tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268166970091033322024-03-16T14:52:11.050-04:00CanadianGardenJoyCanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comBlogger2380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-82385988032156245432024-01-03T14:58:00.005-05:002024-01-03T14:58:31.269-05:00Moon Pie ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigt-FFOnDOMhBYmE2PzZth_FhYpd03jTsB-smQIOPPiHbPc5TGheg7JDAgOYpe4oimj6iQDEJSi-grqVSQHibeX-3jGP4MWvEU-GCByyD0OFuUhP_ohal7MvRvPM-1Y1Ee2cSA8V8khIVSSjus1Xkp7gdJCe0dLPovcKAckSajwGjmRYwcXvLsv4aFxV2/s1200/DSCN0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1200" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigt-FFOnDOMhBYmE2PzZth_FhYpd03jTsB-smQIOPPiHbPc5TGheg7JDAgOYpe4oimj6iQDEJSi-grqVSQHibeX-3jGP4MWvEU-GCByyD0OFuUhP_ohal7MvRvPM-1Y1Ee2cSA8V8khIVSSjus1Xkp7gdJCe0dLPovcKAckSajwGjmRYwcXvLsv4aFxV2/w640-h512/DSCN0027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Not quite the shape of a moon pie but close ? <p></p><p>January1st, Monday night first one of the new year .</p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-89158277118346197642023-12-30T17:20:00.004-05:002024-01-01T16:47:26.408-05:00To The New Year <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNWkGWEGTnnuTojMmhLmBlcRDJqgCiVY56YscB3f-abOGb9deHAi7SRPMJ90wVx2pd2uVNLgZE-_aD_DSa02ZD5mZ2wjGRJVqv-Pwu6dURR5yPnlppCHnOE_QAuMJBfMt5UIxQ9cTs6RCZ0PCm8I1TrQz04gdTFg05tM6Ja6WcIifinQ1dDLY1GmA32aq/s1200/DSCN0005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1200" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNWkGWEGTnnuTojMmhLmBlcRDJqgCiVY56YscB3f-abOGb9deHAi7SRPMJ90wVx2pd2uVNLgZE-_aD_DSa02ZD5mZ2wjGRJVqv-Pwu6dURR5yPnlppCHnOE_QAuMJBfMt5UIxQ9cTs6RCZ0PCm8I1TrQz04gdTFg05tM6Ja6WcIifinQ1dDLY1GmA32aq/w640-h486/DSCN0005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I wanted to wish all the garden bloggers out there (if there are any left because of other platforms consuming them such as instagram etc ...) a Happy New Garden Year when it arrives in your part of the world !!<div>My moon shot from December 25th .<br /><p></p><p>Dr. Lakoff , if you ever get to see this blog, make sure you scroll down on the right side, to "<u>Garden Archive</u>" where you can see much more of my gardens, through out the years .</p><p>Plus my peony photo, from the British paper "The Telegraph" garden catalog section, front leading page.</p><p>I meant to add that this happened a few years ago, but I still can't believe it and I love this photo they chose out of many that I have taken .. like a proud plant parent right ? LOL </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4gHWUaVgprwZjuVktFZ7SO9XKGZyaTlxGbT_8nrErZNqbcfICcfrdAS-R2iD3EuJu7boOU3gEjJY_KD_jJgiD2H-ZjhBOvBMFEgZeJpGIi2Clf2sCWEwyShqhqQPenXmBcQZWKnQs2H-aCIroVHRaG_BW0w_8WiRc4rSB3q9ORjoVeJY-xF_3-38FKhs/s1200/DSC_0165.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1200" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4gHWUaVgprwZjuVktFZ7SO9XKGZyaTlxGbT_8nrErZNqbcfICcfrdAS-R2iD3EuJu7boOU3gEjJY_KD_jJgiD2H-ZjhBOvBMFEgZeJpGIi2Clf2sCWEwyShqhqQPenXmBcQZWKnQs2H-aCIroVHRaG_BW0w_8WiRc4rSB3q9ORjoVeJY-xF_3-38FKhs/w640-h492/DSC_0165.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-33209305482034754482023-07-15T07:56:00.000-04:002023-07-15T07:56:22.698-04:00End of my season<p> I'm angry, sad, FRUSTRATED as hell ... but it looks like the end of the season for me till next year. Wednesday morning at 4 AM is when it started .. I woke up half asleep half awake in the middle of a bloody nightmare. Bolted out of bed and crashed into my solid wood nightstand ...</p><p>Long story short ... I fractured my humerus bone , sheering it off under the head of the ball that fits in the socket ... so it will be over three months before I can do a real post.</p><p>This is the most painful injury I have ever had and the most frustrating ... the garden is coming into prime and I can't work in it .. is Karma trying to tell me something ?</p><p>Hope you all stay well and happy in your own gardens !!!</p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-88990108380573799192023-07-04T10:05:00.002-04:002023-07-04T10:05:46.536-04:00<p> It has been so hot and humid these past days that to see a little sun shining on anything was so nice. The days are gray because of weather systems and wildfires. I think we are all hoping things will calm down soon for the earth's sake. Mean while I try to do what I can in the garden with limited mobility and this wretched knee from hell ? </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sFSg0VPCoG1Dy6wo-pPA-UXy2yhSYf2TjQ3PMOElUVTWieuTpti1XcP31hqg1KyeWGlPZrtA49F-187wW8UNGhSDrgIKciEqgH0dvj9R38E0eCfYfIslMiV-pKzIzEbC4rp8v5wlw4CeUCXSU6X7fyrfMDrF5QAq8Iu3LxaaaIZyQ-QE_ygmTeqtzKg0/s1200/DSC09059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1200" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sFSg0VPCoG1Dy6wo-pPA-UXy2yhSYf2TjQ3PMOElUVTWieuTpti1XcP31hqg1KyeWGlPZrtA49F-187wW8UNGhSDrgIKciEqgH0dvj9R38E0eCfYfIslMiV-pKzIzEbC4rp8v5wlw4CeUCXSU6X7fyrfMDrF5QAq8Iu3LxaaaIZyQ-QE_ygmTeqtzKg0/w640-h502/DSC09059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>When you take a camera from a cool, dry home to a hot humid garden .. it complains and gives you some rather foggy excuses for photos ? The fence on this side is our neighbor's and she seems set on not repairing it. It is rather discouraging when we are so conscious of keeping ours in good shape. Could this be an episode of that wacky American show Neighborhood Wars" ? LOL<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GRmyXu3N60BrKK4v7TBdcl9La5Q_VSiJl1R3ZdhKXhFeFyTfjehnFfIb95MY1PdiG-v0LYG6pMMG4Hj1Ag0b38yqXfItTA0UEww2G58IeQirSeyeB7V__SWbUyDanS-Xf-gIagg33h5wxdlt0E4gGsOAHzZtptHmrvH2nMDmImvzD0cpbh1l9aQJUmzg/s1200/DSC09079.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GRmyXu3N60BrKK4v7TBdcl9La5Q_VSiJl1R3ZdhKXhFeFyTfjehnFfIb95MY1PdiG-v0LYG6pMMG4Hj1Ag0b38yqXfItTA0UEww2G58IeQirSeyeB7V__SWbUyDanS-Xf-gIagg33h5wxdlt0E4gGsOAHzZtptHmrvH2nMDmImvzD0cpbh1l9aQJUmzg/w640-h480/DSC09079.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Every gardener needs a few plants that make them smile right ? Hosta "Twist of Lime" does that for me .. there is just something so cute about mini plants, especially hosta for some reason because my Blue Mouse Ears does the same thing for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-qQ6unMzbl-eP7rEe4u-3bleOzRtZHMDMf6ZETUBOk96ygEV9ZY3WOC3ilR6NUf4U9zaZ-lzuN4v1seF6u6nmKnctKMwNlPW7u-O0y265HBsS9BMn_ShuPFgSw-vKEnG6s9nFM-hFS3rECnI0uTnceNOfqnVrhtp62iV5HQX0IWGSmAYIiwoN21w8R4a/s1200/DSC09083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-qQ6unMzbl-eP7rEe4u-3bleOzRtZHMDMf6ZETUBOk96ygEV9ZY3WOC3ilR6NUf4U9zaZ-lzuN4v1seF6u6nmKnctKMwNlPW7u-O0y265HBsS9BMn_ShuPFgSw-vKEnG6s9nFM-hFS3rECnI0uTnceNOfqnVrhtp62iV5HQX0IWGSmAYIiwoN21w8R4a/w640-h480/DSC09083.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I love a hit of white through out the garden, especially on dull days like these. It just seems to lift the other plants around it as well. Astilbe are a favorite of mine , so I have two of these types on opposite sides of the back garden.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uStPylx1JKjrrUIHf72tko43nJ2rSGsiTJtBCw3xuXxJNfhlx-YD55oLXllII1ghf5RBTsijtSeAemHkopR7wLteo_FFRQx3Bn1k40smwdL3oAPO6B6ndXN1qhQRp7ATdU_Qgyizlq8qkzUJFOUAzbP5CKDuyLxHOXfDQfERpcHgxDxWF7XLaOxUze-j/s1200/DSC09085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1200" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3uStPylx1JKjrrUIHf72tko43nJ2rSGsiTJtBCw3xuXxJNfhlx-YD55oLXllII1ghf5RBTsijtSeAemHkopR7wLteo_FFRQx3Bn1k40smwdL3oAPO6B6ndXN1qhQRp7ATdU_Qgyizlq8qkzUJFOUAzbP5CKDuyLxHOXfDQfERpcHgxDxWF7XLaOxUze-j/w640-h488/DSC09085.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Giant Fleeceflower aka Persicaria polymorpha is a great architectural plant for height and yes you can prune it to stand nice and tall without flopping flowers. I have two varieties of Dogwood shrubs to pick up that needed "light" in this darker area. Everything looks nice until the BUGS start eating them. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGYagKmqgSymVR2Krb0a0Z02MLK3gY1LBfnkda4qUJ3ix-7PrMRhUqVHltwdLUCmb9nAQ7yY13CuQOlQ1Yq-LV7_q1z7KeHQkZLy62LM3S81CvaxMcIZXYhzjOIke98HuIshvoIe5PBlqxbskQpCN1FrddSeHz0lwrQW18YO72eEK0O1hhAFVH61XrR00/s1200/DSC09147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGYagKmqgSymVR2Krb0a0Z02MLK3gY1LBfnkda4qUJ3ix-7PrMRhUqVHltwdLUCmb9nAQ7yY13CuQOlQ1Yq-LV7_q1z7KeHQkZLy62LM3S81CvaxMcIZXYhzjOIke98HuIshvoIe5PBlqxbskQpCN1FrddSeHz0lwrQW18YO72eEK0O1hhAFVH61XrR00/w640-h480/DSC09147.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Sweet Autumn clematis is also another hit of bright white but it can be a monster vine so I really have to prune it back to tame it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTdddjofNDcsep_o6LMDd-Bc8hju04LHYkVM0nHcAR47WoicZ3IhEADna531Ex4ynCSldEWFM0Jrtxurz78vGD9EBV3tN7ygPZ2gygOpw_mzkEBzIlb93QAGVtCfxMBI5Nu4LCz9LRRI72GhITKz35Z0EIE8h_TEEZgb5e_XKm_aufG9KLf24H0KZj1jT/s1200/DSC09127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTdddjofNDcsep_o6LMDd-Bc8hju04LHYkVM0nHcAR47WoicZ3IhEADna531Ex4ynCSldEWFM0Jrtxurz78vGD9EBV3tN7ygPZ2gygOpw_mzkEBzIlb93QAGVtCfxMBI5Nu4LCz9LRRI72GhITKz35Z0EIE8h_TEEZgb5e_XKm_aufG9KLf24H0KZj1jT/w640-h480/DSC09127.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IktvXo8j8uASInXNgSXWhpOqpPPtjmot9bTkwsWx3yAL7bvXwCka_BfiR9CJOMG81evqtlL-ZTvhUYia9tC4VK0YAxiag754tc9aBjT5Q6sdCHHPYBINJwzy5nsydbpWgVTT1BEdgISvTm3NT0xlA-hGzw0e_BrItpM4hE9kNXMiBkQyEDXMEVy0Z3rB/s1200/DSC09130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1200" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IktvXo8j8uASInXNgSXWhpOqpPPtjmot9bTkwsWx3yAL7bvXwCka_BfiR9CJOMG81evqtlL-ZTvhUYia9tC4VK0YAxiag754tc9aBjT5Q6sdCHHPYBINJwzy5nsydbpWgVTT1BEdgISvTm3NT0xlA-hGzw0e_BrItpM4hE9kNXMiBkQyEDXMEVy0Z3rB/w640-h502/DSC09130.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have steered clear of bee Balm for many years because of powdery mildew driving me mad.<div>This is "Bee Mine" pink .. it is supposed to be quite resistant but the summer has really just begun so we will see. I don't want to like it too much ... but I think it is too late ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXodUSrl_KTOa96RQaXvg_ycrwqr-1Y_LFHMCt1iL4xH6T6HeuIzr49MGXegaqHgATkS8AYbIJ9uvWqfC8xqR_j7BMvh7U-jfqHsZIYTMbbOQBpF2qmZYQwTgJ0dDUhnfkOzFdAtyqbe2FrKYbVz7Cp1d-QFbGr23wnnqLarr14hPCI0M9kdJBc4BDvMr9/s1200/DSC09131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXodUSrl_KTOa96RQaXvg_ycrwqr-1Y_LFHMCt1iL4xH6T6HeuIzr49MGXegaqHgATkS8AYbIJ9uvWqfC8xqR_j7BMvh7U-jfqHsZIYTMbbOQBpF2qmZYQwTgJ0dDUhnfkOzFdAtyqbe2FrKYbVz7Cp1d-QFbGr23wnnqLarr14hPCI0M9kdJBc4BDvMr9/w640-h480/DSC09131.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>My big beautiful gold hosta is "<a href="https://www.waltersgardens.com/variety.php?ID=HSCTC" target="_blank">Coast to Coast"</a> from the Shadowland series. I like pairing that gold colour with the gold barberry on the other side.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU32GuGODIBXX2h-xOTpy0g571Ac3GhWcyiGz6h4WkgiMcxsVLnTPZIW1W7AUxLBS-03dd0dMX5q6gpA3wKwt8xCVaaMUC1MqI2NJjRoWKGNZdGKWsmsOgxHWn5nxHrMMOIDXuTh7BTyhB04Z1fW_QdFEs4AucbxJ4wibocMsu7PSDnyFaF1I8VWU2FXW/s1200/DSC09102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqU32GuGODIBXX2h-xOTpy0g571Ac3GhWcyiGz6h4WkgiMcxsVLnTPZIW1W7AUxLBS-03dd0dMX5q6gpA3wKwt8xCVaaMUC1MqI2NJjRoWKGNZdGKWsmsOgxHWn5nxHrMMOIDXuTh7BTyhB04Z1fW_QdFEs4AucbxJ4wibocMsu7PSDnyFaF1I8VWU2FXW/w640-h480/DSC09102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The lighting this day is really poor and doesn't do the garden justice but it still looks fairly good for now from this aspect. I haven't been in the front gardens for ages .. ugh !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV1G2Ciy9W8uGdPAYQPiA1Xp-9ymwvOgATe_G6crzlOHWmzx1HIQOCQb1NFOnNf5d-M8wk_1Fj7yxTKLqQiPNquUc_wZHBhB2RbizCrGzB0bo0BTI1DEsjG7z0fUJzXmJJX4eMpkuRIeZuKAdKer8-P7_5H4hevZ8oR8gCpUTdqCktXSeCRfpFKfV-7O1/s1200/DSC09128.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZV1G2Ciy9W8uGdPAYQPiA1Xp-9ymwvOgATe_G6crzlOHWmzx1HIQOCQb1NFOnNf5d-M8wk_1Fj7yxTKLqQiPNquUc_wZHBhB2RbizCrGzB0bo0BTI1DEsjG7z0fUJzXmJJX4eMpkuRIeZuKAdKer8-P7_5H4hevZ8oR8gCpUTdqCktXSeCRfpFKfV-7O1/w640-h480/DSC09128.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>The view from the opposite direction for perspective .. I have tried to pack too many trees here and that is going to bit me a few years down the road I am sure. Blue Mouse Ears mini hosta lives behind the curved stone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV3pjaK7Sq9_W-FKYPT1XN7aRC7VMXx9LVEVF98x0HIsrFZojuoTuW3vW6I2-Qsqr_BtxcsrpkOn2m65SULNXd2g_YZ5oXDjCvnzk5WkPyVzsYqEhmEKG3oeABXbTH0AZPyc6d9tjc3_f9ZtPKCsEqfX1LNCOxAfL0xmzxuayJx6nYbAFCqlcSXMqygiS/s1200/DSC09142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV3pjaK7Sq9_W-FKYPT1XN7aRC7VMXx9LVEVF98x0HIsrFZojuoTuW3vW6I2-Qsqr_BtxcsrpkOn2m65SULNXd2g_YZ5oXDjCvnzk5WkPyVzsYqEhmEKG3oeABXbTH0AZPyc6d9tjc3_f9ZtPKCsEqfX1LNCOxAfL0xmzxuayJx6nYbAFCqlcSXMqygiS/w640-h480/DSC09142.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezmpBJebP3dBPBKKMxPVQv6cWiyeYH3400RtriMWdVGvfVJqmmdPqZK8r2VZFAEGIFT-7qVfQ0dA0iXFTkYiMTCrcnfmovTXUEpw23CkEbhmsBtCC16HySBxE2SoMt0nv7Tgh0ZCecPgk7IbTWfO-zWO8dI52HW5bh8bt1_RpUoq_vkH6Hd0UR3-gwTEJ/s1200/DSC09139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjezmpBJebP3dBPBKKMxPVQv6cWiyeYH3400RtriMWdVGvfVJqmmdPqZK8r2VZFAEGIFT-7qVfQ0dA0iXFTkYiMTCrcnfmovTXUEpw23CkEbhmsBtCC16HySBxE2SoMt0nv7Tgh0ZCecPgk7IbTWfO-zWO8dI52HW5bh8bt1_RpUoq_vkH6Hd0UR3-gwTEJ/w640-h480/DSC09139.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Upper clematis (one I almost ripped out) is Warsaw Nike that "falls on my Japanese maple.. the bottom one that scrambles over Little Lamb hydrangea is Madam Julia Correvon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM-7CP5fSIBkUJTlxZG0jQJYbkL1yjBosKbIY-NHKrwrAzBh_L6kjcwZ8peRTO-UNuhPJPZ1KeVle7Qia4AO4a4ZFA_jtvyV0nujDEXRVaJqv8RCeM-xuV5SGYjsouGOFOKG-9D5jCne8U2wKqzkD6DEPvE3sRIE9CLQyacgNTGQtqQT7WhZzPQgyqisG/s1200/DSC09140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM-7CP5fSIBkUJTlxZG0jQJYbkL1yjBosKbIY-NHKrwrAzBh_L6kjcwZ8peRTO-UNuhPJPZ1KeVle7Qia4AO4a4ZFA_jtvyV0nujDEXRVaJqv8RCeM-xuV5SGYjsouGOFOKG-9D5jCne8U2wKqzkD6DEPvE3sRIE9CLQyacgNTGQtqQT7WhZzPQgyqisG/w640-h480/DSC09140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The "allyway" garden is blooming ike mad .. the kiwi vine is unbound and reaching to grab both houses. Note to self .. get that pruned !!!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y92IUqSIJEFgTkRcORnjb9PKbho_uA5WPMyeZCzxme3IrTyenIEhMkr6lWcvr-t7u0TB4avNJWtBJggHhyg9ueLPQhUhLWNCvWqF-dnSGzfsZ8Kd3ovvrBfqwGoMTn8Vd1-YKQHZ8d-MXi5kyM3eAmPYsnMLEGQQzQrGmN3Htgsp-7b0a9Z-XI4-Y_6J/s1200/DSC09152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y92IUqSIJEFgTkRcORnjb9PKbho_uA5WPMyeZCzxme3IrTyenIEhMkr6lWcvr-t7u0TB4avNJWtBJggHhyg9ueLPQhUhLWNCvWqF-dnSGzfsZ8Kd3ovvrBfqwGoMTn8Vd1-YKQHZ8d-MXi5kyM3eAmPYsnMLEGQQzQrGmN3Htgsp-7b0a9Z-XI4-Y_6J/w640-h480/DSC09152.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This should be taken in sunlight because that apricot/orange looks so much more vibrant in proper light<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEU29LoFCrN-jRp48GJPbkFeYtC0fCNgeDe505p81TozlDrVfQX5kvs4HJzWnfsUP0xFN0AmSQyZhfpfVUC9-8sEXmS-cq-EHcnngK26C5b8bSyxL1bbo1mAZSDGEAsP1sfl3AXfWCSi2qAnvV-QJtFVq_G25B19UbHVSQU1EMx4ANZ6eQr6xOedSmr35/s1200/DSC09145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1200" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEU29LoFCrN-jRp48GJPbkFeYtC0fCNgeDe505p81TozlDrVfQX5kvs4HJzWnfsUP0xFN0AmSQyZhfpfVUC9-8sEXmS-cq-EHcnngK26C5b8bSyxL1bbo1mAZSDGEAsP1sfl3AXfWCSi2qAnvV-QJtFVq_G25B19UbHVSQU1EMx4ANZ6eQr6xOedSmr35/w640-h512/DSC09145.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1prjbwG3Y0uoRfvEdid8b2dZeLkuY481MVSIaUngJmufGOZlXFSSDAyonxG086HTm_zplmybjh_FHvDnOuPmb2qEVWjd1u3siEmDn-0pRMY3evCSv_6H81E89qOXPaiw3DdhzUSXD7Vw7BJXBNrlSNYqpxWWeWbLHTjTEjGH99ixZh_foW7lFKpw4H-u/s1200/DSC09151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1200" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1prjbwG3Y0uoRfvEdid8b2dZeLkuY481MVSIaUngJmufGOZlXFSSDAyonxG086HTm_zplmybjh_FHvDnOuPmb2qEVWjd1u3siEmDn-0pRMY3evCSv_6H81E89qOXPaiw3DdhzUSXD7Vw7BJXBNrlSNYqpxWWeWbLHTjTEjGH99ixZh_foW7lFKpw4H-u/w640-h474/DSC09151.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Golden Spirit smokebush (training to be a tree) has amazing "flowers" I am so glad to be in awe and curious about plants and animals .. I can't imagine not being this way. I am also so glad my garden provides me with those feelings .. even though "we" may not agree where a plant should be planted at times ? haha<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuOPpSg6GmH6HnPQa266MlbT0f5lbYJzH6imN0DkhKWan-EEmQIYs38haqac-WEz6O98su-X51RXS3fiwK7rE3VIhjcV5iME1Bmg08HB323dYHTE5ky1IKwfX4DkuTwKUtdH-vQWWBONCL1Wv8sfsuvBqN-_CfZ155s7gW8ew5HhK6JY4lxlZcnE5AfY7/s1200/DSC09153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuOPpSg6GmH6HnPQa266MlbT0f5lbYJzH6imN0DkhKWan-EEmQIYs38haqac-WEz6O98su-X51RXS3fiwK7rE3VIhjcV5iME1Bmg08HB323dYHTE5ky1IKwfX4DkuTwKUtdH-vQWWBONCL1Wv8sfsuvBqN-_CfZ155s7gW8ew5HhK6JY4lxlZcnE5AfY7/w640-h480/DSC09153.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>So , I have cut down on pots for the deck.. a lot of my herbs are in the garden now, but I keep the dill , rosemary, and some new lavender on the deck to enjoy them and keep an eye out for caterpillars that I can help from the dill hopefully. I haven't seen any butterflies so far though but fingers crossed !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ySff9mBI4N-00Eh_FmnB5K2-4K8tGF28Hk6THyYoipFL5MgX50TgoGtIw_ThmwAYN3wJSEmgSvkG64mgSDzEvjcR5-UwTpVuVHV_kEx2-31aYp0CkW3azHnkrhB3LoDSCrC83Q9NGWuF7JoyKTf8FgD_PPP04FHUS0fLsUGGowdzFoH9TgdirK_DiW9m/s1200/DSC09077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ySff9mBI4N-00Eh_FmnB5K2-4K8tGF28Hk6THyYoipFL5MgX50TgoGtIw_ThmwAYN3wJSEmgSvkG64mgSDzEvjcR5-UwTpVuVHV_kEx2-31aYp0CkW3azHnkrhB3LoDSCrC83Q9NGWuF7JoyKTf8FgD_PPP04FHUS0fLsUGGowdzFoH9TgdirK_DiW9m/w640-h480/DSC09077.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-44437794567608417722023-06-30T18:08:00.007-04:002023-07-04T08:15:46.755-04:00It has been a while .....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXL1AAyVv7ph8eutCveusMb-Cx28NbPeuJFmMzrN68PL9Ii__saIeYNVJ3y_UQAXBYFLmiZ-10muMIm-Ow8X0AaoNgpwU0sgLstJTwqWQHlLxPkhn_UY6CLc296iA976GzlD3DEgQPEJInZOFhAh-DX0hp6tanxBFmmdgP4exdH39UbdNWkH3hrjsTk2G3/s1200/DSC08429.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1200" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXL1AAyVv7ph8eutCveusMb-Cx28NbPeuJFmMzrN68PL9Ii__saIeYNVJ3y_UQAXBYFLmiZ-10muMIm-Ow8X0AaoNgpwU0sgLstJTwqWQHlLxPkhn_UY6CLc296iA976GzlD3DEgQPEJInZOFhAh-DX0hp6tanxBFmmdgP4exdH39UbdNWkH3hrjsTk2G3/w640-h516/DSC08429.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div> Fothergilla in later May with it's exceptionally sweet flower buds.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtiE5k_S-ekr049fS2AcmO2BUkQtxs9OmoRReN_V3I3nqpqicXb4oGq2tvojEQFLP4m2c-tkNbCrDMwNK0D_Wq27SL1UssvGPsTHHqYhNwTP-3CNgmp5CpbFKiPp3CcaN1070VlcJ7mp4U486wbXtujGJdemPTbp0gdkhfVHmSVn8gE-3HGtlH6q66ly7/s1200/DSC08424.