Hurricane Irene 8-28-11
Hurricane Irene 8-11 waves
The wave roll over the sand bar in front of our house. Steve took this photo during the hurricane as he didn't evacuate!
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Hurricane Irene "Office House"
The tide nearly breaches the deck.
Arbor
It isn't high tide yet!
In between the houses
Water from Northport Harbor floods the area between the houses.
Front Yard
Water approaching the deck in front of our house.
"Office house" Deck
At high tide the water reached the top of the deck.
Side of office house
The side of the office looked like a river according to my husband Steve who took these photos.
Hurricane Irene Day After
Hurricane Irene Day After "Mom's garden" The garden is full of debris that was left behind by the tide. Many perennials appear dried up and lifeless.
GARDEN
Wall & limbed-up yew
Wall & limbed-up yew
Entrance Garden
Entrance Garden
Hosta 'Golden Sculpture'
Hosta 'Golden Sculpture'
lilac late May
lilac late May
Looking Into White Garden
Looking Into White Garden
Mom's garden
Mom's garden
Mom's garden
mom's garden
Spider uf
Spider uf
Tree Peony Bed r
Tree Peony Bed
White garden
White garden 2007-07-16
Beach in winter
Beach in winter
Daylilies and Lilium
Daylilies and Lilium
ASHAROKEN New York
We live at the opening of the inlet.
NORTHPORT HARBOR
Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola '
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Canna 'Tropicana'
Canna 'Tropicana' with Coleus 'Molten Lava'
Helianthus annus 'Lemon Queen'
Great late bloomer to extend the season!
PATH WITH OBELISK
HELIOPSIS SUMMER SUN AND LYTHRUM ROBERT
BLUSHING VALENTINE
LYSIMACHIA PUNCTATA 'ALEXANDER
LYSIMACHIA PUNCTATA 'ALEXANDER' AND ASTILBE 'FANAL'
SHADY GARDEN
Hydrangea arborensces
OVERVIEW FISH POND
POND CLOSEUP
Closer view of pond
DAYLILY GARDEN IN SPRING
Daylilies
Dad's-Old-Garden-31
Dad's-Old-Garden-30
SHISHEDO and PANDORA'S BOX
H. 'Decatur Cherry Smash'
'Streaker' is way in the back, but shows up with its vivid colors.
COLEUS AND DAYLILIES
The red daylily is 'Point of View'. It's 35" high and the flower is over 8" wide!
20+ YEAR OLD HOSTA GARDEN
Japanese Maple 'Garnet'
VIEW TO THE BEACH
The green shrub to the left and the variegated shrub are privets. I love how they perfume the air in June!
Japanese Maple 'Garnet'
The daylily is 'Prince Velvet'. It's an older cultivar from 1975 and blooms late in the season.
KING'S GOLDEN TREASURE
LATE AFTERNOON
LOOKING TOWARDS THE HARBOR
DAYLILY SAMMY RUSSELL
Last daylily in bloom this year ! :<(
Spider-Bed-33
'Watchyl Dancing Spider' Kreger 1994 35a
LILY GARDEN
ONE OF THE HALF MOON GARDENS
The tall yellow flower is rudbeckia lancinata. The purple is from strobilanthes (Purple Shield).
MIXED PERENNIALS
The white daisies are Leucanthemum 'Becky' which is a favorite for almost all season bloom!
Hemerocallis LITTLE WINE CUP
With Nepeta 'Walker's Low'
ICE CARNIVAL
LONG STOCKING
Peony-Garden-july
BECKY SHARP
PINK RAIN DANCE
This cascading flower is called an Unusual Form.
HOSTA MOONLIGHT SONATA (front)
H. 'Paul's Glory' (lime colored)
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Sundial and white planter
FERNS, HOSTA, OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
This bed houses ginger, columbines, cimicifuga, ligularia, pulmonaria, and other shade lovers.
Hosta 'Carnival' and Royal Fern
APPLE TREE IN THE BACKGROUND
SHADY WALKWAY
Shade provided by cedars, aplle and spruce trees. Ferns and hellebores in the foreground.
Tiger Swallowtail on Buddleia
Butterflybush 'White Profusion'
Hibuscus trionum
A favorite reseeder (Flowe of an Hour).
