Celandine Poppy - I love them! Bobbie, do you remember Curt's friend Dwight? When he was moving from Columbus to southern Ohio, he was selling plants. I bought several perennials and he gave me twice what I bought in free stuff. One of them was a big pot of Celandine Poppy. It has re-seeded a bit here - but I rescue and move every one that comes up! I use pre-emergent so maybe that is why I don't have tons of them! He also gave me a pot of spiderwort that was supposed to be bred by Kevin Walek... don't know but it is a lovely purple.
Siberian iris just started here, and should have a tall bearded blooming in a few days.
For years I was ripping out Celandine. Pretty leaves though. Orange sap which gets all over the hands and stains. They had been coming up next to the cottage (where the pic was taken). Now I have tons of them coming up near the compost pile! I had already decided to keep a few, as long as they don't come up in the daylily beds!
Tradescantia is another that self seeds around here. For you too? I have a bunch at one of the estates that we keep taking out. Not well behaved after they bloom. They flop all over other plants. Pretty when in bloom though and we keep some here and there. Is Kevin's a darker purple?
Love the name.
The name Tradescantia honors John Tradescant the Elder, gardener to the Earl of Salisbury, who traveled to Virginia in 1617.
Name: Mona Guntown, Ms (Zone 7b) I love nature & everything outdoors
My DH and I love this one. We lost our beautiful Maple like that too the freaky weather about 5 years ago. It budded out in March and then we had a bad freeze in April. It caused the bark to burst and it died the next year.
Yours is just wonderful. Your photo should be in a magazine.
Sorry to hear that you lost your weeping maple Mona. I wonder if that was the same spring that I lost one. It was so bad that I had to move what was left to another not so important location and buy another one for the important path. That shown is on an estate that I designed/manage. Mine are not as large.
I'll share a worse story....
Big beautiful expensive pair next to the main entrance of big estate. Bad winter with heavy snows which then made all the branches lay on the ground, frozen in the ice. Big bad damage. So we had to replace them. Have you ever thought of hunting down a full grown 20 yr old PAIR (had to look alike)? Me neither!
But find them I did. $7500 a piece. And then we had to plant them.
They have done well.
And,
the ones that were in bad shape? I moved them to another not so important location and they have recovered and look fine where I placed them. (think weeping over a ledge/rock so that the bad side didn't show anymore)
I so love them.
On another estate I have the green weeping one which now has grown into a beauty. Up against a lichen colored home.
Name: Mona Guntown, Ms (Zone 7b) I love nature & everything outdoors
It was the most expensive tree we ever bought. We paid $50 for it. I can only imagine having $7500 to pay for a tree. We have been admiring one to replace our old one with. It costs $175. It's beautiful! This is something very special for us, so we will do alot of himming and hawwing before a decision is made. Not to mention, saving money for a big purchase.
I have seen some really beautiful Maples on here. They are a very beautiful group of trees. I would love to see your photos when you have time.
Thanks for sharing and you have beauiful gardens and photos. Blessings, Mona
Name: Mona Guntown, Ms (Zone 7b) I love nature & everything outdoors
It looks like you went to the local nursery and came home with a lot of wonderful plants!! I'm very very impressed at the overall beauty of your plants and the way they are displayed. Very professional. Puts my plants to shame. But, I love yours and it sure gives me some ideas. Thanks for sharing your babies and I hope you do really great with the sale!! Be sure to let us know how your sale goes. Blessings to you and yours, Mona
Nice to see so many gardening friends yesterday. First helper even showed up. She hasn't been here for years and was pleased to see the mature gardens (which she helped plant and weed).
Sales are way down.
But, most of the plants dug, divided, and purchased will be planted on a new estate job which has about 4 gardens plus ledges of wildflowers. I just offer them for sale this weekend for fun. And it makes me stay home and enjoy my own gardens for 3 whole days!
Siberians are out. About 25 plus major clumps.
I think I'll try taking some small videos today since my camera just can't seem to capture what my eye sees.
