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Tag Archives: flower garden
Daisies, Coneflowers & Bees (Oh, My)
July means the Purple Coneflowers and Daisies are competing for the lavish attention of the bees in our neighborhood. So far it seems the coneflowers are winning. There’s a symphony of bees constantly hovering on and around our stand of Echinacea … Continue reading
Clematis-Garden Fireworks
Is it strange that I try to think of new places to build garden walls and fences just so I can cover them with clematis? When these beauties are going full tilt they’re as spectacular as a fireworks display. Currently … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, Clematis, fireworks, flower garden, flowers, garden, gardening, Independence Day, organic gardening, propagate
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Our Oakleaf Hydrangea Is Having Babies!
We love our oakleaf hydrangea. At our last home, we had them everywhere. They are indestructible, beautiful, interesting in every season, and did I mention indestructible? Our current plant was a baby propagated from the mama plant (more on that … Continue reading
New Dawn Rose, You Sexy Beast
We planted a New Dawn climbing rose a couple of years ago on the southeast corner of the house and this year it is rewarding us with a spectacular display. I wish I had planned a bit better and installed … Continue reading
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Tagged flower, flower garden, flower gardening, gardening, New Dawn Rose, rose, rose garden, rose gardening, roses
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Peony, Heritage Edition
We were a bit worried about our peony making an appearance this year. An exceptionally cold winter with hard freezes and a surprise snowfall in late spring did not seem to bode well. But this may be the showiest this … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, farming, flower, flower garden, flowers, garden, gardening, iris, irises, Kentucky, landscape, Ohio River Valley, peonies, peony
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Cherry Blossoms
For a few days every spring, our house is at the center of a Venn Diagram of daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, a few early tulips, and our beautiful little weeping cherry–floral fireworks exploding in our yard. The cherry blossoms are especially … Continue reading
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Tagged cherry, cherry tree, crocus, daffodil, flower garden, garden, gardening, hyacinth, spring, tulip, venn diagram
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Heralds of Spring
Crocus, hyacinth, and jonquil are springing up all around us, letting us know, with what we hope is certainty, that the long winter has receded. The daylight hours are beginning to stretch, giving us a few more minutes outside in … Continue reading
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Tagged crocus, daffodil, daffodils, flower garden, flowers, garden, gardening, hyacinth, jonquil, jonquils, narcissus, spring
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