SEEDPOD OF HIBISCUS TRIONUM
Hemerocallis 'Wilson Spider'
ROYAL JESTER
Bicolor
Hydrangea 'Pia'
Dwarf Variety
Canna and Bouvardia ternifolia
Anyone ever bring bouvardia indoors for the winter?
CONTAINER PLANTING
PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS AND COLEUS 'PAT MARTIN'
Winter Sunset
DAYLILIES
'Carpenter Shavings'
'Carpenter Shavings'
'Double Peacemaker' (Kropf 1992)
'Double Peacemaker' (Kropf 1992)
'Four Star' (poly)
'Four Star' (poly)
'Four Star' (Kropf-Tankesley-Clarke)
'Four Star' (Kropf-Tankesley-Clarke)
'Zada Mae'(Kropf F 1982)
'Zada Mae'(Kropf F 1982)
'Firestorm'
'Firestorm'
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JOAN SENIOR
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Spiderman
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'Kiowa Sunset'
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LITTLE GRAPETTE
'Paprika Velvet' Hardy'69 a
BAMA MUSIC 88 a
REGAL AIR
LITTLE WINE CUP CLUMP a
'Golden Prize' 33
AUTUMN PRINCE 01a
HEMEROCALLIS CHERRY CHEEKS'
LADY FINGERS 93a
SHEPHERD'S LIGHT 57
DARK STAR 05a
LADY NEVA 05
MILK CHOCOLATE 89a
ORIENTAL RUBY 08
VELVET SHADOWS a
DOUBLE BOURBON CLUMP 45a
MOONLIGHT ORCHID 08
TACO TWISTER
Ned ROBERTS 1997 ML EXT SEV DIP FRAG 28 7.5 YELL SELF NOC SPV
SHESHIDO
VIEWPOINT.JPG
PANDORAS BOX
SILOAM MERLE KENT
HEMEROCALLIS 'GORDON BIGGS' a
ICE CARNIVAL CLUMP 86 a
COPPERHEAD 55 a
STRAWBERRY CANDY
SUZY WONG
BLUSH OF INNOCENCE
FRANCIS OF ASSISI
SILOAM BABY TALK
GOLD DUST 09 a
FENCING MASTER
STELLA'S RUFFLED FINGERS
ROYAL JESTER
SPIDERMAN
SAMMY RUSSEL
SAMMY RUSSEL
SPIDER MIRACLE 77 a
HEMEROCALLIS 'ANGEL'S DELIGHT'
HEMEROCALLIS 'ALWAYS AFTERNOON'
ARACHNE
CURLY ROSY POSEY
CHRISTMAS CAROL
Diamond Tiara
Pink Fanfare
'Taco Twister'
SCREEN SAVER 01a
ESP CLUMP a
ESP 02
MURPHY'S LAW (5)
KING'S GOLDEN TREASURE 01a
'Murphy's Law' 02 a
LILIUM
Lilium 'Ceres'
Lilium Fasciated stem
Lilium 'Madelaine'
LILIUM MADELAINE
YELLOW STARGAZER
LILIUM 'YELLOW STARGAZER'
ORIENTAL45-50"
'Othello'
Rugosa Rose bed
L.ilium 'Othello'
ORIENTAL 30-35"
'Othello'
' BRASILIA '
ORIENTAL 45"
LILIUM BRASILIA CLOSE-UP
LILIUM 'EXPRESSION'
ORIENTAL 35" - 45"
LILIUM 'ROYAL DREAM'
Rugosa Rose bed
LILIUM 'ROYAL DREAM'
'SPARK'
ASIATIC30-40"
LILIUM 'SPINX'
ASIATICRED DBL24" - 30"
'WHITE STARGAZER'
ORIENTAL 30" - 35"
'Fiery Sunset'
ASIATIC
LILIUM 'CANCUN'
ASIATIC40"
Lilium 'Cancun' clump
LILIUM 'CON AMORE'
ORIENTAL
LILIUM FATA MORGANA
ASIATIC30-40"
LILIUM 'MENTON'
Lilium formosanum
Lilium 'Honeymoon'
ORIENTPET
'LE REVE'
ORIENTAL 45"
'LE REVE'
ORIENTAL 45"
LILIUM. 'RODISO'
LILIUM UTOPIA
LILIUM 'SIROCCO'
' Lenox '
ASIATIC24-30"
'Yellow Submarine'
ASIATIC24"
MARTAGON LILY
LILIUM BEHIND VERONICA APPLE
'LATIVA'
ASIATIC45"
'BOOGIE WOOGIE'
ORIENTPET
'LORETO'
ASIATIC30" - 40"
LILIUM LORETO FOLIAGE
LILIUM SHADE ISLAND
'FLORENCE'
ASIATIC50"
LILLIUM 'AMERICA'
'ENCHANTMENT'
'HUMMINGBIRD'
'SUNCREST'
LONGIFLORUM ASIATIC 36-40"
LILIUM 'STAR GAZER'
LILLIUM 'ARUBA'
CLOSE-UPS
Monarch
COURT MAGICIAN
Allium cowanii
Ismene festalis
LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA Berries
DIGITALIS PURPUREA
Rose
TRICYRTIS HIRTA
White columbine
MANTIS-ON-POINT-OF-VIEW-02
WINTER
Hydrangea bloom in winter
Common Mother's Day gift variety
Black Pine
Black pines had some sort of virus and were dying, but they're returning!
