Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

I hadn’t had lilies before and didn’t realize that they’re sort of like poinsettias. What looks like blooms are actually new leaves coming in. They begin rolled up into a tube (in this case the colors remind me of a peach), and slowly unravel and darken until it becomes another leaf.
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Mother’s Day was tough- trying to balance being happy about the whole Mom-thing vs. being worried about Nora.
But I awoke to many balloons Alison had heliumized and let loose in my room. She’d written notes on each one, and mysteriously told me it was going to be a “theme” day.
She insisted we drive out to [...]

For the first time I’m actually planting a few practical things this year. Well, we had grapes last year, but this year I’ve added tomatoes and this container-sized blueberry plant.
I’ve never actually seen them growing before, and just love these little bloomlets.

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Here’s the first fuschia bloom of the year. I love ‘em, but they don’t last long here, they absolutely fall apart in the heat, so I enjoy them while I can.
Usually I buy them in baskets, but this year I started with a small plant and we’ll see how long I can nurse it [...]

Tis the season to replace all the stuff that died over the winter. My favorite Hibiscus guy is gone, alas, but I bought several from his recommended source.
They were decently large, and budded up. They’re at least twice as big as most mail order exotics. In short, they were really good… except that…you know…they’re not [...]

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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