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1200" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtiE5k_S-ekr049fS2AcmO2BUkQtxs9OmoRReN_V3I3nqpqicXb4oGq2tvojEQFLP4m2c-tkNbCrDMwNK0D_Wq27SL1UssvGPsTHHqYhNwTP-3CNgmp5CpbFKiPp3CcaN1070VlcJ7mp4U486wbXtujGJdemPTbp0gdkhfVHmSVn8gE-3HGtlH6q66ly7/w640-h520/DSC08424.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">Epimedium "Niveum" I am always drawn in by these dainty white flowers .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72CL7GSTTe2OVVhbXyHdbRiJM0hraoTT41f2Ch6BzEgSzEHrb6O0DVQf6flTadY-S2PBhG6AJ1qGQnB-xq-rYYEubZ4gR3fQ5SPemM1xSpBTMiHC_lgdQaA2PSA5Xe27QXOTW_S6t30sZn5v-LRaw9UFLZzsjDx3UTwkcqsDJBcgUbUM_ymg_UN-GLDwZ/s1200/DSC08518.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72CL7GSTTe2OVVhbXyHdbRiJM0hraoTT41f2Ch6BzEgSzEHrb6O0DVQf6flTadY-S2PBhG6AJ1qGQnB-xq-rYYEubZ4gR3fQ5SPemM1xSpBTMiHC_lgdQaA2PSA5Xe27QXOTW_S6t30sZn5v-LRaw9UFLZzsjDx3UTwkcqsDJBcgUbUM_ymg_UN-GLDwZ/w640-h480/DSC08518.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">The scent of my Dwarf Korean Lilac tree is beyond description . </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It just makes me so happy to take it all in and enjoy those moments of appreciating my garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3kRl1CdwFJB0EDhAXT-nSonSDGZ8jpVgFhD79i7IzxmijMtPnBfAGS6wUqe2jfoA7cWrnbnmtI-FxZ_C7EWZEDrBp-N-9V-7bJerLqcSpueR9bsQ_MDpCKx-4QWMsITc996Jb1jqy6dGOiJ44JBhXvWFpb7OGvZYJQ08Exfyc9PayRwc08Kjbr1MtzMb/s1200/DSC08532.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1200" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3kRl1CdwFJB0EDhAXT-nSonSDGZ8jpVgFhD79i7IzxmijMtPnBfAGS6wUqe2jfoA7cWrnbnmtI-FxZ_C7EWZEDrBp-N-9V-7bJerLqcSpueR9bsQ_MDpCKx-4QWMsITc996Jb1jqy6dGOiJ44JBhXvWFpb7OGvZYJQ08Exfyc9PayRwc08Kjbr1MtzMb/w640-h466/DSC08532.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Mandarin Lights azalea is a shocking orange against all of my other plants, especially my dark dignified Japanese maple .. but I think they get along fine with each other.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Moulin Rouge Can Can Dancers ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzmdSEEkSc0aC3d7pOPHdDFSyZcx3ugeP10mp7_kT8j8K_UOpd_Z4FDCRGV7_jH-dHu8pDR9dc-w2ZK6S7ad1Rm_BjfpK0H1HH74_qM1bsWQupVIrH0sdHMetri7UW-tHsy2ZxAkawiInhvd5Gv-vxQfxtrjO4RnnMJLtsqw8nbtcv79xVblka-8eSthi/s1200/DSC08665.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzmdSEEkSc0aC3d7pOPHdDFSyZcx3ugeP10mp7_kT8j8K_UOpd_Z4FDCRGV7_jH-dHu8pDR9dc-w2ZK6S7ad1Rm_BjfpK0H1HH74_qM1bsWQupVIrH0sdHMetri7UW-tHsy2ZxAkawiInhvd5Gv-vxQfxtrjO4RnnMJLtsqw8nbtcv79xVblka-8eSthi/w640-h480/DSC08665.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Goatsbeard was one of the first taller perennials that I fell hard for . I have planted three different varieties of lesser height, but still carry a lot of interesting features .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xwT7IJwz4Mq4B62XR2ymOaGOez5NtgrFPpdsBlOmkrxCAV7tZUbyQLtM7pqC3Vw9OfaV82yGpnb4tJp7rJNI6puGDPVBEHE1MC0RbZsLS8Yy-EVlkYl-0sFWufnsf-Jm5XKJpTV_paw7aO81S-7y38iNe-pSSK8VYnA9GLtQvTVrDYVrrTqBpWFJ51z0/s1200/DSC08925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xwT7IJwz4Mq4B62XR2ymOaGOez5NtgrFPpdsBlOmkrxCAV7tZUbyQLtM7pqC3Vw9OfaV82yGpnb4tJp7rJNI6puGDPVBEHE1MC0RbZsLS8Yy-EVlkYl-0sFWufnsf-Jm5XKJpTV_paw7aO81S-7y38iNe-pSSK8VYnA9GLtQvTVrDYVrrTqBpWFJ51z0/w640-h480/DSC08925.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Eye of the Tiger Dutch iris .. I just wasn't as enthusiastic as I thought I would be for this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA21Tl8NRxaBziK9s5xqaFb2rQ9FW8NP-XBRrrpL5Lqdcy1x2RQYBn20nlycxQ7bgsvsoQFRg13GUjLyZB_ktCk0YPvMAKez-NvGJynmOjj7tBtILnUn4hu81AZPJC-wmL4tzer2LyvsG3F4Aq1cbl4bZY8aSp4Ipx8sgNCq7JEpXNCtYwyWKypWs41ZCi/s1200/DSC08950-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1200" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA21Tl8NRxaBziK9s5xqaFb2rQ9FW8NP-XBRrrpL5Lqdcy1x2RQYBn20nlycxQ7bgsvsoQFRg13GUjLyZB_ktCk0YPvMAKez-NvGJynmOjj7tBtILnUn4hu81AZPJC-wmL4tzer2LyvsG3F4Aq1cbl4bZY8aSp4Ipx8sgNCq7JEpXNCtYwyWKypWs41ZCi/w640-h514/DSC08950-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Allium Christophii was a new one this year and I have to say I'm fascinated by it .. it is like a mathematical equation in plant form ... very striking .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have had that patch (wax bells) almost 20 years and I am wondering how much longer it will thrive ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIdQwC3MXMa8BI4dou5ICpJ51EqRXXXqDO-UQWfiMsabS3zkeBuy3dOZ9G5va5K5BKDPrDZhNhpCc3kCOQr4DBCiPluNEWOtt71qMzpN4h2Lz88dhSPXXJ55WdLDqf4ruw7f70DTAuxFniedmxnu6so-iU79MUdB5fyCt9whUHfWPjs8Umx0uRI1MtQ8k/s1200/DSC08995.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIdQwC3MXMa8BI4dou5ICpJ51EqRXXXqDO-UQWfiMsabS3zkeBuy3dOZ9G5va5K5BKDPrDZhNhpCc3kCOQr4DBCiPluNEWOtt71qMzpN4h2Lz88dhSPXXJ55WdLDqf4ruw7f70DTAuxFniedmxnu6so-iU79MUdB5fyCt9whUHfWPjs8Umx0uRI1MtQ8k/w640-h480/DSC08995.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I guess I will finish this quickie post with Julia Child rose because for some reason her voice is in my head right now talking about the proper way to roast a chicken !<div><br /></div><div>I don't have photos of the front or ally way garden .. some how the back gardens swallowed up all of my attention . Darn !!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-36209557300880675872023-05-01T07:41:00.002-04:002023-05-01T07:41:31.062-04:00Incredible Swinging Spring ?<p>I put this post together maybe a week ago ... it is the May 1st today and we are in full rain mode. I feel so sorry for the birds and pollinator insects in such cold miserable weather but we needed the rain. Now I have to be patient until Friday when it is supposed to be sunny and warm. The plants will have leapt forward a great deal, it is truly amazing what they can do !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQQpp2aGTKmY0J4YpO0x7M-t_mauOzvAK3HfgjmCEQU6o2jqqPlFlT_DYgN9hY2maZXehSYsSEARgheOSOmyYPqggyNhUP3p0_nqEecRpVqSMWmBeCeoZOYBle-twtXdZKQWGSnrBp1r5yilD62XGuJJBdCdiMbke3niZcjPtMfAz1zWck0Nmn-QbSA/s1200/DSC08087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQQpp2aGTKmY0J4YpO0x7M-t_mauOzvAK3HfgjmCEQU6o2jqqPlFlT_DYgN9hY2maZXehSYsSEARgheOSOmyYPqggyNhUP3p0_nqEecRpVqSMWmBeCeoZOYBle-twtXdZKQWGSnrBp1r5yilD62XGuJJBdCdiMbke3niZcjPtMfAz1zWck0Nmn-QbSA/w640-h480/DSC08087.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgAxOEonyLC3tvMfVRnQJjB7dlnlXFOCbZ0VkfMIktXttghHlvIvIKd9hFhi6R7dJ-yncvn4NpG_K81JUVmuMlyhAshEHmStlqxY44LMkfoM1SiTLldUJqF-u0oEv9--GD6o_9mo7JVdMUlo2eOcFL3_HdWwBvEiRcIuWEzfvzDv8aa_Wm5LtLOZRSQ/s1200/DSC08137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgAxOEonyLC3tvMfVRnQJjB7dlnlXFOCbZ0VkfMIktXttghHlvIvIKd9hFhi6R7dJ-yncvn4NpG_K81JUVmuMlyhAshEHmStlqxY44LMkfoM1SiTLldUJqF-u0oEv9--GD6o_9mo7JVdMUlo2eOcFL3_HdWwBvEiRcIuWEzfvzDv8aa_Wm5LtLOZRSQ/w640-h480/DSC08137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I've worked (and I do mean WORKED) 4 days this past month so far in the gardens, but Garden PA has helped me a great deal and I appreciate that (I had to catch him before golf season really swings in !)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A few days that reached over 34 degrees Celsius .. why I didn't get a sunburn is beyond reason, maybe lucky ? .. However I do have gardener's hands, due to my gloves, ... they are WHITE compared to my arms. So our weather, the planets weather is unpredictable to what it should be each season and that is sad.</span></div><p>It is of course the hellebore that are the most eye catching since they cannot help but be so pretty. It is hard to see how long it is from these photos how long this bed is. A punctuation being one of my Japanese maples in the middle of the bed, along with a few different plants incorporated to break up the hellebore coverage. They are all season plants for me because the foliage is so tough and yet pretty after the flowers are done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugpZi3LGzwzXdm3cDgWgeZUQOGSGM7kn-OyqLknKKZqev1IjSxQY-BB8SunO7zvzbXIQNnbFP_Sr-DVxMe8ZJr4Q0-a1N8aH_YmyhnxgN2gZaPAGEIuPflmJv38kssClUNyVl_ihUNVK5CkPAFCK6J2niGKOwJQtZZJ0bUZqb8yEcwwh2QuGqK8EmcQ/s1200/DSC08047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjugpZi3LGzwzXdm3cDgWgeZUQOGSGM7kn-OyqLknKKZqev1IjSxQY-BB8SunO7zvzbXIQNnbFP_Sr-DVxMe8ZJr4Q0-a1N8aH_YmyhnxgN2gZaPAGEIuPflmJv38kssClUNyVl_ihUNVK5CkPAFCK6J2niGKOwJQtZZJ0bUZqb8yEcwwh2QuGqK8EmcQ/w640-h480/DSC08047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66B6jdKk5LZ8Sq62p6ZO6-g2MgQLo7nlHW2eUush6gWCrSbVCHfnwM1ZksTGXL4bzHRFJ5VgXh00Rmzmwa-me8xvDJDlFQwNP6z2FBhDwOSvv8ciUxgHc5zfHuxDaK7wVFNenJqqO7IvY7_NkFqOoPVcRi1rX0jm3iydjFLiQl5RAX1nPnRlAdsNlmQ/s1200/DSC08021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The leaves later turn dark green but wow with the branch contortions ! One of my favorites .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjVLbMYyoCYBSJBwEiPqZqd1BV6jjTSPIwtI8aEhgU4e5cKbA5eevLECaVyyX3byIM9pdaKacL8alugPpGQicJZK8XQcbQE5zDwRC2xi1EYTj42C2oxGb58EjxSci8Mq_MhAl4J3feqpXegOe6joGV3XqPH_Yn85-Qid2rIMd-5PCTWQKn8tzNMbiYg/s1200/DSC08076-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1200" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjVLbMYyoCYBSJBwEiPqZqd1BV6jjTSPIwtI8aEhgU4e5cKbA5eevLECaVyyX3byIM9pdaKacL8alugPpGQicJZK8XQcbQE5zDwRC2xi1EYTj42C2oxGb58EjxSci8Mq_MhAl4J3feqpXegOe6joGV3XqPH_Yn85-Qid2rIMd-5PCTWQKn8tzNMbiYg/w640-h504/DSC08076-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Of course the first post of the Spring season has to include our crazy kitties .. hard to believe they will be two years old at the end of July !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5W4VoON091HgX5Y5a34FcmNR9i9nnrUVNoxekOfcdoBh6eqj3P8L6t-ALl26AQ9yATbl4wQ8Xa0enQILWFcS_4ycsPUhbkjPS_3aq05Q1kRfyBQSuw31pedx1PgfOmpfLIrHKS9qOkyZcjUEcW15TbDpe90UaRXaA0ToFcv2wwcfRwr_LeTW66JTQIw/s1200/DSC08084.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1200" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5W4VoON091HgX5Y5a34FcmNR9i9nnrUVNoxekOfcdoBh6eqj3P8L6t-ALl26AQ9yATbl4wQ8Xa0enQILWFcS_4ycsPUhbkjPS_3aq05Q1kRfyBQSuw31pedx1PgfOmpfLIrHKS9qOkyZcjUEcW15TbDpe90UaRXaA0ToFcv2wwcfRwr_LeTW66JTQIw/w640-h516/DSC08084.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-5421399528868584802023-02-21T08:24:00.000-05:002023-02-21T08:24:42.488-05:00So what's the plan ?<p> I say to myself every winter not to go overboard on ordering a few plants ! why don't I listen to myself ? It has to be a mixture of things that drives me to distraction, and my mind's eye, my garden brain THINKS it sees how beautiful it could be with these additions. It doesn't really plan how to handle spacing, it never does, but especially when I am not literally in the garden to see that I must be crazy to keep doing what I do EVERY winter. So for the record this is the some what nebulous plan ?</p><p>Botantus : <a href="https://www.thelilygarden.com/martagonlilies-1/martagon-snowy-morning" target="_blank">"Snowy Morning" Martagon lily </a> This is not my own photo but wow it is gorgeous !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4qhEFkykZ-ADZso2iLy5Jq4fTtP9CbdXNlYn7DL42IsUvcesj2Me-NHQlZVay6aKy01288YWuGM7FcrYmPy3nLzjj8zpWj9PDivSx0nYAiLSvlaGO6ge8HB3DDsMh4v1YmMZnAul7NZbNdmD8ayxLvTXAjooh7UgU5Y_NWEMedwK00YJumAzRXYsQA/s750/lilium-snowy-morning-2616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia4qhEFkykZ-ADZso2iLy5Jq4fTtP9CbdXNlYn7DL42IsUvcesj2Me-NHQlZVay6aKy01288YWuGM7FcrYmPy3nLzjj8zpWj9PDivSx0nYAiLSvlaGO6ge8HB3DDsMh4v1YmMZnAul7NZbNdmD8ayxLvTXAjooh7UgU5Y_NWEMedwK00YJumAzRXYsQA/w354-h400/lilium-snowy-morning-2616.jpg" width="354" /></a></div>I have a thing for hits of white in the gardens, also I think this is the first pure white Martagon I have seen offered. I know it will take years for it to really come into it's own. Fingers crossed I will see it happen.<p></p><p><a href="https://botanus.com/collections/perennials-h/products/hemerocallis-desert-icicle?variant=34856102133804" target="_blank">Desert Icicle day lily</a> .. This one I already have experience with and loved it so much I needed to multiply it as soon as possible .. I am greedy with this plant or is that need for instant satisfaction ? This is my own photo, this plant is so photogenic it probably made me love it even more.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjhyeiAbFMkFPIeQEAXxZk5szPRHIGVgoK74Uu-SS1bCRHWNICYTKvt6AZo5_eWkCzG7LQPmTR82ARCvefzc6b6rW0GqcMzqjbMPh_KVzCyZr5NHv9VHZXX-fdHw0X-3rg2hd_EOrhaQolh5TQZrzuBfslG_JIgm3bgDNzrYoM8o4gsVD2Or8M_NZ0w/s1200/DSC07242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1200" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjhyeiAbFMkFPIeQEAXxZk5szPRHIGVgoK74Uu-SS1bCRHWNICYTKvt6AZo5_eWkCzG7LQPmTR82ARCvefzc6b6rW0GqcMzqjbMPh_KVzCyZr5NHv9VHZXX-fdHw0X-3rg2hd_EOrhaQolh5TQZrzuBfslG_JIgm3bgDNzrYoM8o4gsVD2Or8M_NZ0w/w400-h305/DSC07242.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><a href="https://www.gardenia.net/plant/helenium-sahins-early-flowerer" target="_blank">Helenium "Sahin's Early</a>" I absolutely fell in love with this plant years ago. It was everything I thought Autumn was about with the colours the flowers displayed. They brightened up the garden so much for late summer early Fall. Plus .. again so photogenic ! This is my own photo (I forgot to water mark it) from years ago nd yet every time I look it is fascinating to me . <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvZCEO8UqlKDzAJlT_G_P37yVq1OH5TOaBJ5ZyZtSjntc7SQzrr6VAYE4-RRKggzXU2v5EvzvLHofvtl41lPaAEajG1-8Ezv1yISrj71L-hFJcHUKuQtjdA9LqpOhM_w5hGnRD7dlPyHd0XtwKNa2_Tx8LhsKGwxuGxOQzbuFPkhMM7L25rfH0qNIKg/s3968/Aug%2024%2009%2002%20039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3968" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlvZCEO8UqlKDzAJlT_G_P37yVq1OH5TOaBJ5ZyZtSjntc7SQzrr6VAYE4-RRKggzXU2v5EvzvLHofvtl41lPaAEajG1-8Ezv1yISrj71L-hFJcHUKuQtjdA9LqpOhM_w5hGnRD7dlPyHd0XtwKNa2_Tx8LhsKGwxuGxOQzbuFPkhMM7L25rfH0qNIKg/w400-h300/Aug%2024%2009%2002%20039.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>So far it doesn't seem like much right ? ...<div><br /></div><div>Vesey :</div><div>I'm trying one more time with "<a href="https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/allium/millenium-ornamental-onion-allium-hybrid" target="_blank">Millenium Allium</a>" I tried last summer when they were on sale .. out of the 5 ? not one worked .. so I was totally disappointed. Vesey was great though .. they gave me credit.</div><div>But I really want to grow these (I have loads of other allium ) I need to know I can grow this cutey !</div><div>Not my photo .. Proven Winners <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIBLCqZN5FGumikdNQMwYCZjSRHQIDpxny61E9jthTWmSi9fTCE7YL0dA1B1Op8s75bMF9YQcK3sHqArI8nO4FgBCYunHhjLkG6uLlp5Mvy7uw3l9BeZCeEvmLJVS4KPIoxuE6pMfXdeSFVpw0IvH4va3t-HGGpZKKEhA9khRUfEuw-GXCrzv6P6fvg/s500/allium_millenium.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIBLCqZN5FGumikdNQMwYCZjSRHQIDpxny61E9jthTWmSi9fTCE7YL0dA1B1Op8s75bMF9YQcK3sHqArI8nO4FgBCYunHhjLkG6uLlp5Mvy7uw3l9BeZCeEvmLJVS4KPIoxuE6pMfXdeSFVpw0IvH4va3t-HGGpZKKEhA9khRUfEuw-GXCrzv6P6fvg/s320/allium_millenium.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Crocosmia "<a href="https://www.veseys.com/ca/saffron-fire-flowers-crocosmia-51904.html" target="_blank">Saffron Fire</a>" I have never grown this plant before but this range of colours really grabbed my attention for the late summer early Fall season . I love the Fall, so these colours are a favorite .</div><div>This is a Vesey photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDOgMmArKf1HEHDGVSwkEZ4zkjmqjIhACdmZFitwT9MBIYOX98lIkh5w_1Hl3efX8WJC366BsHkTO3zLvA8-EBqT-nu0M0UxxHubDaYpzumItK7zVIDreNBd0fT18PNTlnjuY2KSF2LMhtIkQOASE3leev-_--wPZVUhm9FL15v-30SEI2oNkQSKfqA/s700/51904-51904-image-51904-saffron%20fire.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDOgMmArKf1HEHDGVSwkEZ4zkjmqjIhACdmZFitwT9MBIYOX98lIkh5w_1Hl3efX8WJC366BsHkTO3zLvA8-EBqT-nu0M0UxxHubDaYpzumItK7zVIDreNBd0fT18PNTlnjuY2KSF2LMhtIkQOASE3leev-_--wPZVUhm9FL15v-30SEI2oNkQSKfqA/s320/51904-51904-image-51904-saffron%20fire.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://www.veseys.com/ca/sunnydaysmixcosmos.html" target="_blank"><br /></a><div><a href="https://www.veseys.com/ca/sunnydaysmixcosmos.html" target="_blank">Sunny Days mix Cosmos</a> is following the same colour palette .. direct sow can be tricky but most Cosmos are fairly hardy .. This is a Vesey photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCp8aFZ62l0Z3PhOXdHx6BcrwBiRco2PZugeLb9glSRxTp5A2anBZZTXarPROrTp5cPMYCLN9UOmjp5XVUI2q2XGik5VtFqkROGprA377oLw8PqqxXR5ipj93wpfFhcNIsmU3sL1U7sh-eg2WhJdQSUGKMWNCtWhGMEdbwr4Rr3scODS-Cdbr49y9zQ/s700/sunny%20days.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYCp8aFZ62l0Z3PhOXdHx6BcrwBiRco2PZugeLb9glSRxTp5A2anBZZTXarPROrTp5cPMYCLN9UOmjp5XVUI2q2XGik5VtFqkROGprA377oLw8PqqxXR5ipj93wpfFhcNIsmU3sL1U7sh-eg2WhJdQSUGKMWNCtWhGMEdbwr4Rr3scODS-Cdbr49y9zQ/s320/sunny%20days.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm going to try and do a large pot with tepee type poles, to grow some sweet peas, the flowers are so pretty and what can beat that scent ? It will be on the deck so we can appreciate the colours and scent.Maybe it can attract a few hummingbirds and butterflies hopefully ?<div><a href="https://www.veseys.com/ca/royalfamilymix.html" target="_blank">Royal Family</a> mix ... Vesey photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6O10n9k_toVUOExFulI0q1xi9SXkfmdf3xk8kyLk_1VpHWInAV_c-gJmndmj3R-Bamrua_nuAOCdFzJphCg31Gp8xl2r1k4ZaRvV_yKuIsaIwmbP521W8S46fXJeO7xvawyPvP9LE1H1grO14ed2UC5qIsBkoqrwJSqzkFb-VWkHiVY-NX1svvanmg/s700/24800a-24800a-image-2480-royal%20family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6O10n9k_toVUOExFulI0q1xi9SXkfmdf3xk8kyLk_1VpHWInAV_c-gJmndmj3R-Bamrua_nuAOCdFzJphCg31Gp8xl2r1k4ZaRvV_yKuIsaIwmbP521W8S46fXJeO7xvawyPvP9LE1H1grO14ed2UC5qIsBkoqrwJSqzkFb-VWkHiVY-NX1svvanmg/s320/24800a-24800a-image-2480-royal%20family.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I know most of these are rather humdrum and register a few yawns no doubt , but I already have done years of chasing down "special" plants, now I'm just picking what appeals to me for this year.<div><br /></div><div>Brecks</div><div>"<a href="https://www.brecksbulbs.ca/product/cool-it-reblooming-daylily" target="_blank">Cool It</a>" Reblooming daylily .. another hit of white again to calm things down against other colours.</div><div>Brecks photo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3G-pWBOiGJhlvj_6L3yq0uOb96M6VfsMbJ9-4ZMrvquupwtC9h_-pvwta0xeqFO6flYVYJbi7hwmI-bBXKaYcpjWEsAmDm9KtyuCWSeMI6hKIQAm9zvfDUaUYZWd4xHmTcbbhrjysy_lg2Zxn3MvEvzsfP8WfWWbyv_7-knGRAoFSctGYy3nAT_lRQ/s500/Cool%20It%20daylily.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3G-pWBOiGJhlvj_6L3yq0uOb96M6VfsMbJ9-4ZMrvquupwtC9h_-pvwta0xeqFO6flYVYJbi7hwmI-bBXKaYcpjWEsAmDm9KtyuCWSeMI6hKIQAm9zvfDUaUYZWd4xHmTcbbhrjysy_lg2Zxn3MvEvzsfP8WfWWbyv_7-knGRAoFSctGYy3nAT_lRQ/s320/Cool%20It%20daylily.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So there is my part of a plan ? ... I almost ... sort of ? .. have an idea where they would go .. almost.