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White Rose Monday, Jun 16 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography, roses 21:35
I have to figure out how to take rose cuttings. This is one of our oldest roses, buried for years at the head of the drive; it must have been planted after the highway was shifted, so after 1935, but probably not too much later. It is tolerant of shade, incredibly winter hardy, more so than the other old roses which died nearly to the ground*. It is also free of pests (though that might be because there are no other roses near it), mildly fragrant, about five feet tall, and once blooming. In my opinion, it is pretty much what a white rose ought to look like. It has no suggestion of rugosa heritage, the best I can tell it is the true alba semi-plena: the white rose of York.
*Sadly, this means that they won’t flower this year since unlike the modern roses, they apparently bloom on last year’s growth.
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Chipmunks Wednesday, Jun 11 2014
Modern Photos and Trees chipmunks, gardening 14:26
Home sweet home! The redbud has some rather nice hollows in it, close access to the bird feeder and some spruce trees…what’s not to like? Look closely at the center of the first photo…. now if they would stay out of the vegetable garden!
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A walk Friday, Jun 6 2014
Esperanza and gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos and Trees gardening, landscapes, photography 20:11
I have been badly remiss these last few weeks with this blog, other paying priorities in the way.
In any case, to make up for it, here is a short walk around what one might think of as the inner circle of the property:
Last light of May Thursday, May 29 2014
Esperanza and Landscapes and Modern Photos landscapes, photography 20:25
Another view of the lawn a few days ago…the temptation to start playing with modern art installations is clearly strong! That chair, by the way, is probably getting on for a century in age….
Lest We Forget Monday, May 26 2014
Esperanza and Modern Photos memorial day, photography 22:19
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Purple Iris Friday, May 16 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, iris, photography 22:19
A difficult color to work with as it can look too dark and funereal, additionally, the plants are short, no more than 8 inches, so they can look a little odd in the wrong spot; but the structural effects of the leaves are fun! The purple, silver, green with sharp edges has a definite impact in the right spot…now if we could Just Find that spot!
Dwarf Japanese horsechestnut Tuesday, May 13 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography 21:33
Possibly. That is. We have two very slow growing horse chestnut of Chinese/Japanese ancestry. Never precisely identified! Very elegant cream/gold flowers, spectacular pink buds in the spring, about 15 feet by 15 feet at close to forty plus years old. A few years ago I managed to get a nut from one to actually sprout, hopefully it will grow. At the moment it is still at the stage of having just one massive terminal bud each year, which makes one nervous.
Here is the flower bud from one of the original ones a few days ago, that flower will eventually be 6 inches tall:
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Happy Accidents Saturday, May 10 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, photography, tulips 22:03
We were most surprised the other year by these tulips…they were supposed to be pink! But they certainly do work.
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Trillium grandiflorum Monday, May 5 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening 22:51
Very, very slow this year…and for the last few years somewhat unhappy in their original location, not sure if it is the mass of hemlock roots, the overabundance of leucojum, or the bishop’s weed, or all three. The question is whether we chance trying to move some more of them. They don’t like that.
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