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Mixed results for my veggie growing efforts this year09.14.08

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Do you grow any vegetables in your garden? I do … yeah, I know, I’m always talking about my flowers and other plants and I barely ever mention the fact that I also try to grow vegetables in my garden, amide all of the flowers.

Each year without fail I grow tomatoes (I experiment with [...]

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Brilliant Black-eyed Susans09.10.08

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The Black-Eyed Susans are still blooming quite happily in my garden. They’ll probably be one of the last flowers to stop blooming. I love their brilliant yellow color.

The clump in the photograph is approximately two and a half feet wide and stands about two and a half feet tall. It would be even [...]

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Interesting flowers09.06.08

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I grow a number of different flowers and plants in my garden, but you’ve probably guessed by now (if you’re a regular reader) that there’s more roses than any other type of plant. Having said that I do enjoy my more unusual flowers like my Black Hollyhocks:

This picture doesn’t do this large open flower justice. [...]

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Chicago Peace - such a showy rose09.03.08

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My Chicago Peace rose is blooming and it’s absolutely gorgeous. It’s putting on a fine show with it’s large blooms and multiple petals.
It’s a very full flower at approximately five inches in diameter and at least three inches in height. You’d only need two or three of them to make a small bouquet.

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