Oh The Color Red!!

 

That Time Of Year!

 When you bring in pots 

with a hitchhiker in the pot!

While bring in the front 

door flowering maples I 

sat them down after bring 

them in.  To my surprise

Onyx cornered a frog by 

the front door.  She knew 

it didn't belong in her

domain! 

I had to get it out of the 

house fast and give it a

good home in the greenhouse.

The minute it was placed in

a pot it just took off!  The 

door is wide open for now

out there so we will watch

the front area to see if it 

returns.

The same frog was found

over a week ago in some

hanging pots and had to 

be removed when they

were cut back and put away.

10/21/2025

Today while cutting the grass

back there sat that frog again.

He looked a little cold and I told

him I have a nice warm greenhouse

that he could live in!  He decided

to stay in the grass.

The Yard Is Disappearing

 Today I started cutting back plants to

get ready for the junk we deal with in 

the fall from neighboring trees.  

Sorry you missed it!  There is next 

year.

9/21/2025

Today was my day to take cuttings and cut 

the Flowering Maples back before putting 

them in the greenhouse.

9/22/2025

Today it was getting some of the 

Perennial Hibiscus cutting taken

before they are cut back.  I had

already taken most of the PH Luna

white with red center ones down.

9/23/2025

It is also time to put down the

fall grass fertilizer and do the

last of the weeding.

What A Nice Man

 While at Home Depo yesterday a

man asked if he could help me 

load what I had purchased.  He 

saw it was a load and I had my 

hands full with Onyx.

It was so nice of him to offer and I

told him "no, I have it."  I said a

prayer as he walked away.  There

are people out there that offer 

to help.

What A Wind Storm!

 The yard is a total mess!  With

plant needing to be set back up

right several times today.

I have to bring in the last Brug

as it lost a bloom and cut the 

last of the A. Red Dragon down.

While in the garage and finding the leaves

had turned upward it was time to trim them

off.

I noticed that there is another flush coming on 

after these blooms.

So much for the clean street as the leaves 

from the east that have come down are not 

on our end of the circle.

9/17/2025

What a morning!  4 bags taken off the 

yard and another off the road in front 

of our property, that is all I'm doing!

When I was finishing a lady pulled up

and said I had a nice garden!  I was

tired as I just spent 4 hours cleaning up 

the yard, I was putting stuff  away and

had a headache with a bloody nose

again.

Again Please make an appt if you

want to see my yard.  But remember

this is a private garden and if we 

had a storm the next day I'll be out

cleaning up the storm damage.

It was nice to stand in my shower

as the dirt ran off me!  Nice day 

for a spa treatment.

Please make an appointment!

Newest Cross Perennial Hibiscus

 

Pure white with just a hint of pink.

We did a cross prior to this which end

in a pure white Perennial Hibiscus.

We have had her for 5 years now and shared

with a friend back east.   We are currently 

seeing on offered and they are calling theirs

PH Marshmallow.

The same time we did this cross we also 

did another which we call Our Pink.

It is huge and this year was loaded 

with blooms.

 

Sometimes we are seeing more white 

in some of the blooms.

9/14/2025

 As of today I can proudly state I 

have put away 90% of the plants

that need protection.  Now I can

take cutting for next spring.

The yard is minus the Tropicals

but there is still plenty to see.

Our Clematises that were cut 

back in July are in full bloom!

These will be put away Oct. 1

in there protective hoop house.

Yes that is the third house we

have here as the winter months

they could use some protection

instead of leaving them out all

winter.

Enjoy your day!!  

9/21/2025

I can now state I'm 98% done!

Just have to start cuttings in the

next couple days.