Lower end of zone 6. Coldest we have been this season has been below 5 degrees F. The first part of August we were called home from vacation because of a house flood from an ice maker hose. We have been in a repair and remodel for a long time and just recently moved back into the house as work is almost done. Needless to say the flowers have not had any special attention. Neglected is a better work to describe my beds and plants.
Glorious indeed!
ReplyDeleteGood before and after shots, do you get a lot of dust storms?
ReplyDeletePretty lanterns!
ReplyDeleteThey look like they should bounce back.
ReplyDeleteDramatic shot!
ReplyDeleteI love lamb's ears! Nice texture.
ReplyDeleteLovely contrast of colors and textures :-)
ReplyDeleteSo many wonderful photographic opportunities!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fireplace! I'm enjoying your photos next to my fire in the wood stove right now :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteAt times yes, but usually not during the winter. Frequent in the spring and early summer. Right now we are really dry. Needing moisture bad.
ReplyDeleteI think they will
ReplyDeleteMe too. Do good here and I'm not sure one can actually kill them.
ReplyDeleteThe base for the glazing ball is an old Terra cotta bird bath that the upper part broke. I do a lot of recycle in my garden. Not much telling what you will find.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Decor on mantel is temporary until we decide on what art work will go there.
ReplyDeleteThe fireplace looks like it has a fan on it to spread the heat, yes?
ReplyDeleteThat fan is run by the heat of the fire place. This is a wood burning insert for a fire place. It does have an automatic fan at the bottom to blow hot air but the fan sitting on the stove keeps the mantel from getting too hot. The hotter the insert, the faster it turns. No electricity, works great.
ReplyDeleteIs it quiet? If so, where did you buy it? I'm looking for something like that for my wood stove.
ReplyDeletethis ill revive nicely, it seems to have fared the winter well.
ReplyDeletethese will thrive as it warms.
ReplyDeleteIs it quiet? If so, where did you buy it? I'm looking for something like that for my wood stove.
ReplyDeletei didn't do pansies this year, i'll regret it come spring but have focused on other jobs and skipped annuals this year.
ReplyDeletewow! I've had little luck with sunflowers, I think I plant them to late and they can't deal with our summer. Got my seeds early this year, thinking maybe putting them in mid feb.
ReplyDeleteI do not see those here and have never tried them. I do like the texture.
ReplyDeletewhat variety?
ReplyDeleteGreat set this is
ReplyDeleteNo noise. I did buy the one for gas heated stoves as most are made to sit on top of free standing wood burning stove with lots more heat. Not sure if Plow and Hearth still carries this model. We have had this for at least 2 seasons, maybe this is the 3rd season. http://www.plowhearth.com/
ReplyDeleteThey're so soft and wonderful! Back home in Napa I planted them by my front porch so I could sit there and pet the soft airs. Here in Idaho my front porch is very shady so I'm planting them along the entry walkway to softly greet people, and their light colored leaves catch the path lights at night to illuminate the way to the front door.
ReplyDeleteNot sure. Don't remember but maybe a florabunda (sure I misspelled that), not great at remembering types. Blooms most of the summer. Here is a photo, not too good of one. Not sure why color is so bad, maybe it is just my monitor
ReplyDeleteNot sure but here is a photo but it isn't the best photo: south side of house
ReplyDeleteI love the Butterfly bushes. Have several colors. They like the heat, don't need a lot of water once established. Cut back later winter. Also called summer lilacs. Dead head and they will bloom and bloom and bloom. Will even bloom with neglect Here it is in bloom: http://mrsrh.multiply.com/photos/album/83#photo=7
ReplyDeleteBlooms late lightly and very early. Never has completely gone dormant.
ReplyDeleteIs this it?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.plowhearth.com/product.asp?pcode=9671
It's pricey but if I can get more of the heat out of the family room and into the rest of the house it might pay for itself in a season or two?
Not the exact one I bought but works similar. They are pricey but worth it. Does the job of keeping the bottom of the mantel from getting too hot.
ReplyDeleteI have butterfly bush, it blooms most of the year, i've never tried the lamb's ear.
ReplyDeleteit's a wonderful specimen, not sure about floribunda because it seems to be a climber, it is the red in the slide show?
ReplyDeleteIt is either a red or a deep dark pink but not a climber, just a large bush that likes that location. I do prune it some.
ReplyDeleteSorry about that. Trying to do too many things at once.
ReplyDeleteIt seems it was a beauty for sure and seems a prolific bloomer. I'm off rose shopping in the morning. I wasn't going to buy any new varieties but I got a call from a friend that a local big box store has bareroots for $3.00, she could only recall one name, it was a red floribunda I'm hoping is still there, 'Europenea'. She said there were also some yellows, I haven't a good yellow rose at the moment.
ReplyDeleteI have a yellow too. Love the yellow but red is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteis the yellow a floribunda also? I have a cutting from a friends yellow, not sure it's gonna make it or not yet and I've never seen it in bloom. The closest other than that is an "autumn sunset' which is a blend. I have 'Joseph's coat which is a multicolor' it has yellow. I have no true yellow yet.
ReplyDeletevery nice, i have the purple. It continued to bloom but i didn't really dead head it, I pruned it this year but not hard, just thinning out the bottom so it may appear tree like this year. I love it.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous butterfly bush all covered with monarchs!
ReplyDeleteweb site for company: http://www.caframo.com/hearth/hearth_products.php
ReplyDeleteThe one I bought: http://www.caframo.com/hearth/hearth_products_gasstove.php as the lip of that insert does not get as hot as the top of a free standing wood stove. Bought the regular wood stove one and sent it back and got this one.
I think so, but not 100% sure. Ask me a horse question and I'll give you a more educated answer, mostly I plant what I like, have been playing around with plants in this part of the world and have figured out with trial and error what does ok and what doesn't without lender loving care & a lot of water that I don't have time to give.
ReplyDeleteIs it less expensive than the other one?
ReplyDeleteThe one for gas stoves is more expensive when I bought ours
ReplyDeleteFloribundas usually bloom in closters, as this one did and generally rebloom very quickly without much care.
ReplyDeletethanks, I thought that was what I had
ReplyDeleteGreat series - thanks for sharing.
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