Rhododendrons
2/12/2008
This past weekend I was excited to see that the buds on my rhododendrons are starting to swell up. That usually means that spring is on it's way but as I'm typing this post, we're in the middle of a winter weather advisory in New York/New Jersey. It seems that after getting an inch or two of snow today, it has decided that ice should fall from the sky for the rest of the night.
Checking back on some old posts, my Rhododendrons don't usually open until April or May. So seeing that bud was really just wishful thinking on my part.
My rhodos will have to wait a few months before they can start blooming and I'm going to have to get the shovel out of the garage tomorrow morning and chip away that ice.
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Clematis Before And After
7/10/2007
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Happy 4th of July
7/04/2007
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Before and After
6/06/2007
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Random Blooms
5/14/2007
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Green Daffodils
4/26/2007
Where's the yellow?
Are my daffodils taking the year off? Was it the crazy weather this winter with 70 degree days in January and then several harsh ice storms in February? Or do my bulbs just need to be dug up and divided?
I guess I'll dig up a few and see what's going on down there. It's hard to believe that out of the 400 bulbs that I planted 3 years ago, that not one flowered. The crocus came up a little late but they were fine.
Or maybe this is my yard's way of telling me that I need more bulbs.
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Clematis
4/18/2007
After a quick trip to Costco, I'm now going to grow some vines. I've heard good things about clematis and decided to give them a try.
There's a very plain side of my house faces my patio that needs to be softened up a bit. It's really just a large windowless area that's all white vinyl siding and there's nothing too special going on there. But the good news is that there is a flower bed in front of it. So step one is to get some nice looking flowering vines to climb up a trellis. That will be a big improvement so hopefully I can get these vines to grow.
I don't know if this clematis is going to be like my climbing hydrangea but I'm hoping for a few flowers this year. We'll see how it goes.
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Crocus
4/03/2007
I just heard the weather report and now they say there's a chance of snow here in New Jersey this weekend. My bulbs are starting to open despite a major beating from old man winter after they had already sprouted.
And now they might get covered up by the white stuff yet again.
Even if it doesn't snow, I doubt this crocus will make it past the weekend. My daughter is a notorious flower picker.
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Burpee Order - 2007
2/21/2007
Unless someone posts some nasty comments about why I should avoid any of these seeds, I think I'm ready to finally place my Burpee order. It's a little flower heavy this year because my yard was destroyed by some renovations and I have a lot of empty space to fill.
My sister also got me a Gift Certificate for the Seeds Of Change catalog. I plan on getting mostly herbs and my favorite corn (True Gold) from them but I haven't finished deciding yet.
Porterhouse Beefsteak Tomato
Little Mamma Tomato
Tomato Early Girl
Tomato Tomande
Kentucky Wonder Pole Snap Bean
Burpee Golden Globe Turnip
Sweet Success Hybrid Cucumber
Bush Champion Cucumber
Parnsip Hollow Crown
Red Delicious Hybrid Pepper
Sunny Delight Squash
Summerlong Basil
Zowie Zinnia
Gaillardia Sundance Bicolor
Boy O'Boy Mix Marigolds
Burpee Hybrid Mix Zinnia
Blue Star Columbine
Quetzal Mix Columbine
Chinese Lantern
Gloriosa Daisy Double Gold
Gaillardia Amber Wheels
Lavender Lady
Alaska Shasta Daisy
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Labels: Burpee, flower, seeds, vegetable garden
Confused Pansy
1/31/2007
Just a few weeks ago, my pansies were blooming. This morning I woke up to a dusting of snow. January started out with weather in the 60ies and we even hit 70 degrees here in NJ. Tonight it's 22 degrees.
Whether it's El Nino or global warming or something else, the weather really has become unpredictable.
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Daylily
7/28/2006
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Flower
7/20/2006
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Lily Picture
6/27/2006
Oh yeah, I forgot all about those lilies that I planted last year. Don't you just love when something pops up that you forgot about. Surprise!
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Flowering Vine
6/23/2006
I'm pretty sure this is a Honeysuckle Vine. It smells great when it blooms and it grows like a weed. The vine came from my neighbors yard but it's welcome on my side of the fence too. In fact these vines are taking over my chain link fence and providing a nice screen between our two pools (except he actually gets to use his pool).
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They're just a bunch of pansies...
6/13/2006
...let's go and meet the pansies!
My 3 year old son shouts out that quote from the movie Madagascar whenever he sees the pansies in our window boxes. And everytime he does, I laugh. Who knew that pansies could be so fun?
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Nice Bloom
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Daylily Picture
6/01/2006
I absolutely love the Macro Lens on my Sony Mavica CD-1000. This is a really closeup shot of a daylily bud.
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Iris Flower
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Russian Mammoth Sunflower
5/24/2006
Behold the Russian Mammoth Sunflower. Not that mammoth yet but getting there.
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Sunflower
5/17/2006
The sun is making a special guest appearance today. After almost a full week of rain everything is sprouting, growing and flowering but I'm glad to see the sun.
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