tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49421454571638625962024-03-13T13:06:01.827-04:00The Accidental GardenerLya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-24462829300930431542011-08-18T18:18:00.000-04:002011-08-18T18:18:01.574-04:00Hollyhocks spur childhood memories - Life & Style - TheState.com<a href="http://www.thestate.com/2011/08/18/1937638/hollyhocks-spur-childhood-memories.html#storylink=addthis">Hollyhocks spur childhood memories - Life & Style - TheState.com</a>
<br />Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-43384636664909643862011-08-06T13:18:00.000-04:002011-08-06T13:18:55.406-04:00Garden in DistressMy garden is gasping for some cool air and a few drenching rains. It’s not unusual for us to have 90-95F (32-35C) summer temperatures, but a never-ending string of such days and only a scant shower every now and then – that is unusual!<br />
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Watering continues, a few times a week, but it’s not enough. It’s never enough. Serious thought now has to be given to a complete garden overhaul next spring, doing away with plants that cannot sustain themselves in summers like this year’s and bringing in others that manage to survive or even thrive. More Sedums and fewer Baptisias, Daisies and Daylilies. Stick to Angelonia and Zinnia for annual color and maybe Calibrachoa.<br />
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<div align="center">Joe-Pye Weed has always been a splendid part of my garden; this year, it is short and turning brown before it even has a chance to bloom.</div><br />
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<div align="center">The Butterfly Weed and Mexican Petunia are in distress. The Basil (in front, left of center) has given up and even the Lamb's Ear is not happy in this heat. The only thriving plant in this picture is a Switchgrass.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtxJUdzlbkg/Tj10_wSwzlI/AAAAAAAABH4/W2-uO6-ybEI/s1600/Blue+Sage+080611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mtxJUdzlbkg/Tj10_wSwzlI/AAAAAAAABH4/W2-uO6-ybEI/s320/Blue+Sage+080611.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">This Sage (center) is one of my favorite plants and I wonder if I'll see it again next year. Flanking Sedums are doing fine (although the one on the left had something, perhaps a rabbit, jump right in its center and does not look all that attractive any more) and the Gaura, no longer in bloom, tries to stay alive horizontally.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">We need rain. And cooler temperatures.</div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-35840958022843844572011-07-17T15:25:00.001-04:002011-07-17T15:25:31.022-04:00Summer Plants & Flowers in Far Northeast Georgia<a href="http://www.gentlepresencephotography.com/">Photographer Nada Powers Bunnell</a> and I took a road trip into Rabun and Habersham counties yesterday. <a href="http://travelingthesoutheast.blogspot.com/">Lakemont Village</a> was our specific destination, but we also drove through Tiger (another friend once co-owned an herb farm there), <a href="http://travelingthesoutheast.blogspot.com/2011/07/soque-river.html">Batesville (stopped at The Mark of the Potter</a>), and Clarkesville (where I bought a few pieces of yard art at the Clarkesville Corner Market). The flora along the way was too lovely to keep for myself, so here you can enjoy it also!<br />
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<div align="center">The dog was friendly, the chairs were uncomfortable, and the little blue birds were merrily chirping away!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Not everything bloomed . . . . .</div><div align="center"><br />
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<div align="center">. . . . . but a lot did, including a gorgeous Crape Myrtle:</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-17535410244233109712011-07-14T10:02:00.001-04:002011-07-15T10:00:07.760-04:00To my new “Where Bloggers Create” friends . . .My “creative studio” is a small piece of exurban Atlanta soil – yes, that notorious red stuff! (although, I am “lucky” with more sand than clay; easier to work, but just as much compost needed) – where I started gardening by accident a few years ago.<br />
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This beautiful little Moss Rose is an example of things that spontaneously pop up in my garden. It first emerged as what looked like a stonecrop next to a new Baptisia and it would logically have been removed to preserve the Baptisia’s image, but I left it alone and have now been rewarded with this pretty bloom.<br />
