What lovely flowers! That lilac looks like our dwarf Korean lilac. I like that they bloom after the regular lilacs and last so much longer. :) And I have to remember to grow moss roses again--I forgot how much I like them. :)
I was wondering a bit about our lilac - it doesn't have quite the same smell as a regular lilac - is that typical of a dwarf Korean, too? The smell is still pretty, but not as strong. And is a portulaca the same as a moss rose? I'm learning to love flowers! And even gardening.....I think.....the jury's still out on that one!
Yes, the smell of a dwarf Korean lilac is different than the smell of the common lilac. And the flowers are spread all over the canopy of the bush, not concentrated at the top. A portulaca is the same as a moss rose, yes. My mom always called them moss roses.
Aaaaah - Rich said that, not me! what a brat - "10 flowers.....exhausted..." my foot! To answer your Q with some honesty, we have a few flower gardens, none of which are very big. I planted more than 10 flowers, did some hanging baskets and a front step planter, a few tomato plants, Rich did hostas (and boy, was he exhausted....;) and a lot of weeding. Later I found out that some of my weeding ended up ridding our garden of hollyhocks.....oh well. I'm just learning :)
You guys are so funny! I miss you. (Didn't fool me for a second, Rich. :) And wow, those hostas are just killers, aren't they. Snicker.)
Sounds like you did a nice amount of gardening, Cher. I love doing the work and then sitting back and watching it grow! If you keep at it here and there, the weeding isn't too bad. Too bad about the hollyhocks! I like them so much, and I only have one little one that I'm nursing along. I need to get some seeds from it and figure out where to put more of them in my teeny yard. :)
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What lovely flowers! That lilac looks like our dwarf Korean lilac. I like that they bloom after the regular lilacs and last so much longer. :) And I have to remember to grow moss roses again--I forgot how much I like them. :)
I was wondering a bit about our lilac - it doesn't have quite the same smell as a regular lilac - is that typical of a dwarf Korean, too? The smell is still pretty, but not as strong. And is a portulaca the same as a moss rose? I'm learning to love flowers! And even gardening.....I think.....the jury's still out on that one!
Yes, the smell of a dwarf Korean lilac is different than the smell of the common lilac. And the flowers are spread all over the canopy of the bush, not concentrated at the top. A portulaca is the same as a moss rose, yes. My mom always called them moss roses.
How big is your garden?
It's huge.... I had to plant 10 flowers in it and I was exhausted!!!
Aaaaah - Rich said that, not me! what a brat - "10 flowers.....exhausted..." my foot! To answer your Q with some honesty, we have a few flower gardens, none of which are very big. I planted more than 10 flowers, did some hanging baskets and a front step planter, a few tomato plants, Rich did hostas (and boy, was he exhausted....;) and a lot of weeding. Later I found out that some of my weeding ended up ridding our garden of hollyhocks.....oh well. I'm just learning :)
You guys are so funny! I miss you. (Didn't fool me for a second, Rich. :) And wow, those hostas are just killers, aren't they. Snicker.)
Sounds like you did a nice amount of gardening, Cher. I love doing the work and then sitting back and watching it grow! If you keep at it here and there, the weeding isn't too bad. Too bad about the hollyhocks! I like them so much, and I only have one little one that I'm nursing along. I need to get some seeds from it and figure out where to put more of them in my teeny yard. :)
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