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Amur Maple 'Flame'
2007-12-09 10:15:00
Amur Maple
Acer ginnala 'Flame'
(AY-ser) (jin-NAY-luh)
Synonyms: Siberian Maple, A.g. var. euginnala, Acer tataricum var. ginnala, A. t. var. aidzuense
Never sure what to call this plant since it has so many synonyms. I have taken to calling it Acer ginnala since it is the easiest. This is an interesting little tree that should be used in the landscape more often. In some areas it is considered ...
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Yellow Dahlia
2007-12-08 06:17:00
Yellow Dahlia
I am not sure which of the ten’s of thousands of Dahlias this one is since it came in the mix. It did well and flowered all summer. I am off to Massachusetts today to put Karen’s brother to rest. We are going to have a big party afterwards and that is the way Dale would have wanted it. He wouldn’t have liked a lot of people moping around about him, no matter I am still going to be ...
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Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert')
2007-12-07 06:24:00
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert'
(floks) (pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh)
I don’t feel like I have much to say today other than what a week it was. I am glad it is over in so many ways. Yesterday I was tending to the big rose garden and it was really cold. Not mention all the thorns I stuck by, including a deep one right in the knuckle. Just marvelous. I only got about 2/3’s of the roses ...
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Some Foliage From This Year
2007-12-06 06:56:00
Some Foliage From This Year
Velvet Centaurea
Centaurea cineraria 'Colchester White'
Dusty Miller, Centaurea gymnocarpa
I had a couple of foliage pictures from the garden this year and since enjoyed growing these plants I thought I would pass them along. This Dusty Miller was great and I tried something a little different with it. Instead of intermingling it with my annuals I planted it ...
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ABC Wednesday - Tea Crabapple
2007-12-05 05:23:00
Tea Crabapple
Malus hupehensis
(MAL-us) (hew-pay-EN-sis)
This week ABC T post is Tea Crabapple. Crabapples are one of my favorite flowering trees to look at, not to grow. They are affected by a lot of different diseases and insects but nothing beats them when they are in flower. This particular Crabapple is unique in a couple different ways. The upright vase shape and the sparse stiff branching ...
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Purple Beautyberry
2007-12-03 06:49:00
Purple Beautyberry
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii
(kal-ee-KAR-puh)
This picture is from Friday. I thought people might like to see the more widely grown Purple Beautyberry. I found it listed under several different names so I just used the one I have always known it as Callicarpa bodinieri. It is a hardy, fun plant to grow and the color of the berries is something that you just don’t see. I ...
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A Few Fall Flowers
2007-12-02 08:21:00
A Few Fall Flowers
These are a few more pictures I took in late summer and fall this year. I am still feeling kind of washed out from the events of Friday but the reality has sunk in. This first picture is a pretty little species of Aster that I found growing at the edge of the woods. I have identified it as Aster linariifolius or Stiff Aster. It grows as a wildflower in the Eastern United ...
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Golden Groundsel
2007-11-30 05:26:00
Golden Groundsel
Packera obovata
(PAK-er-uh) (ob-oh-VAY-tuh)
Synonyms: Senecio obovatus, Roundleaf Ragwort
I am glad I looked up this plant up before posting as I have always called it Senecio. A little warning on this plant is that it spreads rapidly, almost a little too much so. I have been corralling it right from the start and have enjoyed the cultivation of this groundcover. I haven’t ...
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Metallic Pyramidal Bugleweed
2007-11-29 05:24:00
Metallic Pyramidal Bugleweed
Ajuga pyramidalis 'Metallica Crispa'
(a-JOO-guh) (peer-uh-mid-AH-liss)
Synonyms: Carpet Bugle
I got my computer back and I have another hard drive and some more ram. There are now 3 internal drives with 340 GB of storage and a gig of ram. I also bought a 200 GB external Firewire/USB hard drive so I have plenty of storage space now. I was getting sick of trying to ...
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ABC Wednesday - S is for Sculpture
2007-11-27 05:08:00
Detail of “Grande Disco” , by Arnaldo Pomodo.
ABC Wednesday S is for Sculpture
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“Kiosque L’Evide” by Jean Dubuffet. 1970-1984. Painted Polyester Resin.
“Grande Disco”, Arnaldo Pomodo.
On Sunday I went to the World Headquarters of PepsiCo to visit the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Garden. ...
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Late Berries
2007-11-26 05:06:00
Pyracantha coccinea berries in afternoon sun.
Late Berries
I went out looking for a few pictures yesterday. Obviously there isn’t much left out in the garden. I decided to take a few berry pictures as I feel that is something I am not very good at and haven’t had a lot of success in the past. Most of the berries were on their way out and the birds were at work eating the Crabapples and other ...
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Aromatic Aster
2007-11-25 10:51:00
Aromatic Aster
Aster oblongifolius 'Raydon's Favorite'
(ASS-ter) (ob-long-ee-FOH-lee-um)
Synonyms: Fall Aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
I took these Aster pictures during the first week of October and am just getting around to looking at them. I swear I should keep better track of things. It is sometimes fun to look back and see some ‘new’ pictures. There are few more on the roll that I will ...
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White Beautyberry
2007-11-24 09:23:00
White Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus'
(kal-ee-KAR-puh) (dy-KAW-toh-muh)
Synonyms: var. albifructus
I think I got the name of this plant right. I wasn’t sure if it was this one or Callicarpa japonica 'Leucocarpa'. C. dichotoma is hardy to USDA Zone 7 and the japonica is hardy to Zone 5. I haven’t seen either growing in Connecticut before but think I will try to get the hardier one ...
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