I never touched a plant till Pat and I moved to Cleveland from Chicago. Our house came with trees and trees and more trees. it also came with overgrown landscaping that hadn't been tended to for 15 years. Pat's always been the gardener. I love hanging out with Pat and I know how to use a shovel. Along the way I discovered a love of gardening. But first, We had to take 12 trees down and 40 dead bushes out. Hosta, ligularia, and sedum are my favorite plants.
Our yard is clay. Clay, clay and more clay. Clay all the way to the center of the earth. The people at the conservation district told us that " we're at the wrong end of the glacier". I nodded the nod of the intimidated and have repeated it ever since. We are true belivers in sweet peet and work in 15 yards every spring. Our back yard faces north and is a good 6 feet lower than the house. Most of the back yard is moist year round. Except for the north east corner, the yard is under shade or partial shade. The front yard is mainly sunny. We are in zone 5b.
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Beautiful ~ what are they, this gardener from the tropical zones wants to know.
FlowerLady
Jeez, I can't believe it's May. On the 31st I'll be 29 years old. And I'll be 29 for the next 10 years ;)
It sure has beautiful blooms.Pretty May flowers. Is it a quince?
Well, Happy May Day to you! Awesome flowers...you should have posted that on Noel's hot, loud,and proud meme.
lovely quince flowers. Mine is salmon pink just now - do you ever cook the yellow fruits Jim?
aloha,
i love quince blooms, the macro shots look great!
this is such a nice colorful flower too!
FlowerLady and Lona, it is a quince.
Leavesnbloom, I never thought to cook the fruit. Very cool idea.
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