Foliage

Fall Color Collage

I finally got some pictures together for the  2010 Fall Color Project hosted by Dave @ The Home Garden.  This year I decided to make a collage of some of the fall color in my yard & neighborhood. Hope you enjoyed some fall color from Newport New, Virginia.  Thanks for hosting this fun meme Dave! 

Categories: Foliage, Memes | 7 Comments

Bloomin Tuesday

It’s the first Bloomin’ Tuesday of September.  Can you believe that summer is pretty much over and another fall is about to begin?   Not much to show this week.  We were fortunate to get through Hurricane Earl unscathed with just some light winds and very little rain.  It would of been nice to get a substantial [...]

Categories: Bloomin' Tuesday, Foliage, Perennials, Roses | 14 Comments

Inspite of the Heat (Part 2-Shade Lovers)

Last week I showed you the sun-loving plants that stand up to the heat & drought in my garden.  If you missed that post you can read it here.  Today I thought I would share some of the shade-loving plants that are surviving these conditions in my garden so far.   All of these plants I grow [...]

Categories: Drought Tolerant, Ferns, Foliage, Hosta, Perennials, Weather Conditions | 10 Comments

Hostas

Don’t you get excited each spring when the first furled Hosta leaves start poking through the soil?  I know I do because what’s not to love about these beautiful shade loving foliage plants.  Yes I realize they have blooms and some of them are actually worth the attention.  But my favorite part has to be the leaves [...]

Categories: Foliage, Hosta, Perennials | 12 Comments

Progress of New Additions

 Here are a few of the new additions to my garden in 2009.   For the most part I’m quite pleased with how they are progressing so far in the garden.  Some perennials grow quickly in one season while others take a few years to mature.  I thought I would give you an update on how they are doing [...]

Categories: Foliage, New Additions, Perennials | 12 Comments

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