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From ace commentor and postcard-writer Mousebumples:
Garden pics that I took planning to send, but never followed through, lol.
A handful of daylilies…
a strawberry bush (the rabbits ate most the berries this year – I’ll have to plant some nearby marigolds or something next year)…
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Sometimes orchids are so lush, I feel like I should add a NSFW warning. But, then again, it’s Sunday!
From ace botanical photographer Ema:
From this spring’s NYBG Orchid Show by Lily Kwong.
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Master gardener and beloved commentor Satby, with an update:
I thought it might be fun to look at how my hugelkultur flower bed project looks in year 4, and talk about the successes and failures.
Reminder, here’s how it started in 2019; and my bed is pretty half-assed for a hugelkultur because I didn’t make a mound, just filled the flat bed left after I took the scraggly evergreens out with wood, leaves, grass clippings, and garden bed soil.
After the basic bed was in, I planted my anchor shrubs: two Vanilla Strawberry hydrangeas on each end and a tiny Rose of Sharon center.
(Also: tulips, daffodils, and hyacinth bulbs put in later.)
I followed that up with some bedding plants (dahlias, cannas, and geraniums) and filled in the holes with potted plants. It looked pretty good by that August.
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From skilled photographer and gardener-by-proxy, Ema:
The Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden at the NYBG has ~ 4,000 roses, heirloom varieties loved by French Empress Josephine, roses blooming in early December.
It was designed in 1916 by Beatrix Farrand and completed in 1988 with help from David Rockefeller, in honor of his wife, Peggy, who loved roses.
I ran across this the other day, and attention plant people, you are not allowed to buy plants online anywhere other than Botany Tropicals. This is why:
I think these may be the last true souls on planet earth, and they are here in West by God Virginia, and they must be protected at all cost. Every time I watch this video I smile because they are just so kind.
Here is there website again.
Another gorgeous flashback from commentor Delphinium:
The Rochester Lilac Festival, held in Highland Park, has North America’s largest collection of lilacs, featuring more than 1800 bushes and over 500 different varieties. The festival goes for 10 days in mid-May with slight date changes from year to year based on weather and predicted peak bloom time of the lilacs. Along with the lilacs, there are plenty of concerts, food and drink vendors, a juried art show, and a 5k run. As I hadn’t been to the festival in many years, decided to make a quick stop on my way to visit family in the area.
One of the more interesting lilacs was this variegated variety, ‘Dappled Dawn’:
There were many other lovely lilacs as well:
Besides lilacs, the park features rhododendrons, azaleas, Japanese maples, and magnolias. These yellow-flowered magnolias, ‘Golden Gift’ and ‘Elizabeth’, caught my eye and reminded me of lotus flowers.
Magnolia-Golden Gift
Sometimes you just want to sit down and *admire* the hard work you’ve put in. A potpourri from commentor SkyBluePink, headed ‘Flower addiction in full bloom’…
Little Pink Fuchsia
Begonia & euphorbia
Cactus
Blue Daze
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