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Yesterday I de-budded and de-bloomed all the bushes in the front garden. Believe me, it's a vast improvement over the thripps-eaten of the last week. This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's tidy so here it is.
Coreopsis is the yellow plant. Red Cascade is blooming on the mailbox and the left side. Hollyhocks are the tall red blobs on the left.
Sherry |
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| Your garden is beautiful...and I remember when you were first designing and planting it. Congrats! |
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| Sherry, I was thinking about your blog header when I was looking at these pictures :). Your garden looks lush and beautiful, and I love the coleus. Red Cascade looks great next to the mailbox. |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Sun, Apr 24, 11 at 23:06
| Thank you, Jerome. Time flies, doesn't it? Three years ago I didn't really believe the garden would ever look like this. Masha, thank you, too. The house still looks the same, but the plants are different. When everything is in bloom again, maybe I'll take a new photo for the header. I don't have any coleus. Perhaps you mean caladiums? I have green and white ones alongside the house and pink and green in the shady area. I really like them, too. They're as tropical as I can get. :)) Sherry |
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| Sorry, Sherry :). English is hard enough for me without having to think of all these plant names that begin with the same letter... Actually both coleus and caladiums are plants that grew really well for me in Texas and that I had to abandon when I came to California, so perhaps I may be forgiven? Masha |
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| Sherry, this is a great example of how companion plants take over when the roses are "resting". Even without the roses your garden looks finished, which is quite a feat. Ingrid |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Sun, Apr 24, 11 at 23:59
| Masha, no problem. I love coleus, too, and I can never think of the name 'caladium'. We were on the same wave length anyway. Ingrid, thank you for thinking so. I haven't seen it yet with everything in bloom. I'm thinking that will look good, but with everything green it really looks like one massive hedge. When the daylilies start, I'll be saying, rose who? Sherry |
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| Beautiful garden. The hollyhocks are spectacualar. I really like dianthus, one of my favorites with roses. Seems like I can't stop buying dianthus in the spring time, love 'em. |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 25, 11 at 13:30
| Sherry --You have done a wonderful job---Your neighbors are so lucky----I have always loved your house and your plants and roses enhance the charm---- Florence |
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- Posted by ronda_in_carolina Upstate SC -7a (My Page) on Mon, Apr 25, 11 at 16:00
| I was always told that the black and white image tells more about garden design than anything. You know your garden is "there" when even without bursts of color, you have the textures to make it beautiful. Your garden looks lush and inviting....even without the roses! Well done! |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 11 at 9:27
| Sherry. I love your garden. Because I was there at the start, I always feel a little bit part of it. Beautiful hollyhocks and clematis. Is that Clematis texensis Duchess of Albany? Daisy |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 11 at 23:17
| Daisy, I have that one (haven't seen it bloom yet), but this one is Clematis viticella 'Princess Diana'. It bloomed last year (first year), too. Thanks for your good words. It IS more interesting when we're "involved" at the beginning, isn't it? Love your Columbia Climber. You gave us just a little glimpse of your garden - very lovely. I can see why you retired there. Krista, thank you, and how cool that dianthus is good in two such diverse places. Florence, thank you for liking my house and garden. I hope the neighbors have positive feelings about it. Sometimes it just looks so messy. Ronda, interesting about the effect of black & white. I wish my camera had more resolution so there would be more detail in the bushes. A better camera is on my birthday wish list. Thank you for liking my garden. Sherry |
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| I really love your circular garden plan--it is very inviting and welcoming. It also provides a nice view from the street. I love to drive/walk by this type of yard. Okay, you seem very calm and matter-of-fact about these stinkin thrips. Once you deadhead your roses, are they no longer a problem during their next flush? |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Sun, May 8, 11 at 9:56
| Darn about the thrips, but it still looks beautiful. You must give your neighbors with lawns pause for thought. |
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- Posted by buffington22 Z8 Louisiana (My Page) on Sat, May 14, 11 at 9:06
| Your garden is lovely, Sherry! Oh those pesky thrips! My roses were decimated after the earliest blooms. I was told by a knowledgable gardener that she's been told that daffodils harbor thrips. I have tons of daffys of all types b/c they're my favorite. Have you heard that? She dug up all her daffys. Not sure I can do that! |
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