Sunday, August 5, 2007

florediem Offers Daylilies from Rocket City to South Seas

We visited florediem daylily farm (http://www.florediem.com/) in Alstead, NH and bought some beautiful daylilies. Not only did they have hundreds to choose from, but the daylilies were all in bloom and made a spectacular show.


Double Daylily



Daylilies from the street







Friday, August 3, 2007

Large Koi Spotted in Frog Hollow Pond

Fellow Frogger is enjoying her brand new kayak, which sports peddles inside that propel the kayak forward or you can use the paddles. Katie assists by keeping frogs out of the way of the kayak's wake in Frog Hollow's lower pond. New in bloom in the pond is a red Canna.



Annual Amareth Makes Good Companion for Bouquets

Grass-like Amareth is an annual in Zone 4-5, but produces beautiful long braid-like blossoms that make good companions to cut flower arrangements.


Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Yellow and Orange Daylilies Stop Traffic

To make orange daylilies pop, underplant with shorter yellow daylilies. Below are some pictures taken at a the end of a road before a stop sign:





Sunday, July 29, 2007

Tuna Cas"t"erole









MA's Garden in the Woods

Garden in the Woods in Framingham, Mass. is a great place to walk around. In addition to seeing their rock garden with prickely pair cactuses in bloom, there were some amazing pitcher plants with orchid-like flowers and many other native plants.

Prickely Pair Cactus


Azalea


Yucca




Butterfly Weed


Annual Wildflower



Pitcher Plants





Waterlilies



Lupine in July - Oh My!

From Rangely, Maine to Warwick, RI, the lupine were in full bloom this July.

























Mass Hort Society Blooms During July Tour

Mass. Horticulture Society's park ranger led a group around the estate where among other flowers, the daylilies were in full bloom.


"Flava"



"Halloween"



Double Fulva



"Valentine's Day"




"Matador"



Unknown



















NH Garden Puts on July 4 "Flower-Works"

NH master gardeners toil away in the Fall and Spring on the Frog Hollow estate to ensure a non-stop July flower show.