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Clematis

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:43 am

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Jackmanii




Niobe




Dr. Ruppel has bloomed and faded it now, but it was just gorgeous this year!


Also done for the year is HF Young


Next to bloom should be the lilies, can't wait!

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Oriental Poppies

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:54 pm

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Hot Cocoa

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:55 am

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I'd have to say 'Carefree Wonder' is currently my favorite rose, but I sure like 'Hot Cocoa' quite a bit also. Both these roses have survived our cold winters and put on a show year after year.

Hot Cocoa on far right




Carefree Wonder


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Got it planted!

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 1:37 am

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Today was another full day, and once I was on a roll, I just kept going until dark. Plant sales this morning netted me 2 more new iris of unknown variety. One intermediate pink, and a bag full of TB purple, for $4 total.

Then my students had a piano recital which went well. I was then free to plant away! Managed to get all I'd planned in the space, although I'm leary the corn will do well, not as full sun as I'd like, but I needed to rotate things from last year. It'll be an experiment. I've never grown sweet potatoes or squash, so I'm looking forward to that.



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Mother's Day

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:40 am

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Mother's Day can only mean one thing in our household. Time to plant the vegetable garden! My husband got the garden all tilled and ready to go, and I'm ready for a weekend of planting. Plans this year include sweet corn, beans, peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and if I have any room left over (unlikely), watermelon or winter squash.



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A Great Way to End a Stressful Day (Graphic Heavy)

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 1:41 am

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I spent a good deal of the day talking to contractors and bankers. Needless to say, I was ready for some relaxed entertainment. So I grabbed my camera and headed outside!

My little berm...






Penstemon




Starship Enterprise


Carefree Wonder




This one's actually in my neighbor's yard...


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Menard's $2.77 Perennial Sale

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 3:15 pm

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My excuse is, "but it was on sale!". But, $2.77 really is a good sale on 6" pot perennials, and they were of nice quality. I was so very happy to see these plants were actually filling the pot with roots without being root-bound, instead of finding a small plug had just been put in a bigger pot so they could charge more. *begin vent* This is something I'm seeing in one particular large nursery lately, it is just wrong to charge me $10 for a $.99 plug in a big pot! At least put this stuff out of circulation until it's ready to be sold! *end vent*

So, I picked up some English Lavender 'Munstead', Meadow Sage 'East Friesland', Coneflower 'PowWow Wild Berry', Speedwell 'Fairytale' and Spotted Dead Nettle 'White Nancy'.

I'm filling in what is technically a partial shade garden under the walnut tree, however we're going to be removing the walnut tree soon and I think these plants might be able to handle the tannic acid left over from the walnut tree. We'll see!

I also picked up a large bag of stargazer lilies on sale, but planted those as far away from the walnut tree as I could in that area, I think they'll be fine.

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Megabucks Iris

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 5:35 pm

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It's getting close to the end of iris season, but here's a few new ones today.

'Megabucks'


'Before the Storm'


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Lost Another One

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:26 pm

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Never fails, at least one comes back "dead" each year. I thought it wouldn't happen this year due to the mild winter. I suppose it's bound to happen as I try to grow things not suggested for my zone, but I usually do have pretty good luck overall with roses.

So, I'll let my latest 'Dr. Huey' have it's moment of glory before I shovel prune it!


Dr. Huey rootstock ( photo / image / picture from Pianolady's Garden )

In better news, I divided a bunch of hostas and expanded my shade garden out back. It was like playing in mud with all the rain we've had lately. But it made it easier to divide the plants.


Expanded Shade Garden 6 May 2012 ( photo / image / picture from Pianolady's Garden )





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It's Been a Busy Day!

Category: Pianolady's Gardens | Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 2:02 am

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Our son calls this morning to let me know he couldn't fit all his stuff in his car to come home for the summer (has a summer job here). So I trek off on a 2 1/2 hour jaunt to go help him out. Good news is I found a great greenhouse on the way! I was good though, came back with just one thing (a hardy hibiscus 'Kopper King').

I came home to find a few more iris varieties blooming, have no idea what kind they are, but the dark red/purple one is really intriguing.



Then there's this one...


I also got my berm weeded.


Planted my Amsonia 'Blue Ice' (Blue Star Flower) I found on Friday! I also found & planted the fine-leafed Arkansas Blue Star, but they aren't in bloom right now.


And realized I really should have cut back my Weigela bush this year...


And some Calibrachoa just for fun...one of my favorites for hanging baskets.


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