More Bloomin' Flowers

have so many flowers blooming right now I decided I'd best do it in 2 posts. I
can't believe I'm posting 2 days in a row! I explained a while back how I've
been so busy working outside I haven't had time to blog or hardly visit anyone.
I really miss it! How am I going to continue to learn if I can't run around
visiting your posts? I've also had some Doctors appointments in the city (1 1/2
hours drive) and decided while I'm there I should do some shopping to find
something to wear for the class reunion I have coming up. Ug - a shopper I
aint!

I'm not even doing Fertilizer Friday today because it wouldn't be fair to join in and then not go visit the whole list. Now that it's
too hot for me to go outside I've got to do some work in the house before Bob
trades me in on a new model. One that does something besides work out in the
flowers all day long (weather permitting).

Purple Spiderwort

Pinkish purple SpiderwortVeronica Giles Van Hees

Salvia May Night

White Campanula, that I got from Doris' place and is it ever tall.

Purple Campanula

Campanula Blue Waterfall

Campanula Cherry Bells

This is the Yarrow that Sweet Bay sent me and it's just a beautiful bright pinkish
purple color. It's already making new plants so I'll be able to put it
everywhere to enjoy next year. I know Sweet Bay is taking a much needed break
from blogging right now but I still wanted to put a link to her blog. But when I
did for some reason I lost this whole post and had to start over again. Not
going there again . . .

Barberry Rosy Glow

Dianthus

Clematis Jackmanii

Lychnis Rose Campion

I got 2 primitive benches from Doris so I decided to set one out in the
'monster' garden with some of my more primitive containers on and around it. I
think it looks kind of cute. Now to find a home for the other one. They are
surrounded by Liatris, Siberian Irises and Soapwort which tries to take over the
whole bed and that's how it got the name 'monster' garden.

Addicted To Buying Flowers Or Just Filling In The Spaces

I hit a couple more nurseries the other day and I still haven't planted all of
the flowers I bought a while back. The owner of one of my favorite nurseries had
said last year she'd try to find some pink Campanulas but when I was there a
week ago she didn't have any luck. But whenI went back what did I find?
Campanula Cherry Bells. It's a start.
Here was another purple one I didn't have. It wasn't labeled but looks similar
to Campanula Pulla from what I could see in a search.
Here's one I'm not familiar with but looked interesting and the right color. Astrantia
Masterwort Abbey Road
After leaving one nursery I was driving into town and passed another one I had seen
but never been to. The reason I hadn't is because it's in her home and not open
all year. She has many plants that are rare and oddites. This Columbine was
growing everywhere on the place but she didn't have any potted up so she dug one
up for me. It's as tall as my big purple one so they'll look beautiful together.
She said it's an old fashioned one. I love that bright pink.

Another Heuchera, Midnight Rose with pink splotches in the foliage.

And look at this tiny little Hosta. It's smaller than the small one I got the other
day. The leaves are about 4 inches and it's called Blue Mouse.

I've seen this Iris before and just love the light green varigated foliage. Iris
Pallida Albo Variegata.

Another Lungwort, Mrs. Moon.

Lamium Maculatum Chequers.

Veronica Spicata Spiked Speedwell RedFox

Back at the oddity nursery she talked me into a Jack In The Pulpit.

Now I picked up some annuals since I haven't even started on my planters yet. This
one is new and apparently from Australia. So far cute as can be called Ptilotus
Joey Pink Mulla Mulla. It sort of looks like Celosia maybe bigger.

And this . . . oh my goodness . . . the most beautiful Cosmos I've ever seen. It's
open in the middle of each petal. Hmmm how unusual. Oh it's Pied Piper
Red.

Heliotrope, 2 different Sweet Potato Vines, Fuchsia, Diascia and one other I can't find the
name of.

And last some purple and pink Petunias.

Well that's it until I hit the nurseries again. Sheesh I have to get what I
already have in the ground before I go. Think of all the great spaces these are
going to fill.

New Sedum Garden . . . New Flowers . . .

We've had the most perfect weather the last 2 days. It could have been a bit
more sunny but it was overcast and comfortable - for me that is. The kind of
days I can work outside off and on all day long and not worry about getting sick
from the heat. A little later when the heat comes I'll have to go out very early
in the morning and then again in the evening. Through the rest of the day I just
sit inside and complain about how horribly hot it is.
I've been going to do a sedum garden for a couple of years now and haven't gotten around to it.
I've just planted them everywhere on the property. So yesterday I was weeding
the bed along the greenhouse and got to the end where I've wanted to put it.
Right now it's just a bunch of containers all next to each other that connects
the greenhouse garden to the next one over - you don't even want to know the
name Bob dubbed it! It's a small narrow bed between 2 big fir trees.
But yesterday I started digging in that hard soil around the tree and getting
some of the weeds out of the way. I did get them arranged a little nicer.

And brought over a few more in containers to join the group.

