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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...

Daffodils


The daffodils are blooming along the streetside in front of our house. Every year I tell myself that I should add more but I'm thinking now that hellebores might be pretty sprinkled throughout the bare spots. Regardless of what I add, now is the time to decide where they should go because when the other plants fill out, there is no way of knowing.

Winter lingers with cold temperatures and rainy weather. Hopefully warmer temperatures on the way...

Everybody finds our huge mailbox humorous. I wanted the biggest one that I could find because we mail out and receive lots of packages and the last thing I want to do is stand in line at the post office. Two different mail carriers have told us it is there favorite box on their route. Ha!








Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. I love your mailbox! Ours is pretty large too - and it requires a key to access the contents, which says something about the world we live in. My daffodils are peaking at the moment, after finally getting several days here and there with warmer temperatures. I hope yours follow suit.

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  2. Looks like just barely spring where you are. The Daffs are so bright and cheerful--they must lift the spirits of passers by--and the mail carriers--on cloudy days.

    Mailbox is great--you never know when you'll need to mail order a new plant, and its best to be prepared!

    Here we're several weeks later than last year. I'm fine with that--not looking forward to dry, hot weather.

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  3. The Daffs look great along the fence... so have you marked the spots for either more bulbs or Hellebores?
    Chavli

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