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Blue Iris04.25.07

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I found these blooming in my garden bed this weekend. I used to have several clumps of these, but the rest seem to have disappeared or else they are coming up slower than this clump of blue iris that happens to be in a very sunny portion of the garden.
I just love how [...]



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Lovely Canna - over-wintering Cannas03.04.07

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Canna Tropicana
I’ve been growing Cannas in my garden for the last five years. I guess you could say I’ve been growing them ever since I started my garden.

I enjoy their large tropical leaves and lovely flowers. Once they grow enough to start blooming each summer they usually don’t stop until the weather begins to [...]



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Crocosmia not blooming well03.01.07

Crocosmia is a very pretty summer flower that often bears orange or fiery red flowers on vertical stems.

I mentioned that I grow Crocosmia in a recent post and said that some of my clumps were getting quite large and crowding out other plants.
What I didn’t realize was that if the clumps get too large, [...]



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Crocus timelapse02.15.07

In the spring, crocus’ are one of the first flowers that I have the pleasure of seeing emerge. Sometimes they come up as early as Mid-March, often between melting patches of snow.

I have crocus’ planted in my lawn. Not in the high traffic areas, but in various places on my front and [...]



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