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Finally got the box finished.......flowers and such to come after a few good rains and some soil compaction.
And the first Buttercup bloomed after all the rain we had......
Here are some photos that I just snapped. Thanx for looking. ^v^
There was a pretty hard rain before we left, and then three days of nothing but sun......here's my own garden when we got home......lots more blooms than when we left:
Pink Peony:
Petunias:
Mini Petunias with Iris in the background:
Iris:
And another view:
Thanx for looking ^v^
So here's a few things we saw at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. It was absolutely beautiful.
First let me start with a pic that I took outside Mt Pleasant Winery the day before we went to the Gardens:
Then this picture, which is the first building inside the Gardens:
There are Arbors and Perguolas and Hanging Baskets everywhere:
And a most beautiful Iris Garden:
Everywhere you look flowers and trees and water....
A few beautiful waterfalls:
Creative displays of Lettuce:
And tons of Pansies:
All this, plus awesome architecture, whimsical fountains, enourmous coy fish. It was absolutely awesome!!!
I just think its so beautiful.......
I had posted a quick blog this morning and then deleted it. It was about my dismay that a bird had pooped on my clematis. Well, then I took a quick tour of the yard, and saw that I could still get some good pics despite the bird with no morals. It may rain today, and I have the day off, so I had to take some pics and write this blog to get my garden fix for the day.
Here it is.... my last year clearance clematis.
And here are some other things that excite me as I walk around the garden.....
My herb gardens -- I have two, one with markers so I know what each thing is.
And here are my baby vinca sprouts..... This excites me because these are from my own seed gathered last year. No burpee dot com required.
Heres one of the waist high Peonys in the immediate back yard. My wife planted these before we met, so she is very proud of them....
I've got my eye on you......
And finally, here are the beautiful flowers that I got my wife for Nurses Day. I didnt get to see them before she got them as I ordered them over the phone. I was very pleased.
Well, today was the local Master Gardeners Sale that I have been waiting for for a few months. Now I will be waiting twelve more months for the next one. I bought lots of stuff, and could have bought lots more, but I had to control myself a bit. Perhaps the best "deal" were the tomato plants I got. I bought one plant each of four different varieties. They were $3 each, and about 18 inches high.
I also got some wave petunias that I put in containers outside the entrance to the garden.
A few peppers, a moonflower, two annual vines that flower like brown eyed susans, buttercups, some other thing that I cant remember right now.....
And here is the Dianthus that I got at Lowes yesterday for $2.50
Oh, and finally, a close up of the buds on my last years clearance clematis....I cant wait till this baby pops. More pics to come as things open up and grow. Thanx for looking. ^v^
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