Tag Archives: Weigela florida

A Step or Two in another Direction

It is a challenge to write a garden blog when you don’t have a garden anymore. I lost mine when we sold our home and moved to a nearby retirement community. The wonderful friends who bought our home have already … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: FRAME

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is FRAME. I used this arbor, covered with a variegated weigela to frame a view down the path in my former Chapel Hill garden. The pot draws your eye through the … Continue reading

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

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

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New Blooms Today

It’s a hot, cloudless day. Things are happening so fast right now that I will leave it to these photographs to give you a glimpse of the garden:

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