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Apr 4, 2015 4:56 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
I like the dwarfs, too, Leslie. Big Grin Had a four-fall bloom on Sparks Fly this morning. Smiling

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All done {{whew!}}

Their house is as dark as is mine, but the angle is better on this image.
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Blurry, but I really like the composition of this one. Boy-child is to the left, girl-child is front and center. The other three are my brother-in-law's grandkids that live here.
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My sister, her new hubby, and Blondy in the middle.
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Apr 4, 2015 5:24 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Apr 4, 2015 6:21 PM CST
Name: Natalie
North Central Idaho (Zone 7a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Dog Lover Daylilies Irises Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Hummingbirder
Frogs and Toads Native Plants and Wildflowers Cottage Gardener Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: United States of America Xeriscape
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
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Apr 4, 2015 6:23 PM CST
Name: Betty
MN zone 4b
Frogs and Toads Birds Hummingbirder Irises Lilies Peonies
Roses Garden Ideas: Level 1 Region: United States of America Hostas Garden Art Echinacea
Hurray!
If you want to be happy for a lifetime plant a garden!
Faith is the postage stamp on our prayers!
Betty MN Zone4 AHS member

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Apr 4, 2015 6:23 PM CST
Name: Betty
MN zone 4b
Frogs and Toads Birds Hummingbirder Irises Lilies Peonies
Roses Garden Ideas: Level 1 Region: United States of America Hostas Garden Art Echinacea
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!
If you want to be happy for a lifetime plant a garden!
Faith is the postage stamp on our prayers!
Betty MN Zone4 AHS member

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Apr 4, 2015 6:58 PM CST
Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
Count your blessings, be grateful
Region: Ukraine Organic Gardener Keeps Goats Zinnias Dog Lover Morning Glories
Annuals Bee Lover Dragonflies Butterflies Hummingbirder Birds
Lovey dubby Lovey dubby Lovey dubby

Love the dresses and the color is so pretty!!!
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Apr 4, 2015 7:26 PM CST
Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F
Daylilies Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Master Level
Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! Lovey dubby Lovey dubby
Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam
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Apr 5, 2015 8:20 AM CST
Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)
Bee Lover Irises Hummingbirder Hostas Keeps Horses Farmer
Daylilies I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Container Gardener Cat Lover Region: Kentucky Birds
A happy day for sure, Deb. Your flowers are beautiful!!
Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)
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Apr 5, 2015 9:02 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Thank you. Smiling
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Apr 5, 2015 9:14 AM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Looks like the wedding was a happy day!
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
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Apr 5, 2015 2:05 PM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Tomato Heads I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge)
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Roses Photo Contest Winner: 2016
lovemyhouse said:Thank you, everyone. Smiling

Put the flowers in the carry box before editing the photographs, so I didn't realize how bad they are relative to what I wanted to show. Howsomeever, the bigger vase turned out much prettier than the angle in the photograph shows. The bouquet came out okay itself, but the ribbon keeps trying to slip the knots and I don't have any straight pins...wait, maybe I do...be back in a minute.

Nope, they are gone. But, I did find my glucose meter which has been missing since I put it up for safety when boy-child was here in January. Hilarious!

Taking my camera to the wedding, so maybe I can get better photographs over there.
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Fabulous!
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Apr 6, 2015 12:44 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Agastache Black Adder. So surprising that it comes back every year given its location. // Scillas are starting to bloom. // Heuchera Circus. Was evergreen this Winter.
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Look at how tall the Avalanche Narcissus foliage is! // Interesting to see the growth differences in these two Celebrity Peonies. Same source, same plant time, same location since planting, and similar in size LAST year.
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Colors in contrast // Deeee-LIGHTED! to see a Mexican Heather coming back after the winter we had.
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NOID Dianthus. One of my favorites, it is the most "sweet and charming" Dianthus I have; most are at least a bit more robust-looking. // Dianthus Early Bird Chili
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Festiva Maxima Peony. Looks like it is going to be a wowser again this year. // Orange Balsam Thyme
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This is why I have to be so diligent in the tree seedling capture program or I would have bazillions instead of just dozens of trees to eradicate. // Greek Oregano looking all green and edible.
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Miss Bateman Clematis
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NOID. More violet in color than my camera captures. See tonsils, anyone? Hilarious! @grannysgarden Bonnie, did we talk about me sending you some of this one, too?
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Fun stuff. // Penstemon Delft Blue. Received from Santa Rosa Gardens couple of weeks ago. Doesn't look 'blue' to me, but pretty, anyway.
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Salvia. Tag said Hot Lips, but I think it is Red, which was being sold right next to it. Sure do like it, though. // Historic purple Iris that was here when I moved in. There was a department store commercial showing a before-dawn picture of a woman with her nose pressed to the glass door, hands up by her head opening and closing her fingers, chanting, "Open-Open-Open" That's me when the Iris start showing buds. Hilarious!
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Tom, I tagged it differently (my doing, not yours), but isn't this one Dark Crystal? I like it. Lovey dubby
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Apr 6, 2015 12:52 PM CST
Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)
Bulbs Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Roses
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Looking beautiful Deb! I love seeing the progress and how things are filling in. Odd how one of those Peonies is so much smaller, could it have been damaged?
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
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Apr 6, 2015 1:03 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Nothing else around it seems to have been affected, but it is possible something got to it over the winter.
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Apr 6, 2015 5:43 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
Debra, that hot lips salvia may indeed be hot lips. I read in the comments for hot lips in our db where 2 people said it changes colors. I got a hot lips from Santa Rosa last fall which is now blooming & all red. I will watch to see if it changes in the coming seasons/years. I don't think Santa Rosa made a mistake - I believe they did send me hot lips. If you Google "Salvia Hot Lips changes color" you will find many references to the phenomenon.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Apr 6, 2015 7:01 PM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
Butterflies Vegetable Grower Keeper of Poultry Irises Keeps Horses Dog Lover
Daylilies Cat Lover Region: Wisconsin Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Wow, my first visit to this thread. Nice! Yes, that looks like Dark Crystal. Doing well for you. Great thread, nice pictures. Smiling
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
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Apr 6, 2015 7:01 PM CST
Name: Betty
MN zone 4b
Frogs and Toads Birds Hummingbirder Irises Lilies Peonies
Roses Garden Ideas: Level 1 Region: United States of America Hostas Garden Art Echinacea
Your plants are looking good it is a pleasure to see your pictures. I know what you mean about tree seedlings, you have to stay ahead of them. I now have a large pliers with rubber on the handle so I can get a good grip on the seedlings after a rain to pull them out of the ground.
If you want to be happy for a lifetime plant a garden!
Faith is the postage stamp on our prayers!
Betty MN Zone4 AHS member

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Apr 6, 2015 7:33 PM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
Region: United States of America Region: Arkansas Master Gardener: Arkansas Irises Plant and/or Seed Trader Moon Gardener
Garden Ideas: Master Level Dragonflies Bulbs Garden Art Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Gardens in Buckets
Yes, Debra, I want a start of that little one when you have enough. Thank you. I have really been enjoying Sparks Fly.
Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?
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Apr 6, 2015 7:37 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Bonnie, I have tons. It increases really well. Might have finally identified it.
Intermediate Bearded Iris (Iris 'Clique')
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Apr 6, 2015 7:39 PM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
Region: United States of America Region: Arkansas Master Gardener: Arkansas Irises Plant and/or Seed Trader Moon Gardener
Garden Ideas: Master Level Dragonflies Bulbs Garden Art Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Gardens in Buckets
Nice! I do not have an IB plic. That one will make a nice addition.
Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

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