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ABC Wednesday 2007-10-17 05:13:00 Dahlia 'Melody Allegro' Happy ABC Wednesday, as usual I will be looking to see what everyone came up with. It has been a busy week that will come to a head on Thursday night when I play my first professional gig since last Christmas. Actually it is a benefit for the family of a friend that died unexpectedly a couple of months ago. We have had a couple of rehearsals and luckily I knew most of the ...

Wordless Wednesday ~ Valley of the Fires 2007-10-16 04:57:00 Valley of Fire State Park, Overton, Nevada ...

Blue Ginger (Dichorisandra thyrsiflora) 2007-10-16 04:52:00 Blue Ginger Dichorisandra thyrsiflora (dy-kor-ih-SAN-druh) (thur-SEE-flor-uh) Commelinaceae (ko-mel-ih-NAY-see-ay) Synonyms: Brazilian Ginger This is another tropical plant I saw at the Bartlett Arboretum in Stamford, Connecticut. The color of the flower was extremely striking. I am not sure what they are going to do with all the tropical plants they had outside. I brought the ones at Estate ...

Super Size Elephant Ear 2007-10-15 04:56:00 Flowers of the Super Sized Elephant Ear Colocasia gigantea 'Thailand Giant Strain' Super Size Elephant Ear Colocasia gigantea 'Thailand Giant Strain' (kol-oh-KAY-see-uh) (jy-GAN-tee-uh) Araceae (a-RAY-see-ay) Synonyms: Giant Taro On Friday I had a few minutes in between appointments in Pound Ridge, New York so I decided to zip over the Connecticut State Line into Stamford and the Bartlett ...

Dahlia 'Ludwig Helfert' 2007-10-14 05:58:00 Dahlia 'Ludwig Helfert' I took a drive up Route 7 yesterday and ended up in Litchfield. I was looking for some foliage but nothing really caught my eye. When I was driving by White Flower Farm I decided to stop in and take a look at the gardens and the plants they had for sale. I don’t usually buy much from them but occasionally I like to get some of the more trendy items they grow. I have used ...

'Jolly Bee' Hardy Geranium 2007-10-13 07:15:00 Cranesbill Geranium 'Jolly Bee' (jer-AY-nee-um) Synonyms: Hardy Geranium Seems weird not to be posting some rose pictures. I was going to start calling this blog Digital Rose Pictures.com for awhile but now it is back to the regularly scheduled content. Seriously, the Rose Festival was a lot of work but it was also a lot of fun and a learning experience for me. I still have a few rose pictures ...

Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses 2007-10-11 05:19:00 ‘Show Biz’ a Floribunda rose that has been blooming all summer on short and stout plants (2 feet tall). All-America Rose Selection in 1985. Festival of Roses ~ Grand Finale ~ A Dozen Roses Day Twelve of the Digital Flower Pictures.com Rose Festival Scroll down for today's Wordless Wednesday post. I would like to thank everybody who visited this site during the Rose Festival. Thanks for ...

Festival of Roses ~ Day Twelve ~ Wordless 2007-10-11 02:34:00 ...

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday 2007-10-10 05:06:00 Hybrid Tea Rose 'Legend' Festival of Roses ~ Day Eleven ~ ABC Wednesday 2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues Happy ABC Wednesday to all. Today’s featured rose is the Hybrid Tea, Legend. It was bred by William Warriner, who I think, has become my favorite rose breeder. Jackson and Perkins and Mr. Warriner are quite a team. ‘Legend’ is a beautiful rose that seemed to me ...

Wordless Wednesday ~ Tuesday Edition 2007-10-09 04:54:00 Elizabeth Taylor Hybrid Tea Rose ...

Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups 2007-10-09 04:38:00 Festival of Roses ~ Day Ten ~ Close ups 2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues If you are here for Wordless Wednesday's Tuesday edition scroll down to the next post. I thought I would have a day where I posted some of the close up I have (tried) to take recently. I don’t have as much time as I would like to explain about the roses today. I have been practicing a lot ...

Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses 2007-10-08 05:03:00 'Quietness' a Modern Shrub rose developed by Dr. Griffith J. Buck Festival of Roses ~ Day Nine ~ Shrub Roses 2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues I have shied away from posting a lot of shrub roses because I really don’t deal with them that often. I like them but I guess the one-time bloom thing has probably turned me off a bit. Maybe I should think of them as ...

Wordless Sunday ~Artistry Hybrid Tea 2007-10-07 20:44:00 ... Hybrid

Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight 2007-10-07 07:38:00 Festival of Roses ~ Day Eight 2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues I guess I got my days messed up as I had two Day Sixes. My trip to Long Island was enjoyable and I even bought a few roses. The perennial nursery is starting to sell shrub roses so I picked up three ‘Bonica’. One Fairy Queen (which is a red) and a couple of ‘Seafoam’. I am going to plant them in the ...

Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses 2007-10-06 04:47:00 Floribunda Rose 'Sheila's Perfume' Festival of Roses ~ Day Six ~ Floribunda Roses 2007 Digital Flower Pictures.com Festival of Roses Continues Happy Saturday everyone. I am working but I am happy to be doing it. I am going out to Long Island to buy a load of perennials for some borders I have been renovating at the Estate. I am going on the Bridgeport to Port Jefferson Ferry and then driving ...