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Not everything in my garden is growing by accident; quite a lot of it in this eclectic mix of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals has actually been planned! More than a few plants have originated at the <a href="http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu/">UGA trial gardens in Athens</a>, and most of my herbs started with seeds from <a href="http://www.reneesgarden.com/">Renee’s Garden</a>. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Cuphea came from the UGA trial gardens (this year). I’ve had the Alternanthera ‘Gail’s Choice’ for four years already (taking cuttings every fall, rooting them indoors during the winter, and starting with a new crop the following spring) and the Coleus ‘Red Head’ (now in its third year in my garden; propagation ditto the Alternanthera).</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Basil and tomatoes are ever-present in my summer garden; the mozzarella is kept in the fridge!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
As a garden writer, I am sometimes offered the opportunity by growers to “trial” plants myself. This year, I have two grasses, a Coreopsis, a Rudbeckia and a Hen & Chicks from <a href="http://www.santarosagardens.com/">Santa Rosa Gardens</a>. All are doing well, I’m happy to report, with the switch grass probably the star of the bunch. Who knew? Isn’t this the stuff that’s been touted as a renewable energy source? Seems to me it would take millions of acres of switch grass to produce not very much bio fuel. But, let me stick to my areas of expertise and leave the science to others . . . :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Switch grass, with Lamb's East and Mexican Petunia; grasses ought to be incorporated in many more landscapes.</div><br />
It’s a delight to participate in this year’s <a href="http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/">“Where Bloggers Create”</a> party; I look forward to checking out some of the blogs of the hundreds of others who are at this feast.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-13314765593381984702011-07-09T19:26:00.000-04:002011-07-09T19:26:31.463-04:00Memorial Garden - a sweet place to visit.Earlier today, after attending a lecture at NGCSU in <a href="http://travelingthesoutheast.blogspot.com/2011/07/dahlonega-georgia.html">Dahlonega</a>, wandering around the square and surrounding streets, I happened across a Memorial Garden. It looked new, with lovely plantings, a serpentine gravel path, an energetic fountain and many benches.<br />
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I had never heard of <a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gainesvilletimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-lou-conner&pid=128087333&fhid=3412">Mary Lou Conner</a>, but now know a little about her. I wish I could have known her.<br />
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Her son Glenn remains unknown to me, but if he was co-named in a <a href="http://www.dahlonegadda.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=232:the-conner-memorial-garden-ribbon-cutting-ceremony&catid=122:whats-new&Itemid=65">garden</a> that honors his mother, there must have been a reason for that. So, I salute him as well.<br />
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In all the busyness of the spring planting season, I failed to mark some containers with freshly sown seeds (or marked them with the wrong ink . . .), which has caused a few surprises in the past several months, none more than a container with fairly rapidly growing seedlings that “I knew I know”, but could not name. A neighbor who is also a gardener did not know either. I split them up in three groups – one in a different container and two in the ground. Especially the plants in the first group kept growing rapidly (and I kept wondering “what is this?”) and it finally – duh! – came to me: <a href="http://www.floridata.com/ref/v/vitex_a.cfm">Vitex, a/k/a/ chaste tree.</a> I’m growing trees!<br />
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The original tree has been in my garden since October 2009 and I collected seed from it last year, not really knowing what to do with it. Evidently, these obscure seeds were among many I tried this year for the first time and to call the results the top success of my 2011 garden may not be overstating it. I had zero expectations, when I added these seeds to a container of soil a few months ago, and wow – look at these trees now!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">A cluster of three . . . .</div><br />
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"The Momma Tree" - reaching to shoulder height after 21 months in my garden. A new crop of seeds much in evidence!<br />
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The color, a clear lavender, is especially nice in combination with these tall dill. A month of color, so fleeting.<br />
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It was given to me by a local farmer friend, identified as “Bracilla rubra” or “Brasilla rubra”, but I cannot find information about it on the web. After the small plant started growing (and growing!), I learned that it had originally come from <a href="http://archive.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20070618/localnews/179934.shtml">Dr. Cool</a> and that’s why I need to go and see him.<br />
