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This week it’s rhododendrons.
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I’ve planted red and white but for some reason only the pink survives.
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I’d like a little color variation but the bumblebees don’t seem to mind.
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My stone wall bed is looking a little bare. Proof that no matter how many flowers you buy, it’s never enough.
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Out back, it’s Japanese iris time.
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They’re such a vibrant color it’s a shame they don’t last longer.
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Peonies are budding in the background and will be popping shortly.
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River's world..... 
My white ones bloomed this morning!!
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It’s a great time of year.
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deep red/purple ones in back have LOTS of buds. I can’t wait!
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They’re such a showy shrub. Absolutely no shame. Love it!
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they be my honeys…..I lubs ’em
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I’m so jealous of your beautiful garden. One day I hope to be able to post pictures of what my front and back yards that look green colorful.
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It takes a lot of time, work and money…. but I love it. (Just be aware I don’t post pictures of the mistakes.) 😉
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I know it does but I see it as an investment in my house. I want it to look beautiful on the outside since I bang do much to it on the inside.
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Curb appeal is huge. And there’s nothing like spending a sunny afternoon puttering around the garden.
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I really like your stone wall garden. I have a couple trees in the front yard that could benefit from that. The dry stack stone looks really nice. Did you do it yourself?
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My husband built the stone wall in back but I did the garden bed. Word of warning….though I love the way flower beds around trees look, be aware you’re giving the tree clean fertile soil to plant it seeds. I spend endless hours pulling up little saplings.
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The trees I have in mind are a red oak and a dogwood. Our biggest sapling issue comes from the seven black walnut trees and the squirrels that bury the nuts all over the place. I’m going to show this post to Cathy and I guess that’s when the whip comes down. It’s all going to be worth it, I’m sure.
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The dogwood would be perfect. I wouldn’t do the oak though. Too many acorns.
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Very nice. My garden is a ways behind yours. Mostly I face North. Plus I have a lot of shade. And I live on the side of the province with cooler temperatures. But they are coming. The are all like me, slower to wake up.
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Nothing wrong with that. Good things take time…
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Yes and for these very same reasons,everything seems to last longer so I don’t mind.
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PEONIES ARE MY FAVE. Sorry for yelling. I got excited.
Your rhododendrons are amazing too; they almost look fake but since the bumblebee likes them, there’s the proof.
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I adore peonies. I have two big patches of them…. one in back one in the front. They’re hard to establish up here but once you do they’re golden for decades.
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Man, you could slap a “Botanical Garden” sign on the side of your barn and charge people admission to walk around your yard!
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I’ll give you a 10% bloggers discount.
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That’s pink???? Have another Margarita!!!
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Don’t mind if I do. But what do you call it…?
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purple–lilac!
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Nope. Not even close..
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What a beautiful place you live in.
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Thank you!
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The leaves on our lilacs are just starting to bud. The flowers will be a awhile yet. Very strange about the lilacs, I planted them as seeds about twelve years ago, just to see if they would grow.Two rows, one down each side of our front lawn. Of course, not all ot them grew, and one side has more successes than the other, but you would think they would grow uniformly. Not a chance! After twelve years, some are barely a foot high, most are 2 – 3 feet high, and two are over seven feet high and growing fast. I am hoping to have some of the 3′ trees will have flowers this year. They tried last year, but a late frost got them. Only the 7 footers had flowers last year, and they smelled so nice.
As for the rest of the lawn, it was full of little yelliw flowers two days ago. Today most had turned into whute puffballs….
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Lilacs are fussy and hard to establish. Our two giant bushes were here when we moved in, think they are over 40 years old. The pale lavender I planted a decade ago is one foot tall.
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Glad I am not the only one. But, the ones that grew, I planted 60 seeds but many failed, are all still alive. So I do not understand the 2 7′ tall plants. Why did they flourish, while the rest are barely dwarves. Just to complete the whole story, the mother plant I took the seeds from that was here when we got here and well established, stands about 5′ tall now, having grown naybe 6″ in 14 years.
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