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Garnerville, NY on Sep 03, 2012

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My Garden...Late Spring Early Summer Blooms -PT:1

Photographs from My Mobile Phone......Pt 2 of My Garden Blooms Will Be Uploaded From My Regular Camera.

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Miriam I New York, NY

Liz - you never dissapoint :) Thank you so much for sharing!

on Sep 03, 2012 · Like 1
Susan S Fredericksburg, VA

Liz - your flowers are just awesome. The zinnias, glads, sunflowers - I think I saw a Dahlia in there and one or two I hadn't met before!! All are just beautiful and you should be very proud of your garden. Your photography skills ain't too shabby either!!

on Sep 03, 2012 · Like 1
Lynn C Wildwood, FL

what is the flower ? I like your photos alot ! THANKYOU for sharing !

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 1
Cindy Mink Winston Salem, NC

Flowers/gardening are my passion, as is photographing it all! Beautiful gardens, beautiful pictures...don't need calgon when you have all of that! :)

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 2
Patricia C Ayer, MA

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 0
Carol S Greenville, RI

Such perfection and variety. How do you keep the bugs away ? Do you use ceddar mulch?

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 0
Janet R Rio Rancho, NM

is that a peony or renauculus pleas tell us what that beautiful flower is

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 0
Cindy D Frisco, TX

PLEASE state to all of us what kind of flower this is. Thank you!

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 0
Sherrie S Debary, FL

Liz C, your plants are gorgeous & your photos are outstanding, too. It must be difficult to have such beauty and then go through destructive winters in the North. Do most of your plants come back or must you start over every year.

on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 0
Thelma Hood

white agapahantus,pink angel trumpet and iris that will add on my plant collection :)
on Sep 04, 2012 · Like 1
Liz C Garnerville, NY

Thank you very much everyone! I know a few people commented on the album asking what was the name of a certain flower.....simply comment on the pic of the flower that way I know which one you or asking about and I will give you all the info that Im able to share! :)

on Oct 03, 2012 · Like 0
Liz C Garnerville, NY

Miriam & Susan....Thank u sooo much. Very, very flattered & Touched!!!!

on Oct 03, 2012 · Like 1
Liz C Garnerville, NY

@ Cindy & Patricia....So, So Kind! Thank U!

on Oct 03, 2012 · Like 0
Liz C Garnerville, NY

@ Carol....Awwww...thank you!!! And No, no, Not perfection...a lot of trial & error!! Learning a little more each year. Only a 3rd year gardener....Much, Much More to learn! As for the Bugs...Luckily, this year, I didn't have have a big bug problem....I battled with ground hogs....that I kept away with regular red hot pepper flakes....sprinkled on my flowers every couple of days...as well as caught some and released with my Save A Life Trap.....Used Watermelon to bait them. It worked everytime!

on Oct 03, 2012 · Like 0
Liz C Garnerville, NY

Dear Sherrie....Awww..so kind and yes, so sad to watch all my hard work diminish and fade away starting now.... Last year, we had a huge snow storm right before Halloween and it destroyed my whole entire garden....This year, cross our fingers...all my fall flowers are still coming up, blooming and thriving....as well as my zinnia's & Sunflowers!!! As for coming back....believe it or not... A lot of my Annuals, did come back, such as my Zinnia's & Sunflowers.....Last year when I deheaded my ...»
Zinnia's, I just dropped faded flowers right onto the ground and believe it or not, aside from the seeds I planted this year, I had spurts of Zinnia flowers throught out my garden. And last year, I had planted a sunflower in this particluar spot and because some of the seeds dropped from the birds I ended up with about 6-7 Sunflowers in the same spot. I do have Perennials....but I planted a lot of seeds this year and it wasn't until late this year once summer started that I learned that when you plant Perennial Seeds....the greenery blooms the first year and it's not until the second year that they bloom....once I knew that....I was anxious to see Blooms so I planted more flowers....But I just learned how to save Marigold Seeds as well as Cosmo seeds....Wait for the flower to completely dry out.....Cut and dehead the flowers....peal back the flower pods, and in just one flower head, you'll see COUNTLESS of seeds, as many as that are in an envelope. So I put some in envelopes to plant next year....But at the same time, I also walked around and just threw the seeds in my wildflower sections and around my tree's in the circle garden! Try it this year with your faded Annuals', you'll be happily surprised next year! ;)

on Oct 03, 2012 · Like 0