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Tag Archives: Ilex crenata Sky Pencil
Weekly Photo Challenge: SURPRISE
The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is SURPRISE. I had just completed fifteen minutes of pruning a tall Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’ holly that was about nine feet tall. As I climbed down the ladder, I came … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged black snake, Ilex crenata Sky Pencil
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Garden Bloggers Foliage Day: 22 August 2015
Today is Garden Bloggers Foliage Day, sponsored by Christina at My Hesperides Garden. Rather than include a large group of individual foliage plants, many of which I have shown in earlier posts, I decided to focus on only one area. Perhaps one could … Continue reading
A Morning Surprise
I walked around the north side of my house this morning and was surprised by the sight presented me in the foundation planting bed. Perhaps a better word would be unexpected. It is mid-October here in North Carolina, and most of my plants … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged 'Endless Summer' hydrangea, Autumn Carnival, Autumn Sweetheart, carex, Carex morrowii 'Evergold', Emerald Green arborvitae, Encore azaleas, hydrangea macrophylla, Ilex crenata Sky Pencil, loropetalum 'Rubra', North Carolina, Pieris japonica, Red Mill pieris
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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
Posted in Gardening, GBFD
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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