Some of my favorites from my house, Mom's, and the Nursery I manage

Everything is so pretty and the roses are stunning~~~~!

-- Gardening is Great Therapy!!.....Georgian Bay area....zone 5b

love that gingersnap…..

-- south shore montreal, zone 5a, whish it was 9

Oh! Very, very pretty. Is the first one a climbing hydrangea?

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

What is the name of the first flower that you show? Tell me more about it! How did you get involved in gardening at a greenhouse level?

WOW!!!! What a gorgeous selection of flowers!!! And yes, what is that first flower??

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

Love that first flower and yes what is it?Very nice selection of flowers to show us.Thanks.

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

Beautiful, CJC. You must be realliy proud of the show that your plants are giving you.

-- jroot

The first flower is Viburnum, I believe ‘Oonandaga’ (may have to check the spelling on that), a May bloomer. Not a sweet scent like the Korean spice, but with a nice red tint to the flower and the foliage. It does look like the lacecap Hydrangea though, huh. I do refer to this kind of Viburnum as a lace cap, when compared to the snowball.

As far as my nursery work, I guess you can say it is in my blood. I grew up visiting my Grandparents strawberry farm in southeast Mass., and my other set of Grandparents ran a farm supply business, which is still in the family today. I worked for my family running the small greenhouse/nursery side of the business up until two years ago. Bought a house a bit too far to comfortably travel to the biz, so found a beautiful nursery to wile away my summer hours. In the off season I attend nursing school.

-- CJ

Thank you for identifying that beautiful flower. You sound like one very busy lady; but also like you love what you are doing. I look forward to seeing more of your gardens, when you have the time to post more photos.

-- "A beautiful garden is a work of heart" -- Royal Oak, MI - Zone 5

I was wondering about that first plant also. I don’t recall seeing that viburnum before. It surely is a beauty.

-- jroot

oh so lovely .. and that orange one – ooh la la

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a) http://www.execulink.com/~yohan