The Kindness of Those in Garden Blogger Land

Earlier in the spring, when all the forsythia was blooming, I made a comment on how I loved Flowering Almond shrubs.  One sweet lady, who I only know through the garden blogging world, emailed me and offered a piece of her Flowering Almond.  This lovely lady is Lola, you may have had her comment on your blog as well.  Lola said as soon as her shrub was done blooming she would dig some up and send it to me.  What a sweetheart! 

Friday I got a package from Lola.....with lots of goodies, not just some Flowering Almond!

Included in the box was ----

• a small  fern (not sure how this one will do, looks a bit sad today)
• a bunch of stems of a forsythia
• Flowering Almond, Prunus glandulosa
• about 5 stems of an azalea
• 5 or 6 bulbs, Snowflake, Leucojum
• A Pine Cone Lily, Zingiber zerumbet 
• A Mother-in-Law's tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata
• an asparagus

After giving them a good drink and letting them rest in the shade,  I planted the lot on Saturday morning.

Tiny fern frond, cross your fingers for this one.

With kneeling pad in hand, soil knife and plants, I planted Lola's plants.

Azaleas near the ferns in Fern Gully.

Another azalea planted in the water side of the garden.

Asparagus by the wall.

Pine Cone Lily looking a  little limp...come on baby, perk up!

Forsythias in the dappled sunlight.

And the Flowering Almond on the other side of the bed, also in dappled sunlight.

The Mother-in-Law's tongue is in a container up by the house with a couple Elephant Ears, kind of a tropical look.

Many many thanks to Lola for such a generous offering of plants.  I appreciate it so much!

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The Many Faces of Janet

The rose 'Janet' that is~~~

In our family garden bed, my namesake plant has been blooming for the last week or so.  It is a David Austin rose.   Listed as a climber, it can be pruned to shrub form, which is how I prefer to keep it.  So, without further ado I present 'Janet'---

Sure glad to have this beauty in my garden.

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Hither, Thither and Yon....and an Update

Last weekend we went on a quick road trip up to West Point, New York to the United States Military Academy, for our niece's graduation.   Kind of felt like the Johnny Cash  song "I've Been Everywhere".   We drove from South Carolina through North Carolina into Virginia.   After an overnight in Northern Virginia, we went through Maryland, Delaware and into New Jersey for lunch and then on to New York.  Our kids and the fiancé had joined the trip for this second leg of the trip which made the trip more fun. 

Graduation was great and loved visiting with family and good friends.  Managed a good capture of our niece on the Jumbotron!

I love the Hudson River valley.  Off in the distance is the Bear Mountain Bridge. 

One benefit of our trip was seeing trees I didn't have photos of!!  My brother in law started calling me 'The Tree Lady'.  I will be sharing some of these trees in a few more Tuesday's Trees postings soon.

These two were outside the front door of the place we stayed.  Just love big old trees.

On our way to dinner we went past this house with these REALLY mature azaleas.  I do NOT like meatball pruning of shrubs...but look at the size of these azaleas!

On our way home we took a different route.  The kids went their way (both the girls had to teach on Monday) so we said goodbye before leaving New York.

Charlie and I went through Pennsylvania instead of going through New Jersey.  A great side trip was to go to my college campus for a visit.  I haven't been there since the year I graduated.  Fun trip down memory lane!

This is my old dorm.

Below is the dining hall where I worked in the dish room for four years.  Oh the food fights.... :-)

This is Old Main, the flagship building of Shippensburg University.  It opened in 1871.

For a little garden fix on the way home we stopped in Harrisonburg, VA at the JMU Arboretum

 I know I mentioned this place last year, as the Master Gardeners from York County stopped here on our spring trip.  Well worth a visit if you are in the area.


UPDATE~~

Last, an update on my mystery plant from the last posting.  Many thought it was Euonymus americanus, Hearts A Bustin'.  The flower did look very similar to E. americanus, but no.....there were a lot of other indicators to the contrary.  My friend Daricia, A Charlotte Garden, suggested it was either a Euphorbia corollate or E. pubentissima.  The leaves are alternately spaced along the stem until the flower stem, where the leaves are whorled.  Additionally the stems are split at this part of the stem.   Last, the stem has the classic white milky sap.

 Alternating along the stem.

Whorled where the stems split.

 Another view of the whorled leaf pattern.

Thanks Daricia! 

   



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