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Raindrops on Irises

May 17, 2010December 29, 2015 Shelly

My favorite weather guy who screwed up Saturday’s forecast? He actually wrote a blog post to apologize for getting it wrong. As if he were the only one. Weather.com and our NBC affiliate were incorrect, too, but you won’t find either of them apologizing for it. This is why he’s my favorite weather guy.

In the meantime, the flowers are really enjoying all the rain. Me, not so much. A tree fell on a neighbor’s house (no wind, just super saturated ground), and I’m pretty sure a transformer also blew. We were without electricity for a few hours this afternoon. Yuck.

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Iris

May 10, 2010December 29, 2015 Shelly

It finally bloomed!

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Variegated Hosta

May 10, 2010December 29, 2015 Shelly

A coworker brought me a variegated hosta this morning. Hopefully it will be happy where I planted it. I placed it where it’ll get morning sun, which they’re supposed to like.

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Pink

May 10, 2010December 29, 2015 Shelly

Coral Bells

Columbine (Rose Barlow)

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Columbine and Iris

May 7, 2010December 29, 2015 Shelly

More buds are open, and the oldest bud has started to turn up, so you can see inside. The flowers are also much pinker today. I counted, and there are about 25 flowers and buds on just this one plant. It’s absolutely gorgeous!

The iris buds still haven’t opened, but they’re darker blue today. It won’t be long.

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Rose Barlow

May 4, 2010December 27, 2015 Shelly

The columbine mystery has been solved. It finally bloomed, and the variety is Rose Barlow.

Pretty, isn’t it? It’s not the usual columbine shape, but that’s fine with me. I have a bunch of “normal” columbine seeds to plant, so it’ll be good to have something a little different.

And now for a weed.

This fleabane plant keeps coming back in the same spot. I need to pull it (again), but before doing so, I thought I’d better take some photos of it. I’ve always liked its little daisy-like flowers.

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Foo Dog

May 3, 2010December 27, 2015 Shelly

The wild geranium is thriving in its shady spot at the back of the garden. It’s spilling over the edge of the bed, onto the patio, and around the Foo dog.

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Jeepers Creepers

April 28, 2010December 27, 2015 Shelly

The grounds crew keeps pulling out the English ivy, but it’s tenacious and keeps coming back. And now, with the added bonus of Virginia creeper. At least the Virginia Creeper isn’t destructive.

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