<div>Another new addition are new garden boots .. these are kind of special because it is a brand I didn't think I would ever get any because the prices are .. NUTS !</div><div><br /></div><div>However .. while strolling through Zulily one day ... I found these for around $37 compared to $95</div><div>joules.com</div><div>The snaps on the back are great .. keeps the top from flapping around .. the bee theme is perfect and having a bee on my toe just makes me grin big time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2RE-bfDGjY8_4Eyk0E5HlSUS3UrZBPEea8koPZQi698AUwwBhdfo-B6eYQXz2p6a62tnHuGAdEoO4S642b3bsfXgBaDXsSGD5sz4q5xC7bEmsch6qrpCI69yPWtVKqOgB5k6jNPYHGkrGQrdAGeThSB6YtuoohKQZ4iRbdrgMCtWtFbYI-yl9Yyjgw/s675/Bee%20Wellies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="578" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2RE-bfDGjY8_4Eyk0E5HlSUS3UrZBPEea8koPZQi698AUwwBhdfo-B6eYQXz2p6a62tnHuGAdEoO4S642b3bsfXgBaDXsSGD5sz4q5xC7bEmsch6qrpCI69yPWtVKqOgB5k6jNPYHGkrGQrdAGeThSB6YtuoohKQZ4iRbdrgMCtWtFbYI-yl9Yyjgw/s320/Bee%20Wellies.jpg" width="274" /></a></div>A proper pair of "wellies" for gardening !<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><p><br /> </p><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-83546538870111861582022-11-07T15:43:00.000-05:002022-11-07T15:43:29.251-05:00Last colour parade .. I think ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEPq38gJCefOOgWxcRxswLzNCGd5Fhx8lckcHly_hNY-ZZrFsPCnDQLotxyOFKkZVpkiQLVelgTrDMbsyhsduEI9xzwlntzUBEqYtWsqKpzt2EslsfSF1ZvSeedloexOCSAcDk6c2kfxjd3ND185cGSS0YXnX5MkYzksg550RMH99xcGofii2M4V00A/s1200/DSC07805.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1200" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEPq38gJCefOOgWxcRxswLzNCGd5Fhx8lckcHly_hNY-ZZrFsPCnDQLotxyOFKkZVpkiQLVelgTrDMbsyhsduEI9xzwlntzUBEqYtWsqKpzt2EslsfSF1ZvSeedloexOCSAcDk6c2kfxjd3ND185cGSS0YXnX5MkYzksg550RMH99xcGofii2M4V00A/w640-h474/DSC07805.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Upper photo "<a href="https://mrmaple.com/products/acer-palmatum-dissectum-waterfall-japanese-maple" target="_blank">Waterfall"</a><div>Bottom photo is <a href="https://www.gardenia.net/plant/fothergilla-gardenii" target="_blank">"Fothergilla gardenii</a>"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXNDbwTiQ3dOaxRXRzeLQVAvPXW1vxOchNWMeptqLc6_Uyx_hVQFx3JnmnbO_NtL-dTCAuBXk6qOIbHauvPcfPK5Zo3rGHTbwMCWkm9Zm0zW-gcQsWY9pCdldKhFWRVCj8ZQFMSb6TIwXGOPFivUZFGy0wlyBlAhYpqesld0caUpXE-fwoufo3fmKew/s1200/DSC07816.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXNDbwTiQ3dOaxRXRzeLQVAvPXW1vxOchNWMeptqLc6_Uyx_hVQFx3JnmnbO_NtL-dTCAuBXk6qOIbHauvPcfPK5Zo3rGHTbwMCWkm9Zm0zW-gcQsWY9pCdldKhFWRVCj8ZQFMSb6TIwXGOPFivUZFGy0wlyBlAhYpqesld0caUpXE-fwoufo3fmKew/w640-h480/DSC07816.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Hydrangea <a href="https://www.bhg.com/gardening/trees-shrubs-vines/shrubs/berry-white-hydrangea/" target="_blank">"Berry White"</a><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyjlGpIoM9g1wwrmzjdvi1qS9lzt-tT_9jwxpJPpfYUXAzz42p60e3b7qYn69SpryeDQNzhmw4fG1aWX2-c32XzCXI-Ab_mjjPcoOMSuzySubdKujI-C1yYaO4AOICYGmOKicSYuibt9aJaN4c3y0ufM7PvJguw2Wi-lZ8GRKmKytqZtSxN4hNrSALVg/s1200/DSC07820.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNjRFJq4mBLQiVuqpTifPluyLgq6B8wCzPIc7aGHBnqWllnS-Q-zTfUaxzVDaSh3e41EPgkN1i9bkyPABMyt9-fYmX8N5dc_9TL21xS7WeFfIddl2seyAOXCJSObINLYUUsUjs8nuh1OYbBgLJbN2li5JU1lvuAxhIRhkT8nj-a5jP7zvDztSbk6uDQ/s1200/DSC07697.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNjRFJq4mBLQiVuqpTifPluyLgq6B8wCzPIc7aGHBnqWllnS-Q-zTfUaxzVDaSh3e41EPgkN1i9bkyPABMyt9-fYmX8N5dc_9TL21xS7WeFfIddl2seyAOXCJSObINLYUUsUjs8nuh1OYbBgLJbN2li5JU1lvuAxhIRhkT8nj-a5jP7zvDztSbk6uDQ/w640-h480/DSC07697.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Autumn is just about my favorite time of year .. I have to give leeway to Spring when the garden wakes up .. but the garden going to sleep is a beautiful event as well. You watch for specific plants .. such as Kirengeshoma palmata aka Korean Yellow Wax Bell . Asters , the ones I have shock me with that impossible vivid blue. Sadly ? it is in the wrong spot, not enough sun but it stubbornly hangs on to life where it is and I don't have the heart to try and transplant it because I worry it will die on me.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSp-xX55FDDt4dJi-J9e_Vz6bd4Vo4zZcI9lMYHPzrURDuXwoERhtw_PaHDnGzEkErbopk890-b94M4RwK6PkCtCjPVYjUhMnVrLDiUqvjF25bw-IaQg5bhDW__1uSRJntx-zyqPBG-AHignk_rJGxSma9n7LiYKMpz5-7uhj08mPh3x59W0ZFCLSAg/s1200/DSC07671.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSp-xX55FDDt4dJi-J9e_Vz6bd4Vo4zZcI9lMYHPzrURDuXwoERhtw_PaHDnGzEkErbopk890-b94M4RwK6PkCtCjPVYjUhMnVrLDiUqvjF25bw-IaQg5bhDW__1uSRJntx-zyqPBG-AHignk_rJGxSma9n7LiYKMpz5-7uhj08mPh3x59W0ZFCLSAg/w640-h480/DSC07671.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Foliage coloring right now is slow but sure .. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wcA83PpsAWljy03yhAKGWzUkklfnxKlvwypybnK310OUcaomVKxrKAZzG1hQSQPKCNZdZJhWKnoK5dvE8KtaB03H28HlpmpUfpFRE57o8vYGK5MMT8pxvqbWvFpcN1hFqWKg-A0TOI0jIG0t-s55jFswuW31wbia6aB5egxfaIqMcNI-xSH3cWmd1Q/s1200/DSC07687.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3wcA83PpsAWljy03yhAKGWzUkklfnxKlvwypybnK310OUcaomVKxrKAZzG1hQSQPKCNZdZJhWKnoK5dvE8KtaB03H28HlpmpUfpFRE57o8vYGK5MMT8pxvqbWvFpcN1hFqWKg-A0TOI0jIG0t-s55jFswuW31wbia6aB5egxfaIqMcNI-xSH3cWmd1Q/w640-h480/DSC07687.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Anemone ... tall and wild looking.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP-pmx0lPv-Icu7BzoPi0BCxXlMELA-h_DjNxXCjC6PcdcKe2nEgh7EZlptvN8nKi6qvRysy5-KlAk2R0EiB7AvpgALkMuZ7ARYupmDc4Ju0mL74sSgtGebVm4hyBeX4gZIjg2PJyf7GpGjrRwj6Ole0rqyiPrcqr6vVEy-j_W6GNItzIGW5PCC4ZAA/s1200/DSC07710.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxP-pmx0lPv-Icu7BzoPi0BCxXlMELA-h_DjNxXCjC6PcdcKe2nEgh7EZlptvN8nKi6qvRysy5-KlAk2R0EiB7AvpgALkMuZ7ARYupmDc4Ju0mL74sSgtGebVm4hyBeX4gZIjg2PJyf7GpGjrRwj6Ole0rqyiPrcqr6vVEy-j_W6GNItzIGW5PCC4ZAA/w640-h480/DSC07710.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Goldenrod that I keep in check ... I have pinched back a number of times so that it will bloom with a wide, multi-head, much later than normal. It gives the pollinators that needed jolt at the end of the season. Funny enough I would never have thought of this plant in my garden years ago, when it was all about collecting cultivars of groomed plants. I now am committed to giving what I can to the pollinators. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORG_UJjxAL4J4CQHS9cYqgn7SYhlnacb_X_ZTRV7u7-7fgsM9HydVEkCoKnAR7oF-qoQnwBsWV2L-Mdc-rbCBNDJzqoxojltpHbTBPP5_5B417nZokL3-ZVMvYe4qtzkQR_5S2h5m9gitR0HxuaCaKTVTMEfMWK6eErjfyi7jhBYWCWtv7Iod7W0GeA/s1200/DSC07734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1200" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORG_UJjxAL4J4CQHS9cYqgn7SYhlnacb_X_ZTRV7u7-7fgsM9HydVEkCoKnAR7oF-qoQnwBsWV2L-Mdc-rbCBNDJzqoxojltpHbTBPP5_5B417nZokL3-ZVMvYe4qtzkQR_5S2h5m9gitR0HxuaCaKTVTMEfMWK6eErjfyi7jhBYWCWtv7Iod7W0GeA/w640-h488/DSC07734.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Who would not think of sedum in the Fall ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4YGWLSfeYGRy_jBncJLuZuw8wJSbmfbgl654WCCM2pF7lmzqeV6YCZeJjCUqGu_Chve3D7x4Iaua8NC_eYU3w4FHnDwI45e3vLZFaMuSIu1L95j_XrNVjRiEDBop_PHh7AAi7KVoLEQzzEDgidAifjs3tznevRSzYOWSFhz_1XyUtCwAGjy1dt9ClA/s1200/DSC07732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4YGWLSfeYGRy_jBncJLuZuw8wJSbmfbgl654WCCM2pF7lmzqeV6YCZeJjCUqGu_Chve3D7x4Iaua8NC_eYU3w4FHnDwI45e3vLZFaMuSIu1L95j_XrNVjRiEDBop_PHh7AAi7KVoLEQzzEDgidAifjs3tznevRSzYOWSFhz_1XyUtCwAGjy1dt9ClA/w640-h480/DSC07732.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Tricyrtis formosana aka Toad Lily. I have two types in the garden .They look like a type of orchid to me, yet survive our Canadian winters, you have to love that !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ55h-uvPxsM7vn4HHefhWUDnBzRW_JEqOUCBto0blvVqYOovmk5W7qh4gEuptPPgNMaCED7jn8kytnC_qpes0y_GXn-q_M16gwrwPo207gDqgvIsGBJL1FV3vFh-8w6YuvZFtD_5q96dsS7kAq_adf6r7ZtzcNykpSvWZnFR-HPaLciDAcYCF_hhEQ/s1200/DSC07723.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1200" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZ55h-uvPxsM7vn4HHefhWUDnBzRW_JEqOUCBto0blvVqYOovmk5W7qh4gEuptPPgNMaCED7jn8kytnC_qpes0y_GXn-q_M16gwrwPo207gDqgvIsGBJL1FV3vFh-8w6YuvZFtD_5q96dsS7kAq_adf6r7ZtzcNykpSvWZnFR-HPaLciDAcYCF_hhEQ/w640-h506/DSC07723.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The top plant takes a cluster form, as it flowers . While the bottom one flowers up the spine of the foliage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUwNweeNAorr3Q2VTW7pDwQEZFkIDgZN7-cwEVdfngLJTL6VZ8UyYEpKNIQ2lVXQ4lQj0pArX2_atj_YvjTkU7ZFQ-gK1gZIwFvSYKxy7KjavNIBIIvgvqwfa2_fCx0qD1p-r19dpl-BJp_-Ksyt-WFMt8JH_vgLjk6oxtiR3wz_pcsqbPoNkxBkcHg/s1200/DSC07773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1200" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUwNweeNAorr3Q2VTW7pDwQEZFkIDgZN7-cwEVdfngLJTL6VZ8UyYEpKNIQ2lVXQ4lQj0pArX2_atj_YvjTkU7ZFQ-gK1gZIwFvSYKxy7KjavNIBIIvgvqwfa2_fCx0qD1p-r19dpl-BJp_-Ksyt-WFMt8JH_vgLjk6oxtiR3wz_pcsqbPoNkxBkcHg/w640-h498/DSC07773.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I randomly was picking up leaves and kept going with some rose hips, a rose, and rosemary.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQzMiwXEivgETv5CKjaa4mNFjgHoeUYtfTWwmWpiatsYWq-ZGYZlgF8S2oMe1WvgPz6KcWn3TMcfIqIQBXh_O3tENaw9bttBFFf2xP-GczqYNX3bMnNebCd1oGVcq3f5BlToBi8qs9qqnZ9XFqSg1_FfuuGIPtWgdOSinea2Zh_ZMgPT9_y6Ql3pYuw/s1200/DSC07754.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFQzMiwXEivgETv5CKjaa4mNFjgHoeUYtfTWwmWpiatsYWq-ZGYZlgF8S2oMe1WvgPz6KcWn3TMcfIqIQBXh_O3tENaw9bttBFFf2xP-GczqYNX3bMnNebCd1oGVcq3f5BlToBi8qs9qqnZ9XFqSg1_FfuuGIPtWgdOSinea2Zh_ZMgPT9_y6Ql3pYuw/w640-h480/DSC07754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>A little "branchling" ? with at least four stages of leaves in flux with coloring and seed heads. It comes from "The Mother of All Trees" aka Pacific Sunset maple, in our back garden. She is a beauty but is battling "Black Tar Spot" ... you don't see it until the Autumn .. it doesn't harm the tree, but it is ugly. So I try to capture unmarked leaves to save.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fJJMOkn_elKJ5lqLm_r2yQ1Qyw8wSk0Ml0k7nNjQBTjP2CUsT_z9YrMYK36wRbOhufW3khoNBvBiCJbuds_wzojVWXG4KmhWSlWq9VqAyll9mVlaODk1NtvK9kXsqEANf0JmMaUlIPjA8p8qe8W2Lzq0iAOnWk_uGEuKKWQ_0gywAnUHjdtL1uDhwQ/s1200/DSC07763.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fJJMOkn_elKJ5lqLm_r2yQ1Qyw8wSk0Ml0k7nNjQBTjP2CUsT_z9YrMYK36wRbOhufW3khoNBvBiCJbuds_wzojVWXG4KmhWSlWq9VqAyll9mVlaODk1NtvK9kXsqEANf0JmMaUlIPjA8p8qe8W2Lzq0iAOnWk_uGEuKKWQ_0gywAnUHjdtL1uDhwQ/w640-h480/DSC07763.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>The light in early morning or late afternoon can be so exquisite against leaves. This is Autumn Brilliance serviceberry that has beautiful white flowers in Spring then followed by berries, which the birds feast on.</div><div>I can't seem to get to the bottom of this photo to post any more ... I guess there is a first time for everything ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJJY7mnPyqU1Eu7Ip1jx9gU_LRC-iS303hPO2MOxp58HCrJiPlWcwwuVsof0YxqvAmC3NNYkfsGU1_z3BjuBaLOFsF0DAnrzsb-Uo7bqvbuIAdI89nI1MEXd7T-5_oHARm5lY9tInG7KEn9KpiKtS1_6Q-LLV1yrYsRkczNBVqwraCSdwx-D0CIjVrw/s1200/DSC07769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJJY7mnPyqU1Eu7Ip1jx9gU_LRC-iS303hPO2MOxp58HCrJiPlWcwwuVsof0YxqvAmC3NNYkfsGU1_z3BjuBaLOFsF0DAnrzsb-Uo7bqvbuIAdI89nI1MEXd7T-5_oHARm5lY9tInG7KEn9KpiKtS1_6Q-LLV1yrYsRkczNBVqwraCSdwx-D0CIjVrw/w640-h480/DSC07769.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-74080001378364832062022-09-18T09:48:00.006-04:002022-09-18T16:17:42.373-04:00Mad about them or just mad ?<p> I don't usually take pictures from the front garden because I am too busy weeding the stones or doing general tidy up, so I was glad to get this as a record of how the plants are doing this time of year. There are nine hydrangea in the raised bed here believe it or not (you can't see them all in this picture).. four BoBo which I think might be a little too crowded, that is on my list for next year</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WTt2jqDxyHXi-Djj221jldYucIQXpXrs27HoIOFBtyQHf8q-YjShgTdwpkuAkbnf9tOBlaRnxSmjauFpBdaoZPDdA3fU3o1zeWt9s0cX0bIM0FgPQFMIcks2eb0G8FYWBwa6XgiDC3fqeJEFwYoFsd3WRBLZ1WCbd2Jtrvgq9eNtiZRqGigWt3xiTw/s1200/DSC07624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4WTt2jqDxyHXi-Djj221jldYucIQXpXrs27HoIOFBtyQHf8q-YjShgTdwpkuAkbnf9tOBlaRnxSmjauFpBdaoZPDdA3fU3o1zeWt9s0cX0bIM0FgPQFMIcks2eb0G8FYWBwa6XgiDC3fqeJEFwYoFsd3WRBLZ1WCbd2Jtrvgq9eNtiZRqGigWt3xiTw/w640-h480/DSC07624.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This is Pinky Winky ... but it looks like Strawberry Vanilla the way it's colouring advances. PW is also one of my oldest hydrangea.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4KmJwNHt6FuuZRl672mkCz2ln5CN8CRK9ZczJt3o4xd33hnADMscnIbOdorDYMMUUA1LmORf7RowFSHEa-JggmKRgYkaHfRbomxpn8MVfTriqu01TbO6GdUGZM3dnBfaYgqId8GoUzDmv-sQeypXHdo2i7bfLEtblLQfJT71yVXJYLbNOFJL-GS1eQ/s1200/DSC07627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1200" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4KmJwNHt6FuuZRl672mkCz2ln5CN8CRK9ZczJt3o4xd33hnADMscnIbOdorDYMMUUA1LmORf7RowFSHEa-JggmKRgYkaHfRbomxpn8MVfTriqu01TbO6GdUGZM3dnBfaYgqId8GoUzDmv-sQeypXHdo2i7bfLEtblLQfJT71yVXJYLbNOFJL-GS1eQ/w640-h492/DSC07627.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Two Phantom hydrangea against the ally wall has very large flower heads and is just changing colour now.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOCHZvkMCW6DKIaCbteIGoE_lETSYiO1AmU08nNk-9jCzPpLP98uMFgOILWcL2SQwbJLXZ7GNzTQzM8YLCjW-rImWAlhW0jIx3z1pMNBk3ohbxRaVWDgqR-Xk96Co4grZXBz0n9AWSeCI63ZYtWH6ZedUxZzDWaudV244kdo1LOq4-v3xtzBnbG0jZg/s1200/DSC07629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOCHZvkMCW6DKIaCbteIGoE_lETSYiO1AmU08nNk-9jCzPpLP98uMFgOILWcL2SQwbJLXZ7GNzTQzM8YLCjW-rImWAlhW0jIx3z1pMNBk3ohbxRaVWDgqR-Xk96Co4grZXBz0n9AWSeCI63ZYtWH6ZedUxZzDWaudV244kdo1LOq4-v3xtzBnbG0jZg/w640-h480/DSC07629.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have two Berry White against the fence in the back garden.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIVu-E7piguaJedIYyHF4H5b2JqB_Er7Y8RnT5C9mdm0Bu-taqAeGKPKAEp_KGoNl3BUyZFoSLIivkO8y8vPU8pKIadghAxir1752-PE-v0Q2_jnuh6OazFwTMaqm-qjHRRvneEUOMdXDnfYr7kK8KA5_ONIPQ3acWkcjak4IK6ookI9zVMd2iR7b9Q/s1200/DSC07636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIVu-E7piguaJedIYyHF4H5b2JqB_Er7Y8RnT5C9mdm0Bu-taqAeGKPKAEp_KGoNl3BUyZFoSLIivkO8y8vPU8pKIadghAxir1752-PE-v0Q2_jnuh6OazFwTMaqm-qjHRRvneEUOMdXDnfYr7kK8KA5_ONIPQ3acWkcjak4IK6ookI9zVMd2iR7b9Q/w640-h480/DSC07636.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Berry White developed flower heads over a foot long ! The back lighting made this one gorgeous.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IMsRWGne5eW8LglxKzEqI2Rm4k-H9DEIdeoQO7o7jWfMkkZsyq2912rcS6JLu9Xu-LgyJGi_E9GJ_m_p0zsfa85KbUJ9W3ngvdcPUGOgN0wZkFkCFnpKow5G53oGAtiTSaDMi7GfPTwXYJ3s5o6v5QYwPExBoCPJjz903h8W46Bczc4YfzIWUW8IrQ/s1200/DSC07653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IMsRWGne5eW8LglxKzEqI2Rm4k-H9DEIdeoQO7o7jWfMkkZsyq2912rcS6JLu9Xu-LgyJGi_E9GJ_m_p0zsfa85KbUJ9W3ngvdcPUGOgN0wZkFkCFnpKow5G53oGAtiTSaDMi7GfPTwXYJ3s5o6v5QYwPExBoCPJjz903h8W46Bczc4YfzIWUW8IrQ/w640-h480/DSC07653.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Little Lamb was my first hydrangea and made me a total fan of the paniculated form.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lMZKTQE3fdiSYlXf1I2zsw5jUtdAtXWHvWVtmCyS7_86QjLDxZCcBpVARk2_Kz4egzjY_qJBTbAoKdk6ljvvDqptNToacTOuQBHkijMr2T_s6cO3rLcYmQAyUHjF_u0c5_MkoR1OMTTNVZ87B9hYujskAHaL292D_9AEOzZFRtxxoQ88jywQDeqSbw/s1200/DSC07646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lMZKTQE3fdiSYlXf1I2zsw5jUtdAtXWHvWVtmCyS7_86QjLDxZCcBpVARk2_Kz4egzjY_qJBTbAoKdk6ljvvDqptNToacTOuQBHkijMr2T_s6cO3rLcYmQAyUHjF_u0c5_MkoR1OMTTNVZ87B9hYujskAHaL292D_9AEOzZFRtxxoQ88jywQDeqSbw/w640-h482/DSC07646.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBeVto67_zAXWVoUPHTs9pm5NEIkQg7knQthBBvjdHackvnwZ1xI-A3PmLrqJL-mTFJQP8qQdRzPyU35GH63fMJs1yOfNQxYDImqlPoacL3rl01oOJ8SFfJ07cfyT4cr-L1xBKbY5WRtQY7G4AZlqbeQXF5x1u4b15JSXXAfcBCJvPHRsSrfv1Jc3ng/s1200/DSC07654-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1200" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBeVto67_zAXWVoUPHTs9pm5NEIkQg7knQthBBvjdHackvnwZ1xI-A3PmLrqJL-mTFJQP8qQdRzPyU35GH63fMJs1yOfNQxYDImqlPoacL3rl01oOJ8SFfJ07cfyT4cr-L1xBKbY5WRtQY7G4AZlqbeQXF5x1u4b15JSXXAfcBCJvPHRsSrfv1Jc3ng/w640-h478/DSC07654-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Filtered light makes the hydrangea petals shine, I love how they look !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUVo78KqkxfMe5lnkTlh6eg8Vzj6pwcgzCZFAjJDlyy8Ykw7lc_NaHO1Rtr5P_e-JD5z729loUEkOZWDa9spSDfponKBxyZZGfdPxjAaHUd6sMSbheegVuQY5ZF6kKmCg2cHyKXMzR7touWg3F4yupqciSc4e800bh3k3hRCnGDPbnI-tYVZQSZ6LvQ/s1200/DSC07656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1200" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUVo78KqkxfMe5lnkTlh6eg8Vzj6pwcgzCZFAjJDlyy8Ykw7lc_NaHO1Rtr5P_e-JD5z729loUEkOZWDa9spSDfponKBxyZZGfdPxjAaHUd6sMSbheegVuQY5ZF6kKmCg2cHyKXMzR7touWg3F4yupqciSc4e800bh3k3hRCnGDPbnI-tYVZQSZ6LvQ/w640-h496/DSC07656.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A cute mushroom is always something that makes me smile so it had to be photographed !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_fmuk7Bo4Ca4a-9uLqW1R4AYhpgGnxVYzbhgXT0Mpjk4Fu-xq0onfGUnNc_OMgleMV8UWk7zIP3pXF9LxkToaWEeWKZgmgFtAxUGTWEZH2PgYQrpqF1VB-qZxIc06sIim2rN9DJnDuv2QDty1qLZAtgpSe5OaoSLVCn-JqnTDx_n7zDBe_DtizFCdw/s1200/DSC07640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_fmuk7Bo4Ca4a-9uLqW1R4AYhpgGnxVYzbhgXT0Mpjk4Fu-xq0onfGUnNc_OMgleMV8UWk7zIP3pXF9LxkToaWEeWKZgmgFtAxUGTWEZH2PgYQrpqF1VB-qZxIc06sIim2rN9DJnDuv2QDty1qLZAtgpSe5OaoSLVCn-JqnTDx_n7zDBe_DtizFCdw/w640-h480/DSC07640.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Evidence that the smaller birds in the garden are snacking on the seeds left by the coneflowers. I love to see that they are enjoying themselves like that !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NIh1-gcCVJs7OpHJSzVkTjzJgdM3aEb594InWAA93j5gmIqpEFGrj1O3wxEoTNFHwf4ycc7cSS60zGETyaNX6ebzI2r5M-Gbu6tjzaTmFBZ0LbHq2V6EMiTVG31-NTn_EkIkPRWH5Q6x6cgXNH6rCbTw1IdyZr6Fc56596V15_UeA5VIbdqRshxzgA/s1200/DSC07652.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NIh1-gcCVJs7OpHJSzVkTjzJgdM3aEb594InWAA93j5gmIqpEFGrj1O3wxEoTNFHwf4ycc7cSS60zGETyaNX6ebzI2r5M-Gbu6tjzaTmFBZ0LbHq2V6EMiTVG31-NTn_EkIkPRWH5Q6x6cgXNH6rCbTw1IdyZr6Fc56596V15_UeA5VIbdqRshxzgA/w640-h480/DSC07652.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I couldn't ignore how amazing the fluffy clematis seed heads get, but also with almost the legs of a spider waiting for it's dinner to pass by ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjaR6pFPszyIJIn7R9PLbECv5zPovOG-UBScviGggPJgApuAXawgb93Zz0zt-tVImWHt3zZB0TcFlIFGqiu1KS28djf20QxHCRCsshTbvewtPnzEj1MmAftJ6YfB35isF7A0RTal5Q8Dj6YFkNNaVljGFR6PR7TjK3kXLXfsr5gbb6Jukpg1wPjRM3g/s1200/DSC07662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjaR6pFPszyIJIn7R9PLbECv5zPovOG-UBScviGggPJgApuAXawgb93Zz0zt-tVImWHt3zZB0TcFlIFGqiu1KS28djf20QxHCRCsshTbvewtPnzEj1MmAftJ6YfB35isF7A0RTal5Q8Dj6YFkNNaVljGFR6PR7TjK3kXLXfsr5gbb6Jukpg1wPjRM3g/w640-h480/DSC07662.