Our Flower Gardens #4: May Road Trip

Well it sounds like your road trip was quite successful … lots of good stuff and fun too!! Can’t wait to see the pics when you are all done planting. Have fun deciding where everything will go!! :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Nice choices MsD.Sounds like you had a good trip.Looking forward to the pics also.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Options, Options, Options…
This is at Canning Perennials

The Azalea

and the Clematis

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

BEAUTIFUL!!!
The Azelea is just GORGEOUS!! And the clematis!!!

Beautiful additions to your garden that is for sure!!!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

I just hope they survive…. haven’t had much luck with a clematis yet. (ok.. NO luck)

here is the “Petasites frigidus palmatus”

and the “Hardy Ice Plant”

The leaves of the Hardy Ice Plant are a gorgeous green and are quite thick. The contrasting colour of the flower is stunning.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Not sure HOW you ever picked from the pictures of the Cannes Perennials nursery!!! But you have got some real beauties, that is for sure. That Azalea and Clematis are breathtaking. WOW!!! Is your Hardy Ice Plant a succulent?? What a pretty little plant … love the leaves and flowers.

Great choices MsDeb … those gardens of yours are filling up, and beautifully I might add. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

the shopping was difficult indeed, especially since I already had an order with them. There were SO many gorgeous plants to choose from. I tried to be good and not buy much. Sigh.

Here’s some information that I found on the Ice Plant
Maybe I should have purchased more of them – oh wait—I do have to go back to pick up my order in a couple of weeks! :D :D :D

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Yah, it does sound like you found a real little treasure there. Propagating (sp???) it doesn’t seem too difficult either. Hmmmmmm, I don’t know, if I were you I might have to get at least one more when you go back for your order … I mean after all it does need a “cousin” to keep it company. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

MsD all that clematis of yours wants is for you to make sure her feet are nice and cool. When planting, give her a friend that is a ground covering type plant and she will be so happy!!

Once more, you guys in the western part of Ontario have such great nurseries!!Here even HD or WM do not seem to carry what you have!!

Yes, this is me being “jealous”!

And your pond is really growing beautifully!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

thanks… things are looking good. Now if it would just warm up a wee bit more ….

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

yah, warming up would be good. We seem to be getting a warm day, then rain the next … so on and so on. At least the temperature has been staying in the low 60’s (F). It is like if you don’t get outside on the one sunny day, you have missed it.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

yes… so yesterday was our warm day and today I’ve got the fire on. My feet are freezing!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

so did you find your wool socks??? ;-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

oh yes I did!!!!!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Beautiful plants DebbieP …. hope they all do well in your gardens.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Rainy day today so I played with the camera. Here’s my new flower

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

New plants are lookin’ really good MsD. That clematis looks like it has a really good start to it.Like Eklectic said.Keep its feet cool.(LOL) You can also just put a flat rock over the roots.Works great too.I always do this just in case I plant something there and it dies.

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

the clematis went in the ground today. Lots of mulch on top and a rock on the south side of the plant to keep its feet cool. Now I just wait to see if it is “3 for 3” or “3rd time is a charm”.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

What gorgeous plants! I was at Canning several years ago and was not impressed but I will have to go back and have a second look.Maybe we can make it the same day.
And your pictures should be entered in a contest; especially the last one. Was the antique store called Tante somthing?
Gardenland is having a sale now also. Just too much!!

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

you name the day and I’ll be there. I do have to go back to pick up my order – and to get some more of those Hardy Ice Plants. They are gorgeous. Mine is in full colour right now and is stunning.

Here the antique store that we go to all of the time

Thanks re: kind words about my photo. :)

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

I will keep my fingers crossed for your clematis.I have two to go in maybe Sunday.Happy long week end planting (LOL)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

*Sigh…But I am happy for you, those plants are stunning!

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

fresh from the garden centre it is gorgeous! Now to see what MsDebbieP’s thumbs do to it :(

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

here’s my Hardy Ice Plant after a day in the ground.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Gorgeous, gorgeous flowers!!! I can see why this Ice Plant is a hit … my it is striking!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

it’s about 5 PM now and I was just out there and the flowers have closed up for the day. Cool!!

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

okay, that is a cool “touch” with this flower … got a winner MsDeb!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Awesome plants, MsDeb! Your garden is awe-inspiring!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

Thanks everyone.
I hope they look as nice in a couple of months.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Hi MsD I was just on a site that I just found called theseedsite. It is from the UK. ON it I found your ice plant. It is one of those plants that use to have a different name. It use to be known as Mesembryanthemum. ( Is a rose by any other name still a rose???)

-- horsetail, Fergus, Ontario

ha .. interesting! “Ice Plant” is SO much easier to say/remember.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)