If any of you are close enough to attend you're invited - Saturday afternoon unless it gets rainy. If it does, we'll go for Sunday.

I would have loved to seen your garden and meet you Ann. Alas, a little too far for me. Enjoy the day!

Debbie - do contact me if you get to Ottawa.

Ann

One friend got the date mixed up and showed up a day early. No problem. We had a nice visit and she took a bunch of pictures while she watched me work.

'Tears of Joy' and 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles'. Note funny little flowers on ToJ. They have no petals, just the inner parts.


Front garden


Small hostas in a trough. I had decorative stones put over this by Saturday. The stones look pretty and they help prevent the squirrels from digging.


'Liberty' and 'Cherry Berry'


In the bed closest to the house. Back row: 'Jewel of the Nile', 'Summer Breeze', 'Fortunei Aureomarginata', 'Fragrant Bouquet'. Second row from back: 'Ginko Craig, 'Purple Heart', 'Stand By Me'. Second row from front: 'Allan P. McConnell', 'Tickle Me Pink', 'Halcyon', 'X-rated'. Front border - 'Kifukurin Ko Mame'.


Looking the other direction. Foreground: 'Marilyn Monroe' with the ruffles and 'Spilt Milk' with the occasional streaks. Behind MM are 'Frosted Dimples' and 'Blue Shadows'. Behind them, 'Regal Splendor'. Both plants in pots are seedlings.

Looking across the front garden.


Around my oak tree. In no particular order (see if you can ID them) 'Diana Remembered', 'Sitting Pretty', 'Paul's Glory', 'Fujibotan', 'Karin', 'Brother Stefan' and others hard to see.


The central garden of the front yard. Border is 'Lemon Frost'. Heuchera 'Tiramisu', Hostas 'Touch of Class', 'Cutting Edge', 'Stiletto', 'Gemini Moon', 'Alligator Shoes', 'Ice Age Trail' (mostly blue now), 'Ghost Spirit', 'Marilyn Monroe', 'Whirlwind'.


Same garden from another direction. Hosta in foreground is 'Ann Kulpa'


The easternmost garden in front. L-R: 'Warwick Curtsey', 'Little Sunspot', 'Fire Island' (it was completely divided earlier in spring), 'Red October, Christmas Pageant', Mouse garden, 'Liberty', 'Fragrant Bouquet'.

Same as the last garden from a different angle. You can see all of 'Charlotte's Web' (which needs dividing to stay streaked) in the lower right.


Mouse garden. The one at the left is 'Country Mouse' which is from a different family than all the others. The others that you can see are 'Blue Mouse Ears' in centre, 'Pure Heart' in front, 'Church Mouse' at right and 'Frosted Mouse Ears' at left. There are a couple of others you can't see.


Part of the centre front garden. In the centre are 'Regal Splendor' and 'Harpoon'.


'Dee's Golden Jewel' (formerly 'Jewel of the Nile'). I divided it out of JOTN about 3 years ago.


My friend was intrigued where I keep my tools handy.

Looking east, the sun was catching this seedling in a pot. It's a 2012 seedling from 'Christmas Pageant'. I don't know who the daddy is, but it's got attitude and I like it.


Looking up into the garden. Some of my earliest hostas are around the tree and well mired into tree roots - 4 'Undulata Albomarginata' plants. You can also see 'Gypsy Rose', 'Summer Music', a streaked division from 'Pewterware', 'Wylde Green Cream', 'Ice Cream', a 2006 seedling from 'September Sun' that I now call 'Golden Nolan' and 'Bell Ringer'.


Pretty much the same as the last photo except it shows 'First Mate' in the fore ground.


From close to the street - in front are, 'Raspberries and Cream', 'Lakeside Mom', 'Lakeside Cranberry Relish', 'Emerald Ruff Cut' and the little ones are 'Little Red Rooster' and 'Dragon Tails'.


same garden


'Lakeside Elfin Fire' is showing a bit too much green on some leaves.


'Gemini Moon'