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I think most gardeners have some type of sedum that begins to blush for Autumn ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvRwzCszXv8f3W4veYF-x52eBE2qzGuaST4qlEdOegMYHXjqfZbsJnXMwETxdaC3imoc2QWacssS6_VmNxbhcPUh59dcCERiX7cd90GJJK_jCrbNloUDfZBVUWRpAMHgiGIN-cNiDv9jmWrTXOoMq7kyFfOC_Jx0kA1K3qHN4lt9JG_uu1hOCDkxZ8w/s1200/DSC07659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1200" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvRwzCszXv8f3W4veYF-x52eBE2qzGuaST4qlEdOegMYHXjqfZbsJnXMwETxdaC3imoc2QWacssS6_VmNxbhcPUh59dcCERiX7cd90GJJK_jCrbNloUDfZBVUWRpAMHgiGIN-cNiDv9jmWrTXOoMq7kyFfOC_Jx0kA1K3qHN4lt9JG_uu1hOCDkxZ8w/w640-h484/DSC07659.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Autumn is coming ... and I have so much work to do !<br /><p><br /></p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-23099239502346349122022-09-08T13:04:00.001-04:002022-09-08T16:02:51.240-04:00The Scary Parts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_ZPUI63VUQARG8f9IOWmsht_mluANrOaaYZfSDAZLdgDrDudSE1FUUw98XK7v2pW5etRQFWMUMDEfNOZIGt2gEoiV2qcnzVDAmNTYlIUjeo92mtRjWm5El_ZoQebPI3H5rImZ87a4qNstRFecD8hAIisHuFBG7kzrmKq-P-ODKF5U6EF0d35F4uHGg/s1200/DSC07439.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1200" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8_ZPUI63VUQARG8f9IOWmsht_mluANrOaaYZfSDAZLdgDrDudSE1FUUw98XK7v2pW5etRQFWMUMDEfNOZIGt2gEoiV2qcnzVDAmNTYlIUjeo92mtRjWm5El_ZoQebPI3H5rImZ87a4qNstRFecD8hAIisHuFBG7kzrmKq-P-ODKF5U6EF0d35F4uHGg/w640-h488/DSC07439.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have been a bit obsessed with bees in the gardens, mainly because no matter how closely I work near them they have never tried to sting me and I appreciate that ! Also there is a bit of a sad fact concerning insects in the gardens . I have seen next to no butterflies.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ck6sfFi4A3gxcm3oND_EYna0F5oYbWaIT8Hsg_JpPLdFIt3Ul_cZffEEfVKJkvRH0_AbhA0sDJQuecmscUUSmMPUZkJ2g_i3BSAQJmfQvWInnbLgzuY3-0ZBWCLmP7AQxA_72Eadm9bJcellC_0mRbxoWWCLHw1NgSYcqgGFmE9peSSqpOcifIFyvg/s1200/DSC07448.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1200" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ck6sfFi4A3gxcm3oND_EYna0F5oYbWaIT8Hsg_JpPLdFIt3Ul_cZffEEfVKJkvRH0_AbhA0sDJQuecmscUUSmMPUZkJ2g_i3BSAQJmfQvWInnbLgzuY3-0ZBWCLmP7AQxA_72Eadm9bJcellC_0mRbxoWWCLHw1NgSYcqgGFmE9peSSqpOcifIFyvg/w640-h498/DSC07448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Yes I was able to find one Black Swallowtail caterpillar .. we had not seen the "mom" who laid the eggs on my withering dill plants. To make it a sadder story, "Harvey" here, escaped the luxury home I transferred him/her to .. and ? we never found a trace of him/her ... I have day dreams that suddenly a butterfly will appear in the kitchen and we can release it out the deck doors .. yup .. probably not going to happen.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmnaHLa6g_ALEMjmQ_RWjUl9fD93rLL3ObWB5-5-0fk-wzKX3vLLRU1zBke3VgFZJbTRtp86q9WS462si2okNSPi2BOakL3NK_EWCQHJbYp6DuR_PU7tEBzi-2tP7MS3j3CAHojM3BYw1c7n040eWu9xl01Iz6mAEKtVLnLuTKz7C_oFhZJ6unIzyGw/s1200/DSC07472.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="1200" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmnaHLa6g_ALEMjmQ_RWjUl9fD93rLL3ObWB5-5-0fk-wzKX3vLLRU1zBke3VgFZJbTRtp86q9WS462si2okNSPi2BOakL3NK_EWCQHJbYp6DuR_PU7tEBzi-2tP7MS3j3CAHojM3BYw1c7n040eWu9xl01Iz6mAEKtVLnLuTKz7C_oFhZJ6unIzyGw/w640-h506/DSC07472.JPG" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't stop taking pictures of bees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43n8FLC3AtCr8TL2e3FqJkmcK9AZwL9A5sQWd_l6IrmqyB5OAldGiF9c4WKgJQHhYDFyOHTRyz42hWLRMACFexVkgouu-CHeH5uhmWRIuQYOxml_xFqxHEfHZ7kkBfTRMfficLucXkBM-gCOyNSMLwgtQ6NIFBClYZunkFekaFG05G7mEDx4467OrlA/s1200/DSC07606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1200" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43n8FLC3AtCr8TL2e3FqJkmcK9AZwL9A5sQWd_l6IrmqyB5OAldGiF9c4WKgJQHhYDFyOHTRyz42hWLRMACFexVkgouu-CHeH5uhmWRIuQYOxml_xFqxHEfHZ7kkBfTRMfficLucXkBM-gCOyNSMLwgtQ6NIFBClYZunkFekaFG05G7mEDx4467OrlA/w640-h516/DSC07606.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This top one got a bit wet (probably from the sprinklers) but she dried out well eventually and they do love Joe Pye Weed !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5_g2-ay-7OWX9-RSzgXtZCMdnk32RS6v3tvZFO75dG7FQMu0AsijGQ1HvYoxH3Pcb0SP_046gaPMmUW_N5d5MYE3TMG4qnJh4x7KAnW-7PX96VLL1IhQJ243aLsNvyqFt1vwIhvMGtnoWcAWiUDmrL3J0rv_SZubfsjOkQQgSZCUIODFKs8GeQQvJw/s1200/DSC07612.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1200" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5_g2-ay-7OWX9-RSzgXtZCMdnk32RS6v3tvZFO75dG7FQMu0AsijGQ1HvYoxH3Pcb0SP_046gaPMmUW_N5d5MYE3TMG4qnJh4x7KAnW-7PX96VLL1IhQJ243aLsNvyqFt1vwIhvMGtnoWcAWiUDmrL3J0rv_SZubfsjOkQQgSZCUIODFKs8GeQQvJw/w640-h520/DSC07612.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We have had some wicked heat and drought but the sprinklers help get most plants through it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozGjFhA1nK5Zvk2z-olwPsG0d7YSVqCdFpJ1ccfeFWR2NQQSh0wqpWh1BLKHD2ylrlcAWwUgjXH48QkxHC0de-O4hB0BtVxVj75dnnNl3j-7ND-2bk55ZVKW-2soIBzEPPGDh5QnZFInVf_nDKbp8nladMLrErkj2_jDoAEaDQB4eE2T8z036GtmVGQ/s1200/DSC07586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozGjFhA1nK5Zvk2z-olwPsG0d7YSVqCdFpJ1ccfeFWR2NQQSh0wqpWh1BLKHD2ylrlcAWwUgjXH48QkxHC0de-O4hB0BtVxVj75dnnNl3j-7ND-2bk55ZVKW-2soIBzEPPGDh5QnZFInVf_nDKbp8nladMLrErkj2_jDoAEaDQB4eE2T8z036GtmVGQ/w640-h480/DSC07586.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This year I let Autumn Brilliance serviceberry grow as much as it wanted , after years of flat topping it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaH9SCt0RveDmBJ96w5AN0qAAY0ifpyblPZHhR6zlSt1JjsVnMCJ-hG1yrrFkOHGwHa7703WEdoJehJmw8egqJZ28NWkCqFBzKu4QvRZS1IRtGLzLNq-ngaoI_JmsUxlscgofYqKYr219Y6Irhm4wkfKCvH2S45LRHXRYRqhKpChD6Gk4FfEo6UIHmLw/s1200/DSC07579.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaH9SCt0RveDmBJ96w5AN0qAAY0ifpyblPZHhR6zlSt1JjsVnMCJ-hG1yrrFkOHGwHa7703WEdoJehJmw8egqJZ28NWkCqFBzKu4QvRZS1IRtGLzLNq-ngaoI_JmsUxlscgofYqKYr219Y6Irhm4wkfKCvH2S45LRHXRYRqhKpChD6Gk4FfEo6UIHmLw/w640-h480/DSC07579.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Pee Gee hydrangea and Berry White have bloomed very well this year. I seriously could not tell you how many hydrangea I have without doing a head count. A couple of years ago I went absolutely mad buying them at fantastic prices.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGeeHJtQNyqfspVoX0MeLrx6ODASdJNdrvBlIo-1ajJalucGgvNiZCg97wp9zLLf4S0Uqpmwe4fvGA_yfPUSW5dn7oRqZpiB8x0NPgU6fq1jSP1K2vR3B5GDuUPr-gGnAeg4Ooq-4Dt6diOjR7wELiI4ljOcFoB5Jn83kZTRaR7qh0A7E9PYQei-3dg/s1200/DSC07623.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGeeHJtQNyqfspVoX0MeLrx6ODASdJNdrvBlIo-1ajJalucGgvNiZCg97wp9zLLf4S0Uqpmwe4fvGA_yfPUSW5dn7oRqZpiB8x0NPgU6fq1jSP1K2vR3B5GDuUPr-gGnAeg4Ooq-4Dt6diOjR7wELiI4ljOcFoB5Jn83kZTRaR7qh0A7E9PYQei-3dg/w640-h480/DSC07623.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>We had some amazing clouds a week or so ago .. I don't often catch them so these are really special to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyAgbRhMshkObH456TsQuMhXbc0TRJF_iuuFXp0jwfjuC73_iE7sAJXmHekicTZGGALentdg1WEkclreACyqEjS5G75Nco-3oypWBjqz2hcDBtheDdO4aaCWt7b1qVkq0DwURgjZbE_E8s5R05yrvq4lFtBREwnKTQbW8Ppa1FsKGsKihv3zThCZxxw/s1200/DSC07553.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyAgbRhMshkObH456TsQuMhXbc0TRJF_iuuFXp0jwfjuC73_iE7sAJXmHekicTZGGALentdg1WEkclreACyqEjS5G75Nco-3oypWBjqz2hcDBtheDdO4aaCWt7b1qVkq0DwURgjZbE_E8s5R05yrvq4lFtBREwnKTQbW8Ppa1FsKGsKihv3zThCZxxw/w640-h480/DSC07553.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7reW5V59jS38dP0xsot-rwin1852VH9zmLMKJ3rQiHpxuHT6EZNSU4OUh3POs6oIoTeOFz2Yne1A4XBkM2k5IpVrRhgRgrjIzE-1oNeEDp6p0E_PHuC4wjS0LTtn8ToHUN3Oq87iQdEaqmDKSBMOj2KiGmGbnsK50edv0ApYBhyP4SEsvmONP78izg/s1200/DSC07559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7reW5V59jS38dP0xsot-rwin1852VH9zmLMKJ3rQiHpxuHT6EZNSU4OUh3POs6oIoTeOFz2Yne1A4XBkM2k5IpVrRhgRgrjIzE-1oNeEDp6p0E_PHuC4wjS0LTtn8ToHUN3Oq87iQdEaqmDKSBMOj2KiGmGbnsK50edv0ApYBhyP4SEsvmONP78izg/w640-h480/DSC07559.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKjrwWm0Fcv1KCqeTYPl5HWGXzZBVxeIt3ClZ9qR7A_Xf2Txku0TA1OlGmv8urex9Zg5Z32sZ2Q5JZaqCTXoHJBfIiMnAySWMSvN2hV5QudVnkwtVyQ0zubJOMRhdq_og-Nq6GNO6kUpQZE3anCDIzy6YO2tRWxvu4iKVnegf8Rb1z4QVuyBIW5bmWw/s1200/DSC07563.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOKjrwWm0Fcv1KCqeTYPl5HWGXzZBVxeIt3ClZ9qR7A_Xf2Txku0TA1OlGmv8urex9Zg5Z32sZ2Q5JZaqCTXoHJBfIiMnAySWMSvN2hV5QudVnkwtVyQ0zubJOMRhdq_og-Nq6GNO6kUpQZE3anCDIzy6YO2tRWxvu4iKVnegf8Rb1z4QVuyBIW5bmWw/w640-h480/DSC07563.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The girls look like they are a bit perturbed with me taking their photo or was it because I said to smile for the camera ? <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDUwzFrUdm_ttdczI2c7cvIp4sBB9H20QkssCwblOhPeMqVNsp_xmleXvtFf-FcTWTcToc_DJihF-OPNFrY7unPfMZop1Fma7NSDglcMIwIwuU68hJxpZZ9LX1CXdR7syiMjdUz-HbHPHn3nrhrqsaTrJK6p7pVzKvYmn2whnCiuEIxcYX_NA19wJIw/s1200/DSC07574.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdDUwzFrUdm_ttdczI2c7cvIp4sBB9H20QkssCwblOhPeMqVNsp_xmleXvtFf-FcTWTcToc_DJihF-OPNFrY7unPfMZop1Fma7NSDglcMIwIwuU68hJxpZZ9LX1CXdR7syiMjdUz-HbHPHn3nrhrqsaTrJK6p7pVzKvYmn2whnCiuEIxcYX_NA19wJIw/w640-h480/DSC07574.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I really don't know if I will be posting more this year .. I have hit a rough patch and it has knocked me back .. I am very guilty of neglecting my gardens as well .. I hope to get over that because before I know it the Spring bulbs will be here and I will be in full panic mode !<br /><div><br /></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-32997437077291478882022-08-03T09:01:00.000-04:002022-08-03T09:01:33.763-04:00A Treat<p> It is funny as the years pass for a gardener , how your tastes change . I never was that thrilled with spider lilies . I thought why go through all that effort and have a "stringy" flower ? Well I was so wrong about what I have wanted to try lately. I loved "<a href="https://garden.org/plants/view/8328/Daylily-Hemerocallis-Desert-Icicle/" target="_blank">Desert Icicle</a> the minute I saw it on the website.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtw9YK1R3nMP7DDV6CaMz_dc_W7qVvQq84thjXXyudBY70UdnLo2DFOBmYajUINtlT4kcPacUwv634rLywzPbeJuC7cMxl473b8bs2EXfb2GsnGzuuDddopNc7X0qAD1oGXUdjWHStRyYQBornpBqS8nYCXWCMfS2ZGm-SaTnfAMJ3yfqlDn0ixcSUQ/s5184/DSC07236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtw9YK1R3nMP7DDV6CaMz_dc_W7qVvQq84thjXXyudBY70UdnLo2DFOBmYajUINtlT4kcPacUwv634rLywzPbeJuC7cMxl473b8bs2EXfb2GsnGzuuDddopNc7X0qAD1oGXUdjWHStRyYQBornpBqS8nYCXWCMfS2ZGm-SaTnfAMJ3yfqlDn0ixcSUQ/w640-h480/DSC07236.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It's size was impressive, the colours blended in with what I had around it. It came as a bare root so I was a little worried about whether it would carry through with blooms it's first year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWJ2LsR0haYQqdFks7G8HYZSD4z_CqCx4SMRAdvyiJofk2vRcmwjR_ZywLzpJbwmSTOEk1xm5U-h-s2pqDjOu_fHAuS_BJpby-LIA8FJTZ-5_BftubZXuUfL3nGNzR004JY5DRGUbGMl35VE0NL1fEIqpoIjod_BuFBySopHkkXeGpqJrfYWxLEa1uw/s5184/DSC07238.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWJ2LsR0haYQqdFks7G8HYZSD4z_CqCx4SMRAdvyiJofk2vRcmwjR_ZywLzpJbwmSTOEk1xm5U-h-s2pqDjOu_fHAuS_BJpby-LIA8FJTZ-5_BftubZXuUfL3nGNzR004JY5DRGUbGMl35VE0NL1fEIqpoIjod_BuFBySopHkkXeGpqJrfYWxLEa1uw/w640-h480/DSC07238.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>However it is a wow ! factor in this little section of the garden ... it sadly is not a rebloomer but it does carry through for quite some time .. the pollinators seem to enjoy it very much as well. So gardeners can be flexible over time .. I think it is our curiosity that finally wins the argument ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWy9qTEP2RMSDlieUmwxNJOGy-Ulp7VsCz4sgPGsa2QYMsT85gQ3qto-OOTTNHi934yNRTq2Qb6DSbOtd0V0Efxyq7EHwpUk-Qh0Uln6vGC64F91H77QaBRUYmC37l1mKLNzET_WcWQwbsJyEtbjehTx5qZcLCSLxG7Wo8Tsb0GEYCI0ScxJZCkdDEA/s5184/DSC07242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWy9qTEP2RMSDlieUmwxNJOGy-Ulp7VsCz4sgPGsa2QYMsT85gQ3qto-OOTTNHi934yNRTq2Qb6DSbOtd0V0Efxyq7EHwpUk-Qh0Uln6vGC64F91H77QaBRUYmC37l1mKLNzET_WcWQwbsJyEtbjehTx5qZcLCSLxG7Wo8Tsb0GEYCI0ScxJZCkdDEA/w640-h480/DSC07242.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I shot in on a cloudy day in a darker spot so the true degree of how Bright Diamond shines is not showing through .. plus the dreaded beetle lily is working the area as well . UGH !! I slowed down on the neem oil which is my fault because it does work when applied properly .. big PINCH to me !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDPfPFQ8QaG62txMMAz2lSuV7xJIFpIaS1C51BbG0DTEkOG-cnt-EmWt_5oestN9491Di7cwHUDhqNLDEOGqTq78QPH8mBs5a3eVqcm4W0JTNZgDJlAMtGNG3pAT4PC3ek8HubvBGB4WlOIi9k49Aj-52bviATsy10TgswDdpT6pAaxPOUygzURcNPg/s5184/DSC07267.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDPfPFQ8QaG62txMMAz2lSuV7xJIFpIaS1C51BbG0DTEkOG-cnt-EmWt_5oestN9491Di7cwHUDhqNLDEOGqTq78QPH8mBs5a3eVqcm4W0JTNZgDJlAMtGNG3pAT4PC3ek8HubvBGB4WlOIi9k49Aj-52bviATsy10TgswDdpT6pAaxPOUygzURcNPg/w640-h480/DSC07267.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Remember White Swan echinacea ? .... it's scent is heavenly .. it seems the old cultivars have been pushed back so far, new gardeners will miss how well these ones stand up and brighten a spot in the garden.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mSU-52new2QKbTC2AF-K9LKpaaz9lmUrvqYE2oKGKqbz-PZgnR-PcLoDU6IRwyE-ivKH72b0RlszMMjJGm2zpnA1EqfoQsKbkXOJ6oFLtbVDdE4bPBp1fOr6HTfUrs4tURBOhi70dMV79ePWnFeaNyTbky9yVDp90O3KZNZSnJI__5wBUEA08fLP6Q/s5184/DSC07231.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mSU-52new2QKbTC2AF-K9LKpaaz9lmUrvqYE2oKGKqbz-PZgnR-PcLoDU6IRwyE-ivKH72b0RlszMMjJGm2zpnA1EqfoQsKbkXOJ6oFLtbVDdE4bPBp1fOr6HTfUrs4tURBOhi70dMV79ePWnFeaNyTbky9yVDp90O3KZNZSnJI__5wBUEA08fLP6Q/w640-h480/DSC07231.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to add this double white lily because it is a favorite of mine, in fact white flowers (which seems to be the unintended theme for this post) are a huge favorite of mine.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbomzG9nhQscIkl-mMsp1cJHaREfp7_EJd3F9xYzjbbBBgu743x0QUcXkmjIP6GLCc7UXpE86gha7hC-V2gDhg_wZg6NQe_zPQuG58RO8UxLgq0_aFOo36jwFXO3125nATZazWl0WmLHoXbOGN0XSVJlypwy2yC7P9kqcySzF3MOREZS1GupOh19_YoA/s5184/DSC07193.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbomzG9nhQscIkl-mMsp1cJHaREfp7_EJd3F9xYzjbbBBgu743x0QUcXkmjIP6GLCc7UXpE86gha7hC-V2gDhg_wZg6NQe_zPQuG58RO8UxLgq0_aFOo36jwFXO3125nATZazWl0WmLHoXbOGN0XSVJlypwy2yC7P9kqcySzF3MOREZS1GupOh19_YoA/w640-h480/DSC07193.JPG" width="640" /></a>Pee Gee hydrangea standard looks like it is floating in mid air here , like a huge hanging basket ? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has such a lovely scent as well, it is like honey.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtC52Xa1Unvjfd69Ktob1T37oz9dh3wl06QRJOwGLBGlPXw4X1vdYzNcYtTNVqSKTkdcXhwiEDswjOPAyJ93BLgEKHWt5w45IOw-npHijwPZS659L-7d284eSnISNPcSdfJxnzWnW9d8VML1cYtvrFudIZrCAoDCNmBJowcfVjsYlAz5XkEH_UsT8bw/s5184/DSC07206.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtC52Xa1Unvjfd69Ktob1T37oz9dh3wl06QRJOwGLBGlPXw4X1vdYzNcYtTNVqSKTkdcXhwiEDswjOPAyJ93BLgEKHWt5w45IOw-npHijwPZS659L-7d284eSnISNPcSdfJxnzWnW9d8VML1cYtvrFudIZrCAoDCNmBJowcfVjsYlAz5XkEH_UsT8bw/w640-h480/DSC07206.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/astilbe/delft-lace-hybrid-astilbe-astilbe-hybrid" target="_blank">Delft Lace</a> astilbe is another favorite of mine (and it isn't white ? LOL) the remarkable red stems pop out of the almost lime coloured foliage. The unfurled ? flowers are also rather red but turn out to a soft peachy pink .. how much more can you ask of a plant in terms of colour and foliage !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmITvcADNQucq9e6Eq1ENnZizJV3yN_TmMQNoc34-j19YIY80mK5wK91RKXykEbdjZYSO99HoJOuXu-K7C7lRKMuNuRfe_d1KCT0g_SbiQ8aiuk3TgWX77HMxkbZbkUHuQyXNhFlicRxHFJwLF6eZdJ4X25m5Pelz7DevBnotko_HVJyRia2ze4SdPg/s5184/DSC07203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmITvcADNQucq9e6Eq1ENnZizJV3yN_TmMQNoc34-j19YIY80mK5wK91RKXykEbdjZYSO99HoJOuXu-K7C7lRKMuNuRfe_d1KCT0g_SbiQ8aiuk3TgWX77HMxkbZbkUHuQyXNhFlicRxHFJwLF6eZdJ4X25m5Pelz7DevBnotko_HVJyRia2ze4SdPg/w640-h480/DSC07203.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Remember filipendulas ? I use to have Red Umbrellas but they expired and now I have just <a href="http://www.perennials.com/plants/filipendula-kahome.html" target="_blank">Kahome</a>.<div>This is a dwarf version of meadowsweet with frothy pink flowers . I have a soft spot for it since it stuck out a lot of neglectful times ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p0zDttudVLY1qSefjW-yhHdeGC_mkG8-3UiAT227h2EqS_9WnzEhiaaQlgU1K9y7-sor1DjF_hkM-Nc4N6xLX0YQpXONXlrn8bqloXMQnjUjjiTZRumqnZo0Y-rKUMji3Mtf6YPGLPI1ckdKcvU6LjY40iQh5451sG721212Q4i8vgu64GEyPzwtew/s5184/DSC07266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p0zDttudVLY1qSefjW-yhHdeGC_mkG8-3UiAT227h2EqS_9WnzEhiaaQlgU1K9y7-sor1DjF_hkM-Nc4N6xLX0YQpXONXlrn8bqloXMQnjUjjiTZRumqnZo0Y-rKUMji3Mtf6YPGLPI1ckdKcvU6LjY40iQh5451sG721212Q4i8vgu64GEyPzwtew/w640-h480/DSC07266.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This flower structure seems to be a repetitive type from spirea flowers to the Bronze Peacock flower stem. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfC8z9XdQk1TyXF56LubRrWYQhbIs8cBQZJ4zMg00140OLxlwY9GvbUCJfv2RaS-Ia_tK0oJTDY9lqangI_1QwKGrt0BPoUSgqVNJckmXYPiOgBRpvMGOogUsqBzQfd8Hun76Fd8tV8lcYBY-TurcETzZAIG_TFr8iEfs43fdu2AsFj0nFQkwKWai0A/s5184/DSC07263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfC8z9XdQk1TyXF56LubRrWYQhbIs8cBQZJ4zMg00140OLxlwY9GvbUCJfv2RaS-Ia_tK0oJTDY9lqangI_1QwKGrt0BPoUSgqVNJckmXYPiOgBRpvMGOogUsqBzQfd8Hun76Fd8tV8lcYBY-TurcETzZAIG_TFr8iEfs43fdu2AsFj0nFQkwKWai0A/w640-h480/DSC07263.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Now for a goofy picture of the "girls" a favorite past time is beating us to the bathroom and meowing for a chance to drink from running water .. hey, we bought them a water fountain and they ignore it ! Seems like it has to be from the tap ! They turned a year old July 31st and yet it seems they have always been with us .. Happy Birthday goofy girls !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJZnigjayh_t139ZyUt778_MAk7OkGYdp6gcGk_AR6tzrquRhKUrGUXWxRU0TzrP2BrYyU5WVI2ab_v6Uz4mm26xJwK_QKuGBvu5pquqDX1eXqaf8EObljQh0T1o8kmFKRtC5LI7kDndoRIJ97R_6y9rPDpFt3tHxpyl3BynVbOPh7FNGwHjoOfq09g/s5184/DSC07277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJZnigjayh_t139ZyUt778_MAk7OkGYdp6gcGk_AR6tzrquRhKUrGUXWxRU0TzrP2BrYyU5WVI2ab_v6Uz4mm26xJwK_QKuGBvu5pquqDX1eXqaf8EObljQh0T1o8kmFKRtC5LI7kDndoRIJ97R_6y9rPDpFt3tHxpyl3BynVbOPh7FNGwHjoOfq09g/w640-h480/DSC07277.