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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

A Warm and Balmy January Bloom Day

This winter has been so mild for those of us in the Upstate of SC. Today I was able to plant two crabapple trees, Malus 'Red Silver' and M. 'Golden Hornet' and two Spirea van houttei that I ordered in November. While working in the yard I was happy to see my Daphne odora 'aureomarginata' was starting to bloom. I thought I would walk around the yard and get a few photos of all that is blooming today. Carol from May Dreams Gardens has the Garden Bloggers Bloom Day each month on the 15th. Be sure to check out what is blooming from other bloggers.

Ozark witch hazel -- fragrance of cloves
Hamamelis vernalis

This is the first year to have this one in my garden (note the dog hair!)

Osmanthus fragrans still blooming and fragrant

Drain field- see the Paperwhites?

Here they are, Narcissus 'Grand Soleil d'Or'
They are so small, will move them along the driveway soon.

Distyllium myricoides is starting to open, a member of the witch hazel family

Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' has been blooming since October!

Daphne odora 'aureomarginata' Heavenly scent

Helleborus x ballardiae 'HGC Pink Frost'

Edgeworthia chrysantha with a visitor

Bee in midflight

See those orange bundles of pollen?

Paperwhites with Ajuga 'Black Scallop'

Rosemarinus officinalis in bloom

My new garden art with blue bottles, adding a little color to the shady part of the garden.

From another view.

Thanks for joining me to see what is blooming in my garden.

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words and photos by Janet,The Queen of Seaford.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

I Knew It Would Fit

Yesterday Charlie and I went up to Greenville to the Remodeling Home Expo. We aren't remodeling anything but neighbors had a booth and shared some tickets with us, so we figured it would be fun to go and see what was there. I miss the Home and GARDEN shows. We found a garden art booth and bought a couple items. Oh, did I tell you? We drove to Greenville in my car, not the truck.

You see it is about five feet tall and tree shaped. Nice right? I imagine we were great entertainment in the parking lot of the convention center. Well those graceful reaching branches are about four feet across, my trunk? Not very large. We tried top end in first, bottom end in first. Now remember, we are in a parking lot, of course there was a big truck parked right next to the car....hard to open the doors very wide.

See how the prongs hit the top of the back window shelf? Good thing the back seats fold down, that helped.

Nice scaffolding of the branches, don't you agree? It was a puzzle to get it in, moving the seats up and back, removing the headrest, easing it in, backing it out, over the front seat, then getting the seats to a drive-able position. What fun!

Once we got home the puzzle had to be done in reverse. Oh, the dogs helped a lot too. At least at home we could open the doors wide enough to maneuver.

Also bought a cute little hummingbird piece that has a hook on the front. Haven't figured out what to hang on it yet. This one was easy to get in and out of the car.

Birds? Yes, always a bird picture or two to share--- Mr. Mockingbird.

This is my holly.

You want to take my picture?? Wait, let me pose.

Is this my best side?

words and photos by Janet,The Queen of Seaford.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Oh the Possibilities............

Today we had a lovely lunch at the home of friends who moved up the road a piece. Gorgeous setting and a nice visit. After lunch we went to a place where dreams are made..........