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This week it’s candy cane dianthus. In previous years the woodchucks stripped this plant bare so I’m glad to see it blooming again.
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I’m not sure what this next perennial is, but it always puts on a nice show.
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Maine winters and harsh and I never know what will survive from year to year.. except the Shasta daisies. Those suckers dwarf everything else.
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More Japanese iris are popping. They’re wonderful spreaders if you let them.
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This is another weirdo bush I don’t know the name of.
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It’s not the prettiest shape but is always bursting with azalea like blossoms.
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Shame they never open fully.
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The silver mound is mounding nicely and the astilbe is almost ready to flower.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten? He’s always in full bloom.
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River's world..... 
That weirdo bush might be a weigela? I planted one on a previous property and your pics remind me of it. Anyways, the weirdo bush and the others are gorgeous!
Deb
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I was going to suggest the same thing. Same story on another property we had one.
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I’m wondering how large it will get. It’s already doubled in size.
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I’ve no idea, I just remember one in the yard of a house we lived in for a few years.
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You may be right. The name sounds familiar.
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All of your foliage is impressive, including the feline kind, lol.
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At least I don’t have to prune and weed him.
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But you do have to feed him, and clean his cat boxes.
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True enough.
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Well, hello there Lord Dudley Mountcatten. Nice to meet ya!
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Lord Dudley make appearances in my posts from time to time. He’s a shelter rescue we adopted last year.
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And if you let the Lord off the leash he could have a few snacks!
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I wish I trusted him enough.
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I am not a flower person.I love looking at them, but there are not many I can name. The only resson I can recognize a cwrnwtion is because they are Gail’s favourite flower. Lilies, especially tiger lilies, and lilacs I know. Beyond that not much. Gail is much better than I. She thinks the pink flowers (second pic) is a variety of phlox, but cannot say which kind. Hope that helps. I take no responsibility for accuracy.
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Ooh, I hope it is. They spread quite well.
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We’ve got some of that Japanese iris in our backyard, too. It’s gorgeous in contrast to the green when it blooms.
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I love the striking color, but also the fact that it’s smaller and more manageable.
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This is another weirdo bush I don’t know the name of. <—–Weigela Care: How To Grow Weigela – Gardening Know How
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