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-43357751824488408522022-07-17T09:26:00.000-04:002022-07-17T09:26:12.796-04:00Volunteers , Lilies , and Maintenance <p> I have to say 90% of the time I am happy with volunteers because they really do a great job of softening hard edges and directing your eyes right from the ground up if you are paying attention. I love moss so I try to keep it free of too many other volunteers in my shade areas . I was surprised with how many Japanese Painted ferns were popping up in places far from mother plants .</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96RiBveeow53jaDBenMp6tesfQe_kBlXZEWl-WPQVU99rdRO6RgBsjcEXhWecMScAoCAQXdXTzGO4fUAaBFs4Zu0Fafh9Tvd5pA78s5XoB-W6EQ2NouKWAkBRkunU3WGdieqbAE4JWGKaMHJpY-f697_vMU5bFipLLRdeFOm4QdMDK_l4Ezsx0VdDPQ/s1200/DSC06998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96RiBveeow53jaDBenMp6tesfQe_kBlXZEWl-WPQVU99rdRO6RgBsjcEXhWecMScAoCAQXdXTzGO4fUAaBFs4Zu0Fafh9Tvd5pA78s5XoB-W6EQ2NouKWAkBRkunU3WGdieqbAE4JWGKaMHJpY-f697_vMU5bFipLLRdeFOm4QdMDK_l4Ezsx0VdDPQ/w640-h480/DSC06998.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Sedum is tough as nails so I did expect those to run when they got a chance but again that is fine with me because it can be cut back or pulled out very easily. I love Angelina especially in the Autumn when cool weather can force a change in colour. Stonecrop is very forgiving with lack of care, so it is a win win situation in my garden.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKeI1rl7nZxmZu6Taiv1i3LvJYI483QKUKFycIMCT4zX9rOOsrVc9EpOwZNq-kc67DJht-AmHJKWlNVK7NVOl5WOlyWGJSU8N-o-aF65uskq4OYgLLOP0otX0UCHLNzrvhjcYbRPwaKHeYIZ_KU7laT_3xjlgk9CnQhIl7BFCJaDDA8mzBFDgcsTYew/s1200/DSC06984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKeI1rl7nZxmZu6Taiv1i3LvJYI483QKUKFycIMCT4zX9rOOsrVc9EpOwZNq-kc67DJht-AmHJKWlNVK7NVOl5WOlyWGJSU8N-o-aF65uskq4OYgLLOP0otX0UCHLNzrvhjcYbRPwaKHeYIZ_KU7laT_3xjlgk9CnQhIl7BFCJaDDA8mzBFDgcsTYew/w640-h480/DSC06984.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>As for what is going on in my gardens right now ? Pee Gee hydrangea is the first to show off the beginning of it's beautiful flowers .. Little Lamb is right behind it, and so are the BOBO, Big and Little Quick Fire, along with Little Lime in the front garden. Yes ... I have a thing for panicle hydrangea .</div><div>They just get better looking every day and I do so appreciate the start of the next stage in the garden. I know others might groan when I say "roll on Autumn" but that is my thing .. AUTUMN !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_57PjixgbXQgA_CPN9bmct-s42AU2Ubn310ieDGDYLn1ENAlcDovnfMtRdiyjsu3QDAwTCZ5_JBQKPd31rXpy64FhJ5N4azjeolxO8UFokmKaPDtLuTKTQSTFZbVAjaBMhqdNvTNdgoKOY2SlBFhreEyhKq_103S8gYY3HoiXWlgPrxWeF34p24agHw/s1200/DSC07014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_57PjixgbXQgA_CPN9bmct-s42AU2Ubn310ieDGDYLn1ENAlcDovnfMtRdiyjsu3QDAwTCZ5_JBQKPd31rXpy64FhJ5N4azjeolxO8UFokmKaPDtLuTKTQSTFZbVAjaBMhqdNvTNdgoKOY2SlBFhreEyhKq_103S8gYY3HoiXWlgPrxWeF34p24agHw/w640-h480/DSC07014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Then there are the lilies ....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_wp1yGRTlgQ_3ndLDiXydMLJwe9M8eLx3gTj7w0x_kYuqfZoBWTmbme9n3Q0M_v_v5CH0bmgfiJkRGGGsdI1YJb1WDB_wTjCSdtVQWFM9w1WppXvzzHCWUtFoVi_BuMvnvI_2YD_xECb3LJfvUDd0kxF1jJcmzD66Hvu3x2krXDTGH58HK69ICnVLg/s1200/DSC07019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1200" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_wp1yGRTlgQ_3ndLDiXydMLJwe9M8eLx3gTj7w0x_kYuqfZoBWTmbme9n3Q0M_v_v5CH0bmgfiJkRGGGsdI1YJb1WDB_wTjCSdtVQWFM9w1WppXvzzHCWUtFoVi_BuMvnvI_2YD_xECb3LJfvUDd0kxF1jJcmzD66Hvu3x2krXDTGH58HK69ICnVLg/w640-h506/DSC07019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Dark Landini<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEsy3Xsk9krRvN47zFsa8u15T6C0HsnpWRY3FPeNf5QG95KQUrhfVJKwhEqOzomaI-dPcKuELLk_u8bUgaArxBMkK9CVU2IPMnIDKsXrpNdwnlcJm56oAEXylIUksqNWDMOgAoLwfU_QGJov_H78-qOyc4_kFkUGRo9OJ464kRzMFl79YOSp780aY_g/s1200/DSC07040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1200" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEsy3Xsk9krRvN47zFsa8u15T6C0HsnpWRY3FPeNf5QG95KQUrhfVJKwhEqOzomaI-dPcKuELLk_u8bUgaArxBMkK9CVU2IPMnIDKsXrpNdwnlcJm56oAEXylIUksqNWDMOgAoLwfU_QGJov_H78-qOyc4_kFkUGRo9OJ464kRzMFl79YOSp780aY_g/w640-h502/DSC07040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Soft pink Elodie<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPuCE86Ape1sxa4LzdcQbDVzCiMnYg-wbwFMvNmlfXRNi5lgEaY6exGJftkqBw7z2VvL1joHpx4bBN6Y4Bya4Qyj3oDG9umuqoZPE0s1l6O-n_f4VSywjtKr3yrS94fmWyD0AxqFveIFLbhhHcApH4v-w-wsXfekEfyJ3pnDs-lp8FeWqJm2pZlZKDA/s1200/DSC07028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1200" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPuCE86Ape1sxa4LzdcQbDVzCiMnYg-wbwFMvNmlfXRNi5lgEaY6exGJftkqBw7z2VvL1joHpx4bBN6Y4Bya4Qyj3oDG9umuqoZPE0s1l6O-n_f4VSywjtKr3yrS94fmWyD0AxqFveIFLbhhHcApH4v-w-wsXfekEfyJ3pnDs-lp8FeWqJm2pZlZKDA/w640-h496/DSC07028.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Bright Diamond</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB2jy9Ke8vXXOXrHZ0czRV-j3tISR1OMZzNECfg6bnWuLBuSGC0r5yUm6TFlVkJLUIznCPTboJVdhvyd1JdCqEiLhs1elFublhNTQE4GdrhJrG2RvCQ9j1RvKZ6m5Cv4_0Tx01gxedIuPTTZBNE2Ly-jNx34vzTFN_Np4kwcr5DVBmO49x1LGVaiwgg/s1200/DSC06991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1200" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB2jy9Ke8vXXOXrHZ0czRV-j3tISR1OMZzNECfg6bnWuLBuSGC0r5yUm6TFlVkJLUIznCPTboJVdhvyd1JdCqEiLhs1elFublhNTQE4GdrhJrG2RvCQ9j1RvKZ6m5Cv4_0Tx01gxedIuPTTZBNE2Ly-jNx34vzTFN_Np4kwcr5DVBmO49x1LGVaiwgg/w640-h490/DSC06991.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Then there are the little treats such as Indian Pinks .. I like how the fern seems to be in love with them too ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrhDVhCwUhkFGhZ4ZRZrhTL0gYsTb-094XNVywSEUCfzKbfyfUKw2I2NZYYtHjVTq00APja7aHmBxUh5imnPR0bYpAxs9G08FDMaUarA9gCzGY_pz75T26Vl8_fv7v554JnxOd7Z7FiS4a_CYA9Pf6Wv3W2mZIvdObv4E55EHlk6yTnCAbxI_NdGbGw/s1200/DSC07026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrhDVhCwUhkFGhZ4ZRZrhTL0gYsTb-094XNVywSEUCfzKbfyfUKw2I2NZYYtHjVTq00APja7aHmBxUh5imnPR0bYpAxs9G08FDMaUarA9gCzGY_pz75T26Vl8_fv7v554JnxOd7Z7FiS4a_CYA9Pf6Wv3W2mZIvdObv4E55EHlk6yTnCAbxI_NdGbGw/w640-h480/DSC07026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This next one is the case of "thank you plant gods" ... this poor hydrangea (very old and nameless to my chagrin) was cut down to almost just a foot because the maintenance company for our AC said it had to be done that way for a complete cleaning of the unit .. I was thinking "well that may be the end of THAT" However as you see it has come back and but we will see if it flowers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgajZ8ZtMY6Soj2Ww-6O5Aju0jjdFIo21YCpgcI1-dO2a2S11pzp_GXFm5Gm20Pwhh5LozCh95ddQkDtJenD8UsXfK2_bPACCZnfEuTMIq39fIJ8caBZ9bvQFG_KQpt-PRnFqoKFg_YwBfH3Cauw5AElP_u0_9GBFrh4i0nvnU1YWpF2Jb2dH8f9LBqA/s1200/DSC07060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgajZ8ZtMY6Soj2Ww-6O5Aju0jjdFIo21YCpgcI1-dO2a2S11pzp_GXFm5Gm20Pwhh5LozCh95ddQkDtJenD8UsXfK2_bPACCZnfEuTMIq39fIJ8caBZ9bvQFG_KQpt-PRnFqoKFg_YwBfH3Cauw5AElP_u0_9GBFrh4i0nvnU1YWpF2Jb2dH8f9LBqA/w640-h480/DSC07060.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>First flower on a new climbing rose ... kind of a shocking orange right ? if I get it on top of the bench arbor it will be amazing !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbXf8tQjMXEuJEBgIocVQGub2Bq7LZbZyO1avY74zrUloNMmfO4r2pPFjlnmU80eu4ezPon3nFeqYmBxoiUiVQh_udS4YIpgfxYWX09W5AfiJyxKKdo2-ZI9yqA4S5XbvXLtduf898OKJNlXOgjLIyjuE-wKpXHiZAuFh6p8U9S-MIESNktlHl7aAmw/s1200/DSC06973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1200" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbXf8tQjMXEuJEBgIocVQGub2Bq7LZbZyO1avY74zrUloNMmfO4r2pPFjlnmU80eu4ezPon3nFeqYmBxoiUiVQh_udS4YIpgfxYWX09W5AfiJyxKKdo2-ZI9yqA4S5XbvXLtduf898OKJNlXOgjLIyjuE-wKpXHiZAuFh6p8U9S-MIESNktlHl7aAmw/w640-h492/DSC06973.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>This is just a fun photo ... I caught this little hover fly doing it's best to find goodness out of the oregano flower .. how sweet is that ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HvOAZo9GLY7uCIVesqnP19ru52P1HrXnKN-Qd6zAW-j1xuf25uKsAnBgg-2d90xtBwGYLhET0f25HF-nGJyEc4RBp7DN4X2rfhu9Z10smZZjgX0xXOGlmnnBt1F6vX8fDSsShBpMiKr35hKQVbjSMs9g0KxSAeEFWZ_GL589t_Qe4ziC9oMXCz2waQ/s1200/DSC06987-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="1200" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HvOAZo9GLY7uCIVesqnP19ru52P1HrXnKN-Qd6zAW-j1xuf25uKsAnBgg-2d90xtBwGYLhET0f25HF-nGJyEc4RBp7DN4X2rfhu9Z10smZZjgX0xXOGlmnnBt1F6vX8fDSsShBpMiKr35hKQVbjSMs9g0KxSAeEFWZ_GL589t_Qe4ziC9oMXCz2waQ/w640-h516/DSC06987-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Temperatures are in the 30's, severe thunder storms are headed our way this week, so I am very glad to have gotten all the work I did yesterday .. a little time off to work out the aches and pains ! </div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-40347697099144669212022-07-06T08:15:00.003-04:002022-07-06T08:15:58.025-04:00Do you have "curves" ?<p> I read some where (in a garden book of course) that having curves, was a must in your gardens. That straight lines were too harsh ? I must admit I have a couple of long, some what straight lines by way of the fencing, stone paths, and the amount of sun that hits each section of the garden.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaq_mk1dTbGHKeNqv-zlneSjv6n8J-kL0qeAUiuPUau5sL4i2NCWV2LzzlQsMTWzaNeiggQSbCqjAxC2L_d-qL3yuc8SjJwzJ10YHuC8Q2owIs4J4AjTenfDP03rTcxH0gyc2K3CuSOOBUbvGfUWVDBogPmNJQdBh1S50S000SGeJ4a18cEGfJ7RW8Q/s1200/DSC06919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaq_mk1dTbGHKeNqv-zlneSjv6n8J-kL0qeAUiuPUau5sL4i2NCWV2LzzlQsMTWzaNeiggQSbCqjAxC2L_d-qL3yuc8SjJwzJ10YHuC8Q2owIs4J4AjTenfDP03rTcxH0gyc2K3CuSOOBUbvGfUWVDBogPmNJQdBh1S50S000SGeJ4a18cEGfJ7RW8Q/w640-h480/DSC06919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qIv_7pYyfVTNX3HKsZMJL0lVXKVk_ofn7IKGlVo9MWRsJzPjRm244xvCVZW9kDZlmpZaekQGpn0xYjh3iYCpyQ3glAk4HLJMh3oYjy7mKU8cM4gHtAayvaMUIXO4aYqSpw8LOhB3-gv1Htq6r4PWo8ifIk3W64ucU8jxEm8sR-cKM8262Cz2Vb4WTg/s1200/DSC06877%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-qIv_7pYyfVTNX3HKsZMJL0lVXKVk_ofn7IKGlVo9MWRsJzPjRm244xvCVZW9kDZlmpZaekQGpn0xYjh3iYCpyQ3glAk4HLJMh3oYjy7mKU8cM4gHtAayvaMUIXO4aYqSpw8LOhB3-gv1Htq6r4PWo8ifIk3W64ucU8jxEm8sR-cKM8262Cz2Vb4WTg/w640-h480/DSC06877%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The left and right side of the house is paved with flagstone in a very obvious straight line. However the irregular shape of the stones and the overlapping plants, soften the look. It will have to be as it is no matter the quip of "naughty" straight lines. The other criticism by pros used to be the "centrifugal" garden .. that garden beds were whipped out from the center, to the edges of the property as if they were designed by such a force. Well I plead guilty, that is how I created my gardens. I needed the security of knowing where I was going ? I'm a garden gal that likes and can work with boundaries.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpvWyiTGX-KWUznau3av9PxrNN7BYHcWNqoZ07Oggtt4y1jVgZDN96GmstTSE6FyYjhsEGXSLaIMl0E9QJ6_81gFNdx6Czh5Un1q4z3i7SDuTnbJSk5X_6eevjDSftTnIQgyr7AKE-_LlbnPZDioJc8RbO4AGvG2vP1voblEXhZzr2ipKD2IdVSXoiA/s1200/DSC06928.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpvWyiTGX-KWUznau3av9PxrNN7BYHcWNqoZ07Oggtt4y1jVgZDN96GmstTSE6FyYjhsEGXSLaIMl0E9QJ6_81gFNdx6Czh5Un1q4z3i7SDuTnbJSk5X_6eevjDSftTnIQgyr7AKE-_LlbnPZDioJc8RbO4AGvG2vP1voblEXhZzr2ipKD2IdVSXoiA/w640-h480/DSC06928.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The choice again of either going right or left and ? it is rather curvy right ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARJ_Kb5GjxaJfbLK9mrC-5ppZeMXsrwk57bzDSghrTszNzLp-rQnrjaHNxp3nZ7WJuJ96q4YlWZUasB5oBr-_jm0D3EM3HmHR6epXw7s5YJHKWataw9ZFDCmahP6qw5WVlOeHUZLKecaMkrzQqWjZl50zWeKGQ0rCI63fYFQkpdL1opC12cwdPRDIIw/s1200/DSC06895.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARJ_Kb5GjxaJfbLK9mrC-5ppZeMXsrwk57bzDSghrTszNzLp-rQnrjaHNxp3nZ7WJuJ96q4YlWZUasB5oBr-_jm0D3EM3HmHR6epXw7s5YJHKWataw9ZFDCmahP6qw5WVlOeHUZLKecaMkrzQqWjZl50zWeKGQ0rCI63fYFQkpdL1opC12cwdPRDIIw/w640-h480/DSC06895.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgUzg38v-2VGgubgU-r32N0t7g1QMBO4P4WyJV2rO0rlkmmErpOKn517rDehB6cxKak9D_gHJkQJ6anamG9aBlwXrW9NsY6_MK9QZjtOugENRCMnpbh11fh0LdSy7rH4bYeaYncTgj0_aggNle4X3fV4v2MAqCWPdvRNmMt-vwZZarEzg8Qf_J6WtFw/s1200/DSC06881.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgUzg38v-2VGgubgU-r32N0t7g1QMBO4P4WyJV2rO0rlkmmErpOKn517rDehB6cxKak9D_gHJkQJ6anamG9aBlwXrW9NsY6_MK9QZjtOugENRCMnpbh11fh0LdSy7rH4bYeaYncTgj0_aggNle4X3fV4v2MAqCWPdvRNmMt-vwZZarEzg8Qf_J6WtFw/w640-h480/DSC06881.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Curves on the ground or curves with a bed .. take your choice !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0xy2tL9dzP9jpOdvi-7ts_4rMj83kiNTvAqXcV4Fl286yyvBNhhk2z6UHhDYEYwHKw9ZfqJ_h1F6UVWJJYkHl3ylmX4ffqDJo8bdBoVOcheTkvMN4UqNjXaTtxDrVv3bf6iJOp6RUk4kFifJRbayl73Ijad2WRUv5WVJQqOACsSPm68f4CR3wxshCQ/s1200/DSC06734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0xy2tL9dzP9jpOdvi-7ts_4rMj83kiNTvAqXcV4Fl286yyvBNhhk2z6UHhDYEYwHKw9ZfqJ_h1F6UVWJJYkHl3ylmX4ffqDJo8bdBoVOcheTkvMN4UqNjXaTtxDrVv3bf6iJOp6RUk4kFifJRbayl73Ijad2WRUv5WVJQqOACsSPm68f4CR3wxshCQ/w640-h480/DSC06734.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>The choice to go either right or left at this point. To investigate what plants are calling to be seen ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8uqC7gccs_E2HsZSJYJgMSfnGxs_SVKbFunc1aJ5GfR3C7bTKP0-59bjRYZlrK7nr9Zq-O0e_ZxEs_vAFX4lF4P6iGo0xqsKPtCvsa2DXXx_f2ktebxzfFKmz9AmUbHNJSBHt5aMN7Sd1XWU2Z6OCGs_2rFmtMkGZ75qSSYZ3XEe3f2nOhFnKRA4ag/s1200/DSC06822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8uqC7gccs_E2HsZSJYJgMSfnGxs_SVKbFunc1aJ5GfR3C7bTKP0-59bjRYZlrK7nr9Zq-O0e_ZxEs_vAFX4lF4P6iGo0xqsKPtCvsa2DXXx_f2ktebxzfFKmz9AmUbHNJSBHt5aMN7Sd1XWU2Z6OCGs_2rFmtMkGZ75qSSYZ3XEe3f2nOhFnKRA4ag/w640-h480/DSC06822.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Along some of the pathways their are side vignettes , like my little horde of Blue Mouse Ears hiding by a Japanese maple, ferns, and ivy .. and ? a some what feeble attempt at a little dry stream bed. I am still working on that !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKauk4QsPyR_YSEKsDtQxJFEJNJJvvHFsim-AavLBzOe6OIMR3eh4OnqRf7MiW5258-jTv2cVcHaUAj6-wF4gqYL_qyoX-E_1BTa6QbA2A0B_xG0-G9YdB8HDHt4P_WMmDHJlNoRKY0dkpOM6H7tVLqwCkwW-UbrJRCXpES-KIecKLuOVdm27I3xsoQ/s1200/DSC06859.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKauk4QsPyR_YSEKsDtQxJFEJNJJvvHFsim-AavLBzOe6OIMR3eh4OnqRf7MiW5258-jTv2cVcHaUAj6-wF4gqYL_qyoX-E_1BTa6QbA2A0B_xG0-G9YdB8HDHt4P_WMmDHJlNoRKY0dkpOM6H7tVLqwCkwW-UbrJRCXpES-KIecKLuOVdm27I3xsoQ/w640-h480/DSC06859.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>So ... do you follow the "rules" of design ? or break them to fit your taste and gardens ? Of course this means that the girls have the last say in this post even while they are sleeping ! LOL<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGpSoefqc3B_mJveVdgrwIJcE5X4kInZB7upFw3F7lh-BH9lTighjdbqG6p0LjhHfz_9_KgxwflfGSPx8PidQHjTgZO39no7wLW_zs3HeA50FWu1nNm4G9t7mRmJEX2JPmZuW7oi452eAQVIyGSQls7bWMIXplJogac28q6s5PtPLvTtg9cz_FnbJMw/s1200/DSC06898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFGpSoefqc3B_mJveVdgrwIJcE5X4kInZB7upFw3F7lh-BH9lTighjdbqG6p0LjhHfz_9_KgxwflfGSPx8PidQHjTgZO39no7wLW_zs3HeA50FWu1nNm4G9t7mRmJEX2JPmZuW7oi452eAQVIyGSQls7bWMIXplJogac28q6s5PtPLvTtg9cz_FnbJMw/w640-h480/DSC06898.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-33483968023189763992022-07-02T09:27:00.000-04:002022-07-02T09:27:47.301-04:00The Lush Time<p> The last of June and the beginning of July ... before the heat, humidity, and BUGS hit ? It is the time of lushness . The moments you think "yes ! this is what I was aiming for , a semi jungle maybe ?"</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RyeGJ24_8V1nqOuBmQ4aqPM71zh8EzfRIpFqfYmj4uGaQc2Q9SUx7GJc1vT6Ba35IjzYFhnP6-cWJi7xor8yPVhIQFprTR3TyGWjqZqiyTZ3OeC9EfuFN4EStM_kpmb94veIKwjrNNnQupGteqjiBQ-Y5D3fGMxR8Ek7dxiDxT5imLERAbLy6jjOWA/s1200/DSC06744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RyeGJ24_8V1nqOuBmQ4aqPM71zh8EzfRIpFqfYmj4uGaQc2Q9SUx7GJc1vT6Ba35IjzYFhnP6-cWJi7xor8yPVhIQFprTR3TyGWjqZqiyTZ3OeC9EfuFN4EStM_kpmb94veIKwjrNNnQupGteqjiBQ-Y5D3fGMxR8Ek7dxiDxT5imLERAbLy6jjOWA/w640-h480/DSC06744.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even the ally is bursting at the seams and the pollinators are loving as well, soon the lilies will start opening ... but then the dreaded time of the lily beetles will kick off and that is a battle I hate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMA5WRRKRaNdBbYxgWEYOFpiijvx93SiH4mE37ZxrOb_V1KjmmBy4oqK7XU0m9EqDryV1H2AxzSe6ubXjk41L5List6dBTwFBbNf-boFz7KsZveqH5EXMhD9DJTAa2_jZrbtZ1JDWaJZvggJ26tCin1IEtKWjKEQQBoErTcjUAHIwclU-okvq1tLCR8w/s1200/DSC06731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMA5WRRKRaNdBbYxgWEYOFpiijvx93SiH4mE37ZxrOb_V1KjmmBy4oqK7XU0m9EqDryV1H2AxzSe6ubXjk41L5List6dBTwFBbNf-boFz7KsZveqH5EXMhD9DJTAa2_jZrbtZ1JDWaJZvggJ26tCin1IEtKWjKEQQBoErTcjUAHIwclU-okvq1tLCR8w/w640-h480/DSC06731.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>My little self seeders are amazing with how they edge of the walk way. It is a simple task if I don't want any of them there .. just pull them out but when you are getting lovely bits it is a bonus !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KKOM-o5WZr1Q0YWwkUwF5w3Jw38n9KvN32jSU8xQk9iNZf5gadxsmVPuLQVQwr62nUDSHFe7c1GDW6H8iH_Pkux9BT9HCJggVapRa5MLOSHTQPoA__98yXSOO2m0C7pJguEOvV99Kt96Wn_J6xAEYAbesFhzYJ7AoyjW14MmGfWGTQi3fOv8J6NvvQ/s1200/DSC06703.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KKOM-o5WZr1Q0YWwkUwF5w3Jw38n9KvN32jSU8xQk9iNZf5gadxsmVPuLQVQwr62nUDSHFe7c1GDW6H8iH_Pkux9BT9HCJggVapRa5MLOSHTQPoA__98yXSOO2m0C7pJguEOvV99Kt96Wn_J6xAEYAbesFhzYJ7AoyjW14MmGfWGTQi3fOv8J6NvvQ/w640-h480/DSC06703.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGBmTtC16ozjv7QMWCHYsvreFCLaKN9lXw2pP0sQYQJphI-LWdgpAAgvxQPnaUTMzyYBdUQH90A15Tlt_WNF_kFAed_Yatow1XTVfahEMkpe7144ktnFEroPG-Lq5a3Wp1tKFRCt7EkIbqIkuBDySmZoEgp1a6HbsrNcrSLu00LOcOi_i5oJ6iL_LwA/s1200/DSC06746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1200" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGBmTtC16ozjv7QMWCHYsvreFCLaKN9lXw2pP0sQYQJphI-LWdgpAAgvxQPnaUTMzyYBdUQH90A15Tlt_WNF_kFAed_Yatow1XTVfahEMkpe7144ktnFEroPG-Lq5a3Wp1tKFRCt7EkIbqIkuBDySmZoEgp1a6HbsrNcrSLu00LOcOi_i5oJ6iL_LwA/w640-h496/DSC06746.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the first time for this particular Martagon lily to bloom so I was very happy to see it smile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVzz3fY_gn3N01E44vyyClKc-I_DRwd6sIBNy85UfKrn_ExH8cMm6bp-3MI5xDAi9QG-IS9lI6nB7Pu8lFS5A17flfVNRXC2S02DreZf8_fK6-oBj7XTaKWJyE9NXlsCDGMOWy8WJOeDzlOQNEPWu6wajCtoFJt0SFezZlgSkJJPeedw16foNR-tMOw/s1200/DSC06803.