Saturday, May 26, 2012

Picture Post

Thought I'd share some photos with every one.  The fushia plant is presently hanging in the front of the house where it should be.  Had to move it to the back of the house with high winds last week when the hook came out of the beam.  The hummingbirds love this plant.






The fushia plant now hangs next to the hummingbird feeder and this other flowering beauty in the front.

The garden in the back of the house that J started for me when he was on leave from Iraq in 2009.  I put in the plants after he left because March was too cold that year to put them in the ground.  J is standing next to one of the poppy plants. 

Poppy plant  first to bloom.  Poppies are if you remember used by veterans for remembrance.  They sell the fake ones at the tables all the time.  Thought I'd grow them.  I can't wait until the others open up.


The rhubarb plant before I cut it back yesterday.  I convinced J to try his hand at making rhubarb crisp from scratch.  Rhubarb is a vegetable.  By the way it was delicious and J got a kick out of making dessert from veggies.
The carnations are full of buds in the photo along with the Campanellas too but you can't see them well.

The yarrow, snapdragons, campanellas, and holly hocks are starting to get big.  Hopefully I'll have some nice blooms from all of it soon if the slugs leave it alone.


Same flower bed but to the far right.  The parsley is huge at this end.


Well that's all I have for today.

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  1. Love, love, love the poppy. , absolutely beautiful!

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    1. I can't wait for the other poppy plant to open up. This one had only two large buds. The other one has five. The particular garden bed is my patriotic one with red, white and blue flowers in it.

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  2. Wow, what a gorgeous and big poppy. I have seen the small red single petal type, but this one is gorgeous and so tall. Nice garden - thanks for sharing.

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    1. Inside the poppy is purple pollen on the filaments. Its so pretty when it fully opens up.

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  3. Gorgeous!! Good for you guys... our yard is a scary jungle.

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    1. If I let our gardens go for a week the grass and weeds invade. Its hard to weed right now with being on sloth rest.

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  4. I have never seen a poppy so big! My MIL has some, but they are half that size. In the bottom left of the pic with J, What is that plant that looks like it has some huge buds?

    Beautiful flowers. Hopefully soon I will post pics of my new landscaping.

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    1. That plant in the lower left is the other poppy plant. Another red one. It has 5 or 6 buds on it right now and should bloom soon too. Same size buds but not as tall. No clue why the other one got so tall.

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    1. Aren't they lovely! I can't wait for the garden in front to fill in a bit too. I have so many seedlings in there that with luck should bloom later this summer season.

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