May 17, 2008

• Flowery Saturday

  Well folks, the finally diagnosed peony plant has bloomed over night.  It isn’t as full of blooms as I had first guessed.  I thought six, but there are actually only four.  It’s next to a bird bath to give you an idea of the smallness of the bush.  That’s monkey grass around it.  (BTW I hate that stuff!)
  

  In the same front plant area (my front porch) there is a bush I LOVE but can’t identify.  If I knew what it was, I’d buy more.  It’s grows all on its own and quite prolifically, stays green in the winter (VERY unusual for  ANYTHING in Oklahoma!), and the “needles” are actually very soft fern-like leaves.  Can anyone identify this bush?
  

  The final thing I can show you that I grow (only because it’s hardy and requires nothing from me!!!!!) is my climbing roses in the back of the house.  They were here when we bought the house and do very well all summer long.
  

  If you look closely you can see that the wine red roses are intermingled with a peach or coral colored rose.

  
  Apparently a former homeowner planted two plants or this one just grew two colors like fraternal twins!

  Now I will share with all of  you the flowers I “CAN grow” the best.  I would even go so far as to say they are my specialty!!!! 

  The silk arrangement I used on my birthday table in April.  Actually this was made in spring of 2007.  See how well they are still doing????!!!!
  

  The silk wedding bouquet Stephanie carried in 1992, which resides on Rissy’s dresser.
  

  And finally the two wall florals Rissy has on a wall at the side of her bed. 

  They are almost as old as the bouquet pictured above.  This one has birds in it (you can see one at the bottom) and is covered with silk ivy and silk flowers.
  

  And the last one was a heart-shaped wreath made from twigs and I covered it with silk flowers.
  

  The wedding bouquet, and the two wreaths fit in perfectly with Rissy periwinkle painted bedroom and floral bedspread.

  THESE are my successful plants.  Poor Jesse got a gift of a bonsai garden for his birthday one December and it was dead by March.  How in the world do you kill a bonsai garden?  They require almost no maintenance!  And to think, I used to grow indoor plants and had more cuttings to give away from them than Carter has little liver pills!

  I guess now I raise children and not plants.  Yeah!  That’s a good excuse! 

  I raise CHILDREN!!!!!!

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