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[snowbear143 74]

Lobster needs to get a trellis built for 'em to grow on.

Honey Snaps or Snow Peas?

I’ll let them know. I’m not sure what kind.

 

[Digger...]

Removed the netting today covering the broccoli and cauliflower now there a good size to share with the insects and bugs.

 

[SquarePeg]

Sunset clematis. The bunnies gave it a really hard prune in the fall and it completely disappeared. I thought it might be lost, but it has come back.

 

[terri60 1]

Looks great. Beautiful blooms!

I really like clematis, but have given up trying to get one going in my North-facing front yard, close to the house. Tried 3 different varieties that claimed to tolerate shade as long as it got some full sun, which this area does in the late afternoon.

All 3 died, so this spring I planted a climbing hydrangea instead and it's going like gangbusters. It apparently doesn't bloom until the 3rd year in ground, but that's okay. Just live!

 

[21limited]

So our Orchids are blooming. A sure sign the native Orchids will soon be blooming in the bush, it happens once a year.

2025-06-05-Orchid-Photos by Norm Head, on Flickr

 

[SquarePeg]

Looks great. Beautiful blooms!

I really like clematis, but have given up trying to get one going in my North-facing front yard, close to the house. Tried 3 different varieties that claimed to tolerate shade as long as it got some full sun, which this area does in the late afternoon.

All 3 died, so this spring I planted a climbing hydrangea instead and it's going like gangbusters. It apparently doesn't bloom until the 3rd year in ground, but that's okay. Just live!

I have found clematis to be very diva-esque. Some that I planted have completely disappeared for two years then reemerged, others grow well then die off just before blooming either due to a bunny pruning or clematis wilt and some are just straggly looking. But when they do eventually take root and reach year 3, they are one of my favorite plants. I decided to play the numbers game and just keep planting 1-2 clematis each year and if even half make it to full bloom it looks like i have a green thumb My latest project is trying to propagate some of my favorites. It’s a WIP but none have died yet so I’m hopeful for some success.

 

[SquarePeg]

Want to show off my knockout roses before the weekend t storms roll through and wreck them!

 

[terri60 1]

Want to show off my knockout roses before the weekend t storms roll through and wreck them! View attachment 287540

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Your neighbors must love walking by your yard - absolutely charming! Here's hoping the storms do minimal damage.

Thanks for the info on clematis. I've only planted one at a time, and in the same location (give or take 4-6") in front of the trellis we put up. Now that the climbing hydrangea is doing well, I'm sure one of those 3 that are lurking nearby will decide to struggle through.

 

[SquarePeg]

Your neighbors must love walking by your yard - absolutely charming! Here's hoping the storms do minimal damage.

Thanks for the info on clematis. I've only planted one at a time, and in the same location (give or take 4-6") in front of the trellis we put up. Now that the climbing hydrangea is doing well, I'm sure one of those 3 that are lurking nearby will decide to struggle through.

They do like to be shaded by and to climb up other plants. I have one that uses a rose of sharon as a trellis. I’ll be removing that rose of Sharon in the fall. I don’t know if the clematis will survive it lol.

 

[greybeard60 33]

Little Roses today
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Nikon Z50, 50-250 @ 250mm, f/8, 1/250

 

[Ysarex112 106]

Removed the netting today covering the broccoli and cauliflower now there a good size to share with the insects and bugs.

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Nice enclosures! I need those.

 

[Ysarex112 106]

It's been raining so between showers I grabbed the camera for some general status photos -- first some photos of the flower garden.

 

[Ysarex112 106]

It's been raining so between showers I grabbed the camera for some general status photos -- second photos of some of the veggies.

Italian pole beans -- three bean towers off and climbing:

Chinese yard long beans starting up the fence:

A row of gypsy peppers starting to bear (14 peppers in three rows):

Tomatoes starting to bear (34 tomatoes in total):

Here's the main tomato patch:

Cucumbers not happy about the cool weather:

Okra likewise not happy about the cool weather, but they'll come along (17 okra plants):

Eggplant otherwise known as gourmet rabbit food and so the cage (4 eggplant, two more caged elsewhere):

 

[Digger...]

Nice enclosures! I need those.

It's to keep my 2 bunnys out.

After the cauli and broccoli season it becomes the tomato garden and the net go's back over till there's enough fruit to share with the birds here Ysarex.

 

[Digger...]

Want to show off my knockout roses before the weekend t storms roll through and wreck them! View attachment 287540

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What happened to all the plants at the front of fence? Dont blame the bunnys ...