Black Pine immature cones
I think these are Birch catkins
Refer to bark photo
Possible birch ?
Yew tree
I've watched this seedling grow. It's so delicate and lovely!
Red Cedars along our driveway
This area reflects the natural environment, cacti and all!
Looking from the house gardens
Ilex opaca, oak and garage
Coral Bark Maple winter
Grasses and bell in winter
Bark of the Sycamore tree
One of my favorite trees!
Sycamore tree in winter
You wouldn't believe how many kids can fit in a syacmore tree!
Young Black Pine in winter
These pines have very distorted shapes- like a giant bonsai!
Driveway in winter
I think we figured that it's 800' to the house!
Hydrangea bud in February
Hope springs eternal!
Beach with geese in winter
This inlet is called "Carter's Bite".
MORE WINTER SCENES
Yew Walk
Birdhouse on Cedar
Geese in Carter's Bight
Bench
Bell in Winter
Catamaran Snowed In
Garden Arch
Clematis
Clematis heracleifolia spring
herbacious woody perennial at base of trellis
CLEMATIS HERACLEIFOLIA
Clematis 'Proteus'
growing in mostly shade
Clematis 'Proteus' on trellis
Clematis 'Proteus'
Single flower on new growth
Clematis 'Proteus'
A moderately fast growing cultivar with double deep mauve-pink flowers on previous year___s wood. During summer single f
Clematis 'Guernsey Cream'
Grows in shade
Clematis 'Guernsey Cream'
Clematis Guernsey Cream and Azalea 'Delaware Valley White'
SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS
Clematis 'Mrs. Cholmondeley'
SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS
Hydrangeas
HYDRANGEA SERRATA FUJI WATERFALL
Hydrangea 'Pia' (Dwarf Hydrangea)
Companions: Agastache 'Golden Jubilee' and Hosta 'Inniswood'
Hydrangea 'Pia'
Dwarf Variety
Unnamed hydrangea
From the garden of Connie Cross (Environmentals Nursery)
Unnamed Connie Cross hybrid
Dwarf Variety from Connie's garden
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS
HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS
Hydrangeas in fall
Grocery Store Finds
Gotta love them!
HYDRANGEA ' TOKYO DELIGHT'
H. ' TOKYO DELIGHT' IN THE SHADE GARDEN
Hydrangea mariessii 'Variegata'
HYDRANGEA MARIESII VARIEGATA
LATE DAYLILIES
'Suzy-Creamcheese'
BACHMAN D 2001L 33" 7"
Hemerocallis late unknown
Budbuilder- usually goes into September
'SANDRA ELIZABETH'(Bloom almost done)
This daylily is always used to mark the beginning of the late season.