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I was told that this is “the ideal food” – and it may well be. It certainly grows rapidly and it is also an attractive plant, so gardeners may want to have it around even if they don’t eat it. I have tried it – not a particularly wonderful taste, but good enough to add to a salad, and it did not kill me. At least it has not so far. But until I learn more, I think I will stick with known lettuces, arugula and spinach. <br />
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This bloom is on 1/3 of the original Chicago Knockout in my garden; the other 2/3 section was spit into three pieces earlier this year and they are also blooming now, including this one:<br />
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Soft Summer Night was beautiful a few weeks ago, but all its blooms are now gone. A new edition to my garden since April (from Shumake Daylily Garden in Jefferson, Georgia), it performed brilliantly, holding out much promise for next year.<br />
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Russian Rhapsody has, I'm afraid, not been given an optimal place in my garden and I will certainly move it in the fall to a location in which it will thrive. Others, of undistinguished or long-forgotten names, are doing a bit better, including one that loves its place next to a dwarf Nandina.<br />
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Plan for the fall . . . <br />
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Have another border dug, specifically for daylilies. My post-Labor Day shopping list includes Cosmic Caper, Joylene Nichole, Pewter Lake and Touch The Future.<br />
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<div align="center">"Touch The Future" -- who would not want to have this one in the garden?</div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-52871290846946939022011-06-19T11:39:00.000-04:002011-06-19T11:39:24.281-04:00After The StormWe had another fierce storm yesterday. It did not last very long (less than 15 minutes), but it dumped a great deal of rain and that has been good for my garden.<br />
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The prettiest flower this morning is the Cosmos ‘Rose Bon Bon’, which I am growing from seed from my favorite seed purveyor – you guessed it! – <a href="http://www.reneesgarden.com/">Renee’s Garden</a>.<br />
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Pretty pink, don’t you think?Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-44745820682522075642011-06-18T17:51:00.000-04:002011-06-18T17:51:28.151-04:00Georgia Gardens in SpringI don't know if there is anything lovelier in spring Georgia gardens than an old-fashioned gardenia. Mine comes from a cutting I received from my friend Dorila Vinas in Decatur. Its scent starts every morning with wonder and determination. For now it's in this blog's masthead. Summer will bring a different image.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-45214114313640412011-06-03T14:45:00.000-04:002011-06-03T14:45:31.954-04:00Plant PairingsI once planted a section of my garden with Shasta daisies and Rudbeckia, believing that the white flowers with the golden centers and the yellow flowers with the dark brown centers would make a lovely combination. Problem is . . . the daisy blooms in May and the black-eyed Susan in September! <br />
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Another time, I did better with the Obedient Plant and some Salvias; they were a lovely combination.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">When walking through part of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia this morning, a glimpse of clumps of Russian sage next to a generous planting of yellow Yarrow made the think of plant pairings again. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And then Germander with both <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Santolina virens</i> and <em>Santolina</em><span class="searchnobold1"><span style="color: #228622; font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span><em>chamaecyparissus.</em></div><br />
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This morning, I decided to photograph a few of them. My garden is richer because of their presence. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This Germander has not looked this good in years. Some years it's stalky and woody, with more brown than green in evidence. I've owned this plant for eight years already -- since before I had my current garden.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Acquired as a small shrub in a one-gallon pot, this Viburnum is now huge. It took several years for it to bloom, but for the past two years it has been spectacular, covered in white blossoms early in the year. It is now showing an inclination towards berries in a few months. The birds will be delighted.</div><br />
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I was! Here I was, watering trays with Zinnia, Butterfly Weed, Ageratum and Nicotiana and when I came to this 9-cell black-plastic one and saw something move, I knew it was not a Zinnia seed that had germinated!<br />
