Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Gardens are like vitamins

They’re good for your health, and they should be taken daily. These shots weren’t there yesterday, and they won’t be there tomorrow. The garden whispers softly, “Pay attention to me.”

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'Bow Bells' by David Austin
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Purple Coneflower echinacea
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'Unchartered Waters'
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'Sherry Lane Carr'
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'Fred Ham'
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'Becky Lynn'
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'Maggie'
Here she is again - all two and a half feet of her! She's grown multiple upright canes recently after being a low-growing squiggly little thing planted in February. Look at all those buds. 'Kent's Favorite Two' is blooming behind her.
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'Le Vesuve' starting her second flush
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Another 'Fred Ham' - seems too pretty to be a guy.

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'Indy Indy' - love, love, love her!
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'Leda's Lover'
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'Secret Splendor' and 'White Pet'
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'Modern Marvel' - always double with another blooming behind
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Clematis 'Venosa Violacea'
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'General Gallieni', Tea rose, 1899
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'Alexander Hill Gray', Tea rose, 1909
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Dare I hope that 'Arcadia Louisiana Tea' will bloom in all her many-petaled splendor? She bloomed slightly early in the spring. The word flush would definitely be an overstatement, and they all balled from thrips. She normally has over 100 petals, so the heat probably - hopefully - helps.
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Here's the shady lady, 'Mrs. B. R. Cant'. I can't get over her blooming in the shade.
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Maybe in her day, 1901, she used a parasol.
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There's no doubt that Mr. Cant, the hybridizer, was her DH.

2 comments:

  1. Hello Sherry, what a wonderful rose the Mrs. B. R. Cant! I wonder where I can buy her for my garden?
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  2. Awh those one day flowers. Don't blink! You'll miss it! Daylilies and Papavers are some of them. That's why you need lots of them ( of course ) to make sure you have something to look at everyday 8)

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