Tuesday, April 24, 2012

All my children

…and can I remember all their names?

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'Absolute Treasure'
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'Marietta Dreamer'
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'Crimson Pirate' - Not positive since I didn't save the name on the Sam's box but pretty sure of the ID
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'Elizabeth Ferguson' - very large flower and tall
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'Mary Guthrie'
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'Quietness'
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'Sherry Lane Carr'
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'White Pet'
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'White Pet'
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I have no clue.
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'Byzantine Emperor'
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Dahlia 'Lucca Johanna' - Walmart came through beautifully on this one.
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'Madame Abel Chatenay'
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'Madame Abel Chatenay'
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'Chrysler Imperial'
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'Chrysler Imperial'
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'All American Magic'
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Clematis 'Princess Diana' unless I have them mixed up and it's 'Duchess of Albany'.
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'Souvenir de la Malmaison'
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'Sherry Lane Carr'
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'Anda'
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Salvia farinacea
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'White Pet' - one huge cluster
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''Faces Of A Clown' - first flowers often aren't perfect, missing a sepal.
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'Lucca Johanna'
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'Madame Abel Chatenay' - Her fading flowers remind me of a Victorian lady's flouncy dressing gown. What else would an 1894 rose look like?
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'Madame Abel Chatenay'
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Coreopsis
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'Hermosa'
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Echinacea aka Purple Coneflower
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'Souvenir de la Malmaison'
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'Quietness'
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'Caribbean Perfection Plus' described as canary yellow. Glow-in-the-dark yellow is more like it. More glowing than this photo.
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The rose fairy came today. A baby 'Rosette Delizy' was delivered in person by the lovely Cydney Wade of Rose Petals Nursery. I'm very excited to have the beautiful 'Rosette Delizy' back in my garden. She'll go into a 2-gallon pot and be planted next spring. Many, many cuttings of 'Mme Abel Chatenay' and 'Capitaine Dyel de Graville' were taken back to the nursery. Wait for them.
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'Gruss an Teplitz' in a 3-gallon pot also arrived today with 3 buds. Can't wait to see and smell them.
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I'll break the bad news first. 'Bermuda's Anna Olivier' didn't make it. She probably would have though had it not been for the murderous squirrels. Unbelievably, the day after my post about her all of the tiny new upper growth was gone, and the three basal breaks were chewed off. As more new canes sprouted, they were chewed off to nothing. I finally gave up hope and pulled her out. I could not bear to see her tortured. She had a handful of short roots and without the squirrels perhaps she could have made it. The good news is that this little baby is 'Bermuda's Anna Olivier'. She'll also be potted on to a 2-gallon pot for planting next spring. In the meantime Salvia farinacea fills the void.
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Clematis 'Venosa Violacea', a viticella
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The back garden just before dusk.
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'Absolute Treasure' in the evening light looking unlike herself in the first photo above but still beautiful.

7 comments:

  1. What a bunch of beauty to look at this late at night. You have so much happening and they're all fantastic.

    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  2. Beautiful daylilies and roses. I have a collection of daylilies and seeing yours makes me dream of mine when they'll bloom in june and july. I'll need to be patient. Great flowers you have! Have a nice week 8)

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  3. WOW, you have so much beauty there. How wonderful to have that to greet you every day.

    FlowerLady

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  4. All your children are just beautiful!

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  5. And, what beautiful children you have. Your clematis vine is so unique and pretty. I''m glad to see that they...or at least some of the varieties...can be grown here. You should be a proud mama!

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  6. That photo of your back garden is just amazing! Very lovely, Sherry. White Pet is unbelievable with the number of blooms on her! And Princess Diana (?) is just a gorgeous clematis! How fun to get a new roses! Sorry to hear about your squirrel problems. I hope this BAO fares better.

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  7. FABULOUS PHOTOS! I feel as though I just walked through your garden! We both share a love of daylilies and roses. What could be better…especially in the spring?

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