One of our MANY Hostas:




Peony almost ready...




Shade garden:




Dutch Chocolate Baptisia:




Alexander Loosestrife:




Husker Red Penstemons:




Front fence:




Coral Bells & Hostas:




Knock-Out Rose loaded with buds!




Wildflowers growing on the side of our driveway

Pretty things!

Beautiful plants and gardens - so neat!

thanks! we're anxiously awaiting warmer, drier, and sunnier weather for things to start blooming!

Patience is a virtue and rough for gardeners to master.

So true. Pirl so true.


I'm waiting for my roses to bloom. Also waiting for someone to get back from picking up my roommate so i can go out to get more outside plants from the farmers market.

Chocolate Baptsia oooooh aaaaaaahhh!

pirl said:Patience is a virtue and rough for gardeners to master.

Pirl ...

I think patience is one of the most valuable life lessons a garden teaches the gardener.

Smiles,
Lyn

I just want to know HOW one gets a photo of a peony bud that does NOT have ants on it!

Woofie - ha! I didn't know ants liked Peony buds! we've never really had a problem with it.

You must live a charmed life. That's one of the reasons I almost never bring peonies in the house as cut flowers. Maybe it's just our area?

sorry to hear that - we have ants on our hummingbird feeders, but not on either of our two peonies!

Ah, and did you know that you can make little moats to keep the ants out of your hummingbird feeders? I've tried this, and it works. You just have to make sure there's water in the moat.
http://garden.org/ideas/view/X...

Woofie - I don't bring peonies in the house for exactly the same reason. If they don't have ants I would wonder what's wrong!

that's a great idea!

Love the Husker Red Penstemons. Nice garden! We just got told watering has to take place only on Tuesdays and Fridays:-( TIME FOR MORE MULCH!

thanks the flowers of the Husker Red are actually white. see pic from last summer. I assume its called Husker "Red" because of the foliage being burgundy when its new...? turning to a dark green as summer goes on...

we use soaker hoses for watering everything but the odd plant here and there. otherwise we'd be out there for hours, literally. might be a good idea for you as well...? just lay the mulch right over top of it.

Such a pretty space and beautiful healthy plants

You can also purchase ant moats for hummingbird feeders, by the way. I ended up doing that rather than trying to cobble something together. It was not expensive at all, and it worked quite well. I had to hunt a little but now that everything and its cousin is online, should be easy to find.