'ROYAL JESTER' (Bloom almost through)
KENNEDY-ALLGOOD 1991 L24" Tall 5" Bloom
'AUTUMN PRINCE' (Has not started 8-21)
STOUT A1941ML 42"
'SAMMY RUSSEL'
RUSSEL1951 LATE 30" Budbuilder
20)
HIBBARD I 1997 Very Late 34" 8"
'Late Honey Bee'
FOSTER1982 L 17" 3"
'STELLA'S SPARKY' (Reblooming 8-21)
CRICHTON E 1999 EE RE 22" 3.75
'Made in Dixie' (Reblooming 8-21)
Reblooming
'JERSEY SPIDER' (Bloom almost through)
Grovatt 1973
'TRUE TO WHIM' (Bloom almost through)
UF
'FINAL TOUCH'
APPS 1991 L FRAG 32" 4.75"
'Stella's Ruffled Fingers' (Reblooming)
CRICHTON E 1999 EE 19" 3.75
'AUTUMN MINERETTE'
'SILOAM SHOW GIRL' (Budbuilder)
'Later Alligator'
Reed M
CONTAINERS
Rusty urn with orange flowers
tropical container planting
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Macrophylla'
Copper Leaf
1- PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS AND COLEUS
Purple Fountain Grass, C. Purple Dragon, C. Pat Martin, C. Religious Radish(back)
2- Purple Combo when first planted
Strobilanthes,Salvia, Coleus 'Occold Shield', Osteopermum 'Soprano's Purple', Pilea cadieri 'Purple Waffle'
3- Same container, five weeks later
Coleus 'Occold Shield', Strobilanthes (Persian Shield)
4- Some of last year's containers
Coleus 'Solar' Radiance' on right top
5- Cement Basket
Ivy Geranium 'Global Sangria', Pennisetum 'Rubrum', Coleus, Salvia, Calibrachoa, Leea guineenis 'Purple Dome'
6- Cement Basket, Five weeks later
Salvia 'Salsa Purple' Calibrachoa 'Chocolate' and Coleus 'Black Velvet
7- Urn
Licorice vine, Plectranthus, Coleus
8- Container Collection on Deck
Some of these were placed in the garden.
8- Urn this year (and Spot)
Hair Grass, Bronze Phormium, Plectranthus 'Athen's Gold', Calibrachoa 'Starlette Sunset', Coleus 'Sedona'
9- Terra Cotta Bowl, Five weeks old
Calibrachoa 'Terra Cotta', Fushia 'Gartenmeister', Phormium 'Lancer', Coleus, Amaranthus
10- Very Bold and Sweetly fragrant
Perilla 'Magilla', Agastache 'Tutti Fruitti', Alternanthera Purpurea Tricolor'
coleus combo
GARDEN 2
Coralbark maple
New Spider -UF Bed
Spider - UF Bed
Sedum 'Angelina'
Viburnum
Viburnum
Echinacea 'Mango Meadow Bright'
Echinacea 'Mango Meadow Bright'
Hydrangea 'Pee Gee'
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C. 'Hillside Pink Sheffield' 02a
Bell at sunset
C. 'Hillside Pink Sheffield' 06a
bee
Obelisk on 9-06
Morning Glory vine smothering the obelisk!
Carter's-Bight 10-06
Goldenrod is in full bloom!
UF Bed in October
4 Monarchs
There were hundreds of monsrchs on the goldenrod on the beach on 10-03-06.
Ipomoea 'Chocolate'
Heliopsis close-up
Dahlia 'Thomas Edison'
Sundial bed 10-06
Dahlia 'Nuit d' Ete'
Heliopsis h. 'Summer Nights'
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Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna' 23.JPG 2006-06-06
WHITE GARDEN
Arbor
Looking through the arbor
Wall is to the left
Path and wall
Note the tree peony in bloom in the background!
White urn
Sunlight hits this part of the garden for enough hours to put more white daylilies here.
In front of wall
White blooming hostas are planted below and above the wall, along with other white flowering plants.
ANENOME JAPONICA WHIRLWIND 02
Aquilegia 'Irish Elegance' a
PERSICARIA POLYMORPHA
HYDRANGEA SERRATA FUJI WATERFALL
LEUCANTHEMUM X SUPERBUM
' ICE STAR'
HEMEROCALLIS 'ROYAL FROSTING'
HEMEROCALLIS 'JOAN SENIOR '
PRIMULA
Unknown from a friend
HARDY GLOXINIA
Probably tender here!
Ismene festalis
N. 'POLAR ICE'
LEUCOJUM 'GRAVETE GIANT '
PHYSOSTEGIA VIRGINIANS 'MISS MANNERS'
PRIMULA
From the grocery store!
