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Rhododendron 'Blue Baron' Greetings from a wet, wet garden. In between rains, I've managed to get a few photos... (And sorry for the erratic quality of these. I have a new phone and still learning how to use it. Some of these are from the phone and others from my camera). Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium' ('Dancing Peacock') Flowering Currant ( Ribes sanguineum ) 'King Edward VII' Clematis 'Stolwijk Gold' is beautiful for the first time after languishing in the garden for five years. Turns out, it is all my fault. This is a clematis that should not be cut to the ground in early spring. You live and learn, and I know that I will never understand the rules of pruning clematis.  Clematis 'Stolwijk Gold'  Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie' - the aucuba that doesn't really look like the others.  But what a fine shrub this is, especially for shady situations. This was planted in 2019 and didn't grow much for the first few years but n...

Hints of Fall



A weekend of hazy skies from distant fires and hot and humid days. But change is in the air and we even got a trace of rain - a whopping 0.4 inch - overnight Sunday. 

I can feel the change and I love it. A crisp feeling in the air, overcast skies and, when the sun is shining, stark shadows and lazy rays from the sun. I love autumn almost as much as I love spring.

All these elements are especially noticeable in the early morning sunlight -













Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Your fall garden is both colorful and relatively floriferous, Phillip. With our long heatwave behind us at last, I'm hoping it'll feel more like fall here soon too but then we often more blasts of heat well into October.

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  2. Fall is my favorite season too. The blooming Persicaria in the first photo is splendid.
    chavli

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