Garden Nook / Garden Moment - revised

P.S. I noted that this lovely Rose of Sharon decided to bloom for me tonight. I have had her for several years, and she refused to bloom for me. Last year, I told her that this year was her last chance, or she became compost. I like her colouring.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

Jroot – love it, but you knew I would as it seems we share a love of keeping things out of the landfill that still have potential.

Lovely Rose of Sharon – it is one of the things we have asked the owners to get to put in the front yard. We had one at a previous house and loved it, though ours was more of a blue to lavender bloom.

-- There's a box?

Planter was a good bargain now that you have made it functional in one nook. The Rose of Sharon is lovely and it bloomed because of your threat. It shows that there is communication between man and plants. The night shots are good but what is the difference between the first and the third picture?

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

Sharad, I have changed the original photo now to show it at sunset. You can see in the night shot there are a string of LED lights that make the area glow at night.

I’ll try to get a shot of the bench area during the daylight hours as well to show you why I positioned it there, – a lovely view of the river.

Joel, I have several of the blue/lavendar R.O.S. here. This year, they have bloomed profusely. It becomes more blue as the day progresses.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

look at you!!!
Creating, creating, creating.

Now – what happened to the ghost chair?

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

The ghost chair got moved down a little lower. Here is a view FROM the bench. You can see how steep the land drops off towards the river, but also the ghost chair. I think I may put Pond Man there this year. LOL

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

oh how I love your “gardens” / natural areas / seating nooks / creativity / green thumb ….

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

Yeah, what she said…

-- There's a box?

Great pictures Jroot. I had a similar flower plant where the color darkened as the day progressed. But I was not a GT member and so did not capture them on my camera.

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

Beautiful nooks, a wonderful series of rooms each with a lovely view.

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

Fasinating! I can imagine the surprise of coming upon these little nooks as one follows the path down to the river. Alittle spooky….but fun! :)

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

Nice job Jroot.Your garden nooks are so inviting and such beautiful spots to stop and relax for awhile.

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

Just realized that we have several of each of the white and blue varieties of the R O S growing outside my office’s windows. They are relatively new plantings, so are only a couple of feet tall, but are all filled with lovely flowers now. These are much nicer than the juniper things that used to be there.

-- There's a box?