I shot these pictures on Thursday, May 19.
And I've saved them for today.
After traveling for 5 days with XKT
on a most fun adventure -
I should say a DuPonture -
I wanted to have a post to come home to
that would welcome me.
Put me in my happy place.
A post I could upload on my blog right now.
Dixie was happy to see me;
as I was to see her.
I have thought of her much on our journey
and it's been a considerable amount of tension
and concern for me.
I apologize for this.
I wanted this homecoming post to be upbeat
and inspiring.
This is that post.
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It's a garden drive-by I did
a few weeks ago.
And I'm just putting the
finishing touches on it.
Please raise a glass of wine,
or beer, or whatever,
and welcome XKT and Rosie
back home.
Safe at last.
I love this section of my garden now.
Meaning there was nothing there before.
I threw out wildflower seeds two springs ago
and this spring
I am rewarded.
This area is under the willows.
On the bulkhead.
On the north-west corner.
It's a new point of interest.
I have purple, light blue, white,
and
pink larkspur.
There are only 3 places in my garden
where I have pink larkspur.
Pink is rare.
In my garden.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES5BiV7tsw5BTBlXZw2Js3gmDq-QJByZ4VRUjmF9h2YdOKfd9f1SfURt5HhNpWTZWI7HgdA1JTAW8vnSxir99Uve9broE4X5pwU7lzYfKKQvvGNFvGAmZODs4nN1526kpJ1tm-EOfIZaz/s400/DSCN6808.JPG)
It's my red, white, and blue/purple garden.
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I want to get a bench and put it right in front of this.
Or maybe right off the side of it.
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Purple and white larkspur.
Red poppies.
Iberis, white, of a type I've never seen.
Instead of being short and compact,
this candy tuft is long and leggy.
Don't know if it's a perennial or annual yet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68LOrkPrg6SnOQrzBzAmc-VEjaepuffK_OhUPKO4DoV3MKBA9JRkNcQOf9b6tDiLpVkAnZFR9CtbKsyY7Upln_q7Yk3IJMUsSAkfqt-yLn-boY9KFpr1GgK9uOPEni2qO1OmrtvOQMrzu/s400/DSCN6811.JPG)
This is my favorite garden place right now.
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And Mar, what might this be?
I got the leaves for you.
Edit from Marilyn:
And finally, the blue/purple flower appears to be Iberis umbrellata.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/226/
Click on the pictures on the side panel at the link.
Who knew there were so many types of Iberis (candytuft)?
I had no idea.
As you know,
I didn't even recognize the first white one you ID'd.
I'm only familiar with squat dark-green-leaved compact plants
with the white flowers.
Mine was tall and lanky
with light green foliage.
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My hydrangea.
Here's my other hydrangea.
It used to be a variegated lace-cap,
but the variegated on the right
is becoming dwarfed
by the root stock on the left.
I figure.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfCgUhVFU43mb79w9VoEVQ40zW-ag5vKBLeeas89mHUaPj8TA1OqrpKdWna6O9WK8LckNZu4PEQNCstr8an_iNc2XajYLAwLpszmysv5ZMtXaQz17AOKE1ytc1sOfVqk1E85VAL5phl0E/s400/DSCN6836.JPG)
Lace-cap hydrangea.
Just starting to open.
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This little pink beauty
is next to my white hollyhocks.
I always thought it a hollyhock ...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZJsk8VcjzCYm9zgl72_cgcXefqY1OY6FSf80PbkOBt0k9rwz7lDOBBdk9yf9jRXmN4lPfpQ4mrzJuajPMqh37mSvp_0D4VxLmPwpfDQ4LqFvCIFtOhcy0s8ENGQ4I9EwiUT0pT0sDHZr/s400/DSCN6838.JPG)
... until I took a closer look.
Look at the bloom and foliage of the pink plant ...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfit8FB6FkfKemiqQrviLiHyF8LUnqYgCidhswB04paeXnGKKKXRVTd2C_kUH0V_sJ9mCKS5eIjbBLUoDh3JDXxujH_wxquS3w9bTUhoNfRRh6C4UTvqpc9bnzG-O7pIWdsSz-zZeds5Nr/s400/DSCN6839.JPG)
... and compare to this white hollyhock.
