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A Visit to Cistus Nursery

I rarely go to nurseries anymore since I work part-time at one and another reason being that I don't have much room for additional plants. When a garden fanatic runs out of room, the brain goes into overdrive, dreaming up ingenious ways to incorporate more plants. And another thing happens - a burning desire to obtain rare and unique plants. I've been moving plants around, a tricky process that has a domino effect. A plant is unhappy - it is getting too much shade or perhaps too much sun. There is a plant that did not get as large as you thought it would or it is just a slow grower and now it is hopelessly hidden behind a taller plant. Sometimes a plant is just a dud for reasons unknown (Rhododendron 'Golden Gate' anyone?). I find the plant in question a better home, but it means that another plant will have to be moved. And the merry-go-round continues to turn... However, for those plants that are to be discarded, a space opens up for a new one! I decided to move a Mou...

Red, White & Blue

Happy 4th!

The Red -
sweet-peas
Sweet Peas


rose-kardinal-colorscape
Rose 'Kardinal Kolorscape'
fuchsia-cardinal
Fuchsia 'Cardinal'


rose-home-run
Rose 'Home Run'

The White -
gypsophila
Baby's Breath (Gypsophila)

hydrangea-incrediball
Hydrangea 'Incrediball'

clematis-armandii
Clematis armandii


fuchsia-hawkshead
Fuchsia 'Hawkshead'


shasta-daisy
Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum)


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Rose 'Climbing Iceberg'


persicaria-red-dragon
Fleece Flower (Persicaria 'Red Dragon')


nicotiana-fragrant-cloud
Nicotiana 'Fragrant Cloud'


hydrangea-ruby-slippers
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers'


hydrangea-snowflake
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake'


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Hosta 'Rainforest Sunrise'


sourwood-tree
Sourwood Tree (Oxydendrum)

And The Blue -


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Hydrangea 'Nikko Blue'


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Hydrangea 'Bloomstruck'


clematis-durandi
Clematis durandii

geranium-rozanne
Geranium 'Rozanne'


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. Happy 4th of July Phillip. Your red white and blue choices are perfect for a patriotic theme. I love the way the nicotiana is flirting with Pan peeking over his shoulder.

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  2. I am so glad you did this. It took five hours to appear on my blog list. We need to celebrate the good things today. Blue was the hardest color for me to find, mostly found in the sky color (didn't post it.)

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  3. So pretty: your flowers are worth celebrating.

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  4. Your flowers are beautiful! Love that you shade blue flowers to add to this post. They are hard to find.

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