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Photo 1 This Perennial Herbacious Peony is one of my favourites which I transferred from my father’s gardens. It’s followed me for a few moves.
Photo 2 The colourful coleus, which does so well in the shade, has such interesting leaves. They would make a lovely abstract painting.
Photo 3 The white tree peony is one of several varieties which I have here. I saw them a few years ago at Casaloma, and discovered that they will grow well in our zone in semi shade up to 6 feet tall, and decided I just had to have one. This one is beside Weigela
Photo 4 The Bleeding Heart also came from my dad’s garden. It does well in semi shade and grows nice and bushy. Several friends have off off shoots from this parent plant.
Photo 5 Whoever says that plants can’t think haven’t met my much loved Brugmansia, particularly at sunset and the evening. They are amazing, releasing their intoxicating scent in the evening to attract the luna moths, and usually only around the full moon to maximize their odds of fertilization.
Photo 6 Hibiscus Sunny Wind is one of the many varieties I have here. With the others, these enjoy the hot sun on our deck and front gardens, but this one truly stands out with its vibrant colours.
Here are a few others of my favourites. The name is underneath the photo.
Canna Lily
Dahlia 1
Dahlia 3
Dipladenia
Iris – May
Lantana
Lupins
Orchids
Rose – May
Rubus Odoratus – Flowering Raspberry
Tropical Hibiscus – August
Tropical Hibiscus – July
JR
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
11 comments so far
Greenthumb
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posted 434 days ago
so beautiful
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sharad
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posted 433 days ago
You are supposed to send only six photos, that is why the rest got cutoff I think. Needless to say the six that are seen are beautiful.
Sorry, they can be seen now and all of them are superb.
Sharad
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MsDebbieP
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posted 433 days ago
where’s a pix of one of your “brug’s”? When I think of your flowers the two that stand out for me is the brug and the dahlias.
Love the canna and the tropical hibiscus… beautiful. .. and that white peony – beautiful… and oh that orchid.
Good luck picking your “six” :D
I’m going to have to re-look at mine …
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
jroot
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posted 433 days ago
Okay, MsDebbieP, I have the Brugmansia photo you requested.
Which tropical hibiscus do you like the best, MsDebbieP?
-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown
MsDebbieP
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posted 433 days ago
that’s a hard one …. hmm the yellow, I think
(and thanks re: Brug.)
-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)
Radicalfarmergal
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posted 433 days ago
Jroot, your gardens are so beautiful. You indeed have some great gardening memories from 2011.
-- "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." M. Gandhi
GhostPumpkin
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posted 432 days ago
just beautiful….. breathtaking actually!
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posted 432 days ago
Love the coleus, all of them really.
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Iris43
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posted 425 days ago
Oh wow, jroot. I don’t know how you could choose just 6 pictures of your flowers. They are all wonderful.
My favorite has to be the brug…..and the last yellow one of the hibiscus. But the pic of the bleedingheart is so lovable. :) And I love the light is shining through the lupins….outstanding. Really nice pics!
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dini
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posted 425 days ago
I couldn’t begin to choose just six! They’re all lovely.
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Harold and Pam
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posted 417 days ago
Stunning! Simply Stunning!
-- Pam grows 'em - I cook 'em...... Melbourne, Fl