This was the best year I ever had for sweet peas. I think because I planted them in a section of the garden that gets afternoon shade. Other years they got sun all day and it must have been too hot for them. Either that, or it’s the variety I planted for the first time this year, Cupani’s Original. I’ve never had them grow taller than 2 feet and this year they were very tall. They are finished now.
Her hazel eyes completes its penultimate wink to see,
A doom dreaded dawn amidst the hues of crimson glee,
Heart skips a beat and keeps them skipping- one,two and three,
All these flinging three feet above, on a four pedestal's melee..
The orb's lie shut,blanketed with red,
Rubbing against her satin neck are the elements of pain, pains and blood,
A Fan above, a floor below, a piteous soul,a mighty thread,
And hung in-between was a heart- damned and dead...
-!nversed Poignancy!
This is our new tree. It is a Red Sunset Maple. It was bushed a few days ago, but, today it has absolutely no leaves. Amazing what one windy day will do! My landscaper called us from the nursery and said he could get us a red sunset, do we want it? So I searched for Red Sunset Maple and came across a photo diary of a tree. It had the amazing presense of mind to photograph , from the exact same spot, at different times of the year for about ages. It showed me exactly what it will look like, and we decided that this was the tree for we wanted.
...And thus began our pastel moves...
This is a nice combination that just happened. It’s Lady’s Mantle (yellow-green) and hardy geranium (magenta), I’m not sure the exact variety because it was here when I bought the house. The small white flower is Snow in Summer. Lady’s Mantle is a perennial that has a fairly long bloom time. It also propagates itself by seed, so you can have extra plants after a couple years to increase your garden or give away. But it’s not invasive.
