Waterer, Anthony Waterer spirea, Bath's Pink dianthus, Berberis thunbergii, Carex morrowii 'Evergold', Chamaecyparis, coneflower, Crimson Pygmy, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, Echinacea, foliage, Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, garden maintenance, GBFD, Golden Mop, Ilex crenata, Ilex crenata Sky Pencil, Iris sibirica Caesar's Brother, peony, pink Knockout Rose, Pixie Meadowbrite, Sedum, sedum Autumn Joy, Siberian iris, Sky Pencil holly, Spirea, Spirea bumalda 'Goldmound'
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A Walk in the Garden 