Double Take

I was out poking around my flower beds tonight and found this Gingersnap rose bloom. It appears to have a double bud on one flower. Looks pretty neat. :)

Many Faces

It is raining a lot today, not really suitable weather for walking around outside adn taking pictures. So I'm digging through the archives (okay, from this weekend) and have this lovely picture of my Gingersnap rose. I am fascinated by this rose. It starts out a vibrant, rich orange and fades to palest peach. Here it is in a in-between stage. This is one of my most photogenic roses, along with Elle. This is its first year, I can't wait to see what it does next year.

Gingersnap

Gingersnap is the rose that I planted when my baby girl was born. I am growing much fonder of orange flowers, and there was something that seemed fitting to honor her with. These start out a very vibrant orange color and fade to a pale peach color. It is planted in front of our bedroom window and I like to tie back the curtains and see it while I'm in there in the mornings.

Front Yard Happenings 8/2/08

Why just the front yard you might ask? Yesterday Maw was looking out the back window and he said "What the heck is that"? That was a.....skunk. Somehow it must have squeezed under the back fence where it crosses the run-off ditch. So I find myself not that curious about what's going on in the back yard, although I did go and check to make sure that it was clear this morning. You never can tell what might be lurking around the corner after all. Actually I went out front to get some pictures and intended to see what was going on in the back, but Quickbeam had enough of her mama wandering around outside and made it clear that she was tired of waiting. So I figured the back yard would be for tomorrow.


These are some of my Gingersnap roses. They are very vibrant orange when they first bloom, but as they start aging they fade into beautiful peach and cream colors.



This is the Rozanne Cranesbill geranium blooming out in my "shade" garden area.

This is a bloom getting ready to come out on my black-stemmed elephant ears. I was very surprised to see it bloom last year, and moreso this year. I thought they hadn't survived the winter, but they came back from runners. I didn't think that it would bloom again this year because of the challenging start, but apparently it got over it. :)

And finally, although it isn't blooming, here is my Japanese Painted Fern, dappled in sunlight. It seems to be much happier now that I transplanted it from the container.

What's Blooming 7/3/08

Here is Gingersnap, still plugging away.

A battered but still cheerful Black Eyed Susan

Sweet Alyssum in the gravel pathway

Thankfully the holiday weekend is here and I am glad for it. When I got home from work, Quickbeam and I went for a quick tour around the backyard to see what was blooming. My whole purpose with most of my plantings has been to find those that do well without a lot of water or attention and that seems to be paying off. Anything that needs a lot of pampering will die out quickly in my garden. :)

I have some plans to do gardening stuff this weekend, we'll see how far I get. I want to get some hoop supports for my floppy dahlias. I want to plant the items from the shade container at the back side of the flowerbed under my rose and camellia. I need to weed all around, and the filter in the pond needs to be changed out. I need to get some more bird seed in the feeder and get some mulch. So it is going to be a busy weekend if we get it all done. :)

Gingersnap

Here is Quickbeam's rose, finally opened up. :)