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@roughwood_softgrass Anne - check them out! My babies! White Martagon lilies on their second year from seed. I really really hope there was no mixup and they truly are white. Five years is a long time to wait to be disappointed… 🤞😊🤞A pandemic with lockdowns was good for my garden. I raised the firepit patio about three inches and connected the areas around it with stone. Had it been a normal year, I bet we would still have been looking at a mud pit.So grateful for the rain! 💦🌿A few scenes from the #hotbed at the # communitygarden and beyond. A few hours spent up there in pouring rain STILL beats house cleaning a thousand times. I’m afraid the house will have to wait yet another week. 😆Did three back-to-back consultations today, and the last one was for a fabulous house on the Columbia, under massive oak trees - one of which had just blown down. The house had the most wonderful copper salmon downspouts. So great! 🤩Never a shot without a garden hose taking center stage, but you know how it is - it’s been a very dry spring. Had a consultation scheduled for this evening, but the client thought it was *next* week, so I got the night off. I don’t mind in the slightest - I needed some downtime in my own yard for a change. Just me, the cats and a beer. Aaahhh…
Tag Archives: Shrubs
Rubus lineatus – not quite on the wild side…
You can always tell the pot smokers from the non-users the first time they as new visitors walks up our driveway. At a particular point in this short journey, the hemp users invariably jump, which always makes me giggle because … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged Curb appeal, foliage, garden, leaves, Plants, Rubus lineatus, Shrubs
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Hydrangeas – not just for little ol’ ladies!
12 October 2010 I used to think that hydrangeas was something old ladies had in their gardens. Then one day, I fell in love with a purple-blue lacecap that absolutely knocked me off my rocker. From then on, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged acid-loving plants, Garden design, hydrangeas, lacecaps, Landscape design, mopheads, Shrubs, versatile plants
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