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Wow, beautiful and so smartly laid out. Congrats. Is that your big honkin’’ tractor or a contractors?
Why am I so lazy? (Oh wait, that’s another thread entirely. Sorry)
That's mine, but not big when compared to the one I sold after my 2nd spinal fusion in 2013. Sadly, I could no longer operate my dear old 1968 CASE 580CK because of physical debilitation.
We have full on summer for a few days, may reach 30 aka 86 today. We don't have a lot of garden here, but at least our lilac is back in form after an off year in 2024.
That's a beautifully colored rhododendron! Do you know the variety?
No, sorry. It's been here for so long I can't even remember when I planted it. Probably 35 years ago?
JoeThePop
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Beautiful as always.
Thank you, sir.
My hunch is that it is a P.G.M. Rhody. It is one of the varieties that is more tolerant of cold winters and warm summers. The choices for Rhododendrons is much more limited for those of us that do not live in the PNW with our mild summers and winters. (Whoops, that is P.J.M. not P.G.M.)
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That would be my guess for Western NY too. I have 3 of them here in WI & they are doing well. They are only 5 yrs from transplant so they don't make the statement that @Fran604g 's do. Not real rapid growers.
Bet the Peony hedge makes quite the show in bloom. I have a couple I grew for seed (its a long process) and looks like I'll get flowers this year (5th year since germination). They will be a hybrid unknown to mankind - only ones in the world....... so thats nice. I have columbine taking over my flower garden & can't think of a better weed to have. Yr place looks great.
I've got a fondness for rhododendrons. My grandfather started Van Veen Nursery in Portland in the 1920s, which specialized in propagating and breeding rhodies and my Uncle Ted and then my cousin Kathy subsequently ran it.
Thank you! You're right about the rhody, it has taken forever to grow. We've had issues with azaleas taking forever as well.
I got the neighbors azaleas 3 yrs ago & I don't think they're going to make it. Maybe just not a good fit.
JoeThePop
Brussels Sprout King
I had some azaleas at my last house that never thrived and I eventually removed them. They say full sun, but I guess in front of a south facing brick porch that’s a little too much. When I dug them up after 3 or 4 years the root ball was still intact as if they were planted the day before.
Sound like everything I plant ..
False Indigo (Baptisia Australis)& willow amsonia. Both should look attractive thru the summer but the blooms complement each other in the Spring.
PJM Rhody w wild columbine, Prairie Classic Viburnum (I got this direct fm the breeder - don't think it was ever released for commercial sale) and fern leaf peony. The peony was gifted to me by the granddaughter of the gent who first brought these to the Americas. I'm told it is a division from the original plant.
Closer up shot of the fern leaf peonies. The wind & rain knock them down. Bleeding hearts were full of borers & the neighbor was tossing them. I took them, divided, soaked them in poison to kill the borers, cleaned them up & they just took off. They've been blooming their fool heads off for about a month.
This pic is a few days old. Fringe tree ( Chionanthus Virginicus) just coming into bloom. Its been scenting the entire yard the last couple days. Storms tonight may end this years show early tho.
Combined w a general lack of ambition this Spring & the work I've been doing in the house, the gardens are not at their best. As soon as I'm done w this beer, I'll start weeding. Or, maybe tomorrow.
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