Pink Double Delight Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea 'Pink Double Delight' (one of the varieties of Echinacea growing in my garden)

LINKS:
Growing Guide
photos of many varieties
herbal remedy usage (Echinacea is purported to strengthen the immune system.)

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:



Create with Joy  (including a cat ball giveaway!)








A Southern Daydreamer  (hydrangea)






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garden serenity

Ambling around the grounds at the Cincinnati Civic Center a couple days ago, I came across this lovely pond.  The explosion of lush greeness and blooms in this city oasis was so soul refreshing. 

LINK:
Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:

 




Create With Joy (Celebrate Our Pets)

  A Southern Daydreamer (beautiful wisteria photos)  

a few more words!  note the beehive.  There are wall (or Lazarus) lizards sunning on the rock in the foreground.  These non natives were brought to Cincinnati in 1951 and released into a backyard.

photo by me © 2016  all rights reserved

dahlias

a few beautiful flowers from the dahlia garden at Finn Meadows Farm

Last Thursday, I walked around the dahlia garden at my friends' farm and was amazed at all the variations of stunning colors and designs of these flowers.  Some are only a couple inches across; some are as large as a dinner plate.

photos by me ©2015 (iPhone)  all rights reserved

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia (KAL-mee-uh   lat-ee-FOH-lee-uh)

Wordless Wednesday/Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up:


Create With Joy (Cats Can Sleep Anywhere!)

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Gardens

detail of friends' garden--lovely pond in the backyard

Sunny Point Cafe, Asheville, North Carolina--kitchen garden detail

A young boy dreams in beautiful Krutch Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.  Whimsy, a sculpture by Pamela Reithmeier is on the right.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny is so much fun!  This week our assignment is letter "G."  Come see others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!




photos by me © 2013 and 2014

brilliant!

An Asiatic lily of striking brilliance and size bloomed in my yard this Summer.

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

  (Pink Hibiscus Flowers)

Create With Joy

(Simply Irresistible:  Magellan)






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Garden

Yesterday, I took a spin around the yard, camera in hand.  I love to see what's blooming, who's visiting the flowers, and what edibles are ripening.

Orange double-flowered day lilies have begun blooming.

Pink lemonade blueberries are getting riper.

I love the combination of blue nigella next to yellow moonbean coreopsis.

Purple "green beans" are becoming larger, nearly ready to pick.  When cooked, the purple beans turn green.

Bees were delighting in the deliciousness of flower nectar.

Black raspberries have been ripening and must be picked before the birds find them.

an experiment this year--growing cucumbers in a pot on my deck.  Already baby fruits are forming!  This one is about the size of a little finger.

I love this color combination--so vibrant and summery!  chartreuse potato vine and bright pink brachyscome

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is  "G." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  


Thank you, Ms Jenny, for hostessing another round!

  
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loveliness

My friends have the most beautiful garden! 

This pond with waterfall near the back of their yard is such a wonderful feature.
Recently, a few friends gathered here for dinner on the deck overlooking this loveliness.

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

  (red hollyhock flowers in sunshine)

Create with Joy

(fireworks)

 

 
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tranquility

corner of a garden in Ault Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Wordless Wednesday/ Wordy Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

  (yellow Asiatic lilies)

Create with Joy

(Magellan--the Laundry Hunter)

 

 
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FLOWERS!

at  l-o-n-g  last! 

beautiful blooms in a little corner of my garden sprayed with early morning light

Wordless Wednesday--where I linked up: 

  The Art and Tree Chatter of Aquariann

Create With Joy

  

photo by me © 2014  all rights reserved

xenial Sunny Point garden

Come on in!  Enter the delightful organic garden of Sunny Point Cafe in West Asheville, North Carolina!

"We celebrate the relationship between the kitchen and the garden…where food grows from a tiny seed and meets the knives of creative chefs, all within an acre…from spade to spoon."


 Nestled within the garden are tables for gathering and play areas for kids.  In the foreground grows tall dinosaur kale.

Raised beds are full of herbs and vegetables.  There are even planters on the fences.

Situated in a residential area, neighborhood houses surround the gardens and cafe.

spoon and fork sculptures growing within the dandelion bed!

aah...so xenial!

 













Therefore,

and 

Do you know what xenial means now?! *

LINKS:
⃟  Sunny Point Cafe --Be sure to peruse this site. interesting information as well as recipes
⃟  (short) POST about Sunny Point kitchen garden by Lauri Newman who designed it

PS:  Beautiful flowers grow here, too!  See a gorgeous passion flower on my blog HERE.  

 * hospitable

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "X." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 




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