This blog is about my garden and the outdoors. I am new to photography but I am trying to show some of the pretty things that grow here in Michigan. I love the wild things who visit me and I dont mind if they eat a bit here and there. I like it more if they let me take their picture. As time goes on I think I will try to show you around the beautiful area that I live in as well as my garden. I try to use my own pictures as much as possible but will also use pictures from the web. If I inadvertently use your photo or work without permission please email me and I will remove it or give credit if you prefer. I will give credit when I know who the owner is. I would ask that anyone using my pictures do the same.
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Friday, June 1, 2012

End of May...............

Well it is certainly the end of May, today is June 1st. I want to post some pictures from yesterday. My Clematis is doing very well this year. I have never had much luck with them before but this year its coming along nice. It likes the spot I chose. The roots down shaded by a shrub and now its stronger it is climbing nice and flowering well.

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I am fascinated with the insides of flowers. Notice how the lines draw the pollinators in to the place they need to go.

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This picture is nice I thought.

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I bought another Icelandic poppy because I just loved the orange one
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The white one is so pretty though and I do know they have other colours, so if they do well I will get more.

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My roses are budding. I have no idea how they will do this year. I have problems with black spot. Well I started off with aphids and just sprayed for that. I wonder if it will help with black spot?
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I just hope they last long enough for the buds to open, we have been having cold nights, enough for frost.

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My old farm rose is fully open now.

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Flowering shrubs really help make the garden full of colour, at least for a time

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This is the one the Clematis is friends with. I also have it in red. I tend to buy things that do well in different colours. That way I wont be wasting money.

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This is the red one that is in the front garden and it likes the Iris.

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I am trying to make my garden butterfly friendly.

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Some of the other plants are not out yet. My Butterfly bush and the Milkweed are no way ready yet. Still I have seen more butterflys this year than the last couple of years. Thats great. I hope they keep coming back. I have yet to see the Hummingbirds. Here is a closer look at the Iris again

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I am pleased and surprised to see the Azalea doing as well as it is. I am thinking of getting another one for in between the pines. This one seems to like the soil.

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Zinnias are doing well and I have not planted them yet. They are still in their little pots, sitting in a bigger pot. I do have some in my container out front though.

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1 comment:

My Little Home and Garden said...

You have a lot of beautiful plants and colours in your garden. Lovely.