Gardens through the seasons

6 Mar '08 3:46 pm

Faith your garden is always so beautiful to see in your posts.

The snowy scenes are very pretty and I bet seem ages ago now that spring is with you.
I just love the helleborus! They are so delicate looking, yet if they are like mine are quite tuff characters. We are just going into autumn here and I have found daffodils sprouting too Shocked

very strange!

I have so many more of your pages to catch up on, so off I go! Very Happy

6 Mar '08 4:59 pm

I like them too. I think of them as somber, even dignified. Certainly not so much showy as elegant. I like the simple color of yours. I only grow "Stinking Hellebores" which have even less color but really nice dark folliage.

17 Mar '08 8:35 am

Hi to Mark and Pumpkin. Sorry to have been away so long. Getting some major work done inside the house lately has taken all my time and energy. Since my last post, spring has broken out all over with daffodils, grape hyacinths, tiny irises, and even a couple of tulips in bloom. My Bradford Pear trees are in full bloom and both my ponds and even my marsh are again full of water. We have had very abundant rains (along with a few bad hail and tornado producing thunder storms) in the last few weeks. Everything is greening up rapidly and all my gardens and the lawn are awash with purple blooming weeds. The bane of the southern garden, these early spring blooming monsters that take over everything. I really have to get out into the gardens and do some serious cleaning before I can even consider taking pictures. I have had a couple of weeding sessions between other things, but not nearly enough. I have been away from the Forum for so long that I feel like I have completely lost touch with everyone and it will take a major effort to catch with all I have missed. Hopefully, after this coming week my interior work will be almost complete and I can again head outdoors. See you all later.

17 Mar '08 9:56 am

With those tornados hitting Atlanta I was hoping you were out of harm's way. Sounds like you not only survived but gathered up some more water in the process. Hang in there,

18 Mar '08 7:05 am

Hi Faith, and nice to have you back again!

Now your weeds sound really interesting to me and I'd LOVE to see pics of them. Besides which, Moosey has made messy fashionable on the forum - see the post under Chats.

So come-on, get with it, and post a weedy pic Laughing

23 Mar '08 1:19 am

Okay, Jack. You asked for it. These are pictures taken this morning showing new blooms in my garden, including weeds. I have been working my way around from back to front, but haven't made it around to the Rose Berms yet. Maybe I should have started front to back instead since many of my early spring blooms start in the Rose Berms. Oh well, too late to change course now.

23 Mar '08 8:10 am

I'm so glad to see your pond is full again. You are so lucky to have those feathered friends hanging around.

I am wondering what is says on your garden plaque. Those tulips are blocking part and I can't think of what they are hiding. It has me curious.

Christopher

23 Mar '08 8:59 am

I do love these latest photos,Faith,especially the pond ones-the picture of the blue seat reflected is really lovely.
What a lovely introduction to Spring
Dixie.

23 Mar '08 7:19 pm

Mmm. Jack the Lazy Gardener is still questioning the term 'weeds'. They just go too well with pink tulips in early spring. In fact I'd kill for the combo, having more or less given up on spring bulbs as spring is often our unkindest season, and the moles chomp their way through expensive bulbs anyway. How easy is the purple weed to pull out? Does it smother other plants terminally if not removed immediately? I can think of half a dozen gorgeous flowers in my garden that tend to behave like spoilt kids... and so occasionally, very un-PC, I take the rod to them...

More importantly, your pear trees are ravishing and - as I think I've said before - your feature I envy the most. Lovely to see your cranes and blue seat again. We had almost forgotten them. And what lovely reflections. Your unhappiness about the drought gains huge impact now that we have seen the alternative. Enjoy your beautiful garden - as I know you will do, knowing how fleeting some of the best effects can be!

24 Mar '08 10:45 am

Christopher, Dixie and Jack, how kind you all are. For Christopher the sign says "God is in the roses and the thorns." It is a quote from a song written by Roseanne Cash in memory of her father, Johnny Cash. I thought it was perfect for my rose berms because the first one was done in memory of my own father. I painted the sign myself.

To answer Jack's questions about my weeds, they grow from a single stem and spread out to form a tree like clump of foliage so they are relatively easy to pull up if caught at the right stage so you can get the roots. They do tend to smother other plants somewhat, but don't last long enough to actually kill other plants. The real danger is the prolific amount of seed they produce, so if you let them flower one year they return with a vengeance the following year. They are an indicator of rich soil, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that they like my beds so much. They are pretty at first but become very scruffy at the end and must be removed. Of course, by that time the damage is done. We do have a number of "weeds" that I tolerate, such as tiny blue flowered creepers and a tiny bulb called Star of Bethlehem that has pretty white blooms in spring. As the old saying a weed is just a flower in the wrong place. Thanks to all for viewing my pics.

Gardens through the seasons

Nice Hellebores.

Long time no post.

Glad to hear you're alright, Faith.

Spring monster weeds....

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Splendid New Growth

Spring again

Beautiful purple weeds

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