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Not the first toad of the year to make its appearance in my garden, but this is probably the last place I would have expected one.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-40404305502939893312011-05-22T10:59:00.000-04:002011-05-22T10:59:01.572-04:00More Herbs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wI_a6hLq438/TdkizRbQ4eI/AAAAAAAABBA/sfNWUt59u08/s1600/IMG_2594.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wI_a6hLq438/TdkizRbQ4eI/AAAAAAAABBA/sfNWUt59u08/s320/IMG_2594.JPG" width="284" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">An "antique" tin container, freshly planted with (from lower left) Lavender, Tarragon, Chives and Thyme, is my newest adventure with herbs. They, and many others in my garden, come from Cheryle and Ray Maddox's farm.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A huge bed of Lamb's Ear in full bloom at the farm.</div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-39275035633957141282011-05-03T14:49:00.000-04:002011-05-03T14:49:24.112-04:00It Feels Like Christmas!The day a shipment of trial plants arrives is as exciting at my house as Christmas morning to a 6-year old! Today is such a day. <a href="http://www.santarosagardens.com/">Santa Rose Gardens in Gulf Breeze, Florida</a>, sent me two grasses (Panicum ‘Northwind’ and Pennisetum alopecuroides), two popular perennials (new varieties: Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’ and Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’) and a true-and-trusted hen-and-chicks (Sempervivum Hardy Mix).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here they are, refreshed and happy, in the company of two Sedums and an Astilbe.</div><br />
Today they are resting in the shade. I will plant them tomorrow or Thursday (depending on the weather) and I will let you know from time to time how they are doing.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-88505805084815110352011-05-03T08:26:00.001-04:002011-05-03T08:27:45.843-04:00Grow What You EatWhen I attended a presentation by <a href="http://containergardeningforhealth.blogspot.com/">Barbara Barker</a> earlier this year, and learned about her “dirty dozen” list (the top 12 most contaminated, by pesticide residue, fruits and vegetables), I determined that I should plant a cherry tree in my garden. Well, you know how it sometimes goes with good intentions . . . I did not do it! <br />
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Then I got an e-mail just now from Keith Howard, alerting me to a list of <a href="http://www.lawncareservice.net/blog/2011/10-easy-fruit-bearing-trees/">ten easy to grow fruit trees</a>. Cherry is on that list. So, my determination has been reinforced. A cherry tree is not at the top of my “to buy” list for the fall.<br />
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In the meantime, I will enjoy the blackberries and blueberries I am already growing.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-56064553339536938402011-04-27T11:38:00.001-04:002011-04-27T11:39:43.954-04:00More Poppies<div style="text-align: center;">Odd phenomenon: One plant - many red blooms, one white one. </div><br />
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My Iceland Poppies continue to brighten the landscape and the California Poppies are just beginning to send up their first blooms. <a href="http://www.dontveter.com/howtogrow/papanudi.html">Good site for information on how to grow the Icelanders.</a> Mine began as plants from a local grower last fall.<br />
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The Californians were started from seed, from . . . you guessed it: <a href="http://www.reneesgarden.com/">Renee's Garden</a>! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The catmint, in a pot near my backdoor, is a mess every morning. Something clearly sleeps in it at night (what, I have no idea, but the indentation is always there); the chives are growing in a discarded tea kettle :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Ladybugs are among my garden's most welcome visitors. I've seen lots of them already this Spring. This particular one was making its home on a Mint, with Yarrow and an Iris nearby.<br />
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After spending an hour or so in my garden first thing this morning, I spent part of the afternoon in <a href="http://travelingthesoutheast.blogspot.com/">a nearby cemetery.</a> Such a difference! <br />
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Of the plants on my list, the only one offered was a Yarrow (not the pomegranate I’ve been looking for, but a pink one: Dwarf Yarrow – Achilea millefolium ‘Cerlet’s Rose’). Paying $8 for a Yarrow seems a lot to me, but I did it anyway. Also bought a Columbine – Aquilegia ‘alpine blue’, since Columbines had been a recent Facebook discussion topic. The price, $5, seemed reasonable. Then I spotted a table with annuals, with 6-packs for $2 each and I bought 2 packs of Angelonia.<br />