The blooms and the foliage are different.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTvqj8D350xZvvKrGlEqicwGGwOi-Fqh83upR9LsJZ27v7ti10efrCvdJNTZZxd2hvWqxLL1GubFMw8emrtD0rnCuwUckAM9R8-NfINofxZJDIxUdvn2Q_T71opdkntfVYnK54welqSdo/s400/DSCN6840.JPG)
White hollyhock.
For certain.
ETA from Mar: The hollyhock is definitely a hollyhock.
http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/hollyhocks.html
It is just a single-flowering bloom rather than a double-flowering bloom.
I will have to get back to you on the other flowers.
Mar, the leaves were totally different on the hollyhock
and what I think is mallow.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4kHrzZe7aEn8n9L9rLCQEIvxG5x2lbnXQCF-b_6a6xq-wo4eC7ksXuCKbTIA1M8w-nuODcuJRGVT9UPuDRPSgh_YMgz-rHUjpsWCLsQcaBwXyYvTehFuu2g2Y2zptzbzxx63X70ZJmSC/s400/DSCN6841.JPG)
Mar, could this be a mallow?
Sometimes I think Mar is
writing to me.
From Mar:
Rosie, you need to trust me. That is indeed a hollyhock. Different varieties can and do have different leaf shapes. Check out this link to see leaves that are similar to your hollyhock. http://www.underwoodgardens.com/Hollyhock/products/24/
Mar, I do indeed trust you.
I thought you were talking about the white hollyhock.
The different shaped leaves threw me off.
Thanks again!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlM9oVeYsHehVhyphenhyphenWXPGuNZ7Kz717DEBo7SlK6lK5-UiImpL24XH9Zn_zId9NBrJOQiC9mgcX3HjdQPmfweRLUD4WiuIwlntEY0ASS358obGz9N9uUZCsKLLtT1LS4LxCpDJA48EbSn788q/s400/DSCN6844.JPG)
Purple larkspur amongst the blooming cilantro.
I love the fresh, citrusy, green seeds.
Soon to be coriander.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXt1aZbKqYWVraP3ABkU5Tu2yCLU1frgad29Oe2gRPr1NJxJBmw9VdnteSpRsFP6GSPJ-p9CfVA3aBhfwFih-adQjqYX_PRFIhEQGzdVffeByrOLMqmErcqEFDpiltBUYX0a-3Neip_bAx/s400/DSCN6849.JPG)
Rita's Rose
in front of the ice plant.
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Ice plant.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGtcIhwYertSW0gRNB904bPlvc_j_Gj0r97Ax7dS-PMA4C4YpddDAg_ysYHkrN8Ndbzi5jITxWY2H1vmv_K0aNEnV0HVSewPXdMbWk1ZXz80gkqygRtyCtSi1rzyrC78voOO4ITkVuLx0z/s400/DSCN6851.JPG)
Poppies.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUExMOtTWT0rsGXNbe13jq3RYUNwFENiEtVWIWest5dNEUQIqEJgLCByY49RP-Oc1QzaAXiCij5bMoKYbFm066tUHsqKM1azj45p3yeGnDVFIb7lOiDb0bKJhCeDMPs4Wl4QoTYkTi49sH/s400/DSCN6852.JPG)
OK, Mar, this is a daisy-like flower.
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Let's get some of the foliage.
I don't know,
but could it be a type of coreopsis?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTZDMlcXylgwmtIcTf3sb6MKuq790BDT9bZl4E8-joIOqOcCB6MqDODMoGPsm5VhiFvtYrF-vWvRbUBMPVF-XaZVAfnkW8YaVyU9_h1_cVAXX2z-qPmp3hCHMwF4hgkrjdZpYr10o2KUO/s400/DSCN6858.JPG)
I just found this beauty.
In the front yard.
From that wonderful box of wildflowers
from Ace I threw out two springs ago.