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1200" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVzz3fY_gn3N01E44vyyClKc-I_DRwd6sIBNy85UfKrn_ExH8cMm6bp-3MI5xDAi9QG-IS9lI6nB7Pu8lFS5A17flfVNRXC2S02DreZf8_fK6-oBj7XTaKWJyE9NXlsCDGMOWy8WJOeDzlOQNEPWu6wajCtoFJt0SFezZlgSkJJPeedw16foNR-tMOw/w640-h474/DSC06803.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Fuji" is an impossible Wedgewood blue that lights up a shady area , that blue just shines.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrxjeA962MTmgYjTQvM2WL14N2vJE498wvCrH9SlQrlRx0ccPJxN0vNauuASx0-82vSwSRLsMw4sepT14QMp1DZKXVryKOfpEbvBRq2nULbGG50o8PqW1A9YFlVJtWCOG6WquM6IxXcx2tm1-JhuGR9yw9TPI-FQ3ZXYHGHgO2gxJB-8xg-1wI8cMrw/s1200/DSC06811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1200" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrxjeA962MTmgYjTQvM2WL14N2vJE498wvCrH9SlQrlRx0ccPJxN0vNauuASx0-82vSwSRLsMw4sepT14QMp1DZKXVryKOfpEbvBRq2nULbGG50o8PqW1A9YFlVJtWCOG6WquM6IxXcx2tm1-JhuGR9yw9TPI-FQ3ZXYHGHgO2gxJB-8xg-1wI8cMrw/w640-h534/DSC06811.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>"Julia Child" ranges in degrees of yellow and has a divine scent which is a must for me with most roses.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWgZhA1BO5MgIj6b4XdK0XjXlEHWsx-G-LDvit04K-hYVgOHvE-kgbrRCAh6lgNDrlTpl__nMi1PdF_22dFsLBpF5QcXCnW_Wp-zzGA4J90dTyKy8ppee7f-gTrcAh3gn2I75akDVIp7XRK2KNr0WuVI_1LAhUCim0BT9J3VhlZ83bfilrHHhnKhJiA/s1200/DSC06830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think I crowded it with aggressive herbs and ground covers but I love the way it looks ! Of course I found the portulaca AFTER I did the jar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxjc77iXpnlxUMvOZlAs9zD7tYBoqM6jPGvs0zMZDB1v-246aT_oGQK_T4YVzhg76TyscCo5oxWkMnfwTyutRMpJsjRId1IQBXjEdHgD_UlVtGTVoxVIWfL5e2fykXlcjsnslQZKADuXVV4PYlK553sZlHsIND22EJVZQPI4_RZzHkd1uzomjja9gw/s1200/DSC06798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1200" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxjc77iXpnlxUMvOZlAs9zD7tYBoqM6jPGvs0zMZDB1v-246aT_oGQK_T4YVzhg76TyscCo5oxWkMnfwTyutRMpJsjRId1IQBXjEdHgD_UlVtGTVoxVIWfL5e2fykXlcjsnslQZKADuXVV4PYlK553sZlHsIND22EJVZQPI4_RZzHkd1uzomjja9gw/w640-h504/DSC06798.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The two "sunbathers" at the deck door ... almost a year old and they already look like mature cats.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftOs_jRbavc6ZHQnwwx_tSC8fyfcSvYywQ_c85pTbER3RQgyvx7RevSTS5_DMVBHG_gZh69AYhYYpx0OCw645RAAdSDPWMYbd64xUqWtwqiwJgmj2OfliAEa5BYQmSXpDmAdFBZYfX-amySwW72bw43kT3Iy2YUnyU5lmMhG4qrQlVSJL8cR943L7-Q/s1200/DSC06775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftOs_jRbavc6ZHQnwwx_tSC8fyfcSvYywQ_c85pTbER3RQgyvx7RevSTS5_DMVBHG_gZh69AYhYYpx0OCw645RAAdSDPWMYbd64xUqWtwqiwJgmj2OfliAEa5BYQmSXpDmAdFBZYfX-amySwW72bw43kT3Iy2YUnyU5lmMhG4qrQlVSJL8cR943L7-Q/w640-h480/DSC06775.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-50927092465522982252022-06-25T08:13:00.000-04:002022-06-25T08:13:38.553-04:00Jewels in your garden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gxwzvEsgb6N2JRY8ZyGbtSuMmxDg5-K9P5CHlNgjVH_uhS9oPBZGM7o8YVupA1FlqNOg0p6sES82UnG-2l-w8JKFgiPiePsyB_xJiJav-XRrwF29uRLIrmPUMNUiPML3BmDw0-OJHfYW3PLcLUPKFKL9lYu1v9EtvRiPJoN3h-6sB8u8NxpHHjHIyA/s1200/DSC06771.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2gxwzvEsgb6N2JRY8ZyGbtSuMmxDg5-K9P5CHlNgjVH_uhS9oPBZGM7o8YVupA1FlqNOg0p6sES82UnG-2l-w8JKFgiPiePsyB_xJiJav-XRrwF29uRLIrmPUMNUiPML3BmDw0-OJHfYW3PLcLUPKFKL9lYu1v9EtvRiPJoN3h-6sB8u8NxpHHjHIyA/w640-h480/DSC06771.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>My gardens are, for the most part, more about foliage so flowers are almost like bonuses ? However there are lag times in between the fabulous Spring show and the beginning of the summer to Autumn show. At those times little jewels can appear to keep us in awe with how amazing they can be. Martagon lilies are that hit of colour among all the different shades of greenery.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DDOR-ob4rqY8ytTJ_ZxtRL___zKwlxUmsh_JJADTaC0L8A_qPGhTAkP9j7ywdv3PY6dqY_J0X-rnPd7CFMi9gGgGlRYHmd1AyA_K_kwxQavA8Jzkq4pj9OT2Pd1ztsf5jsC2NkFGTt8LwzQAeLL6j6Dg-Fj51WB69Ttp2dEchqG2OK6wrJo56YV_RQ/s1200/DSC06767.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1200" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DDOR-ob4rqY8ytTJ_ZxtRL___zKwlxUmsh_JJADTaC0L8A_qPGhTAkP9j7ywdv3PY6dqY_J0X-rnPd7CFMi9gGgGlRYHmd1AyA_K_kwxQavA8Jzkq4pj9OT2Pd1ztsf5jsC2NkFGTt8LwzQAeLL6j6Dg-Fj51WB69Ttp2dEchqG2OK6wrJo56YV_RQ/w640-h526/DSC06767.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8M8LIPuLqM6VEdopaWmGz5XPqKCbt3_tR9KUBtkf3TveGvj6EHTGmsllJvi1OHpy0AqdZKql3_qgM0wT2ZN1syWQlj4mCO8GHhmReE5agC0Cz6YFm0qD94ThArYq1v-TyZkdr0JCsZFtQPys8YJzS3SYcsppQVW_p4Jwr3dRS1dq5D9RsBHuvZW2Ig/s1200/DSC06769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">I know .. again with the roses .. I just can't seem to help myself when it comes to them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDAkzwv8RPX3dgljXY6yjxwf7zVncUadrU9cjt4sx-hUAnwy6S_Ix9i7nxQS_RnJ7T27feiI9v2xigudY9WQpgUpDvK9Kv-nAVcXh9DaHbAC6087Dv64iBmZlwDq7wzp1EN5DDQQzS_hByi8z--LBHnvbyH_MyrmdRyplk_S7XutNqF0Gu-mGeyA6RA/s1200/DSC06746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1200" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDAkzwv8RPX3dgljXY6yjxwf7zVncUadrU9cjt4sx-hUAnwy6S_Ix9i7nxQS_RnJ7T27feiI9v2xigudY9WQpgUpDvK9Kv-nAVcXh9DaHbAC6087Dv64iBmZlwDq7wzp1EN5DDQQzS_hByi8z--LBHnvbyH_MyrmdRyplk_S7XutNqF0Gu-mGeyA6RA/w640-h496/DSC06746.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I was able to catch Gracie for this shot but her sister Willow "leaves the room" , she is camera shy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7UoMLUyKs__OwatA4ndu2A6vQkHU023zdr33mJyog4wDyAtogRVBpmLO1WhYBPAP7tlcREA0dRmLcwXt3KuINzuUp5mvrSOBaKWX39PSHpl0SRWD1Hjrt6u_GpwB54jTaUb1ht1GRp497IjUai8QsaAy9_8kt6Ce-GxreowuV6XVEWL5g6LJHujMDg/s1200/DSC06742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1200" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7UoMLUyKs__OwatA4ndu2A6vQkHU023zdr33mJyog4wDyAtogRVBpmLO1WhYBPAP7tlcREA0dRmLcwXt3KuINzuUp5mvrSOBaKWX39PSHpl0SRWD1Hjrt6u_GpwB54jTaUb1ht1GRp497IjUai8QsaAy9_8kt6Ce-GxreowuV6XVEWL5g6LJHujMDg/w640-h540/DSC06742.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-69305761727016811472022-06-19T14:14:00.001-04:002022-06-19T14:14:13.044-04:00Plants in Shadow and Light<p> My little gargoyle that keeps watch in the shadows and light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn0gLWupckHTbfctX9N4TaaLoT_9JNT_tFa2wdDmTOZt25odzCzxhIppE5N321mZNRvVj1hzTLpGd5G3UR4yZkoFDwE3B9Z4kFmCBS7Xw2r6IyHI_y3g0BKCYz5rOvn0G-ItjR5ndIhbjs-Scu6RkZ5SU5GWEtfzFBfGqr7XN-ficyPYWbkOSM4PxSg/s1200/DSC06510.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn0gLWupckHTbfctX9N4TaaLoT_9JNT_tFa2wdDmTOZt25odzCzxhIppE5N321mZNRvVj1hzTLpGd5G3UR4yZkoFDwE3B9Z4kFmCBS7Xw2r6IyHI_y3g0BKCYz5rOvn0G-ItjR5ndIhbjs-Scu6RkZ5SU5GWEtfzFBfGqr7XN-ficyPYWbkOSM4PxSg/w640-h480/DSC06510.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Some plants in the gardens I have had for years and they still surprise me.<div>I had no idea .. or perhaps I kept missing it .. that the flowers of Lady's Mantle have a beautiful scent !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V6vTX_vYec2kpF-WQQuCKJ4Nq5k_OufbaCnxe4IealpdR0GX60_kZXwtZmMasbC54HpWc9qnQz6w18-zNMQBIA1Ksq1tRKH6aJ1oUqrbJ3EQOIgDbT7tYy7BjMsrKpRsXFWhMp74hnHS1NiUg3UvYCIhp9wvq4uwZOzGnrJY4XuOctlNJrBwITTJSA/s1200/DSC06524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0V6vTX_vYec2kpF-WQQuCKJ4Nq5k_OufbaCnxe4IealpdR0GX60_kZXwtZmMasbC54HpWc9qnQz6w18-zNMQBIA1Ksq1tRKH6aJ1oUqrbJ3EQOIgDbT7tYy7BjMsrKpRsXFWhMp74hnHS1NiUg3UvYCIhp9wvq4uwZOzGnrJY4XuOctlNJrBwITTJSA/w640-h480/DSC06524.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Golden oregano is an amazing ground cover ... all from one plant over the years of spreading slowly.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Feq7fARbJ0QvqtnkYoY01wGsxj3ERLOUEOwl5-jRoRaszRcKOnA_osLXQk69ABwBUDkimNdQMjPXSOc-WO30ee3NyUsKV4qIkIOEjtRsqop8O5q--ptQCFEOiiDWPnxrZIREPfA25RFlab-m2HMRVmz9Ciq0GOAhc9rGCReuXhrb45_i4dqifcc4xw/s1200/DSC06541.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Feq7fARbJ0QvqtnkYoY01wGsxj3ERLOUEOwl5-jRoRaszRcKOnA_osLXQk69ABwBUDkimNdQMjPXSOc-WO30ee3NyUsKV4qIkIOEjtRsqop8O5q--ptQCFEOiiDWPnxrZIREPfA25RFlab-m2HMRVmz9Ciq0GOAhc9rGCReuXhrb45_i4dqifcc4xw/w640-h480/DSC06541.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Solomon's Seal is beautiful even without the little flowers. This one is a variegated type so a little hit of white goes a long way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUsZYIhytIMHHtNmSmTXK8I-pC0ZqnVv0ilP-zg-v5E6ovOD15AbTpl0rcAPW7Ti54POb4l83tP15cec64Dhm8-IrdDwUAztf0fDfnY4CwjsBZRM9FRmXeXhkHjOaikEqimmvO6vo7ij_yrTj6hzVFP_vaxiDPI2Ktvs_EoMOFm76hLlJ4WPR2mJdBA/s1200/DSC06552.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUsZYIhytIMHHtNmSmTXK8I-pC0ZqnVv0ilP-zg-v5E6ovOD15AbTpl0rcAPW7Ti54POb4l83tP15cec64Dhm8-IrdDwUAztf0fDfnY4CwjsBZRM9FRmXeXhkHjOaikEqimmvO6vo7ij_yrTj6hzVFP_vaxiDPI2Ktvs_EoMOFm76hLlJ4WPR2mJdBA/w640-h480/DSC06552.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>At Last rose against a very dark background , holds it's own with that gorgeous colour and a few drops of rain.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZaGCuvy6FOw0qMJJvvEhHpYbeMeZCRBFvPkQsUxgMv5km5Vbgub7ZtF3ZdSzEwXoDOhcD3D93Ipz6m2-VvKQRd0D0hE9oun8FYZFUv6kvZCwZk4_U3zOikL91iwknbgdR83nqklEiUnO1ukKX68RArlvCzvTAR4pBnUYi4J8isTOIWb-rV_QWm_Seg/s1200/DSC06626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZaGCuvy6FOw0qMJJvvEhHpYbeMeZCRBFvPkQsUxgMv5km5Vbgub7ZtF3ZdSzEwXoDOhcD3D93Ipz6m2-VvKQRd0D0hE9oun8FYZFUv6kvZCwZk4_U3zOikL91iwknbgdR83nqklEiUnO1ukKX68RArlvCzvTAR4pBnUYi4J8isTOIWb-rV_QWm_Seg/w640-h480/DSC06626.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Morden Sunrise a wild looking rose that blooms all season long .. bright light really accentuates it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKEF9H7D7ixP5edjbgepKKxBdhU4fnUocRy6eQJKQfy9s8y2uXveSlpS_o5gkHWbDo-0FswNgphBL9OGFhgNVrzJYjPRxRHmRdHT5cG1IrHMkSaJQ-1acyJkyxFlc6gIKW4HaOjBI3p4AUomjzlqdUp_lVw3khn66faVwlukSnO7dc0liSNwiGXFKAg/s1200/DSC06574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1200" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVKEF9H7D7ixP5edjbgepKKxBdhU4fnUocRy6eQJKQfy9s8y2uXveSlpS_o5gkHWbDo-0FswNgphBL9OGFhgNVrzJYjPRxRHmRdHT5cG1IrHMkSaJQ-1acyJkyxFlc6gIKW4HaOjBI3p4AUomjzlqdUp_lVw3khn66faVwlukSnO7dc0liSNwiGXFKAg/w640-h512/DSC06574.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I wonder who of you know what this is ... I will leave it as a mystery for you ! A mix of light and shadow brings out the colours of the foliage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCR3G3csG13flsEvBclnx1dj7NFRFz6e97rfaTA_CeXrhqQ1HBXhYsaFPoxh1zc0-3EYU7Sd1pZPrLwSRSoCxgpt1Y95gadNMzJpAXDNlHIE9T4VFFkdbAmm1ev8Lgb93bmudzu-7IDM_QrJKVYHNF5LdvHftf63FOvyqEKrUk1SpXEDH2gYgjnAJ0Q/s1200/DSC06554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCR3G3csG13flsEvBclnx1dj7NFRFz6e97rfaTA_CeXrhqQ1HBXhYsaFPoxh1zc0-3EYU7Sd1pZPrLwSRSoCxgpt1Y95gadNMzJpAXDNlHIE9T4VFFkdbAmm1ev8Lgb93bmudzu-7IDM_QrJKVYHNF5LdvHftf63FOvyqEKrUk1SpXEDH2gYgjnAJ0Q/w640-h480/DSC06554.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Spirea is such an all purpose shrub so I have quite a few dotted all over the garden. The pollinators love those flowers so it truly fills a great purpose along with looking pretty even in shadow.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRBnVzCoPtANczsfMzicqNrUHqmlu-SxMO4dydvl3iirM7C6FmMT1BElwRTVFNMPVPf5d8YSDLo40Fc5qod_dVmwolHlRR8TgsgwJUkKZv0kGx3gnyPsHHQe4s5uBO2h340u4bCWzqkufqTWho9bam8LhQpeyvCcTvbr148eLoQiX-PgAIm6aLn7tAw/s1200/DSC06621.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRBnVzCoPtANczsfMzicqNrUHqmlu-SxMO4dydvl3iirM7C6FmMT1BElwRTVFNMPVPf5d8YSDLo40Fc5qod_dVmwolHlRR8TgsgwJUkKZv0kGx3gnyPsHHQe4s5uBO2h340u4bCWzqkufqTWho9bam8LhQpeyvCcTvbr148eLoQiX-PgAIm6aLn7tAw/w640-h480/DSC06621.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Stand By Me shrub clematis and a bee that is loving it .. this was the first time I remember seeing a bee that just couldn't get enough of these bell flowers. This is definitely bright light. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQRDLmV9TDfCAnla_N60TD7Z3eavDV9ujox-ztrmVFsqBnQt0zRab_Qi_TJITiPh5r4keknCHQ0yoM5e0jyzryEyakrzRsNHGmC6ISrDyhmFpe0ZINlX_mXhvKUvNxcTqSVG_vsVeor6QHQ2VEqtuK0Wd-zBGlbH2L9wYfnJEeA281kTYqpPgGw31_g/s1200/DSC06570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1200" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQRDLmV9TDfCAnla_N60TD7Z3eavDV9ujox-ztrmVFsqBnQt0zRab_Qi_TJITiPh5r4keknCHQ0yoM5e0jyzryEyakrzRsNHGmC6ISrDyhmFpe0ZINlX_mXhvKUvNxcTqSVG_vsVeor6QHQ2VEqtuK0Wd-zBGlbH2L9wYfnJEeA281kTYqpPgGw31_g/w640-h494/DSC06570.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Twinkle shrub clematis holds the light interest with it's bright white colour .. eventually you will see it morph with some blue around the bell of the flower.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebbQYjePC3U9xCoEDzgCiLmLRfeRnjRZWZ1mBKk2O2Rdh4ZisguwScSEHoN0hv87_eHkBrHe3HsGQTTvOAMsFBFwWAppPkABhSJW0WFtS_C4i4DwyuW98dBZW5mPLoY19lIbixT66i4AjgdGSqBhlmUXOrlQ16FBqxRwwU9zYvcFprI-aN0cRxWDdPw/s1200/DSC06643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1200" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebbQYjePC3U9xCoEDzgCiLmLRfeRnjRZWZ1mBKk2O2Rdh4ZisguwScSEHoN0hv87_eHkBrHe3HsGQTTvOAMsFBFwWAppPkABhSJW0WFtS_C4i4DwyuW98dBZW5mPLoY19lIbixT66i4AjgdGSqBhlmUXOrlQ16FBqxRwwU9zYvcFprI-aN0cRxWDdPw/w640-h520/DSC06643.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have to confess some of the work horse plants .. back bone plants ? of my garden .. well I forget how pretty they are and how they have filled out garden areas to look more attractive.</div><div>They can still surprise me !<br /><p><br /></p></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-84677956395631957322022-06-12T15:06:00.027-04:002022-06-12T18:34:40.955-04:00The Obsession <p> This time of year brings out the plant crazy in me, or it seems to kick it off for the rest of the season. <a href="https://gardenshop.telegraph.co.uk/paeonia-lactiflora-green-lotus/prod29901" target="_blank">Green Lotus Peony</a> drives me to take way too many photos of it, seeking the "perfect" one. I had a photo published a few years ago in the British newspaper, the Telegraph , in their garden catalog section, front page , which was a thrill . I am sure that type of thing will never happen again so I have to savor it forever? But it still drives me to get that "just right" photo yet again ... here I go !</p><p>Bottom left corner is the original plant.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZeV3u7odfDEayb6Sdbve6_i_NfbVnL3F7XmsaC1G74B6l1FAcqv3KoqAd2jc0uTl5bUJyEd28oq6v0ZVxUV7abXmvDZDGmax8e4D5MG9lKkrziBgkkA0W9fLnoqA6iDNXunbguqNmV9LRmXcKX-i7nd-BDwLy0mevqHRoZvMoyDhpEyzNqn33k4l0A/s1200/DSC06483.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZeV3u7odfDEayb6Sdbve6_i_NfbVnL3F7XmsaC1G74B6l1FAcqv3KoqAd2jc0uTl5bUJyEd28oq6v0ZVxUV7abXmvDZDGmax8e4D5MG9lKkrziBgkkA0W9fLnoqA6iDNXunbguqNmV9LRmXcKX-i7nd-BDwLy0mevqHRoZvMoyDhpEyzNqn33k4l0A/w640-h480/DSC06483.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Only three were open at the time I was snapping.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDjvX7unb6FY0c_o-w4uSqKnGN-si9vaxwaVp9LB_ErP7KIzvraHDp9GSgBPmm6TEpisM0oMzn1tTZI6lm-CO49F4iCifLKIE82X3Q6zzuyd6v0TLA_QhNXus-Ib5Xy4IupeX3S0q4feV3ggDB9NPuhEc6sPLg1qlfnSPEFJkkYOLZI85tLW7mJ3PbQ/s1200/DSC06490.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaDjvX7unb6FY0c_o-w4uSqKnGN-si9vaxwaVp9LB_ErP7KIzvraHDp9GSgBPmm6TEpisM0oMzn1tTZI6lm-CO49F4iCifLKIE82X3Q6zzuyd6v0TLA_QhNXus-Ib5Xy4IupeX3S0q4feV3ggDB9NPuhEc6sPLg1qlfnSPEFJkkYOLZI85tLW7mJ3PbQ/w640-h480/DSC06490.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ants seemed to be happy campers enjoying what ever ants enjoy on peony ?</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUezOkBVxcxqFZOAltPhTDzKxR4AqB2i95o5CB3Ax9Gf92renP-viGY_8wKn8ZA_OkC4Qyx1G-JveawuyMfGnZLKQLxesPprmMzwWdAEWEwKvqbKkKlj_CCkcdbDFIyX9GGF2BASwm_okUWKTRKg19S9Vx34cgXpFIpFHt5WIPThgCdlus-93mQxY_HQ/s1200/DSC06403.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="913" data-original-width="1200" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUezOkBVxcxqFZOAltPhTDzKxR4AqB2i95o5CB3Ax9Gf92renP-viGY_8wKn8ZA_OkC4Qyx1G-JveawuyMfGnZLKQLxesPprmMzwWdAEWEwKvqbKkKlj_CCkcdbDFIyX9GGF2BASwm_okUWKTRKg19S9Vx34cgXpFIpFHt5WIPThgCdlus-93mQxY_HQ/w640-h486/DSC06403.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbDE2fpcWeJQB7YNjHTI5O_eYKmzGXZAoLU7zEf0POIDqKBLfPzqtCx8oydMon7L_pCkb9haRb9_ykbBxzJY6yr9i1vNQRjG71ODGJVmIaOgEIjVmtZPXwKqjZFtvZ0MApZyBuzoVy3QdQu88G_CxLhOeM4XowrZd9lQ4ltetguSNJGbM4IJxPa0lGQ/s1200/DSC06411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1200" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbDE2fpcWeJQB7YNjHTI5O_eYKmzGXZAoLU7zEf0POIDqKBLfPzqtCx8oydMon7L_pCkb9haRb9_ykbBxzJY6yr9i1vNQRjG71ODGJVmIaOgEIjVmtZPXwKqjZFtvZ0MApZyBuzoVy3QdQu88G_CxLhOeM4XowrZd9lQ4ltetguSNJGbM4IJxPa0lGQ/w640-h498/DSC06411.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey1ZykYY3xmO_bY1PoXaiD5YBr1m9KkRJf6Hpwzdp-d2UBYEuR11DYRZTkWi4OzUT-SiuKHZbkVtNtQfZ4uGLh0B7aep7OIhLmI82yo_jkVYs3YET2HNPnkKMj3PzquJBVJ9UOz-X9dqhdSNflLWeJpFIm0DtISmBfw_qEnoIRsWoz4Ltgo0CQE_abQ/s1200/DSC06489.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1200" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgey1ZykYY3xmO_bY1PoXaiD5YBr1m9KkRJf6Hpwzdp-d2UBYEuR11DYRZTkWi4OzUT-SiuKHZbkVtNtQfZ4uGLh0B7aep7OIhLmI82yo_jkVYs3YET2HNPnkKMj3PzquJBVJ9UOz-X9dqhdSNflLWeJpFIm0DtISmBfw_qEnoIRsWoz4Ltgo0CQE_abQ/w640-h518/DSC06489.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It was an overcast day when I was taking these photos which helps tone down the bright white of the petals. The pink streaks become more dominate as the flowers age. I planted "<a href="https://kiefernursery.com/product/paeonia-itoh-hybrid-all-that-jazz/" target="_blank">All That Jazz</a>" bare root last Autumn and thankfully it has come up with healthy foliage . I know it may be years before I see those flowers and then I will become obsessed yet again !<div><br /></div><div>Update on the girls growing up ... Willy looks like a full grown cat in body size, and Gracie is not far behind. Time is "warping" by me some days , weeks , months ?</div><div>I couldn't fix the "red eye" problem darn it ! Willow's blue eyes are remarkably intense . Gracie's trend from gray to light blue. They are both too smart for their own good !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVxoEbHnsBTOHH1Vc3DdY29adAS6Lv6PThOfS1ZQSYQv_s0jjgSv2sArzY4PgryYlTT3nYwWKKEahRBEeZGt1VyK6MLtJAAV0ZT7rV5De5k3ztlfIQYiSOqGjy0ci1LblzL96ZpKJI6_WnffCkaOoME0CValh818Ti43hWuG7kNkPSjqmnh0kQin2sg/s1200/DSC06389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1200" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXVxoEbHnsBTOHH1Vc3DdY29adAS6Lv6PThOfS1ZQSYQv_s0jjgSv2sArzY4PgryYlTT3nYwWKKEahRBEeZGt1VyK6MLtJAAV0ZT7rV5De5k3ztlfIQYiSOqGjy0ci1LblzL96ZpKJI6_WnffCkaOoME0CValh818Ti43hWuG7kNkPSjqmnh0kQin2sg/w640-h488/DSC06389.