The Daily DuBrule
Where have I been? Why haven't I been writing? I guess this time of year has me a bit uninspired. Usually I leap out of bed, my head brimming with ideas. For the past week, that hasn't been the case. It's not that I haven't been busy, or immersed up to my eyeballs in all things horticultural. In fact, I have been traveling, visiting client's gardens, working in my own garden, and I even had a vendor booth at a wonderful event at the Mark Twain House in Hartford where I got to hear (and meet and sell plants to...) P. Allen Smith. But in terms of my blog, it hasn't happened.
Today I woke up in a new headspace. The transition is over from the gardening season to the holiday season. For goodness sake, Thanksgiving is less than four days away. I need to face the facts and move on. I thought I would begin my journey back to the blogosphere with some pictures of my yard this morning. Enjoy.
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| Orange and red winterberries glow in the morning mist |
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| The irises are a sea of yellow at the feet of my dogwood. |
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| Iris pods are great in winter porch arrangements |
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| A red dogwood? No: Rose 'Therese Bugnet' |
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| The leaves prove it's a rose! |
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| Buttonbush pods |
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| Andromeda buds for my holiday arrangements. |
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| Beautiful bark on Heptacodium. |
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| My hemlock that I wait all year to prune for greens for swags. |
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| Mossy green stems of Kerria are great in arrangements. |
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| Cute little cones on dwarf Scotch pine planted last year. |
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| Asclepias tuberosa pods still bursting with seeds. |
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| Ilex pedunculosa in deep shade. Love this plant. |
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| I grow Boulevard cypress specifically for holiday greens. Love it's soft and fuzzy texture. |
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| My Leucothoe hasn't turned burgundy red yet. |
I just love that Boulevard cypress. I've been wanting one for years....but I drag my feet because I get bogged down with placement. I just plop stuff. My brain cannot lay out a plan, it just doesn't work that way. I know, "it's easy", but it's not for me. I get bogged down. So, I plop things hither and yon. A perennial I can dig up and transplant, a tree not so much so.
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