White bell-shaped flowers.
Opposite leaves.
Reminds me of phlox.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfxd6a6yA9gcCYby_8xnPK6WdX3VewSnXqQ9cT0Bxn1oXYdTpIi0ritFlgckr-9KkS0S8oMrjQKsGnqLqG0sJ4EUlI-EgVs4HddrmHjnIJ-LPiqincvcUfxbvdGraL-KZQXiCiN5Y34pO/s400/DSCN6860.JPG)
Or maybe snapdragon?
Could it be, Mar?
I did have a few "obedience plants" at one time
and I think the blooms could be pushed around
to face another side.
They didn't like where they lived.
Hopefully, these are the same plant.
ETA: Comment from Mar:
Your white flower is a Penstemon digitalis.
http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/fx_penstemonx.htm
and the yellow flower is a type of yellow aster (daisy). I have been unable to find the exact variety. Coreopsis plants all have squared, fringed petals, so it is not a coreposis.
Dear Mar,
Thank you for all your help in ID'ing my plants.
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Dianthus.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjfzbq5w9yCf3nigWANBEtm4x-IotFQp38SAFQP3s7kn9pvIj00_TzL2VeQKizl5uvvPah0W7xMVsGwI3V4HZghqNR-qAAKGhHI0cNV7Q4tiBmzBcrApSGalWARaePrhLM0cBG5w9VXMV/s400/DSCN6857.JPG)
Just to show you the size of the bloom.
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Yellow poppy on left.
Pink dianthus, Sweet William, on right.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvMbOkf7QXVnJ1J7_tYgMcgvAeg10YM1zGWZps6eXkOHkBZ9GB05xFi8ZwaBqDKCubh_1HIBVgmuT2St_uLHhgbFcJKNgqb-aWX1yUkJhvsprxe5lQD4zoLtW8sAVsaBBf0xEq1HywplAJ/s400/DSCN6863.JPG)
The last three pictures were probably shot vertically.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0RLZFFsfWDv9ZjrwD_Xiohcg6Dv1bgXVaxXiGXdnabqXMB8KReV5mSOEkrgyAVpg6imDe7kCiK0-9xe00vLG65rqy_3UGcQR0VAsBXoukAn__EymitMHgpxtD4VNF8gMzCROvvo6W_-M/s400/DSCN6864.JPG)
Foxglove, or digitalis.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxOodIq5FQ9CnEA9uDNdVZtqd2nRYNJnZXtvzYXcr6isH4cBQygWDkyzohnFSa-B3NZZOl3sRNPB55zZbvAh6ERS0gNT2xS7yn0aaUEfxvURaH99VIHoz9pGzK89N4HMFtlMFfUsI8VSy/s400/DSCN6866.JPG)
Larkspur.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9WZKJ_rlMPHEAoJMDTmrA3Jj-NMJ_iWDdihtQuX44np4WCe6Ald85u8ccjDgozt0HtBSHAp_NXMq3akRBl2tyOdH0EiTCsOrmMwr8J5xo9LBw5LMnvDX0wAWMJVjmRHGgBv8xfhAOrPuI/s400/DSCN6881.JPG)
Mar, this pic is 90 degrees off.
Should've been vertical.
I think you might have this rose.
My friend Marion wants the name of it.
Please let me know, if you can.
I'm thinking English Rose?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQAQiAMpsxUed-HPkngoYAI80JsY5NORTUEtqIgAaBm1c-ddkAxTA6ZJEXUhmTWrrCBj8hZ4_ijkE7jQilo679JzhR4wBFYTZ7xt5XGtzuW-B6Nkh4-FKqWd9HqIYAN12xEPXZ6QIGOmS/s400/DSCN6884.JPG)
I want some peppermint candy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRGuw12Wfx6DX45910priP9utX9AVPlsS1hAcxjZplCM9x9VmtVgFm3kISjaDL-yZkDVMr7QWm5CMMj6kFnhaR9hb-1hZIjInqzkSp45B8baHACMOdlrsn4BCr4lffk8xF74LX1bjCcth/s400/DSCN6898.JPG)
Purple and white larkspur.