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-6939228878276988892022-06-05T16:21:00.000-04:002022-06-05T16:21:12.644-04:00Colour Explosion Then Quiet<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjfR7CmDl8gDTNYtn-MbZ_x1uoKi_43MlAShdYO8QbRraqstPCgmIbBOeMonKr8oK_d52jccGmw4Iur95XFgrqA_oEvMuEqNjnrZcdS9Lkm2faxLOD15a4LAw6HBwAW_kR4KFNzJcp-hSXUQMiBTFdjW6xuaAxr85UQMTlnCITRVtvzPUsDJzEwCrDg/s1200/DSC06278-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1200" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjfR7CmDl8gDTNYtn-MbZ_x1uoKi_43MlAShdYO8QbRraqstPCgmIbBOeMonKr8oK_d52jccGmw4Iur95XFgrqA_oEvMuEqNjnrZcdS9Lkm2faxLOD15a4LAw6HBwAW_kR4KFNzJcp-hSXUQMiBTFdjW6xuaAxr85UQMTlnCITRVtvzPUsDJzEwCrDg/w640-h518/DSC06278-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Mandarin Lights azalea is not for the faint of heart when it comes to the colour orange . I am a Halloween nut so orange is not a scary notion to me ? plus how beautiful is that detail in each flower. Thses photos are a couple of weeks old . Those flowers are weeping now, ready to drop off the shrub and wait until next Spring to show off again . <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV2N3e9FJTnSUpG_B4crXeiZij0hAg3zuyOcJcGq1RN7p-9xRvYU1RE82Tm1DgJY4ijhr2ggn1ebosfgA5DLiWTL7IdCG8JvWijDoBhJP6k5Gd_ktB0-Ke3KPOswZfta83DP3GUBY0pgvUwotct0EZhAFv6-v3QtbarFjtUgBHKh_y8YkesTqW6B4Ig/s1200/DSC06283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV2N3e9FJTnSUpG_B4crXeiZij0hAg3zuyOcJcGq1RN7p-9xRvYU1RE82Tm1DgJY4ijhr2ggn1ebosfgA5DLiWTL7IdCG8JvWijDoBhJP6k5Gd_ktB0-Ke3KPOswZfta83DP3GUBY0pgvUwotct0EZhAFv6-v3QtbarFjtUgBHKh_y8YkesTqW6B4Ig/w640-h482/DSC06283.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzk5-Roj4ec3CeW8BklI1nHshNgWwZpzC3qv2rTH7GkSWySSoCk2fQ1Aewlrh7rRVt6nYPjwM4BUpfcYGKfwrVEVmAo86Y_SGCeX8ikXAMcai5eXt1wWkv6046CcS2H0BMehnT-Gs0-F_hnix5a_UMP_pKBJRX4Vj2EyBcfJ0xrc2BHquD8iZyjOd2w/s1200/DSC06279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="908" data-original-width="1200" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzk5-Roj4ec3CeW8BklI1nHshNgWwZpzC3qv2rTH7GkSWySSoCk2fQ1Aewlrh7rRVt6nYPjwM4BUpfcYGKfwrVEVmAo86Y_SGCeX8ikXAMcai5eXt1wWkv6046CcS2H0BMehnT-Gs0-F_hnix5a_UMP_pKBJRX4Vj2EyBcfJ0xrc2BHquD8iZyjOd2w/w640-h484/DSC06279.JPG" width="640" /></a>I have so many Purple Sensation allium it is a bit embarrassing so I will only drop one shot in here . I just can't seem to stop planting them ? I now have four roots of Millennium allium planted in a difficult corner where bugs like to chomp on plants, hopefully the onion smell will deter them ? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3_IImlzTq-ozpyrCs8G40ilrN6Q9JBVWjePTPcZFgZaZuvce1yp6IErpXo-wPPAXcW8kPUHxpfeHfYWcziZILUXGGao-kCG20s_ytgPn_JSriknhhIxBf0B6w5VfIesXU_ltpmVRaJh2nSX7V-hd2zbHIvG-TMMXDLinub35YTLITwyJ7wAWRYfg0w/s1200/DSC06287-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3_IImlzTq-ozpyrCs8G40ilrN6Q9JBVWjePTPcZFgZaZuvce1yp6IErpXo-wPPAXcW8kPUHxpfeHfYWcziZILUXGGao-kCG20s_ytgPn_JSriknhhIxBf0B6w5VfIesXU_ltpmVRaJh2nSX7V-hd2zbHIvG-TMMXDLinub35YTLITwyJ7wAWRYfg0w/w640-h480/DSC06287-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A view from the deck which Pink Diamond standard hydrangea will start to block a bit when it is stretching out. Fingers also crossed that we will have the butterfly explosion on them in late summer like we had two years ago .. it was spectacular !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeH5Jl9KmieWBiyGmLlZIX20t5OQaj4g0GLOm6ABh-W5EmsN6ZrqFehVWKtsEZyAsz4JqK0eXWhxADBzhlD-pkAoGZ5nJyuwYD6C41eAsPykrmrMcmlicP3jPpXCM516mPGi6-oc7fUdbybEm7UGvBguw-k05nz_L5VQ-y0ZCEnX-o6Yy8S515YIoXQ/s1200/DSC06318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeH5Jl9KmieWBiyGmLlZIX20t5OQaj4g0GLOm6ABh-W5EmsN6ZrqFehVWKtsEZyAsz4JqK0eXWhxADBzhlD-pkAoGZ5nJyuwYD6C41eAsPykrmrMcmlicP3jPpXCM516mPGi6-oc7fUdbybEm7UGvBguw-k05nz_L5VQ-y0ZCEnX-o6Yy8S515YIoXQ/w640-h480/DSC06318.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>These red tulips were supposed to be "Ballerina" .. I let Vesey's know what happened .. I didn't expect anything in return but I got nine Ballerina free of charge ready in my Fall order for Spring bulbs and that was a nice gesture. The red wasn't so bad .. but I really wanted Ballerina lily lip tulip. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfi0pvXqhz3w0VDSbHSTDFBwL_rpv5Lh1QASRjORv-Dx_vQfC8dDe4Brc1ITD5UUZdmbXrmQm6ZeFNclhxZiTaYUMBGwFWR2uwaORvCn5hDbMljODfI5cRS2ujRw9cGEAx04GSnTcRojzULlmiSrInMFzem154TDcKLsgBBzQPmRmlhxLMq5ESLQ01w/s1200/DSC06299.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfi0pvXqhz3w0VDSbHSTDFBwL_rpv5Lh1QASRjORv-Dx_vQfC8dDe4Brc1ITD5UUZdmbXrmQm6ZeFNclhxZiTaYUMBGwFWR2uwaORvCn5hDbMljODfI5cRS2ujRw9cGEAx04GSnTcRojzULlmiSrInMFzem154TDcKLsgBBzQPmRmlhxLMq5ESLQ01w/w640-h480/DSC06299.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is hard to imagine how stunning the Peacock Bronze rodgersia will be as it matures. I love a punch of purple dotted through out the gardens so little touches like this does the job for me. The little purple barberry shrub does it's best as well ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkegPvxnhc8lTUnilw12zDRGLd_7U3ccgeu7YbvtXk_ilgvMp9QEK3WX_pgCxHL1SXQws9AhMeco_SOBKz0z_O6vy54n7xjpYXwf7ttGIiBGKjmKY8P65Mci4nlTh4c0waYtHgDy3Ht_KCNinazApbTRWn8PbwZD7Rfde1eDulTTzohujxGQSaervLg/s1200/DSC06271.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1200" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkkegPvxnhc8lTUnilw12zDRGLd_7U3ccgeu7YbvtXk_ilgvMp9QEK3WX_pgCxHL1SXQws9AhMeco_SOBKz0z_O6vy54n7xjpYXwf7ttGIiBGKjmKY8P65Mci4nlTh4c0waYtHgDy3Ht_KCNinazApbTRWn8PbwZD7Rfde1eDulTTzohujxGQSaervLg/w640-h502/DSC06271.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>You can see what I mean about punches of purple to break up all that green foliage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Oh8aXDIFFKX6Uy9pMWpaU3Rfq4tpVjRH-27x_D00glD5fK5wQOprJjpWyxNuGOegzcaGz8bzf-5UoXglUO_1rpEi2iu_VpbgzW4xDoXwsK5oW29t1KEW2a13pfDfQlEu5mzltR_jYYkz73WwMRSFGw26lXeKrS4mJzZD9ZW2gOG3iM3Ca2VFWz-gLQ/s1200/DSC06285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Oh8aXDIFFKX6Uy9pMWpaU3Rfq4tpVjRH-27x_D00glD5fK5wQOprJjpWyxNuGOegzcaGz8bzf-5UoXglUO_1rpEi2iu_VpbgzW4xDoXwsK5oW29t1KEW2a13pfDfQlEu5mzltR_jYYkz73WwMRSFGw26lXeKrS4mJzZD9ZW2gOG3iM3Ca2VFWz-gLQ/w640-h480/DSC06285.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I split my Blue Mouse Ears last Fall and now I have a neat and tidy row of them here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi8lPkONHVlzBEM-XbDg7406RmbuFO3Ds0kOZaqoDv6Srx0lWdbohaBhzcW9m3w8WlAQ7n76qcUG0t2qG3xK32urpGSXyIlYGv7Ew08fRJqtaRvlKq_dxkzjFwmhktxyO15zj7ZJmfGVUwxzjj5XObA-nq-SxPv0OSqr0NbJO3u40Mfg4lPkfoDNtCA/s1200/DSC06288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi8lPkONHVlzBEM-XbDg7406RmbuFO3Ds0kOZaqoDv6Srx0lWdbohaBhzcW9m3w8WlAQ7n76qcUG0t2qG3xK32urpGSXyIlYGv7Ew08fRJqtaRvlKq_dxkzjFwmhktxyO15zj7ZJmfGVUwxzjj5XObA-nq-SxPv0OSqr0NbJO3u40Mfg4lPkfoDNtCA/w640-h480/DSC06288.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The kiwi vine has spectacular white splashes all over but this was the only picture I have for now. The leaves look like they were literally dipped in white paint.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIHx9Iwarsm_gbBod-htyuVCnNe20ZM3O2aVAi4TpdHuAzMbHKfpIgMgJDnHd8txEPRkmIR3HXBC4az3e92Cd7upbdSOYZEM9Gz_wjECZlmfRsZIryo5gZrtUWGFMqfe7F-KwuSZ03BZcojT_EZBsnaVzfWqN4S1MIcEBe3wW-eyRkW9Po9KcMd5Evw/s1200/DSC06311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIHx9Iwarsm_gbBod-htyuVCnNe20ZM3O2aVAi4TpdHuAzMbHKfpIgMgJDnHd8txEPRkmIR3HXBC4az3e92Cd7upbdSOYZEM9Gz_wjECZlmfRsZIryo5gZrtUWGFMqfe7F-KwuSZ03BZcojT_EZBsnaVzfWqN4S1MIcEBe3wW-eyRkW9Po9KcMd5Evw/w640-h480/DSC06311.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Finally .. I feel like this Arisaema triphyllum is watching me when I work in the shaded area, it is kind of a spooky plant (perfect for Halloween right ?) the foliage is rather amazing too. It is actually paired with a Ghost fern .. now how funny is that ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4GDHcERozhDvDGJpBORyTzuhZ957zsbtDMyV35aQ4WVsUGcTiHgCo1xfQJy7WBtOdl6E7VC-lgFUIYiVSfxx3cbE3uhT7ov6Ml5yCiLQK_ukrjLKQ2mh-uiAah8pej1j6_6K5dAX8xQQEYGBS448PUXbLbWfEeZgDNw4VkhFzZ-RqgIj0i4uSPAKvw/s1200/DSC06304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1200" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4GDHcERozhDvDGJpBORyTzuhZ957zsbtDMyV35aQ4WVsUGcTiHgCo1xfQJy7WBtOdl6E7VC-lgFUIYiVSfxx3cbE3uhT7ov6Ml5yCiLQK_ukrjLKQ2mh-uiAah8pej1j6_6K5dAX8xQQEYGBS448PUXbLbWfEeZgDNw4VkhFzZ-RqgIj0i4uSPAKvw/w640-h490/DSC06304.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>The garden has changed so quickly over the past week I can't keep up with current pictures .. I can't keep up with a lot as it is but this is rather frustrating .. I will soldier on though, I wait all winter for this!<br /><p><br /></p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-24063514702371208022022-05-13T07:39:00.000-04:002022-05-13T07:39:31.448-04:00It's Just Not Right <p> It wasn't even 7 AM when the temperature outside reached 20 C ... we have swung from a cool wet sort of Spring to a HEAT wave ... the garden is drying up .. the sprinkler system has to be turned on by the company .. Note to self, beg and sniffle on the phone explaining the city inspection is backed up and my gardens are coughing up dust ?</p><p>Mean while just before this "negative nelly" gets too lost in her complaints (whoops I forgot ... I only have half the garden mulched as of yet .. last complaint I promise .. maybe) ... here are a few pictures BEFORE the heat hit. I have to say the growth from this heat has been beyond the Twilight Zone .. pictures of that later on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iWFBYqdHS881OQgTxEP7s6onTmT6RUpMaCfx1GY6XVrGN-a2NiAu-BTE1HgF2QxOc48UWukFS4yJlfI3fLADkALmjtuqEJxP28weX4iQeDFENwbgM3UxG9-j4GZXIo9ttpgStJf8pI_dflNsj4JA1U3IYMvy9zmIXeDHvc-iogepWA3O8tjurOjoRg/s1200/DSC05918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1200" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iWFBYqdHS881OQgTxEP7s6onTmT6RUpMaCfx1GY6XVrGN-a2NiAu-BTE1HgF2QxOc48UWukFS4yJlfI3fLADkALmjtuqEJxP28weX4iQeDFENwbgM3UxG9-j4GZXIo9ttpgStJf8pI_dflNsj4JA1U3IYMvy9zmIXeDHvc-iogepWA3O8tjurOjoRg/w640-h520/DSC05918.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have a thing for Bladder Berry fern .. red stems and such a pretty fresh green<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85QDYmUXDZ5OQmC_62U1Geys6-kefbs6hEMdi_yIdx2oNi_AO_ZHW-Kmjzt2comzUKEPhR7Z2dgJwmj3UWxfcxxzM6a1gUGWkNZvy2UWZ_rf4a6hlYA8jDUW4tScj74fJ91BQMYvvO72RnGkBjHYJv_DWxsvuGHAxsFY0nUIFePwI54PXISavhUZ-Ww/s1200/DSC05953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85QDYmUXDZ5OQmC_62U1Geys6-kefbs6hEMdi_yIdx2oNi_AO_ZHW-Kmjzt2comzUKEPhR7Z2dgJwmj3UWxfcxxzM6a1gUGWkNZvy2UWZ_rf4a6hlYA8jDUW4tScj74fJ91BQMYvvO72RnGkBjHYJv_DWxsvuGHAxsFY0nUIFePwI54PXISavhUZ-Ww/w640-h480/DSC05953.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRIQkP_Q1FFhPt2XK5caTaRnEiiuXHT6hUlmc8IBFSp-aFLFJBqlLVe6AnqoeihqUtqsZfJYmZmk4vZ9cKob_44GfHyhWLtuTnWJJ6NOjN5bliSE6lKjWQnp6u8PhDDr1SEE0aM80fd6jpuNhofL4A0GGoMfBCGZR8Hl9YXUcw5jhNpgzNTUnSfiwpw/s1200/DSC05992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1200" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRIQkP_Q1FFhPt2XK5caTaRnEiiuXHT6hUlmc8IBFSp-aFLFJBqlLVe6AnqoeihqUtqsZfJYmZmk4vZ9cKob_44GfHyhWLtuTnWJJ6NOjN5bliSE6lKjWQnp6u8PhDDr1SEE0aM80fd6jpuNhofL4A0GGoMfBCGZR8Hl9YXUcw5jhNpgzNTUnSfiwpw/w640-h474/DSC05992.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Darwin series tulip has been the most reliable to come through each Spring<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_IhY6W4Qgsur7XQ2QPeVdK4g035dSroF0DkXrVXTMgSRtWHIXKMfw08-1mejv1dYNUrB9Pi4ZcM_eN81E0sYg2EloVZIuiH-5GcI-eoXv7SQiM_GecpKaFUfKLslhuBhRUR2yQaU9eu27LXlSv_deg6q4kse3kk9UkTp3SRpv7X3_W8PjPA75ZQzxQ/s1200/DSC05993-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1200" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_IhY6W4Qgsur7XQ2QPeVdK4g035dSroF0DkXrVXTMgSRtWHIXKMfw08-1mejv1dYNUrB9Pi4ZcM_eN81E0sYg2EloVZIuiH-5GcI-eoXv7SQiM_GecpKaFUfKLslhuBhRUR2yQaU9eu27LXlSv_deg6q4kse3kk9UkTp3SRpv7X3_W8PjPA75ZQzxQ/w640-h462/DSC05993-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyMuJx22yfxFEE5jGsphMT6uyoCW-CCAPVuj8CnwuxwDJYLmsywX1uuVtJq0UGnLiERpMOZE27GRoSQhdbTYHFSmJLNWPKUo-I0rnRhhhnWaguka0sRfa1lrYLbyRUORGLi6Z7jfgcLEHJZCLv5K4bypx5kMppTMhJYqfs1XEbR-0dI7pmPMBGee0aQ/s1200/DSC05995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzyMuJx22yfxFEE5jGsphMT6uyoCW-CCAPVuj8CnwuxwDJYLmsywX1uuVtJq0UGnLiERpMOZE27GRoSQhdbTYHFSmJLNWPKUo-I0rnRhhhnWaguka0sRfa1lrYLbyRUORGLi6Z7jfgcLEHJZCLv5K4bypx5kMppTMhJYqfs1XEbR-0dI7pmPMBGee0aQ/w640-h480/DSC05995.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have a thing for epimedium , especially Niveum .. those delicate white flowers are so beautiful.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrVR8AY5WZvX04gx_-mktZ0estweNypP3tnmXmAOZqCfZlCHFrBNTyyF_9kGYsrYLcT6rpu7BuR6NhNR-CiwTGjox0GUuQA6PRQRxF20-vfV9041mMXIylTNUesti3SohBKdnXvSATmzB4j5a0K166Ogm96bUPgXjgLL9eIDYS-dnbR6_0TJc8YbiPA/s1200/DSC05999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrVR8AY5WZvX04gx_-mktZ0estweNypP3tnmXmAOZqCfZlCHFrBNTyyF_9kGYsrYLcT6rpu7BuR6NhNR-CiwTGjox0GUuQA6PRQRxF20-vfV9041mMXIylTNUesti3SohBKdnXvSATmzB4j5a0K166Ogm96bUPgXjgLL9eIDYS-dnbR6_0TJc8YbiPA/w640-h482/DSC05999.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>My gargoyle is still watching the back garden for me .. he really is an ancient garden guardian <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcWjuIk2yXt7VrMOcDkb8IT-P21-O-eQT-Z7fHsH9TxqP3VPYD9zapHLUVNwK4PQe5RW0g7rBeZwfVdPoFUYLwT1P99XhDw-eR2RmzSsfYEgmfS1FOat6HiVSr9ZCk-m4iPyOOU39gBmEAC5SfAv0D-QsWXVw8U_UAkQHWr4xO4f8soFsumEUwFT2Pw/s1200/DSC06001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcWjuIk2yXt7VrMOcDkb8IT-P21-O-eQT-Z7fHsH9TxqP3VPYD9zapHLUVNwK4PQe5RW0g7rBeZwfVdPoFUYLwT1P99XhDw-eR2RmzSsfYEgmfS1FOat6HiVSr9ZCk-m4iPyOOU39gBmEAC5SfAv0D-QsWXVw8U_UAkQHWr4xO4f8soFsumEUwFT2Pw/w640-h480/DSC06001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>To think they used to cuddle together on the top bed with room to spare !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0M5ud9WNfxN8IYJRtJNcqXfdeX8rUr-x1CDNA0y-vDsDSByiIDZhyQf1QfHAxtkJ_P07PCjAOsPAkqpcCV1F_uNvu54LumWAIrxsnXQ0kySw1dKO4RAYvwNi1NsppKkL_cSOoi1dS9D6rkG0ZssQ76aPeoZQXsQlKgkBRx05Xmph0C-bJ7zCbnkGTRA/s1200/DSC05988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0M5ud9WNfxN8IYJRtJNcqXfdeX8rUr-x1CDNA0y-vDsDSByiIDZhyQf1QfHAxtkJ_P07PCjAOsPAkqpcCV1F_uNvu54LumWAIrxsnXQ0kySw1dKO4RAYvwNi1NsppKkL_cSOoi1dS9D6rkG0ZssQ76aPeoZQXsQlKgkBRx05Xmph0C-bJ7zCbnkGTRA/w640-h480/DSC05988.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-15681287824637074892022-04-28T19:33:00.001-04:002022-04-28T19:33:12.666-04:00Incentive vs. Worst April Ever ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhY7PJNTepmP3RVAVt3peHO9SB8xKYcMQAbMytaUGRz1Ep0EkiqIdueoPNrDYONlGF4gwktOpsFvvakULbhjKDJRfVLvp51rUF32-PlDW8hEddCZVyE6hDsuaACzuEtAz9zvFhx6RjwiCOeVitBO035aDveobKRPFLjxo27ItT_VhQLAjKUedrTxSMw/s1200/DSC05789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhY7PJNTepmP3RVAVt3peHO9SB8xKYcMQAbMytaUGRz1Ep0EkiqIdueoPNrDYONlGF4gwktOpsFvvakULbhjKDJRfVLvp51rUF32-PlDW8hEddCZVyE6hDsuaACzuEtAz9zvFhx6RjwiCOeVitBO035aDveobKRPFLjxo27ItT_VhQLAjKUedrTxSMw/w640-h480/DSC05789.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>This is the first year I have taken so long to post in the Spring. I could say the weather is totally to blame because it has been the worst April I can remember .. so cold, windy, rainy .. totally not conducive to garden clean up. Especially if the gardener TOTALLY skipped Fall clean up. Which I have sworn (in front of a witness, aka Garden PA) never to skip again .. the fall out, pun intended, is ginormous, and I am still paying the price of too many hours last Sunday bowing and scraping , literally, to at least make a start at uncovering the garden and plants I think should be there . I will even confess there were some daffodils that went yellow under the wet mat of dead leaves .. 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Yet the hellebore looked almost decent enough to publish. It will be a crazy next few weeks because once the garden really starts to wake up it is a ferocious beast that needs so much attention I am even now quaking in my boots (well, I am in my pajamas at the moment but my boots at at the deck door quivering as I type) .. I need to knuckle under and grit my teeth.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEAsAuf2hQVbOHy8jGcoEcqd3cMxOLOoYQrdz1mKaMLAM-sTd-BdkdJcD628X3D7v9iIDliXIBU6P-y0I0ySIqSE2VhJ6gROIxRPFEn6KbEjjfO_RhgXMy2mlqjRTN8BfcfausXjvZ5B6SP6GDgNbC8xBWzGj8dZQiC-IQHtyL-TK1ZkOzHyiwfHhCg/s1200/DSC05814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEAsAuf2hQVbOHy8jGcoEcqd3cMxOLOoYQrdz1mKaMLAM-sTd-BdkdJcD628X3D7v9iIDliXIBU6P-y0I0ySIqSE2VhJ6gROIxRPFEn6KbEjjfO_RhgXMy2mlqjRTN8BfcfausXjvZ5B6SP6GDgNbC8xBWzGj8dZQiC-IQHtyL-TK1ZkOzHyiwfHhCg/w640-h480/DSC05814.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz08P9T-HcltfSvhdBl835vAAG_zrILsIW2KZMv43cdG4PCZKo4xF8WhNAH-pS4nnLnGYVZ5huJGkFBh3t_aY1y-S-SOnpq9hNfGzC9e5Rur9wyFSIGizOPLS_SHrqZwa7APhP8WXYzT73MhgNJNz-x-cF9khUAzTYuNk0M1eH60x0nfOXJ7riA8Wm4Q/s1200/DSC05813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1200" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz08P9T-HcltfSvhdBl835vAAG_zrILsIW2KZMv43cdG4PCZKo4xF8WhNAH-pS4nnLnGYVZ5huJGkFBh3t_aY1y-S-SOnpq9hNfGzC9e5Rur9wyFSIGizOPLS_SHrqZwa7APhP8WXYzT73MhgNJNz-x-cF9khUAzTYuNk0M1eH60x0nfOXJ7riA8Wm4Q/w640-h518/DSC05813.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>So .. one of the reasons , well a huge reason, that I missed Fall clean up was because of these two characters. Last Spring we lost our beloved Sophie, who was a Lynx Point Siamese, going on 18 years, to cancer. We thought we would never have another cat again because the heartache of the loss was so profound. I also never thought, I would find another sweet soul Lynx Point Siamese like Sophie.<div>What is it about thinking something so strongly one way, and then having it turn out completely another way ? I stumbled on a breeder of Lynx Point Siamese just in Bath, not far from Kingston .. it was her first attempt of creating Lynx Point and I some how I zoned in on it all. The next weird turn was that we decided to have two sisters, to keep each other company. You will have to take my word for it that these two are sisters from the same litter. To roll the dice and breed a Lynx Point you have one parent a "tabby" but the other parent has to be a purebred "dark" point .. either a Seal or Chocolate Point.</div><div>Not all kittens will be a Lynx Point, and in fact there can be a Snowshoe Siamese created from this genetic combination ... thus Gracie the Lynx Point and Willow the Snowshoe .. they were born July 31/2021.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKPuRLEdmBcE8jzDzocs7Oz0A1niYjuSrEhfOdgZF70emJPDAFh-eRoWcSGnEYev22VyQAlsPL9SmUaFBXDRMuYn3f4qJ-P1b0QtWDbZwumV1YVZON6n5zOBrR0orZZwn9hhrbVIWyaX27HQboGh89RtXzMwaQHrU9QuHBxm9U0Akn-P7EQuGPlznyw/s1200/20220411_141653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKPuRLEdmBcE8jzDzocs7Oz0A1niYjuSrEhfOdgZF70emJPDAFh-eRoWcSGnEYev22VyQAlsPL9SmUaFBXDRMuYn3f4qJ-P1b0QtWDbZwumV1YVZON6n5zOBrR0orZZwn9hhrbVIWyaX27HQboGh89RtXzMwaQHrU9QuHBxm9U0Akn-P7EQuGPlznyw/w640-h480/20220411_141653.