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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: Georgia Roses

by Anne Laurie|  May 22, 202212:17 pm| 26 Comments

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From ace commentor / fisherman / photographer Raven:

We were worried we’d miss the roses while we were at the beach but we didn’t!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What’s going on in your gardens, this week?

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  1. 1.

    OzarkHillbilly

    May 22, 2022 at 8:23 am

    Your Wife’s garden is a miracle of nature. And her touch.

  2. 2.

    eclare

    May 22, 2022 at 8:30 am

    That is so pretty, Raven! I don’t have a garden, but I’m still happy MEM got five to six hours of rain yesterday.

    Has anyone heard from Quinerly? I hope those fires in NM are nowhere near her.

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    May 22, 2022 at 8:37 am

    Especially love the roses right outside the window. So charming!

  4. 4.

    Baud

    May 22, 2022 at 8:40 am

    Lovely.

  5. 5.

    debbie

    May 22, 2022 at 8:43 am

    So beautiful!

  6. 6.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 22, 2022 at 8:46 am

    Love the roses and oooooooh yesss! @ the big red poppies Thank you ❤️

  7. 7.

    Sure Lurkalot

    May 22, 2022 at 8:48 am

    A good deal of recent plantings are in my house and garage to avoid the last 2 nights of freezing temps and snow. So today, the pots, large and larger, will get lugged back outside. Have a dolly and Advil.

  8. 8.

    MagdaInBlack

    May 22, 2022 at 8:55 am

    I whacked back Ruby the Giant Geranium ( too leggy after winter inside ) and stuck the cuttings in a pot full of soil. They never missed a beat, one had a bloom and its still blooming. I’m pleased with this wee bit of gardening I get to do.

  9. 9.

    kalakal

    May 22, 2022 at 8:58 am

    That’s really lovely. What a great garden, love the foxglove

  10. 10.

    jnfr

    May 22, 2022 at 9:07 am

    So nice to see the flowers. Many of my perennials were just starting to bloom and then we had the snow yesterday. I don’t yet know what has survived, but I already had my ancho peppers planted out and I’m sure they didn’t appreciate it.

  11. 11.

    JPL

    May 22, 2022 at 9:07 am

    Raven, It’s gorgeous, and what a beautiful spot to return after vacay.

  12. 12.

    MazeDancer

    May 22, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Beautiful! Nice digitalis, too.

  13. 13.

    MaiNaem mobile

    May 22, 2022 at 9:32 am

    The roses are beautiful. I love the natural look of the garden.

  14. 14.

    CaseyL

    May 22, 2022 at 9:46 am

    ‘@MaiNaem – Me, too! It looks like Raven and Mrs. Raven’s own little faerie land.

  15. 15.

    debbie

    May 22, 2022 at 9:48 am

    Raven should consider getting a Ring camera or something similar so his princess can check in on the garden whenever they’re out fishing.

  16. 16.

    raven

    May 22, 2022 at 9:52 am

    Oh, I didn’t think they’d get posted! Thanks Anne! We’ve been back a week and the roses are fading but she has it planned out so there is always color. The drought is getting more serious and we’ll see if it breaks this week.

  17. 17.

    raven

    May 22, 2022 at 9:53 am

    debbie We’ve got blinks up in the front but she’s never mentioned putting them in back. Her stuff covers two properties so it would probably take more than one.

  18. 18.

    opiejeanne

    May 22, 2022 at 10:36 am

    ‘@Raven, That is a very nice garden. The poppies and roses and foxgloves and salvia, artfully placed to suggest a certain wildness, that the garden just happened, but we know better.
    I dreamed of pots of plain red geraniums in full bloom last night. I blame the drugs (cough syrup with codeine).

  19. 19.

    oldgold

    May 22, 2022 at 11:02 am

    I may have to rename West of Eden to West of Camden Yards.

    Yesterday, arising at the crack of noon, even though a liberal, not fullly woke, I thought I heard my much Better Half say, “I saw 24 Oreos!” Great, she is taking me off my spartan diet – only 3000 calories a day. Finally, something good to eat around here and I might even be tempted to down a healthy glass of cow juice.

    “The orange was was so brilliant,” she said. Hmm, Halloween Oreos
    in May? Damn, probably stale.

    “They were singing their hearts out and putting on a wonderful aerial display – do you want olive oil on your kale salad? “

    That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

  20. 20.

    StringOnAStick

    May 22, 2022 at 11:20 am

    I was so tired from yesterday’s garden Labor that I forgot to bring the tomato starts back inside last night. It was the first night without a freeze and they look fine, so it’s time to plant them outside. They’ll have Wall O’Water protection that has been set up for a week to warn the soil.

  21. 21.

    WaterGirl

    May 22, 2022 at 11:35 am

    ‘@oldgold

    So cruel! Even if unintentional.

  22. 22.

    dexwood

    May 22, 2022 at 11:54 am

    We passed an auto repair shop yesterday that had a large sign in front – I’m so excited about Spring I wet my plants. It made us chuckle, but we’re easily amused.

  23. 23.

    frosty

    May 22, 2022 at 1:06 pm

    Raven, these pix are lovely. No one in our house is a flower gardener. I may have to give it a modest attempt – at least start learning about what to plant.

  24. 24.

    stinger

    May 22, 2022 at 1:07 pm

    How beautiful — roses and delphiniums. Lovely.

  25. 25.

    susanna

    May 22, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    Raven-
    Lordy, that’s a lovely garden! I also like the wildish look of it, and appreciate the artistic rose flow that’s admired from both sides of the windowpane.
    Kudos to you and your bride.

  26. 26.

    lowtechcyclist

    May 22, 2022 at 3:42 pm

    I don’t have a garden, but we’ve got six or seven big-ass tulip poplars in the yard, so lately everything’s been covered with a blizzard of tulip poplar petals.

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