Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

The very last of the winter blooming camellias is finishing up her run- Pink Perfection. I fell hard for this one at Perinos and paid a fortune for it, so naturally it barely bloomed last year.
 This year it’s recovered from transplanting and even came through our unusually cold winter like a champ (if you ignore a little [...]

I finally got around to planting some tulips and daffodils this year. A little cliche, perhaps,  but they’re just so damn cheerful I couldn’t resist. The daffs aren’t up yet, but between the two they’ll get me through til the roses start to bloom.

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I’ll tackle the title’s subjects in reverse order, all of which will explain why I’ve been a very bad blogger of late.
Passiflora
I’ve been spending a bunch of time doing random stuff all over the place, not least of which is assessing the damage of the winter. We had several cold cold cold days in a [...]

Nice and big, beautiful bush. It’s been 2 days now, and it’s still open with very little color degradation. Definitely a keeper!

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Another new-ish one, this is the first bloom since it arrived. Nice growth, fairly big flower.

This is the time of year the hibiscus love- the big heat’s over, and it’s only moderately cool. Now if we could just get some rain, we’d be all set.
Nevertheless, there are buds and blooms everywhere. Here’s one that’s been pretty quiet since I got it- one of the last shipment from David Franzman. (sob)
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Even this one is budded up and ready to go, which is rare. I can never decide if I really like this one or not. Unusual, for sure. Beautiful? hmmmm….

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Now that the weather’s cooled down, the hibs are starting to pop again.

I kept this one around, thinking it might push out one last flower, and so it has. It’s not the biggest or the best daisy it’s ever had, but that much more special for being the last.

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So our vet suggested this site to keep the lad occupied. I wasn’t sure at first, but put in an order that just had to include the toy they swore every Grey loved.
Sure enough, here he goes, one second after it was put in the cage:

Somebody better tell him to be careful extending his neck [...]