Hallson Gardens

An up close look at that rejuvenated lilac. Interesting as
to how its color is shown on those early buds. It won't bloom
this year,however; next year, perhaps.


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Now here's a glimpse of my south border, taken this afternoon: a pruned Nanking cherry prunus tomentosa in bloom; a severely pruned-back magenta-flowering lilac; primulas- alternating reds and yellows; along with irises- BB ' Mostest ' - up front: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/pla...

Went over the pine lightly to finish my pruning for the year.


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The yew hedge should make a good backdrop for the blooming shrubs
to the front of it.

Offers showing up in the mailbox, that's what i look forward to. For example,I received Schreiner's 2010 catalogue a few days ago showing this beauty as its cover girl. http://www.schreinersgardens.com/miva/graphics/00000001/twilightrapture.jpg TB Twilight Rapture It's available for a measly $75.00....

And here's a placid late winter view from the dining room window - pre-dawn spring, if you may, and the crocuses won't show for over a month. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0063A.jpg This spot has been muched with shredded maple leaves. I hope a fern I set ou...

Did the cherry bush this morning, and here's the net effect. Both bushes-the cherry and lilac- were cut back to 38 inches and will be left alone until this time next year: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0062A.jpg The cherry bush required heavy loppers instead...

In my next available time slot, I'll do the Nanking cherry
with hedge shears.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0060A.jpg I may as well confess that I've had the matsu zukuri style in mind from the start, when I set in this tree while it was a potted Christmas tree years ago. Back then, though, I didn't know the name of that style -- Ion...

Now's a good time for pruning the lilac, when I can see what I'm doing. Here I'm lowering this bush so as to have flowers at eye level and to keep it shorter than the yew hedge and the lower branch of an apple tree just behind it. They bloom at about the same time. Neat concept, eh? Before: http://i...

Our small yard is home to three nesting families: a cardinal, a chickadee, and the common finch, which I didn't think it could handle. The four cardinals shown are one family. Other birds show up at the feeder from elsewhere. Here are a couple of winter views of the East border taken this morning. h...

Here's a The imagehosting.com link: Flowering Crab , or: My Picture .. I'm not impressed; I want only the picture. This site gives advertising with my photo. And there's no way to get around it. ImageShack is the way to go... I used this site a couple of times before realizing this is how it operate...

We get color in the garden in mid winter, Linda; look here. The east border is home to the resident cardinals year round. They feed on the dining room's window ledge throughout the day. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0048A.jpg They've been around for as far b...

:D Linda, you do have a way with flowers ! I'll bet you that dear MIL is as happy to see your garden come to life this spring as you are. I know where you're coming from, GT. Our home reeks of Ben-Gay tm during garden season. I'm gonna get this crocus border completed in spite of the squirrels! They...

Then there are the crocuses. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0044A.jpg April 2009 photo enlarges http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0045A.jpg April 2008 photo enlarges Crocuses provide the season's first, and oh, so welcome...

Now that's an impressive stand of daylilies you have there, g.t.;like, hemerocallii factorial! Beautiful! Re my post on a different thread: Here's a springtime view of my West Border: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0001A.jpg click on pic for a fullscreen view...

Filling available space with perennials is as of yet a Work In Progress, and so far irises and primulas have gotten traction in my intended scheme of a pattern of sorts; you know, think tapestry or carpet patterns, for example. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic...

Okay, I'm going to start off with the West Border, shown here as of today, my standard view from the side of the house. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0040A.jpg photo enlarges Not much to look at now, but I'll be pointing out the floral details later - what's...

Whereas the maple commands attention in the fall,
my flowering crab in the West Border dominates the scene
at springtime, in mid-May:



This is how it looked last spring.

LOL Linda that's a good one. Is any backyard complete without one or two of them? Anyway..... By the same token,I suppose, these buds on some white lilac bushes promise flowers this spring. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nekonomad/plantaholic/plantaholic0038A.jpg picture enlarges I'll show h...

I do believe my lilac hedge will start to seriously bloom this coming spring. Up to now, no flowers gloomed because over the years I trimmed off flowering growth to maintain an evened-out height as I added rooted suckers in the process of making a hedge . Here's the hedge as of today, now in winter ...