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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day September 2009

September 15, 2009

Annuals
Our growing season is so compressed, that most annuals are only now looking their best. My children like to grow zinnias every year, and the bright colors of Renee’s Garden Crayon Color Zinnias really appeal to them. They like both the Cool and the Hot. (As a member of the GWA, I received the [...]

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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day October 2008

October 15, 2008

The double colchicums, which are later blooming, are at their peak:

Colchicum autumnale ‘Alboplenum’ is very floriferous and looks fantastic growing through dark foliage.
[caption id="attachment_1271" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Here's a closeup of those colchicums in the lilac-forsythia hedge."][/caption]

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Pretty in Pink?

October 11, 2006
Colchicum Lilac Wonder

This is a section of the Birthday Garden, which is a somewhat raised bed sandwiched between the driveway and the house. At the base of the stone wall, looking rather pale, are some Colchicum byzantinum. Above them is an unknown chrysanthemum, which Debi Lampman of Bedlam Gardens in King Ferry, NY gave to me this [...]

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