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Thank you Perennial Gardener!
Thank you Digging in the Dirt!
Thank you Barbee!
Thank you Digging in the Dirt!
Thank you Aunt Debbi!
Notes about living and gardening somewhere down in Texas
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Favorite Quotes...
Where flowers bloom...so does hope.
Lady Bird Johnson
Just living is not enough..one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Han Christian Anderson
Lady Bird Johnson
Just living is not enough..one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Han Christian Anderson
What's blooming...
- Angelonia
- Begonias
- Black-Foot Daisies
- Cosmos
- Gerber Daisies
- Pansies
- Profusion Zinnias
- Red Geranium
- Rock Rose
- Roses
- Salvias
- Zinnias
Some of my favorite books...
- A Killer Stitch by Maggie Sefton
- At Home With Beatrix Potter by Susan Denyer
- Bleeding Hearts by Susan Albert
- Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
- The Darling Dahlias by Susan Albert
- The Last Juror by John Grisham
- The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett
- The Tale of Holly How by Susan Albert
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Some of my favorite blogs..
- Alamo North (Texas)
- Aunt Debbi's Garden (Texas)
- Barbee's Blog (Kentucky)
- Canandian Garden Joy (Canada)
- Cherry Hill Cottage (Texas)
- Cindee's Garden (in Calif.)
- Cozy Little House (Oklahoma)
- Defining Your Home Garden (N.C.)
- Digging (Texas)
- Digging in the Dirt (Mississippi)
- From My Corner of Katy (Texas)
- From My Garden To Yours (Pa.)
- Gardening on the Gulf Coast (Mississippi)
- In the Garden (Tennessee)
- jenningsjunk (Texas)
- Life in Robin's Nest (Ohio)
- Lifescapes (Texas)
- Lilacs and Roses (Illinois)
- Mystery Reader Discussion (Texas)
- Never Enough Time (Illinois)
- Northern Shade Gardening (Canada)
- Perennial Garden Lover (Virginia)
- Red Dirt Ramblings ( Oklahoma)
- Robin's Nesting Place (Indiana)
- Rock Rose (Austin)
- Sun Rise in Sachse (Texas)
- Thanks for 2 Day (Virginia)
- The Transplantable Rose (Texas)
- Things I Love (Tennessee)
My Garden Fairy's Name
Your fairy is called Bramble Icefly
She is a bone chilling bringer of justice for the vulnerable.
She lives in leafy dells and bluebell glades.
She is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.
She wears bluebell-blue dresses. She has icy blue butterfly wings.
Simple Joys...
- Pumpkin Pie
- Scent of a fireplace
- Fall leaves
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Thank you Perennial Gardener!
Thank you Digging in the Dirt!
Thank you Barbee!
Thank you Digging in the Dirt!
Thank you Aunt Debbi!
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8 comments:
These are gorgeous! Is this the only color you have growing? The poppies are selling wonderfully at work right now.
Whenever I see these, I think veterans. Something from my childhood when the VFW would always give them away this time of year. They are pretty. I wish I could grow them here-not enough sun. Have a great day.
Susie, the plants I have are mixed colors..but this red is my favorite (of course..you know me and my red!) :)
Tina.."In Flanders Field the Poppies blow, between the crosses row on row.." This is one of my favorite poems, and yes, it always reminds me of veterans and how thankful I am for all of you!!
WOW - this are beautiful!
I think that may be what I've planted out back and forgotten the name of!
Brenda
Thanks JJ!
Brenda, these are Iceland Poppies--but there are several different kinds of poppies. I have California in back, but they look really sad.
What a pretty shade of red! I love poppies but they never seem to reseed in my garden. Too much mulch I guess. ;)
Racquel--I think you are right on the reseeding thought. I went to a class on wildflowers, and they said you cannot have mulch--wildflower seeds need to touch the earth. It's hard not to spread good mulch around though. Helps keep out those weeds!
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