I am still out here in the Blogosphere - really! Well ... honestly, I've only been doing a periodic 'touch down' (like a plane, not like football) from time to time. It appears that "real life" has taken precedence, but gardening still prevails in spite of it all, and even with the drought.
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| Perennial Hollyhock - new in the "Cottage Garden" in 2011 |
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| "Karl Forester" Feather Reed Grass - basking in afternoon sunshine |
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"Banana Cream" Shasta Daisies - new this year!
(Nestled in a sweep of Moonbeam Coreopsis) |
There have been more impulse buys. some planting, lots of garden watering and easily letting the grass go dormant.
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| THIS was a good day of shopping !!! |
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New in the "Front Garden": Liatris spicata and Provence French Lavender
(sharing the spotlight with the 'New Wave' Asiatic Lily and Reed Grass)
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"Sun Garden" filling in with Weigela, Moonbeam Coreopsis, Paprika Yarrow,
Stella D' Oro Daylilies and a Pink Guara (Center Glow Ninebark in the background) |
I hope your gardens grow well - even with the challenges of this growing season.
Namaste, my friends...
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You are right about challenges this year. We need rain!!! Looks like you got some nice plants for the garden. I love lavender, but this year it did not come through winter well and got off to a slow start.
ReplyDeleteDonna - thanks for dropping in for a visit! I've been putting fresh mulch down this weekend in hopes of helping keep moisture with the plants. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the lavender, and hope it comes back with flourish next season.
DeleteIt's as dry as a dinosaur bone here, too. Love your plant choices. I added gaura to the garden, too, this year and I love it! I also have liatris and lavender growing together. So glad your back! :o)
ReplyDeleteC.M. - I'm so glad to have you stop by! "Dinosaur bone" is the perfect description of the dryness ... like a mouthful of dust. Gak! Today, we had a storm blow through for 30 minutes - pounding rain and winds; now it's 90 - again - and for the foreseeable future?!
DeleteWhy would anyone want to plant sunflowers? ... when they could have a lovely clump of shasta daises.
ReplyDeleteb-a-g !! I'm such a sucker for 'Shasta Daises', but we will have to see how they do ?! This is my 2nd time around the block with them, and I forgot what a 'water hog' it is. -- When I saw the "Banana Cream" color ... I caved to impulse and just had to have them. (Call me a "Guppy"!)
DeleteYour garden looks lovely, I hear you have a challenging time over there, so do we here in Britain too, but at the opposite end - we have had more rain in June than ever in the last 100 years! Wish it was a bit more evenly spread out :-)
ReplyDeleteHelene ... if only we could share our 'weather' and split the difference, we'd be doing so well!! Thanks for the kind words on the gardens (they do make me smile when I look out the windows, or sit out in the backyard at night - when it finally cools down a bit). :)
DeleteShyrlene, It's a good thing I'm reading this at night, after the nurseries have closed; seeing that wagon full of plants made me want to jump up and go shopping! I love that sculpture in your last photo. -Jean
ReplyDeleteJean - It's so "dangerous" making those nursery visits! Plants just jump in the wagon. There are more plants waiting to be put in the gardens, but with the screaming heat, it's hard to motivate to get out and dig?!! :-/ (Thanks for the props on the artwork, and for your visit!)
DeleteJealous of your beautiful hollyhocks! don't know if I can grow them this far south, live in Florida...
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