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It’s a Holly Jolly Christmas

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I took this photo at the beginning of October. It’s of my Holly bush.

The holly (really a male and female Prince and Princess Holly planted together) is planted in the back corner of my garden. I can’t say that it’s grown much in the four or so years that it’s been planted there, but it’s healthy and flowers then produces lovely red berries each Autumn. I think the holly has only grown about half a foot since I planted it. At this rate it will take 20 years to reach a decent height!

Looking out into the garden from my kitchen window I can see that there are still red berries on the Holly. I guess the birds haven’t eaten all of them yet. Perhaps I’ll bring the camera outside later and take a photo of the Holly with a little snow on it.

I hope that everyone has been enjoying the holiday season and I wish you a Happy New Year!






William Baffin in bloom

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Beautiful William Baffin blooms.


I can’t wait until Summer comes again so that I can see my very tall rose bush, it must be 10 feet tall and 5 feet wide, full of blooms. It’s first flush of blooms each year in late spring or early summer is just stunning! It’s quite a sight to see.

Does any one else grow William Baffin or one of the other Explorer roses?

BTW sorry that my post is a little late today. My puppy has been very sick in the last few days and it’s been quite a handful caring for her.

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The asters are still blooming

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New York Asters

Now that the weathers beginning to cool most of the plants in my garden are beginning to die down but the New York asters still look pretty good. Not quite as good as they do in this photo which was taken about a month ago or so, but they still look nice enough.

Over the next week or so I’m going to be going out in the garden to trim plants and prepare the garden for winter. I hope it’s not too cold outside when I do my garden winterizing!

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