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Sunday, March 18, 2012

What's Blooming?


Blue Ground Covers


Speedwell

I have it greatly magnified here as it is quite delicate.


Lithodora

My shot is not doing this ground cover justice. This flowers are a true dark blue and it skims the ground like a proper ground cover should. This one quadrupled in size since last summer. I like it so much I planted two more today because they are on sale at Lowe's.


Our pink camellia has produced more blooms this years than ever before and still has buds.

Patio Peach

That is an enormous carpenter bee taking a drink. We planted several non-fruit bearing fruit trees last year to back up our native dogwoods which are diseased.

Southern Dogwood

We have four in the front pictured here and the largest one over our back patio. We hope they live a long time.


We have dogwoods in view from any front window of the yellow house.
We did not trim our crepe myrtles this year. That slipped by us. I do almost all the yard work including cutting the grass with a push mower and Joe trims trees. Sometimes we do not get to all the tasks in the correct time frame.


Spirea

I call it Bridal Veil Spirea. I rescued it from a big box store, unmarked, two years ago and this year I finally realized what it is. My beloved aunt had one and I am thrilled I have this one.


Amaryllis

I force them at Christmas then plant them in the garden. They will bloom in two summers this way but every year after that. This one will have three bloom in about two weeks.

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In other happenings here CC went back to college this morning after church. For many reasons her leaving today was terribly hard for both of us. I literally hugged  her to pieces during the last song in church. We enjoyed her spring break very much, not that we did anything that was special other than be together, pet Clovis, talk, and then talk some more.

joy and peace
Olive

 


30 comments:

  1. Bridal veil is so beautiful as is speedwell.
    Blessings to CC as she returns to school. And to you.

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  2. Isn't spending time with your kids just the BEST!!
    My son & his wife moved to Arkansas this weekend & had the nerve to take my grandbaby with them!!
    My daughter still lives in GA but is over an hour away.
    I appreciate every visit I have with them!
    ♥'s
    Sherry

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  3. I love bridal veil, my grandmother and mother both had them! And spring breaks are meant for just hanging out and savoring one another's company! We did the same with our son this week while he was off. Your yard is beautiful!

    Kat :)

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  4. It's nice to see some garden colour, even though I don't have much just yet!
    -Karen

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  5. Your garden colours are beautiful! I just have snowdrops and crocus in bloom so far. ~ Maureen

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  6. It is all so pretty, Olive. This early warm weather is making it all come out so fast.

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  7. Hi Olive, your garden is absolutely beautiful! I only wish mine was as beautiful as yours. I spent some time outside yesterday...weeding! I'm so glad that you had a wonderful visit with your daughter. I know how you feel about her leaving. I feel that way every time my daughter leaves who now lives in North Carolina with her military husband. Enjoy your evening, Gail

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  8. what great color in your gardens. just beautiful!! (:

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  9. I love the Speedwell. It is gorgeous!

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  10. Olive, Your lawn , flowers and trees look wonderful. Joe and you are doing a great job. I know you will miss your sweet girl. I have spent time with 3 of my daughers this weekend. Thank goodness, I had my other daughter here last weekend. My daughters have been my best gift in life.Smiles to you, xoxo, Susie(She Junks)

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  11. Beautiful, beautiful blossoms. Flowering trees are beginning to bloom here. Yeah!
    Mary Alice

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  12. Lots of prettiness in your garden!It is hard on me everytime my boys leave and they are in their 30's now!! Boy am I a big baby!! have a great day!!

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  13. Olive, everything is looking so pretty already! The camellia is so pretty, I don't have those in my garden. Have a great week, Laura

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  14. Just hangin out is the best kind of vacation-special enough in itself. Love, love, love your cottage abode! I would be in heaven!

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  15. So much growing and blooming. Is it an early spring for you, too?

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  16. Beautiful blooms. Those camellia flowers are so lovely.

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  17. I love your house. So pretty and yeah for those of us who do our own yard work. I love being out there. And I hope CC is okay. Raising these grown daughters is so hard. Life gets more complicated.

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  18. Your flowers are all so beautiful. We don't have anything blooming yet.

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  19. wow Olive! all I have is one little crocus in my lawn- think I should erase my post now...hehe
    Karen

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  20. Dear Olive - the flowers are so lovely to see again this Spring. Thank you for your help with photos, I did appreciate it, and hope your hospital visit goes OK.

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  21. The flowers are truly beautiful and it sounds like you have a very special relationship with CC-enjoy:@)

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  22. Oh Olive, gorgeous photos of your blossoms and your darling bits and bobs of yard art...the photo of the bee makes me smile it looks as if he were hugging the blossom.

    I hope CC had a safe trip back to school and today finds you safe and well.

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  23. I seem to be leaving the same comment everywhere this morning but it is true ' Hurrah for Spring'

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  24. Such pretty blooms! I'm starting to see buds on everything here. The lilac has them and several of the bushes. It was in the 70s yesterday here in the northeast! It make my heart lighter. Love your photos. Sorry you had to say goodbye to your girl.

    xo
    Claudia

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  25. Hey Olive, I am so glad you got the week with CC...I am jealous as my children are too old to come home for spring break..I know it will be hard to get used to her leaving again..time goes by way too fast..your yard is looking so pretty..and I hope your shoulder is feeling better..this early spring has a lot of us aching earlier than usual. :-)looking forward to your next installment about your life story..
    Love, Mona

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  26. Beautiful pictures Olive. You have quite the garden with lovely flowers and plants. I always trim my Crape Myrtle so I will be interested to see what yours does without the haircut. It's always hard when the kiddos leave... Ann

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  27. Well if my poor stuffy nose is any indication, lots of stuff is blooming!! You sure are living surrounded by beauty!!

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  28. So gorgeous Olive! I think we are a week behind you in terms of blooms and the trees leafing out. My Camelias have really bloomed a lot this year, as well.

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  29. Your house is so charming! I love how much property you have. It's so pretty and wooded. You have alot of nice flowering trees and shrubs. Love learning the names of some of the plants that I don't have.

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  30. Hi Olive. Sending hugs to you, as I know how much you will miss CC. Your yellow house is SO pretty. You must absolutely adore it. Lovely to see all the colour in the garden. Strangely enough I went out in the garden, taking photos of everything that is starting to bloom, and will be posting it tomorrow. Just petting Clovis and talking and talking sounds just the best to me!!

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I adore your comments. They are like finding unexpected chocolates. olive