Out in the garden this weekend

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fenceberry
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Out in the garden this weekend

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This is Blue Umbrellas tucked away between some golden barberry bushes and day lilies.
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First Frost with the yellow border,Tracy's Emerald Cup, and the yellow one is Copa Cabana. All from Chris and doing wonderfully.
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Very nice and tidy! Thanks for the pics.
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Nice to see some pics from you! Tell us more about Copa Cobana! I haven't seen that one in a garden.
Does it take some sun? They all look marvelously healthy.
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fenceberry
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Thanks! Copa doesn't really get a lot of direct sun at my house, maybe a little in the late afternoon. It's about 3 years old now and I'm really happy with the way it looks.
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This is one of my favorites: Spritzer
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And here is Northland Queen with Jurassic Park looming in the background.
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Do you have a closer pic of Tracy's Emerald Cup? I just added that one this year because I went a little overboard with the golds, blues, and variegated ones...needed a few interesting green ones to balance things out. How long have you had TEC and how big do you think it will get? Would you say it's slug resistant? I haven't been able to find a lot of info online about that one.
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TEC needs to move, she's running out of breathing room with Guardian Angel and Copa Cabana crashing in. TEC is 3 years old so will probably get a bit bigger yet. I have a slug problem period, none of my hostas are exempt.

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I just ran out and took this photo (and a few others). It is getting dark so the flash went off, and it is sprinkling a bit. I think the flash is kind of reflected in the water droplets.
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Not even First Frost is exempt? That one, and most of the other Halcyon related ones I have, are just about the ONLY ones that can stand up to my slug problem...which is a mighty bad problem! Your FF is beautiful- mine is looking good this year, but has a long way to go before looking like that.
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