Tower of Jewels has a sgl stem and i've cut 4 side shoots off this one already
the last time i let it go it had maybe a doz or more stems of blooms
and it got really big which is why i cut it down
i don't remember names but have met 2 different people in Smith River into plants
where did she post the pict of webbi ? link?
i just checked Annies and webbi looks too big
so i ordered Echium amoenum a small red one instead

Strever........Terry......
https://www.facebook.com/terry...

OMG !! I love this Cistus !

Cistus 'Blanche'....season premiere.....

Dendromorpha variegata.....

Season Premiere......tiny beginnings.....








Cistus 'Blanche'...day 2

i walk my dog twice a day and don't always use the same path here amongst the Redwoods
and this morning Buddy my dog disturbed a new flower i hadn't seen for some time
i have the wild Ginger Asarum-caudatum pop up in different places here on my 5 acres
and when the Deer or Elk find it they wipe it out in 1 or 2 nights
so i gathered 3 pcs of it and put in my garden to save it and will watch this new patch


this image keeps turning upright ?

Ooooo...that's neat ...and strange, Dick....
I'm glad that I've managed, after awhile to keep the deer out....
I was surprised when Terry said the elk ate 1-2 of the echiums that I gave her last year...they're 'hairy'...also glad that I don't have elk visiting me. Patrick has a problem with them at Worms....

Dick...do you do as I do this time of year...? Go out first thing each morning to see what has started to bloom?

Sherry
when you get to my age you are pleasantly surprised each & every time you see one of the plants bloom whether you had noticed it yesterday or not
and this evening i noticed another one of the Trilliums was in full bloom but lighting was not good and i didn't have my camera so tomorrow i will show it to you
if i remember

First thing every a.m....my camera and I go outside...and I have a zillion pics of the same plant...because when I see it anew, it (whatever) is so beautiful that I just HAVE to get that shot. I need to go through and keep only a few of the best shots of each...there is hardly ever a bad shot of a hydrangea.....or a leycesteria....or, or...

Dick, I'm 73 now, I doubt that you're doing any worse than I am....lol..

Dick, first...That's a pretty one! Second, I'm doing good if I see the new blooms at all, in some cases. When I was watering my orchids the other day, I noticed my Epiphyllums blooming, but didn't have the camera handy. Went out with the camera the next day, and all had shriveled due to the heat wave we're getting.

you two are the age of my young wife
Carol that sucks when the Epis sneak in on us and wilt, happens too darned often
i have my mind too wrapped into pollinating & crossing the Podophyllums which i think i have gotten too many different kinds of and am missing a lot of my other plants when they come about these days
The thread "Podophyllums" in Shade Gardening forum

Dick...well, if Dee is my age, she's looking much, much better than I am....lol...
Is she still working...if so, was she there yesterday ?

she has Tue, Wed and Sat's off

Hmmmm...JP was of also....

do either one of you sew ?
Dee does and she even has a sewing room

I do...I used to make clothes for about 5 shops in SoCal,...Newport, Huntington, etc....Used to love clothing, now I wear the same sweats every day...lol..I don't have room for a sewing room, wish we had an extra room for Jer...was hoping he could spend this past Winter drawing...his shop is even way too crowded...it's a small house...

Dee has also collected antique sewing stuff over the years
and i have nailed a really nice old thread cabinet off Ebay for her birthday this year

Do you still have the Parkway store going?

don't know of a Parkway store
we had a store in Brookings/Harbor shutdown 3 years ago