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Jan 16, 2023 8:31 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
Please feel free to add your pictures as we speed up winter's passing.
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Jan 17, 2023 9:41 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- ๐ŸŒน (Zone 8b)
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Wow! I wish you were my neighbor!
The golden rule: Do to others only that which you would have done to you.
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚ - SMILE! -โ˜บ๐Ÿ˜Žโ˜ปโ˜ฎ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒโˆžโ˜ฏ
The only way to succeed is to try!
๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒน
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
๐Ÿ‘’๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿก๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿโฆโง๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒฝโ€โ˜€ โ˜•๐Ÿ‘“๐Ÿ
Try to be more valuable than a bad example.
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Jan 17, 2023 11:07 AM CST
Name: Nancy
Northeastern Illinois (Zone 5b)
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Same here! I love the variety of flowers you have.
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Jan 17, 2023 9:41 PM CST
Name: Frank Richards
Clinton, Michigan (Zone 5b)

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Nice yard Mike. Here is a backyard photo taken in November, 2022.

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Jan 18, 2023 10:03 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
Frank you have beautiful acreage!! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
Not a yard Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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is, is amazing, isn't it. MichaelBurton

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Jan 21, 2023 10:23 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
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"Life as short as it

























is, is amazing, isn't it. MichaelBurton

"Be your best you".
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Jan 21, 2023 10:57 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
Forum moderator Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 1
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As Yogi Berra said, โ€œIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.โ€
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Jan 22, 2023 12:31 AM CST
Name: Bea
PNW (Zone 8b)
Bulbs Native Plants and Wildflowers Spiders! Solar Power Hibiscus Hydrangeas
Peonies Hummingbirder Houseplants Hostas Keeps Horses Zinnias
Mike and Rjโ€ฆ
Lovely garden pics from your beautiful gardens.. Lovey dubby Lovey dubby Lovey dubby absolutely gorgeous blooms.
So looking foreword to spring . Thumbs up
Iโ€™m so busy... โ€œI donโ€™t know if I found a rope or lost a horse.โ€
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Jan 22, 2023 10:44 AM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- ๐ŸŒน (Zone 8b)
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I'm more about leaves than flowers. I do have a of nectar plants but any casual glance of colors is probably more from the foliage.

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The golden rule: Do to others only that which you would have done to you.
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚ - SMILE! -โ˜บ๐Ÿ˜Žโ˜ปโ˜ฎ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒโˆžโ˜ฏ
The only way to succeed is to try!
๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒน
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
๐Ÿ‘’๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿก๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿโฆโง๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒฝโ€โ˜€ โ˜•๐Ÿ‘“๐Ÿ
Try to be more valuable than a bad example.
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Jan 22, 2023 11:50 AM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
Forum moderator Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 1
Nice Tiffany! First pic, what is the plant on the bottom that is blooming, sort of looks like a tulip, but thinking not.
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As Yogi Berra said, โ€œIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.โ€
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Jan 22, 2023 12:35 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- ๐ŸŒน (Zone 8b)
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Thank you very much! I think you are looking at this one:
Siam Tulip (Curcuma alismatifolia)
The golden rule: Do to others only that which you would have done to you.
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‚ - SMILE! -โ˜บ๐Ÿ˜Žโ˜ปโ˜ฎ๐Ÿ‘ŒโœŒโˆžโ˜ฏ
The only way to succeed is to try!
๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒน
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. (-Unknown)
๐Ÿ‘’๐ŸŽ„๐Ÿ‘ฃ๐Ÿก๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒพ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿโฆโง๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒฝโ€โ˜€ โ˜•๐Ÿ‘“๐Ÿ
Try to be more valuable than a bad example.
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Jan 22, 2023 1:06 PM CST
Name: Frank Richards
Clinton, Michigan (Zone 5b)

Hydrangeas Peonies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Master Level
I have many conifers in various gardens, but I have a nice group in the southwest backyard corner...

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Jan 22, 2023 3:13 PM CST
Name: Nancy
Northeastern Illinois (Zone 5b)
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purpleinopp said: Thank you very much! I think you are looking at this one:
Siam Tulip (Curcuma alismatifolia)

Those are beautiful! Now I'm going to have to dig around and find out if I can grow some here if I bring them in yearly! Hilarious!
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Jan 22, 2023 4:19 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
Forum moderator Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 1
I would think you could bring it in and overwinter, I have a Turmeric plant Curcuma domestica syn. Curcuma longa, that I started from some rhizomes that I picked up at the organic food store. I bring it in every fall and let it go dormant, comes back every spring, finally bloomed after 4-5 years, beautiful white flowers looking like the same shape as Tiffany's.
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As Yogi Berra said, โ€œIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.โ€
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Jan 22, 2023 7:23 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
Beautiful pictures RJ, Tiffany and Frank. I am adding more conifers to the landscape henceforth.
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I currently have several around the yard. When we moved in many moons ago we cut down many of them due to being over crowded and not doing well. There is so many different ones out there now to choose from. https://youtu.be/w33c3vkLzj8
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Jan 22, 2023 8:06 PM CST
Name: Gary
Wyoming MN (Zone 4a)
I have two tulip gingers. I bring them inside in the Fall, They go dormant. They wake up on their own schedule. Fun to watch.
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Jan 22, 2023 10:49 PM CST
Name: Rj
Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)
Forum moderator Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 1
Great video Mike, I've noticed more dwarf conifers in the landscapes, so many to choose from!
As Yogi Berra said, โ€œIt's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.โ€
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Jan 23, 2023 1:20 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
@crawgarden, what would we do without the internet ? Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing Rolling on the floor laughing
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"Life as short as it

























is, is amazing, isn't it. MichaelBurton

"Be your best you".
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Jan 29, 2023 12:44 PM CST
Name: Al F.
5b-6a mid-MI
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* Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. ~ Socrates
* Change might not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.
* Mother Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
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Jan 29, 2023 2:52 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
@Tapla, thanks for sharing your awesome pictures. You definitely have a unique style. I tip my hat to you. I tip my hat to you.
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