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I'm sorry I haven't kept up with reading blogs .. I will try to do better !!<br /><p><br /></p></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-62428083125776669202021-11-14T09:27:00.008-05:002021-11-14T18:37:23.130-05:00Last Show of the Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUr94hT14gsnpBjZBWyu41DIOPp8YHA349savTtW2N2Lsbeo7P4m7HoqClVk2_QANVshGjw88Fo5mAujdLi8sZHdYvfd6O31XaviWzfsUMvzD7fyP1XicP_RHX60_ob-mfyYTgrPmur5G/s1200/DSC05664.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUr94hT14gsnpBjZBWyu41DIOPp8YHA349savTtW2N2Lsbeo7P4m7HoqClVk2_QANVshGjw88Fo5mAujdLi8sZHdYvfd6O31XaviWzfsUMvzD7fyP1XicP_RHX60_ob-mfyYTgrPmur5G/w640-h480/DSC05664.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I think I miss the traditional ORANGE pumpkin, even though the white one caught my eye. Korean Yellow Waxbell flowers have formed even though their foliage took a terrible beating this season .. it is a stubborn plant ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0qtKV9wpFQLeWLdAtd_NgRAhWLHrQT5kN-rb-jn_wE4bKFlylOLqv4YHG-5BusoVO6QzvbIlCKjcur_EaioJQNmhyphenhyphenouR54_mCQ1uxS-bp8sZ80yWLxG19pJp3RN6BJQWRGbel6XRmvUL/s1200/DSC05423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1200" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0qtKV9wpFQLeWLdAtd_NgRAhWLHrQT5kN-rb-jn_wE4bKFlylOLqv4YHG-5BusoVO6QzvbIlCKjcur_EaioJQNmhyphenhyphenouR54_mCQ1uxS-bp8sZ80yWLxG19pJp3RN6BJQWRGbel6XRmvUL/w640-h522/DSC05423.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Variegated Porcelain Berry vine in different shades of berries </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjclWL-V9xePpSIGwYxVnEI3fh8C1ctuZYuwU8Ozf7ZEqmcd0ACGs7HA2ch8i08IJ4ubrSvxErMS8oGJ7z-MPcYzAVo_4cKyZ5FPqJM8Nj7pr66iYuBdEkMaLAIAorsl557JvBCQ2tPvEDK/s1200/DSC05417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This is not a well used birdhouse sadly but the wood is a pretty contrast to that green vine which will be turning all sorts of oranges and reds not too long from now.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wNJYY_WkVaKUEvmG4X2edBdw-7OystePMlzmI0drpZf_OJrn_8iRowtJvpF6poQGJwgjwJV1J7fByabrCrC1yYwtJZj6cin5HXjn2mL05WPO9RnNoXy2RrGIvkYfdv-WIFb8zcSQL7jx/s1200/DSC05237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1200" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wNJYY_WkVaKUEvmG4X2edBdw-7OystePMlzmI0drpZf_OJrn_8iRowtJvpF6poQGJwgjwJV1J7fByabrCrC1yYwtJZj6cin5HXjn2mL05WPO9RnNoXy2RrGIvkYfdv-WIFb8zcSQL7jx/w640-h478/DSC05237.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I finally got to see a hummingbird have it's way with Mrs. Harvey clematis. It was fantastic to watch it buzz in and out of the blue bells with amazing efficiency , but I think there was an element of fun for it as well. I highly recommend Mrs. Harvey for a very long bloom time with the added bonus of being a hummingbird magnet ?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonyVPlJFZiLE2WOFIXDfQkIo7VaTZ9K7NGgwN55H7XWYdQLohlxMpHTmLsG3SoR3JBo7a1MAUzatBhX_gZmO7PUeWOZr5tiJl6YwNHvt0tuu_eXRIszv0f8F6re7lzjkbpFBxbYA-Ep65/s1200/DSC05245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonyVPlJFZiLE2WOFIXDfQkIo7VaTZ9K7NGgwN55H7XWYdQLohlxMpHTmLsG3SoR3JBo7a1MAUzatBhX_gZmO7PUeWOZr5tiJl6YwNHvt0tuu_eXRIszv0f8F6re7lzjkbpFBxbYA-Ep65/w640-h480/DSC05245.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>One of my favorite late summer early Autumn flowers is a double anemone .. I think this is a "Party Dress" type in deep pink ... loaded with buds .. a blooming machine !<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYs3__19vsM3AYPsH97vHHZxCn5LsjV2_AVTWjqOgTz0CP_NWmnq2Mg_hRGNUChJoJ_TXzL__lCUbLyGKiS2vdOdmiELY6QBAtHV6Lxs-J6c1l27WUT5H-hey3FaVKwpqerwIqLcEUeS8q/s1200/DSC05324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1200" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYs3__19vsM3AYPsH97vHHZxCn5LsjV2_AVTWjqOgTz0CP_NWmnq2Mg_hRGNUChJoJ_TXzL__lCUbLyGKiS2vdOdmiELY6QBAtHV6Lxs-J6c1l27WUT5H-hey3FaVKwpqerwIqLcEUeS8q/w640-h522/DSC05324.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrPMDCR4S9loMCwrG1smAiqacGM-boLENqV-sIgVJSCs7TtO-4CLCJZ5enbbtBxT8m31zQMAP2X8ZBntrxIUQjDQ_qt0F4Jdj3mho6XvLhhCIIRD3hzQ4RZ0-x5Hvii6ZfYksKxZgjBvh/s1200/DSC05329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1200" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrPMDCR4S9loMCwrG1smAiqacGM-boLENqV-sIgVJSCs7TtO-4CLCJZ5enbbtBxT8m31zQMAP2X8ZBntrxIUQjDQ_qt0F4Jdj3mho6XvLhhCIIRD3hzQ4RZ0-x5Hvii6ZfYksKxZgjBvh/w640-h546/DSC05329.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I transplanted "At Last" rose and it is finally smiling .. I was a bit worried that it would shut down blooming to adjust and feel at home in it's new spot in the garden. I'm so glad to see those gorgeous roses again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6yjYEunF2EevgskrJQeovILdhSyAlC7PTIxMwhdYKs4YccHWzDfhKTi8ptUcBPuu2JhhVn3fRPGLhV8TJ8iIXJvYP-CmW97RAYo4dsPgsyySH5bQgQuo9tkeOdVepQKsS_TIvc3C3Yk7/s1200/DSC05285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1200" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq6yjYEunF2EevgskrJQeovILdhSyAlC7PTIxMwhdYKs4YccHWzDfhKTi8ptUcBPuu2JhhVn3fRPGLhV8TJ8iIXJvYP-CmW97RAYo4dsPgsyySH5bQgQuo9tkeOdVepQKsS_TIvc3C3Yk7/w640-h496/DSC05285.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I have transplanted " <a href="https://www.gardenia.net/plant/rosa-julia-child" target="_blank">Julia Child </a>" way too many times and for some reason she has stuck it out for me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLa88eugbWPDaH0yUdMRVjbm7qJjGA2OXz8UeYcYXndr8K_x6XBKCCi3ucEqD2_TKg-GQTlPTM7qzH-IzV1ggpjvjQdaUvU4H0HBZbywka2d3V1krLoIUV3BSTc79dAdzDmfuEaytUpVn/s1200/DSC05293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1200" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLa88eugbWPDaH0yUdMRVjbm7qJjGA2OXz8UeYcYXndr8K_x6XBKCCi3ucEqD2_TKg-GQTlPTM7qzH-IzV1ggpjvjQdaUvU4H0HBZbywka2d3V1krLoIUV3BSTc79dAdzDmfuEaytUpVn/w640-h470/DSC05293.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>All that bright gold is an eye full , it helps with the wind down of the garden. You get to have that last glorious blast of colour .<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOrmTJ2EsmH1mSFpSfzByVdH9NWBRvJ3WbRgOw2fM2WjwqAl4eTORzYkf_vC8fL3RNtRum-sISJ5jCv3CCemJjxANQQKpC3G3BViQCy6giIOLyqv9nLfFolMBrxtQGgfy3mY5EkDJbLkM/s1200/DSC05296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOrmTJ2EsmH1mSFpSfzByVdH9NWBRvJ3WbRgOw2fM2WjwqAl4eTORzYkf_vC8fL3RNtRum-sISJ5jCv3CCemJjxANQQKpC3G3BViQCy6giIOLyqv9nLfFolMBrxtQGgfy3mY5EkDJbLkM/w640-h480/DSC05296.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a dull day picture , and indeed this view looks very dull after the riot of colour it produced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">However I know the hidden potential that is sleeping here and this view will be gorgeous once again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSJWxP_wCKsI1g1S44au2DoYXvGYQhKN972p2eQy2vs2zlpPj4rVEpG_9HIuZ5hDDejtDvTVhUWHC3syWDM_hzCT5c-ctiEGkksgEmioMO8Hxi4U_lz9yjy_diW4EIFOKWDZEkaqpvY2-/s1200/DSC05339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqSJWxP_wCKsI1g1S44au2DoYXvGYQhKN972p2eQy2vs2zlpPj4rVEpG_9HIuZ5hDDejtDvTVhUWHC3syWDM_hzCT5c-ctiEGkksgEmioMO8Hxi4U_lz9yjy_diW4EIFOKWDZEkaqpvY2-/w640-h480/DSC05339.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0qXD3q0nAmYnyP6duypGutNoS3P2t-HyAie_Ge7KTRQbwQLEMalSQ99U8CYp-L077S8SFA36x9GbhyphenhyphenOQsAyvxCY-uDtnhALHHt64FkFl5TqYjk3ekdvL41XI4KGdRlPRJbWcUvfQkU72/s1200/DSC05281.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0qXD3q0nAmYnyP6duypGutNoS3P2t-HyAie_Ge7KTRQbwQLEMalSQ99U8CYp-L077S8SFA36x9GbhyphenhyphenOQsAyvxCY-uDtnhALHHt64FkFl5TqYjk3ekdvL41XI4KGdRlPRJbWcUvfQkU72/w640-h480/DSC05281.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>Joe Pye, to the right of the picture, has been buzzing with activity. It is such a favorite of the pollinators and I am glad I kept it for them. Rozanne geranium, dots the pictures with a touch of blue. Another great workhorse in the garden that I like and recommend. It can sprawl but just give it some support and it will look fine. I use it to surround the lower part of my Fringe Tree aka <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=chvi3" target="_blank">Chionanthus virginicus</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplsA3J28T4XHVwLIBCn-SWoS3RzmN1N_ilQl72mlqSUCHSZm9RHA6zQYDak7EYSTl24DKJqbiOR001KtUa1UPhwAFpRjMeB1WhRNZZogtloygRvfp47iTdKJ_uOgBujefdxRLrgSve7co/s1200/DSC05342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplsA3J28T4XHVwLIBCn-SWoS3RzmN1N_ilQl72mlqSUCHSZm9RHA6zQYDak7EYSTl24DKJqbiOR001KtUa1UPhwAFpRjMeB1WhRNZZogtloygRvfp47iTdKJ_uOgBujefdxRLrgSve7co/w640-h480/DSC05342.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>One last shot of "At Last" .. it is mesmerizing me because of that center light, it looks as if it is glowing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG2hZAbYNl4ZKXzwIciqwdiW0lja1W6tLre9rk8xiA_L0gWCXeg9pmG4tQllD6O-Bwjm31CHcbwNhQuDDUgZr0hxCMpPYX-RfcjIcAxa-vLuqiy1H_3MVCqRN9Fn8t6AdCrNBT7k_NanJ/s1200/DSC05337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG2hZAbYNl4ZKXzwIciqwdiW0lja1W6tLre9rk8xiA_L0gWCXeg9pmG4tQllD6O-Bwjm31CHcbwNhQuDDUgZr0hxCMpPYX-RfcjIcAxa-vLuqiy1H_3MVCqRN9Fn8t6AdCrNBT7k_NanJ/w640-h480/DSC05337.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726816697009103332.post-36068549117682806882021-07-27T16:10:00.000-04:002021-07-27T16:10:13.806-04:00A struggle ....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqOL4LXtNw4Eyz-DZTJs5XfTRoDNsMzc0_JiJ18KsNTUzoCwJfJjpEVZa5cr09_z1ucW5OaEUryAtaSVleoDH9wFdnY86qvPui3QhS12RLR48Xab5U6KlAa1YTfPEbYJzeJgVf4-tJci3/s1200/DSC05030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiqOL4LXtNw4Eyz-DZTJs5XfTRoDNsMzc0_JiJ18KsNTUzoCwJfJjpEVZa5cr09_z1ucW5OaEUryAtaSVleoDH9wFdnY86qvPui3QhS12RLR48Xab5U6KlAa1YTfPEbYJzeJgVf4-tJci3/w640-h480/DSC05030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/products/double-oriental-roselily-corolla?variant=19856265085039" target="_blank">White Oriental Roselily Corolla</a> has been an amazing beauty this year .. I feel guilty for not keeping up with the neem oil spray to protect it even further. It has put on a beautiful show in the garden and I had to cut a stalk or two to bring into the house .. it is still going strong and gives off a unusual scent that Garden PA says smells like cinnamon .. I'm not sure myself but what ever the scent is the flowers shine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLuIbYso15pVr0boII7Yf5DlEdDzlPmAkSKlSNqkP9xXKUIIh6pRZj_DAVDQDROqWXMG9sx8Ysr8hm7bJoziJKp1gcOi913Dvt7kzRByXd4iD_h-wTlqG1IsrEqyzIOE3IBK4pFsV3ksR/s1200/DSC05032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1200" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLuIbYso15pVr0boII7Yf5DlEdDzlPmAkSKlSNqkP9xXKUIIh6pRZj_DAVDQDROqWXMG9sx8Ysr8hm7bJoziJKp1gcOi913Dvt7kzRByXd4iD_h-wTlqG1IsrEqyzIOE3IBK4pFsV3ksR/w640-h514/DSC05032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>It is so beautiful it almost looks artificial , the beetle damage hits home to the reality of it being natural and a victim of beetle bites ? .. I am a fan of the "no" pollen type of lily<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdBUUf4APilXsM8K0p_8N9sx6lVL33mQIa8-4fjJXRzgVraMOBycXbMYBBrubTSXD9YJCPYvFh0aT7bwYA_hyphenhyphenjzL11nDBCBb0ad7Tqkcg9eNjCWCsMpiDKjYCa81HfAkU294q9JkelNfv/s1200/DSC05031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1200" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdBUUf4APilXsM8K0p_8N9sx6lVL33mQIa8-4fjJXRzgVraMOBycXbMYBBrubTSXD9YJCPYvFh0aT7bwYA_hyphenhyphenjzL11nDBCBb0ad7Tqkcg9eNjCWCsMpiDKjYCa81HfAkU294q9JkelNfv/w640-h534/DSC05031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Z6KRI6_3O31A3pvTonN27moT7EDmppZAMP5DUTn7Nq9hGBYF3jrQiC39nD839A-BhJeMkpKg9853dTegFYGrZuEpsTF9Tvi6Y2owXanBUqnU2scFigNO_hZxVtVS_U0V44NMO5ob44To/s1200/DSC05058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Z6KRI6_3O31A3pvTonN27moT7EDmppZAMP5DUTn7Nq9hGBYF3jrQiC39nD839A-BhJeMkpKg9853dTegFYGrZuEpsTF9Tvi6Y2owXanBUqnU2scFigNO_hZxVtVS_U0V44NMO5ob44To/w640-h480/DSC05058.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div> Details with a filipendula flower caught my eye, especially with the little hoverfly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqlJSKKWgWpMmLvxp_MSOJ6ig9rrK3-uZY5NzdteLSePWugSb0M_uZsa4Gr8fL5ix8BZ0wRV0u1yVhrAhaojbfW5iObpX5EySrQymxewXU2fHjGMnJe1qwmkvAhYbgqpt-a0KxLO2I4v4/s1200/DSC_0027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1200" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqlJSKKWgWpMmLvxp_MSOJ6ig9rrK3-uZY5NzdteLSePWugSb0M_uZsa4Gr8fL5ix8BZ0wRV0u1yVhrAhaojbfW5iObpX5EySrQymxewXU2fHjGMnJe1qwmkvAhYbgqpt-a0KxLO2I4v4/w640-h492/DSC_0027.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>A hot pink flower with some interesting seed heads drying out on this clematis.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8GEt2Nn5CZclNKzoLyTu58sv4QsjGOEAf4bE1_6eQcM3bXwMTveP9B-51Q4i9TkrJr8C8mUUnhQ5UjHkiwyDfMmqaN8LHLbuu8u8ULTpP4FJEf6ppaFIWb_55q1j5o7BrtcE0M4RsTJv/s1200/DSC_0046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="1200" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8GEt2Nn5CZclNKzoLyTu58sv4QsjGOEAf4bE1_6eQcM3bXwMTveP9B-51Q4i9TkrJr8C8mUUnhQ5UjHkiwyDfMmqaN8LHLbuu8u8ULTpP4FJEf6ppaFIWb_55q1j5o7BrtcE0M4RsTJv/w640-h482/DSC_0046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://www.gardenia.net/plant/astilbe-delft-lace" target="_blank">Delft Lace astilbe</a> is coming into it's own now. It is a later season astilbe and is very pretty with its dark red stems through out the foliage. The soft pink flower blends in nicely with the other plants.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM09eB4_j6g6KRxLdQYEhMUTJS9vqgkRrpVghhYCKuSuKwFEGLCxVtFvoyH1OSlmGtIlBmDKyltucQlBTM4EO3i25Qnqnd3Q9mZ_5LodjdxSPrcP_9oF_TscVGFVxElFP9mtU5xkqbhwlf/s1200/DSC05050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM09eB4_j6g6KRxLdQYEhMUTJS9vqgkRrpVghhYCKuSuKwFEGLCxVtFvoyH1OSlmGtIlBmDKyltucQlBTM4EO3i25Qnqnd3Q9mZ_5LodjdxSPrcP_9oF_TscVGFVxElFP9mtU5xkqbhwlf/w640-h480/DSC05050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIwBYgQIz0CAcvUX_RZj69C55dtwSGeq5LP9fNQWCsCQXVsr8XiIxsUE73IO8i2dTKi-MEgltv67DITCUy6pb1gvNP0eDePDio4e-LlYM2SzeT-N3gbWJab_AZVYdZqLjydP98-KOShYS/s1200/DSC05051.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIwBYgQIz0CAcvUX_RZj69C55dtwSGeq5LP9fNQWCsCQXVsr8XiIxsUE73IO8i2dTKi-MEgltv67DITCUy6pb1gvNP0eDePDio4e-LlYM2SzeT-N3gbWJab_AZVYdZqLjydP98-KOShYS/w640-h480/DSC05051.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Little Lamb hydrangea is blooming out quickly. I have to watch for the right moment when it starts to go pink/rose so I can dry some flowers to look at this winter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9NgD9wDBIVvWLduVgYw7vRvP9RpCEClY4BHkt7VrIHzkQMVTD-e8mrh7EI-59eK2OXte-fqk1IL1e8vRqzIk2akkP9zLTkpAlg9D5ntFrbYsMVIe9woRaFCquVuiwRC9HNMV3OXA-PjY/s1200/DSC04965.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9NgD9wDBIVvWLduVgYw7vRvP9RpCEClY4BHkt7VrIHzkQMVTD-e8mrh7EI-59eK2OXte-fqk1IL1e8vRqzIk2akkP9zLTkpAlg9D5ntFrbYsMVIe9woRaFCquVuiwRC9HNMV3OXA-PjY/w640-h480/DSC04965.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My gaggle of geese are so quick right now I almost have to start dead heading to keep the fresh flowers blooming. I don't know what it is but they make me laugh when I see them .. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really think of beautiful plump white geese in a gaggle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Kbvvykbyj2LuRK6iimTY6W3Ibq3yg0fxHgWVVYFFn4MBTPSD_w0A4OyqX3c6IrivB0QLF7OUC-_TJd5_vQ33NLC9Iyzo5jsuvprlBo3ESfaYO37TONWcOolhFVKo7pARxqkWMQb1oDI/s1200/DSC05014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25Kbvvykbyj2LuRK6iimTY6W3Ibq3yg0fxHgWVVYFFn4MBTPSD_w0A4OyqX3c6IrivB0QLF7OUC-_TJd5_vQ33NLC9Iyzo5jsuvprlBo3ESfaYO37TONWcOolhFVKo7pARxqkWMQb1oDI/w640-h480/DSC05014.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>They almost look like they are talking to each other ?<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilP1xjXjqWvpY1feyq27hby4fIBdDulQ27D5LYALfFG9wt1Gitl12gXan1nwJgZevj6erseqzIcF4t5srHTdYjmTVkCvidZLy4pTMmZDcsIm_xIC46DckWJGrFbfFqv85CAtfbzN4zxQd/s1200/DSC05014-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1200" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgilP1xjXjqWvpY1feyq27hby4fIBdDulQ27D5LYALfFG9wt1Gitl12gXan1nwJgZevj6erseqzIcF4t5srHTdYjmTVkCvidZLy4pTMmZDcsIm_xIC46DckWJGrFbfFqv85CAtfbzN4zxQd/w640-h476/DSC05014-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>A little gaggle snuck into the back garden by the Ostrich ferns and giant grass. </div><div>That is tough competition to survive !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBVqShDtaVAnN0ORD94ngJWEMGciQOAgjpyYoLRbmQfZoFnyJfs0KnhqgVGYX3pWD34ypX9PwsfWTPI_qohcnmF7OelXYUeMpDmc3toc24sPgpc1Eg5JBv77M1wSiU1B0EWW-QjpLwnFm/s1200/DSC05049.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBVqShDtaVAnN0ORD94ngJWEMGciQOAgjpyYoLRbmQfZoFnyJfs0KnhqgVGYX3pWD34ypX9PwsfWTPI_qohcnmF7OelXYUeMpDmc3toc24sPgpc1Eg5JBv77M1wSiU1B0EWW-QjpLwnFm/w640-h480/DSC05049.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Talking about tough I have another volunteer Japanese Painted fern growing in-between the stones. <div>You have to like that right ?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSJgGyF8iD1hMDNeoMb0VEPgDfCazJRM1-hl_RW1VlTdBCPB4KUgrZA9riFKosn1AsdX1juzuq5etg-uuCQhPLDngsCYg-AgMN1U3mX9sShJGhW83FGixPMBjLomx2OS0d8KBltUMZsof/s1200/DSC_0047-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpSJgGyF8iD1hMDNeoMb0VEPgDfCazJRM1-hl_RW1VlTdBCPB4KUgrZA9riFKosn1AsdX1juzuq5etg-uuCQhPLDngsCYg-AgMN1U3mX9sShJGhW83FGixPMBjLomx2OS0d8KBltUMZsof/w640-h426/DSC_0047-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was an amazing cloud mass last night . I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of it even though I knew the low light would not do it justice for what my eyes saw.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdEeZZy2ofI1dKMsP6P_9p4k6qP42fNZyqc7s1hYfWTge_BaX1GPNaQ5TJTLasbGlyIEsSWZPXfso2Zph0L5P2iKlGXGUTUiZPVXk0qwE6lnx6qyDPgHZQpaR9ARi3C2uMvBzcwKmry8/s1200/DSC05062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsdEeZZy2ofI1dKMsP6P_9p4k6qP42fNZyqc7s1hYfWTge_BaX1GPNaQ5TJTLasbGlyIEsSWZPXfso2Zph0L5P2iKlGXGUTUiZPVXk0qwE6lnx6qyDPgHZQpaR9ARi3C2uMvBzcwKmry8/w640-h480/DSC05062.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Almost like a bomb blast but thankfully no huge thunder storm happened.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwo8bFNFtKdfSWtFx8qHs-qzkfENyCNWKNIqWEwjlmnu5VXjREN-fd_9hg_tlHeBfg3zULezwETXZol8h2bQOUtL53aNsj_mSdL6sQ3dTEBWxHDk2DEobsR6mIDeMW5x3wKFGkJ5rZR4R/s1200/DSC05065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwo8bFNFtKdfSWtFx8qHs-qzkfENyCNWKNIqWEwjlmnu5VXjREN-fd_9hg_tlHeBfg3zULezwETXZol8h2bQOUtL53aNsj_mSdL6sQ3dTEBWxHDk2DEobsR6mIDeMW5x3wKFGkJ5rZR4R/w640-h480/DSC05065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>CanadianGardenJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.com23