Got a couple sedums planted in my new green pot and sunk into the ground. I really
wanted it over in the next flower bed because it's by the road where it could be
seen but I didn't know how well these new sedums would handle the competition in
that soil from the trees. So it will be here for a while.
Here's a long shot of how the little sedum garden will connect the other 2.

Bob thinks I'm nuts but I've been saving things for when I start on that garden.
After raising it I thought pieces of this old chair would look great as dividers
for different levels. I got it at a garage sale years ago for fifty cents and
had a container sitting on it for a few years until it fell apart. Now I want to
recycle it again.

A cute little bowl with green patina will look good I think . . .

I got more new flowers the other day and put some of them up along the greenhouse
trying to get that garden as full as I can. I'm not very good at this but I'm
working at getting them stuffed so like all of you say I don't see any soil . .
. I have a long ways to go around here to get that effect!

I went to The Friends Of The Library sale the other day and there was a
Pussywillow just waiting for me to take it home. I've wanted one so I can use
them in bouquets.

Later while in town I found a present for Bob. He's snipped pieces of the
neighbors Passion Flower a couple of times now and just can't seem to make it
grow. When I saw this big one for sale I thought I'd surprise him with it.
Another one I've been wanting is this Monarda Petite Delight.
But this one just blew me away . . . ya'll know how much I love Campanulas.
They're easy, sun, shade, both, whatever . . . they have long blooming periods
and they're beautiful! But this one has a pink tint to the edges. OMG I think
I've died and gone to heaven . . . I've wanted a pink one and can't seem to find
any without ordering them. I do need to check out my new favorite nursery though
because she was going to try and get some pink ones.
And this is a bigger one too. I'm soooooooooo happy!

What A Show For Fertilizer Friday

Yesterday was pretty nice so I took a walk around the yard and was absolutely amazed at how much I saw poking up out of the ground. I'm a little concerned that the weather forecast is saying record lows for this time of year coming in a couple of days. What will this do to everything? Guess I'll find out.

The first place I went to check was over to the Helleborus Niger Lenten Rose because other bloggers are showing theirs and I didn't see any sign of mine. I thought I had lost it. I was a little disappointed because for years I haven't liked this flower. It wasn't pretty at all and I often wondered what made me buy it. Must have been a pretty picture on the ticket that is gone since I've had it so many years.

A pretty picture like this. I realized last year it must have gotten prettier with age.

Clementine Rose a pretty light pink Columbine.

Crocus

Brunnera Jack Frost

I had passed my new bleeding heart and didn't see any sign of life. Then I got to my older one Dicentra Bleeding Heart and saw life there so decided to go back and look at the other one a little closer.

I felt really bad when I didn't see anything because this Dicentra Bleeding Heart Burning Hearts blooms for a really long time and I had just bought it last summer. After getting closer and really looking I spotted some green coming up. Boy was I relieved. This little beauty is suppose to bloom from March to September!

My beautiful red and white Columbine Songbird Cardinal.

English Bluebells that my neighbor gave me.

White Bells from the same neighbor.

Narcissus also from . . . yup Marilyn gave me lots of bulbs.

Paper White Narcissus

The Clematis Jackmanii is showing lots of life.

And this I am really excited about - the beautiful hot pink Naked Ladies I showed a while back blooming in Marilyns yard, well she gave me some of those too. I only see one coming up with a big ole deer print right in front of it. Hope they didn't destroy the rest of them. I'll just hope the others are a little behind showing their pretty faces.

Pink Hardy Geranium

Sedum Autumn Joy

Tradescantia Spiderwort

Sedum Linda Windsor

Siberian Iris

Tall Phlox, are they called Garden Phlox?

Meadow Sage May Night

Pink Hydrangea I put in a pot to keep it that color.

I have another Hydrangea, called Buttons and Bows, and it has new leaves all over it but I just couldn't get a clear picture of them to save my soul. Hope it blooms this summer as it didn't last year. Every pink petal is trimmed in white.

Maybe this year I will get to see this bloom. I've had it for years. It was up back in a raised bed but critters kept chewing it down. I'm surprised it lived . . . but it did but never got to bloom. So fall before last I moved it closer to the house thinking the guilty party might leave it alone. They did and it grew and looked good but still no blooms. Maybe this will be the year. It is a Thalictrum Aquilegifolium and it says it is Columbine like. The leaves look like Columbines but the picture shows the bloom is totally different.

Here's the giant 4 ft. purple Columbine


I thought I lost this one last year in that horrible heat we had. It just disappeared. But it looks like it's coming back. I am REALLY excited about this one. Glomerata Superba Campanula, a tall purple one.

Here's a Yellow Flag that's going to Catherine's house, or maybe her pond? Glad it made it back.

I'm pleased that the blue Lacecap Hydrangeas I started a couple of years ago are looking good.

Daylilies

Sedum Purple Emperor

I found this Abelia Edward Goucher in the greenhouse that I started last year and it looks dead . . . but what is that little purple pinkish ball on it?