One of my favorite little roses is starting to bloom!
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Jeanne Lajoie is a miniature climbing rose
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Jeanne Lajoie
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The Lowly Dandylion
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In our youth it brought joy as we set it’s seeds afloat with a puff of breath.
Then as an adult, frustration and debt, as we tried to eradicate it from our lawns…..
Only to have our children puff new seeds afloat!
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My Helper
Hey! Hey! Hey Mom!
You dropped your water bottle!
By the way, I opened it for you!
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Tomato Plants…. and Magpies
Grown with lots of Organic Love…..
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Top left~ Tommy Toe cherry, Top right ~ Martino’s Roma
Bottom center~ Tiny Tim cherry
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…..oh, and here’s an update on ‘Grannie’s Magpie’
It’s covered in blooms!
(all hanging down in typical wild columbine fashion)
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Happy Surprise
This morning, I went outside to check if my columbines had bloomed yet so I could get a picture.
What I thought was my pink and white Grandma’s bonnet, which was what I had planted in that spot two years previous, was this….
Apparently my Magpie, a black and white columbine, has cross pollinated with Granny here and this is the happy result. Sadly though, my grandma’s bonnet is nowhere to be found. I will have to start another one soon.
I wonder though, if I saved the seeds from this new cross, if it would come back true or revert back to the Magpie, like most hybrids do…. Hmmm.
I’ll let ya’ll know next year!
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Up Close and Personal
And the growing continues…..
(I was too lazy to add the botanical names this time around so if ya know ’em, shout them out!
(I was too lazy to add the botanical names this time around so if ya know ’em, shout them out!
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| Lilly of the Valley |
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| My D and J’s Annabelle Hydrangea and a “gift” fern (ostrich?) | . |
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| Variegated Hosta |
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| Wild Violets |
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| Bitter Sweet Vine w/flower buds |
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| Persian Lilac finally popped (mmm, smells good!) |
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| More Lilly of the Valley and Vinca Minor |
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| Chris’s White Pine |
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| Little decorative bird house I painted on arbor |
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| Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’ |
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| Amur Maple with buds |
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| “I can’t remember the name of this one” Hosta |
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| Francis William (I’ve always wanted and finally got one!) Hosta |
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| Columbine, ‘Grandma’s Bonnet’, getting ready to bloom |
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| new leaf swirl, on same Columbine |
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| new Columbine bud on (unknown as of yet) volunteer seedling |
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| Cat Mint |
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| Hey Sissy, this was sold as an accent plant in a Patio Pot a while back~ It’s a Weed! |
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| Volunteer BeeBalm (Monarda) in “said weed” |
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| more wild Violets |
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| Last years Coneflower seed head after the finches picked at it. |
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| another one |
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Cobweb Houseleek, Spider Web Hens and Chicks
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| Resin Owl in “theme pot” |
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| dada dada dada dada~ Bat Chime! |
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Happy May Day!
May 1st arrived bright and sunny!
Even if the temperatures only made it to 55 degrees
and it sprinkled later in the afternoon!
To celebrate,
here are a few more pictures of what’s blooming in my garden.
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| Bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis |
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| The tart cherry is finally fully bloomed! |
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| Even Daisy was enjoying the sun! |
Beautiful Hand Crocheted Hair Scrunchies
Mom’s New Etsy Shop!
Dee’s Fancies
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Springtime Wasabi and purple for a summer’s evening out |
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Think Pink. Plain but pretty as a flowerSee these and more at~deesfancies.etsy.com |
Apples and Cabbage (more signs of Spring in Starved Rock)
Commonly called mayapple~ Podophyllum peltatum,
cover parts of the wooded areas.
the Skunk Cabbage here~ Symplocarpus foetidus, is a rather foul smelling plant that love wet areas.
And the final sign that Spring has arrived in Starved Rock…..
Easter Bunny Stand In
Willow says
“Happy Easter Everyone!”
Lil's Garden Tour 