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kayaksailor In reply to Althytrion [2009-03-18 01:30:48 +0000 UTC]

not even daffodils?!? I am sooo sorry!

I spent an hour this afternoon photographing the hillside full of California poppies we hadn't moved here yet a year ago so we had NO idea we had all these!!! Keep an eye out - I'll be putting a few up tonight

(thanks for the faves, too )

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Althytrion In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-18 09:21:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you! It was a long winter here this year, and spring has been rather cold and rainy so far. But everything is in starting position, so we only need a few days with sunshine ...

Hey, I'm looking forward to watching your pictures of poppies, Ruth!

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kayaksailor In reply to Ryser915 [2009-03-15 19:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! These are such elegant blooms individually and as a cluster I agree it needs to be full size (I've got it as my wallpaper at the moment and it's lovely )

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Ryser915 In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-15 20:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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kayaksailor In reply to Wyld-Art-Photography [2009-03-15 06:19:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks! the hummingbirds are sure enjoying them I was standing in the garden and had a pair of dueling males only a foot or two away...you could hear them hitting each other!

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Wyld-Art-Photography In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-16 03:44:47 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome, that is too cool. HB's crashing together. I have seen many in one field, but not on a crash course level,,lol

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kayaksailor In reply to Wyld-Art-Photography [2009-03-16 04:05:01 +0000 UTC]

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kayaksailor In reply to rici66 [2009-03-14 17:44:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you! I know there will be more shots as the flowers develop all over the gazebo

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rici66 In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-14 21:46:45 +0000 UTC]

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kayaksailor In reply to ParadigmParadox [2009-03-14 17:41:58 +0000 UTC]

this one doesn't take too much work...just the occational tendril trim

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ParadigmParadox In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-14 18:35:03 +0000 UTC]

Yes... I think wisteria is better behaved than some of the other plants I've considered like plumeria or jasmine. I've thought about grapes too.

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kayaksailor In reply to ParadigmParadox [2009-03-14 22:00:23 +0000 UTC]

grapes would be good! we had them on our fence and always got quite a few bunches; having them up on something would make it fun to pick - and easier to prune if not too high!

(I don't think you meant plumeria...did you mean honeysuckle?)

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ParadigmParadox In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-16 19:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I meant plumbago. I have seen people train it as a vine by tying it to supports, and it looks really pretty.

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kayaksailor In reply to ParadigmParadox [2009-03-16 19:17:26 +0000 UTC]

I had to go look that one up...I know which it is now! It has a pretty blue flower with a sticky stem we'd stick them to our braids as kids I've seen it as a kind of bush, but I can see it on an arbor with training...I have a small blob of it in our garden here - it seems to be out of place so it may be a volunteer, but I liked it so I didn't pull it up. It kind of got frost pruned

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ParadigmParadox In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-17 16:14:40 +0000 UTC]

It is such a pleasant blue. I hope yours stays and grows.

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kayaksailor In reply to ParadigmParadox [2009-03-17 17:06:13 +0000 UTC]

I think I'll keep it small...it's right in between the jasmine on Cait's porch and the wisteria among the roses... but it is a pretty shade

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kayaksailor In reply to davincipoppalag [2009-03-14 17:40:08 +0000 UTC]

they are a beautiful vine! We missed the flowering last year - found the house before the flowers and by the time we moved in they were over - I've been waiting

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davincipoppalag In reply to kayaksailor [2009-03-14 18:07:06 +0000 UTC]

Yea..they're wonderful in bloom

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kayaksailor In reply to davincipoppalag [2009-03-14 18:11:43 +0000 UTC]

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kayaksailor In reply to slimboydim [2009-03-14 17:38:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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kayaksailor In reply to badchess [2009-03-14 17:38:26 +0000 UTC]

lol, there was snow 'near' here, does that count? only about 50 miles and 3000 feet away

we're still getting an occational light morning frost but the days are warming into the upper 60's so everything is popping!

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