The fun begins.

[redcrx]

Some others from yesterday.
My wife was cleaning some deck furniture and found this little guy. I always hear them but never see them. I thought they were green tree frogs but now I know they are grey tree frogs.

Grey Tree Frog

Journey's End starting to show its dark margin.

Journey's End

Night before Christmas - late unfurling and showing a yellow eye.

Night before Christmas

Bobbie Sue - two different looks.

Bobbie Sue

Gunther's Prize - I dug this one up last season and potted it when I thought I was losing it.

Gunther's Prize

[redcrx]

Some photos from Monday. I was digging some things out, re-potting some things, some weeding, adding small new garden - got 2 Bridal Falls in from Chris for it, mapping some things - I have lost track of my potted things.

June Fever:

June Fever - May 6, 2013

Moulin Rouge - a sport of Kiwi Full Monty:

Moulin Rouge - May 6, 2013

Mourning Dove - I like this look and got 4 from Chris to make a group in a trough:

Mourning Dove - May 6, 2013

Shade Fanfare with some others - laevigata to the left and Phantom in back and a bunch of out-of-control seedings:

Shade Fanfare - May 6, 2013

weigela starting to flower - the lighter pink ones flower first:

weigela - May 6, 2013

[Phil]

I'm loving the pictures! Things are starting to get exciting here, some are still just pips but many now have leaves.

[kaylyred]

My 'June Fever' is still just pips, but it appears to be bigger this year, so my watering through the drought paid off. I can't wait to see them leaf out. Thanks for sharing yours while some of us Northern folks wait.

[redcrx]

Some photos today. I quit working in the garden early today - the humidity got to me. I put together a raised bed, chased the darned rabbit.

Group scene:

group scene

Twilight - this is the best it has ever looked usually it looks beat-up:

Twilight - May 7, 2013

Cool looking leaf on El Nino:

El Nino leaf - May 7, 2013

Crystal Moon in front and a Gold Standard reverse sport (Var F) in back:

Crystal Moon - May 7, 2013

spiderworts

[redcrx]

Some photos from yesterday. We are getting a lot of rain.

Ivory Coast:

Ivory Coast - May 8, 2013

Katsuragawa Beni & Blueberry Cobbler & Vulcan:

Katsuragawa Beni & Blueberry Cobbler & Vulcan - May 8, 2013

Kiwi Leap Frog:

Kiwi Leap Frog - May 8, 2013

Holly's Dazzler:

Holly's Dazzler - May 8, 2013

hardy orchids:

hardy orchids - May 8, 2013

[ogrefcf]

Beautiful pictures Ed!

[redcrx]

The rain came back and really dumped on us. I dug up a couple with problems and potted them. Got some new plants in for my new back garden and planted them. I'm going to dig up Majestic and take a green hunk off of it - I'll have two good size Majestic and one will go into the new back garden. My mother-in-law is in for a couple of days so we are headed for Longwood Gardens today.

Some photos from yesterday.

scene Sarah's Sensation with Kaleidochrome left/bottom, Jester left/top, a tiny Outer Space middle/top, a montana right/bottom and a clausa (expanding its realm) right/bottom corner.

scene Sarah's Sensation - May 9, 2013

scene second circle -

scene second circle - May 9, 2013

Front lawn garden - left to right (roughly) Striptease, Grand Marquee, First Frost, Lemon Frost, Louisa, Lakeside Ninita, Kinboki Tachi, Red October and azaleas coming into flower:

front lawn garden - May 9, 2013

First Frost:

First Frost - May 9, 2013

Gold Standard doing something odd. The plant to the left is a reverse sport off of this "mother" plant. There are 4 other similar sports next to it that are getting big.

Gold Standard - May 9, 2013

[Phil]

A chair surrounded by potted Hostas...what a wonderful idea!

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The chair is holding up my anti-rabbit netting.

[kaylyred]

Everything looks great. I like 'Holly's Dazzler.'

[redcrx]

A few from today that didn't get posted in other topics.

Ooh La La:

Ooh La La - May 13, 2013

Ghost Spirit:

Ghost Spirit - May 13, 2013

Winter Vision:

Winter Vision - May 11, 2013

Light edge (at this time) Striptease sport/family group:
left Cabaret, center Hanky Panky, above Outer Space, right Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, and the little one below and right of Hanky Panky is Juha - it's not getting enough sun.

Striptease sport/family group - May 11, 2013

Might be a sport of Hanky Panky:

maybe sport of Hanky Panky - May 11, 2013

[kaylyred]

All very lovely. 'Ooh la la' and 'Ghost Spirit' are on my (long) short list. Are they good growers? Sure looks like it from the way you've grown them.

[stefan]

Wonder Beautiful hostas especially the striptease family is super

[redcrx]

They seem like good growers. Ghost Spirit is in a pot so it's hard to tell. Ooh La La is in a good spot - some mid-day direct sun, sprinkler hits it. I do have to it for root competition there is a holly near by.

[redcrx]

Some photos from today.

A better shot of Lacy Belle with the azalea flowers opened:

Lacy Belle - May 12, 2013

Venetian Lace:

Venetian Lace - May 12, 2013

Patriot - late and cupped:

Patriot - Mat 12, 2013

A group of rectifolia type - top row/left rectifolia 'Nishiki', all green buried in there, Aomori Setting Sun, Aomori Gold Star (gold with dark edge), 4 nubs of Kinbuchi Tachi (really late in this bed), some green seedlings, SILVER STAR on right edge;
across the middle - left edge Rohdeifolia, rectifolia 'Nakai' (thin gold edge), a couple of "Mouse" types in the middle, Ginko Craig on bottom edge, big green (out of control) in the bottom right corner is a sport of Ginko Craig (Green Smash):

Gold Standard reverse sport - this will look like Gold Standard in a month:

Gold Standard reverse sport (G) - May 12, 2013

[ViolaAnn]

Very interesting how much 'Ghost Spirit' varies from zone to zone. Mine never ever gets that dark. Mostly white leaf centres with some green misting on occasional leaves usually.

[redcrx]

Just a couple from yesterday.

My front lawn garden with Kinbuchi Tachi in the middle/top and Lakeside Ninita middle/bottom :

front lawn garden - May 13, 2013

The other side Regal Supreme left/bottom to SILVER STAR right:

front lawn garden - May 13, 2013

Nakaiana - I hope this one flowers this season:

Nakaiana - May 13, 2013

Hardy orchid:

hardy orchid - May 13, 2013

[kaylyred]

Looking gorgeous. Love the hardy orchid, too.

[redcrx]

Some from today. I was potting pieces torn up by invading roots, moving some pots around, found some odd leaves, split some things up to get sports off.

A group with Guacamole, Foxfire Palm Sunday, Fragrant Bouquet, Luna Moth, Gypsy Rose:

Foxfire Palm Sunday and others - may 14, 2013

Titanic with some rabbit damage on the end.

Titanic leaf - May 14, 2013

Right Around Morning Sunrise - this whole surface should darken though the season except for a thin white edge which is hard to see in photo, usually there are some dark streaks here:

Right Around Morning Sunrise - May 14, 2013

American Halo put out a yellow sport:

American Halo yellow sport - May 14, 2013

One of my Gypsy Rose put out a sport. These are normally very unstable - I pulled it off to watch what happens:

Gypsy Rose sport - May 14, 2013