Orange poppy.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihecPcRHaaT9PBk7Pr7CmP1EMby02_tQvC1Ul29xFV6VFgLhh9WBH0vPxaNNAJ3910LOz9rbPT-ooRW2ubOuzw8fV6db7OkdOuKb-gwmxLA2vOTqrn7KnRXwQHAwP3Pe35jdaIf1qY5Yrl/s400/DSCN6901.JPG)
Larkspur and ice plant.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_eFY3aMz1CT4vZjt_OxEOD_c7IpfdorBoCbg7JioYOlIQ79AK1cE7wJs95lvViCKbmEHTy0lckM10AQ5mlEe3wSAuJfsoQPe_yYB3Sbb7RKlv-jBChtvjpFiWfBYyISNcNg7-D-Tik8kL/s400/DSCN6904.JPG)
Hydrangea, money plant, larkspur.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyLrwoN0yZEsdduO8HijKwigolpMC_mVmrXDRo1E8HNhsaXauhyqFdePf9TcxV7CNNdXQTuZ7C9pBSULylVWof2zwW7YHccvY4ZgyfoHiAUDpHMVKrGb4lYu-xV_EYpEBWP8IQJZQ9SFI/s400/DSCN6905.JPG)
When you have broken pots,
make some yard whimsy.
Bury the broken part
and fill with overflowing
fulgurite.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6FK1lKztPnFKuP6yqiDQyT0l77EJD-8y5Npo8E8boXkcnz-bQ5AvsQ7VubcGSVrlU5ftLuUqv4xkugolo2LJ82nFXqHEKrPtxLTXnjNducmm0ypaijVFGZm_nfSf_4DHWtl0fJSZfA9um/s400/DSCN6906.JPG)
What?
You don't have a collection of fulgurite?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ECwC0dBRD8BuIMap_WkJE_0Q0z_Sjh5OcIBQRgclANO57nqS3hzJYmASOvwU5xCXsbgABM1bkd5Gsl4hdC5D_jOt-RSU-zyqmOPkNn2rWtjWLeBrtrh3gh0RpNrj2BVHZar8AgSKen67/s400/DSCN6907.JPG)
Shamrocks.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl_9US30UhvdAHkBSvIKtuldbLsrai-9lMLuO76GuO3NnVQyQV8QCKkbSUYio-LxGPlJ5lX7nuyHYXSi-ixvc_lbHTDekBB22Q0kuHf03obEW_hJ6dP-wuTpsuNpYAoMIWidvchVY6B4u/s400/DSCN6908.JPG)
Lobelia.
Thank you for joining me.
10 comments:
You have a beautiful garden, Rosie. I always love seeing photos of it.
The hollyhock is definitely a hollyhock. http://www.gardening-tips-perennials.com/hollyhocks.html
It is just a single-flowering bloom rather than a double-flowering bloom.
I will have to get back to you on the other flowers.
Your white flower is a Penstemon digitalis. http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/fx_penstemonx.htm and the yellow flower is a type of yellow aster (daisy). I have been unable to find the exact variety. Coreopsis plants all have squared, fringed petals, so it is not a coreposis.
And finally, the blue/purple flower appears to be Iberis umbrellata. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/226/ Click on the pictures on the side panel at the link. Who knew there were so many types of Iberis (candytuft)?
I love your garden.
Your flowers are beautiful. bitch.
And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Love,
you know who
Bitch, I love you too!
Rosie, you need to trust me. That is indeed a hollyhock. Different varieties can and do have different leaf shapes. Check out this link to see leaves that are similar to your hollyhock. http://www.underwoodgardens.com/Hollyhock/products/24/
Rosie,
Thanks for sharing your gardent with us. Some day, we will have to come see it in person.
The two English (or David Austin)roses that I have that are similar to that rose are Pat Austin (more of an apricot colored-rose) and Golden Celebration (yellow, of course).
Mr. P., I'd love for you and Mar to visit. I'm still trying to get up to Indiana some time. It's penciled in.
;)
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