Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Reblooming Iris

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too much of a good thing? (c) 2006 RKnow The irises are in their glory and Marianne is prodding us to edit the garden. "Too much ye...
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Sunday, May 07, 2006

all those irises

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Click to see a close-up of your favorite iris

average iris

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Composite of 23 iris photos!  

Poppies and Columbines

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Oh the poppies are so hot and sexy, ruffling their red frills out those hard little pods. Then they open and go blowsy but the pods swell...

Painting the garden

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Friday, May 05, 2006

Flame azalea

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Flame orange azalea is almost finished blooming in the shaded end of the garden. This is a garden azalea but its brilliant orange resembles ...
Sunday, April 23, 2006

Plant Sale Season is Upon Us (YAY!)

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It's time for annual plant sales.. Two of my favorites are the National Arboretum sale: Saturday, April 29 th from 9:00 a.m. until 4:0...

Luscious 'Lips

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deep purple dream (c) 2006 RKnow sweet botanical tulips in clown colors (c) 2006 RKnow I am infatuated with tulips. The deep luminous col...

Peony-flowered Tulips

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Luscious 'Lips II I have fallen in love with tulips this year. Marianne planted peony flowered tulips in the shade garden and elsewhe...

More Inspiration

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Love the contrasting textures! (c) 2006 RKnow I spotted this on a walk. Maybe next year we'll plant some viridianas--I really like the...
Monday, April 10, 2006

Plants are Politics

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I just went home to Maine for a long weekend. I got to reading a friend's FedCo catalog -- that once meant Federation of Coops. This ...
Saturday, March 11, 2006

Planted March 11

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What a gorgeous day--and it promises to be warm all week as well. I stopped at Johnson's to add to the primroses I planted last week. Pu...
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Inspiration afield

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Dutch Iris and Crocus on Albermarle Street Pink chionodoxa and speedwell Star magnolia on Biltmore Street  
Sunday, March 05, 2006

Over-optimistic

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I know, it is silly but I couldn't resist the primroses at Whole Foods market. I bought an assortment of three and tucked them in with ...
Saturday, March 04, 2006

Spring's coming

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It is spring at the National Botanical Garden where the orchid show, appropriately titled Simply Sublime is in bloom. Passion Flower Ther...
Friday, March 03, 2006

Aconite (Winter) - Eranthis hyemalis

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First flower up, in the bed facing the pump, is Winter Aconite - Eranthis hyemalis , There are lots of crocuses in bloom on Biltmore Stree...
Friday, February 24, 2006

Two kinds of hellebore, tree peony buds

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Monday, February 20, 2006

Shady

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What will we do with the shade garden? It doesn't have much sun and it is dry and crowded with tree roots. Let alone that dang poison i...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Gardening questions: Pruning

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One question that came up at the meeting was whether and when to prune. We particularly wondered if we should be pruning roses now, and whe...

More early blooms

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dancing daffodils snowdrops waiting for snow
Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Garden Meeting February 1

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The Biltmore Triangle Gardeners met on February 1 to plot out the 2006 garden. That is...the plots are already there, but we wanted to plan ...
Sunday, January 22, 2006

On the wish list: Pulmonaria

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The flowers are the earliest thing in the spring in Maine. The leaves last all year here and are so interesting. It grows in shady areas. It...
Saturday, January 21, 2006

Garden report January 21, 2006

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January 21 and it is crazy warm, up in the mid 60s. Went to the garden to see what might be peeking up and to strategize about next year. A ...

On the wish list: Hellebore

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