A rare visitor came to my Lilac tree this afternoon.
I don’t usually see these butterflies in my garden.
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| Tiger Swallowtail butterfly sipping Nectar from my Japanese Lilac Tree |
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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Violets, Bishops & Iced Tea
Temps still in the 90’s today
So here’s a few shady pictures for ya….
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| Violets and bishops weed in the shade of a white birch |
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| Another clematis I forgot the name of that’s growing on the trellis on the shady side of my house. I really need to write down the name of the plants in a note book or something! |
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| here’s another shot of my beard’s tongue |
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| A self sown seedling of my white bleeding heart |
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| My K-Mart climbing rose is still hanging on. It’s 15 years old now. I call it this because this is another one I don’t remember the name of…… |
Okay, I had to throw a few sunny ones in here too!
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| This is flowers from a Red Japanese Mustard I planted in the garden four years ago. I still to this day find stray seedlings in the strangest places. This one is in my hosta bed, 15 feet away from the garden! |
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| Tick Seed Coreopsis with a tiny wasp |
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| Okay, I’m sorry, but here’s another shot of my beard’s tongue in the sun. It’s really blooming now and I just love this plant! |
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| Japanese Tree Lilac read to pop! |
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| Really huge panicals on this one. |
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Today was my first day off since spring began that it wasn’t raining, storming or just too cold~
so dispite the heat, I spent the day getting dirty and filling my planters with veggies, strawberries, herbs & flowers….
Of course by the time I finished it was time to start dinner so I didn’t get any pictures of the finished projects!
I will post them by the weekend…..
So to hold ya’ll til then,
here’s a glass of cold tea on a shady porch…..
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| there’s my strawberries I planted today in the back. The green tray is lettuce I started early that got out of control because I couldn’t get out to plant it, so we are just going to feed it to the house bunns. And my poor Aloe hates coming outside for the summer at first. It always turns brown until it gets used to the bright sunlight. Little pots are new starts of Swedish Ivy and plain ivy. |
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Long, Long Ago & Far, Far Away……
Celebrating 27 Years Today
Hot Weather and Yellow Roses!
Today summer came back and with a vengeance!
It was somewhere in the 90’s today with lots of humidity.
So, you would think after a long day of working out in this, the last thing I would want to do is be outside!
Nope, not me!
When I got home today, and after unloading my new bounty from the Garden Center (yes, it’s an addiction!)
I did a quick tour of my garden and saw my yellow climbing rose was blooming!
Yay!
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| Her name is Golden Sunset and she has a glorious honeysuckle like scent! |
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| This is my favorite rose of all time~ and yes, she’s a mail order girl! Jung’s Seeds about six or seven years ago. She’s hardy to Zone 4 and disease resistant. |
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| She gets around 12 feet tall but right now she’s a little sprawled out. |
A few other things were blooming as well!
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| My Gift Peony |
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| These were given to me by my neighbor who’s friend dug out a Peony hedge from her yard about ten years ago. Nobody knew the variety but oh do they have the sweetest scent! |
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| My Huskers Red Penstemon finally boomed. |
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| Pretty little flowers remind me of foxglove….. |
and my little fern…
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| My Japanese painted fern has seen better days. It’s not as full this year. I might have to move it. |
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and my new D&J’s Fuchsia
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I’m going to start him in a ceramic pot on the deck
and work my way up to a hanging basket |
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Itsy Bitsy Spider & forgotten Peony
I was taking pictures yesterday and saw this tiny little spider and her web in my Nine Bark.
If you look closely, she’s invited three gnats for dinner!
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…and my Peony finally bloomed!
another one I planted years ago
and forgot the variety name of,
and forgot the variety name of,
Sigh……
It has a really sweet scent!
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Lil's Garden Tour 