This was Saturday morning at the boat ramp by the MacRae’s Bait ShopI
Trucks and trailers were parked all over the place when we went back down to work our 2-hour shift at the Old Homosassa Heritage Council’s booth. I especially hate that they park on the sidewalks. Grrrrrrrrr..
But here’s Sunday morning.
What??? Where is everyone? We drove out of Old Homosassa later that morning and no trucks and trailers.
When I started designing the garden for the front door, I had every intention of having all blue and white flowers. Cool, calm, tranquil.
White AzaleasRose of Sharon
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Lily of the Nile
Several years ago I bought two beautiful blue hydrangeas to add to the mix. But those hydrangeas defied me and turned pink by the next year. I should have expected it since there is so much limestone in our soil and that’s what turns them pink. I tried adding garden sulpher which is supposed to turn them blue and probably accounts for the blooms being anywhere from pink to purple to blue. Quite lovely.
Kind of blueish
So I finally gave up on the blue and white garden and have just thrown pink in there willy-nilly.
Hydrangeas are at the top of my list for flowering plants. They always reward me with beautiful blooms–pink or blue or some variation. And they make it through the coldest winter and hottest summer. They do like a lot of water which is on the negative side to me.
From the two blue plants I bought initially, I now have eleven. The other nine, I started with branches from the first two plants, coated the cut end with rooting compound and then stuck them in pots of miracle gro potting soil.
I did buy one more hydrangea. There weren’t any blooms on it so I asked about the color and the guy at the nursery said–it starts out green, turns to pink, and then ends up blue.
I highly doubted that but bought it anyhow.
It’s pink.
It’s not in that “blue and white” garden so it doesn’t matter. And it is the most wonderful hydrangea ever. The blooms are HUGE. When I cut these for the house, one fills the whole vase. And it lasts for over a week without any care.
Okay. One more hydrangea. This one Michelle gave me. It’s a shooting star.
I’ve attempted to root this one several times with no success. I saw a video on the “Southern Living” website that says to just take a branch, put it across the top of a planter with potting soil and weigh it down with a rock. In two months–a new hydrangea. So I’m planning to try that method with this one.
After a crazy busy week we decided to just stay home this weekend. And look how lovely the gardens are!
DayliliesMore DayliliesGrape Tomatoes. The squirrels don’t like these so I’m trying them again!Pink HydrangeaPlumeria, in another week or two this will burst forth in color and scent.The first black-eyed susan this year. These girls are volunteers, they just reseed forever.I stuck these Peace Lilies in the ground years ago. A plant that someone sent me when my dad passed away.Planted it because I was going out of town and wouldn’t be able to water it. And look at it now! (There’s been a bit of care and division since then!)Just one of many pots that I drag into the shed every time the temperature drops in February. I’m richly rewarded in the spring but must admit I don’t know how that one white caladium popped up!
Trucks and trailers were parked all over the place when we went back down to work our 2-hour shift at the Old Homosassa Heritage Council’s booth. I especially hate that they park on the sidewalks. Grrrrrrrrr..
What??? Where is everyone? We drove out of Old Homosassa later that morning and no trucks and trailers.
