Okay...I admit. I'm having floral envy from all my favorite blogs showing their beautiful florals (thanks, WillOaks and the others!). So, this morning, I took my camera out to my many gardens to capture what is left of summer before it disappears. However, we got a very heavy dew this morning, so I thought I would share that with you. Just think, in another month, that dew will be frost! Above are my blueberries. Wow, what a crop this year! Guess all that northern rain worked out for something in my gardens because my veggies are not very happy!
Dew encrusted clematis. They look like they have coralline on them! I actually have two of these...one on the back patio and one winding up the bird feeder pole in the bird garden.
And, of course, no die-hard Victorian lover would be caught dead without these in thier gardens! My pansy varieties are yellow, purple and blue. This is one of the yellow ones.
Now, who says you can't grow oranges in New York? Okay, so I cheated. Back in 2005, my big brother/best friend who lived in Tampa died of melanoma cancer. He was only 39. He was as passionate about gardening as I am, so on the drive back to New York to make the arrangements for his memorial, I stopped at a gift shop and purchased this Panama Orange tree (it was a small bare root stick with a few leaves on it when I purchased it), and threw it in a pot when I got home. Of course, it winters indoors, but I have it to remember his gorgeous orange trees back behind his house. The first year it didn't do anything, however, this is the third crop of oranges I have gotten from this tree. Simply one of my favorites!
My black hollyhocks. I love hollyhocks, and the black ones ar the only ones I will grow. I got smacked with rust disease this year. I'm supposing from all the rain we have gotten. I lost alot of hollyhock plants despite my fungicide applications, but I had to let a few grow so I could get some more seeds. I have alot of people who get seeds from me. Will have to treat early next year. Maybe one more spraying before things go dormant in the fall.
Okay...I admit. I'm having floral envy from all my favorite blogs showing their beautiful florals (thanks, WillOaks and the others!). So, this morning, I took my camera out to my many gardens to capture what is left of summer before it disappears. However, we got a very heavy dew this morning, so I thought I would share that with you. Just think, in another month, that dew will be frost! Above are my blueberries. Wow, what a crop this year! Guess all that northern rain worked out for something in my gardens because my veggies are not very happy!
Dew encrusted clematis. They look like they have coralline on them! I actually have two of these...one on the back patio and one winding up the bird feeder pole in the bird garden.
And, of course, no die-hard Victorian lover would be caught dead without these in thier gardens! My pansy varieties are yellow, purple and blue. This is one of the yellow ones.
Now, who says you can't grow oranges in New York? Okay, so I cheated. Back in 2005, my big brother/best friend who lived in Tampa died of melanoma cancer. He was only 39. He was as passionate about gardening as I am, so on the drive back to New York to make the arrangements for his memorial, I stopped at a gift shop and purchased this Panama Orange tree (it was a small bare root stick with a few leaves on it when I purchased it), and threw it in a pot when I got home. Of course, it winters indoors, but I have it to remember his gorgeous orange trees back behind his house. The first year it didn't do anything, however, this is the third crop of oranges I have gotten from this tree. Simply one of my favorites!
My black hollyhocks. I love hollyhocks, and the black ones ar the only ones I will grow. I got smacked with rust disease this year. I'm supposing from all the rain we have gotten. I lost alot of hollyhock plants despite my fungicide applications, but I had to let a few grow so I could get some more seeds. I have alot of people who get seeds from me. Will have to treat early next year. Maybe one more spraying before things go dormant in the fall.
