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Fri, May 18, 12 at 9:19
| Well Ingrid, here are a few of mine as promised!!
All of these photos I took in the last few weeks or days.
Daisy |
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| Omg!!your garden is spectacular!!!no words can describe!!oh I wish my garden will look like that one day!beautiful!!!thanks for sharing!its inspiring! |
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| Can u pls tell me the name of that yellow rose on the arbor daisy?its really beautiful! |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 10:29
| Lenie, Marechal Niel is the yellow rose over the arbour in the second photo. The other yellow rose on an arbour, is Teasing Georgia. Daisy |
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| Magnificent! |
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| My dream garden! I shall be looking at your photos again and again, but please post photos more often and in all seasons to keep us inspired. |
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| Lovely garden. Like the "cat" overseeing it's domain. |
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| Daisy, in the relatively short time you and your husband have been in Crete you've created a paradise. I can't even conceive the labor needed to create the pool, the beautiful stone path and all the supporting structures, not to mention the wonderful plantings, all on a property that I seem to remember contained nothing except a house and native vegetation when you began. What sets your garden apart is your eye for composition and vistas and movement. The amount of sheer hard work and vision that went into this has resulted in a uniquely beautiful and inspiring garden. Ingrid |
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| Daisy your garden is magnificent. The 7th picture has left me with tears in my eyes, the colour, the grasses and the vista is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. |
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| Oh my!!! What a beautiful garden. Truly inspiring, please keep the pictures coming. |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Mon, May 21, 12 at 21:42
| Somebody already said magnificent, so I'll say MAGNIFICENT! Daisy, you are truly an artist with breathtaking skill. I started making a list of questions for different photos, but I had so many. I'll ask three though. In the 4th from the end what is that black/purple plant in the square pot? In #12 what are all the reds in the photo? All the grasses are so interesting, too, especially that fine one in #7. What is it? You need to write a coffee table photo book on hillside gardening. You'll sell a million of them. Thank you for posting these, Daisy, and making me feel really terrible about my skills. (semi-kidding) I am in awe of you. Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Tue, May 22, 12 at 21:31
| I'm speechless---such a gorgeous garden---I love it all --the path invites me right into this paradise ---- Thanks for sharing this glorious garden Please keep the pics coming Florence |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Thu, May 24, 12 at 3:41
| Thank-you all for your kind words. It is my husband who built the pond, the arbours and all the hard landscaping. He also helps me when I have to dig a very large hole in the stony soil, which also has very large rocks in it! Sherry, the plant in the square pot is Phormium purpureum. My Phormium Jester, (which is in the fifth and tenth photo) started reverting in part. So I dug up that part, and put it in that square pot. The beautiful fine grass is Stipa tenuissima, which is easy from seed. The twelfth photo is just a pink alstromeria and Nepeta Walkers Low. Did you mean the fourteenth? Daisy |
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| What can I say that hasn't already been said above. The variety of plants and sizes and shapes and textures and colors--mind-boggling! Thank you so much for sharing your creation. Kate |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Fri, May 25, 12 at 23:02
| Yes, Daisy, I did mean #14. Thanks for the names of those plants. I think alstromeria can grow in Florida. I'm going to check on the others. Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Sat, May 26, 12 at 3:44
| Sherry, I find alstromeria easy here. It seems to like Crete. It needs to have the whole stem pulled out when you dead head it. It gives room for the next stem to grow up. In the 14th photo, the rose is William Shakespeare 2000, the magenta flower with the grey felty foliage, is Lychnis coronaria, the pink flower behind with the foxglove like growth, is Rehmannia elata. In front, left to right, is Verbena x hybrida, a pink petunia, Nemesia denticulata Confetti and an ivy-leafed pelargonium. |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Sat, May 26, 12 at 20:07
| I could only find Phormium purpureum seeds in Australia & UK plus it said they grow to 6-9 ft. Ha! I guess I'll just have to admire them in your garden. Wow, I never would have guessed there are so many plants in #14. They blend so well. Thank you, Daisy. Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
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| Daisy, you must have wonderful dreams at night, planning your next composition. Cath |
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 13, 12 at 1:16
| A paradise on earth. I would never want to leave my own house! You and your husband are very talented and have created such beauty in the world. Thank you for sharing your Eden with us. Renee |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 18:47
| Just stopped in for another visit to your wonderful garden-- You live in a paradise Florence |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 22:16
| Some beautiful shots, Daisy. I've looked at yours several times, as well. Thanks for posting your pictures. Gean |
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| Really stunning. These are even lovelier than the last batch of photos, which I would not have thought possible. |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 19, 12 at 22:53
| Here I am---back for another visit ---Your garden is an enchanting place---I love the cat looking over his domain----My garden is such a mess it is a treat to lose myself in this lovely place --your paths are so inviting. Florence |
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