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Next stop: the UGA trial gardens. This was a situation of “well, I got here, so I might as well buy something”: an Ajuga (‘toffee chip’) and a Cuphea cyanea (‘candy corn’) - $5 each, which I thought was expensive, but there was nothing available for less than $5. Most plants were $10, $15 and $20 each. Dr. A was everywhere, with his bullhorn, recommending this plant and pointing out another. He said not to pay any attention to him, he often just talks to himself anyway, so I didn’t.<br />
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I had saved the botanical garden for last on purpose, thinking its plants were going to be more expensive than those sold at the other two locations (not true, it turned out), and this was a big mistake! Even though I got there shortly after 9 AM (the sales had all started at 8 AM), the one plant on my list that I really, really wanted (Carolina Jessamine) was all sold out! So, from a table staffed by Director Wilf Nicholls, I bought three tiny Amsonia hubrecthtii: $4 each.<br />
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By then, with barely a dent in my wish-list, I realized I should have bought all of the horticulture club’s Angelonia 6-packs, Angelonia having been my favorite annual for the past two years and once having paid as much as $5 for one plant at a neighborhood sale, so I went back to that location and was lucky enough to find two packs still on the table. Had they been in bloom, I think they would have been snapped up well before I returned, but an Angelonia before it blooms is nothing much to look at and shoppers in between my two visits probably had no idea what these plants were – or would become in summer.<br />
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So, now I had 31 plants for which I had paid a grand total of $39 – a good investment in my 2011 garden.<br />
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On the way home, I stopped at Shumake’s Daylily Garden and bought a few ‘Soft Summer Night’ – maybe the best purchase of the day, but it all depends, as is the case with everything a gardener does.Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-17440036714919182222011-04-07T12:00:00.000-04:002011-04-07T12:00:03.888-04:00Colorful PoppiesMonday night's huge storm left my Poppies unscathed and even though I am still not convinced that they are perfect for North Georgia gardens, I must admit that the colors are irresistible.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qJbpFkXgPMU/TZ3fKnDt8xI/AAAAAAAAA-4/Hlpk3FL-cm8/s1600/Orange+Poppy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" r6="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qJbpFkXgPMU/TZ3fKnDt8xI/AAAAAAAAA-4/Hlpk3FL-cm8/s320/Orange+Poppy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-9654554384533382562011-03-24T17:24:00.000-04:002011-03-24T17:24:47.191-04:00Poppies - not a good choice for North Georgia gardens?Perhaps your Poppies are doing well and I suppose that could be because they are in a sheltered sunny place. Mine are getting ample sun, but "sheltered" is almost impossible to achieve in my garden. So, for that reason I wonder if they are, in general, a good choice for North Georgia gardens. It's windy in March in this place and sturdier plants may be a better option. It's hard to beat these colors, though!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7R_fihLxKe4/TYu174j2KZI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/JaXH18hckOc/s1600/Yellow+Poppy+032311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7R_fihLxKe4/TYu174j2KZI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/JaXH18hckOc/s320/Yellow+Poppy+032311.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1kLeKCqAg_A/TYu2H-ImEnI/AAAAAAAAA-c/tn9nmpfxpmI/s1600/Orange+Poppy+032411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" r6="true" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1kLeKCqAg_A/TYu2H-ImEnI/AAAAAAAAA-c/tn9nmpfxpmI/s320/Orange+Poppy+032411.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So far only two are in bloom; when I bought a flat last fall, the grower told me they were "mixed colors". Now we'll soon see what the others look like!Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4942145457163862596.post-56368425959642388212011-03-07T11:45:00.001-05:002011-03-24T17:31:38.275-04:00Daffodils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0A2zieDqC6U/TYu4FMYkFVI/AAAAAAAAA-o/TZs5-DaX4p4/s1600/daffodils.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0A2zieDqC6U/TYu4FMYkFVI/AAAAAAAAA-o/TZs5-DaX4p4/s320/daffodils.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The photograph representing the title was taken March 6, 2011 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens, where fields of daffodils welcome visitors in late winter. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now blooming inside the SBG conservatory.</div>Lya Soranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677200360169732962noreply@blogger.com1