Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Trimming and weeding

We weeded. We trimmed asters, rose mallow, trumpet vine and Shurubby St. John's Wort. We always take care of the Anniversary Garden every week, so we can keep the garden neat!

( 1.25 hours, 4 people worth of work)
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Dragonfly

A dragonfly enjoyed a stay at the Anniversary Garden. It likes the color pink!


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Today's garden ( June 28, 2011 )

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Oregano

Oregano is blooming in the herb garden. Lemon Balm has some flowers, too. 


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Trumpet vine

Trumpet vine is going to bloom.


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Saturday, June 25, 2011

japanese beetles are here

You can identify the japanese beetles by their copper color.  Let's hope they don't eat to much.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bergamot

Bergamot is blooming! What a vivid pink color! We have a variety of pink colors in the garden, like bargamot's pink, coneflower's pink, beautyberry's pink, garden phlox' pink and holy hocks's pink.


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Beautyberry

Beautyberry is blooming.


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Wild petunia

More wild petunias are blooming.


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Garden phlox

Garden phlox starts blooming!


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Prairie Dock

I can see flower buds of the Prairie Dock.

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Coneflower

Coneflower is blooming.

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Joe Pye Weed

Joe Pye Weed is getting pinkish. It's beautiful!


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Shrubby St. John's Wort

Shrubby St. John's Wort is blooming.


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Today's garden ( June 23, 2011 )

We canceled gardening on Tuesday because of a thunder. I'd like to see how bergamots go, so I stopped by the garden today. They are full bloomed! Also I could see that wild petunia, coneflower, Shrubby St. John's Wort and beauty berry are blooming!


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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Missouri Evening Primrose

We found some seed pods on the Missouri Evening Primrose. They are still green color. We are happy to see the charming shape!



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Rattlesnake master

Rattlesnake master is blooming.


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Cup plant

Cup plant holds water. It's a cool name, isn't it?


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Bergamot

Bergamot ( Monarda! ) starts to bloom.


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Purple Poppy Mallow

This is the first bloom of Purple Poppy Mallow.


It was open when we started gardening volunteer, but it closed after one hour. It told us it's time to go home.

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Wild petunia

Wild petunias are blooming.



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Hollyhocks

Hollyhocks are blooming, but some leaves have yellow spots on them. Do they get some fungus???




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