Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Treasure

I had a successful trip to the antique show last weekend. I had been wanting someting cast iron for the rose garden area for a while and-- viola! It wasn't quite that easy, though. I have spent the last two days scraping peeling and cracked paint off the rusting urn. Two coats of primer and one coat of paint later - it's just right. Oh! and the roses are blooming! and check out my delphinimum!

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Passionate for Peonies

As a California transplant to the Midwest one of the things I can brag about to the folks back home is the fabulous Spring we have this year. I froze through the winter and listened with envy to the 90' temperatures in San Diego- but I'm finally getting the upper hand here. The lilacs were amazing, the iris were the best yet and finally the peonies are blooming!


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Thursday, June 4, 2009

And Still More Iris

As I may have mentioned IT WAS A LONG WINTER this year. Having waited so long for Spring-- and having made such good use of my Schreiner's catalogue -- I just can't help myself- more iris!

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009