HIBISCUS SYRIACUS 'DIANA'
ROSE OF SHARON
Camassia leichtlinii Semiplena
ASTILBE 'BRAUTSCHLEIER BRIDE'
CROCUS 'JEANNE D ARC'
Flower Carpet Rose-white
Daphne 'Jim s Pride'
Hosta Guacamole
Fragrant with a white bloom
Hydrangea serrata 'Shiro Fuji'
LILIUM ' White-Stargazer '
Walkway with Hosta 'Sun Power'
SPRING 2006
spidery garden 4-06a
Spider-UF bed 33 a
Muscari and sedum a
Muscari 'Golden Fragrance' a
Muscari 'Mount Hood' a
Tulip 'Exotic Emperor'23a
Tulip 'Antionette' and T. 'Hans Andrud' a
Tulip batalinii 'Bright Gem' a
Narcissus 'Peeping Tom' a
Tulip 'Silverstream and Muscari 'Valerie Finnis' a
Puschkinia libanotica 'Alba' a
Narcissus 'Misty Glenn' 33 a
Aquilegia 'Irish Elegance'
Tall and charming in my white garden
Tulip 'Flaming Spring Green' a
Narcissus 'Ice King' 04 a
EARLY BLUE YELLOW BED
It's tulip time!
Blue Purple Yellow Garden
NARCISSUS RIP VAN WINKLE
FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS LUTEA.
Camassia cusickii
Narcissus 'Holland Sensation' 35
HELLEBORUS NIGER
CHRISTMAS ROSE CLOSEUP
HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS
FIDDLEHEADS
POND WITH RHODODENDRON
RHODODENDRON MARY FLEMMING
SHADE ISLAND
NARCISSUS MRS BLACKHOUSE
Raised shade garden
APPLE TREE BED TULIP TORONTO
TULIPS ALMOST OPEN
CORALBARK MAPLE
TRILIUM-10
ANENOME CORONARIA DE CAEN
TULIP GYPSY LOVE
Heuchera 'Palace Purple'
One of my maroon columbines
Aronia a. 'Brilliantissma'
Beautiful fall color and red berries to boot!
Tree peony
About 15 years old
Old tree peony close-up
Lost name, was Japanese, 9 -10"
Peony 'High Noon'
New purchase, Note purple foliage
Rhododendron 'Linda Stewart'
My favorite azalea!
ARTEMISIA
ARTEMISIA 'SILVER BOUQUET'
Artemisia 'Silver Frost'
Doesn't get very tall , about 12".
ARTEMISIA 'SILVER MOUND'
Low growing
Artemisia and daisies
ARTEMISIA 'POWIS CASTLE'
I sometimes loose it when winters are severe.
ARTEMISIA 'SILVER QUEEN'
Many of the A. ludoviciana cultivars look alike!
ARTEMISIA 'SILVERADO'
A bit taller than 'Silver Queen'
ARTEMISIA 'SILVER KING'
My favorite!
Daylily and A. 'Oriental Limelight'
Thought that I had a better photo of this one!
Artemisia with mixed perennials
SHRUBS
Caryopteris 'Grand Blue'
Unknown Virburnum
Fragrant, blooms just before azaelas, smooth leaf
UNKNOWN VIBURNUM
Should be a common variety
Weigela florida 'Variegata'
Weigela florida 'Variegata'
Weigela 'Vanicek' bloom
Weigela 'Vanicek'
W. 'Vanicek' in landscape
Also called 'Newport Red"
PRUNUS LAUROCERASUS OTTO LUYKEN
Great in deep shade! Fragrant!
WEIGELA MIDNIGHT WINE
Viburnum plicatum 'Watanabe'
Viburnum plicatum 'Watanabe' flower
Sambucus nigra 'marginata' 02
ILEX
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Girl'
Needs a good pruning once a year!
Japanese Holly
Makes a nice backdrop for other plants.
Ilex aquifolum
Enlish holly dwarfing the house! 20 years old!
Ilex 'Blue Girl' next to red cedar
Great for cutting! Dark blue-green foliage!
Ilex crenata 'Cherokee'
Two flank a pathway. Red Weiglia in background.
Ilex X meserveae ' Blue Stallion'
Will need pruning to keep neat
Ilex opaca berries
Ilex opaca
This tree is probably very old. At least 25' tall!
Ilex 'Serendipity'
Rock garden variety
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Girl'
Nice backdrop for bright colors!
OSMANTHUS HETEROPHYLLUS GOSHIKI
Holly look alike
Ilex x 'Blue Girl'
Ilex crenata in winter
This is one I moved 20 years ago. It was large when I moved it here.
CREATING THE ARBOR GARDEN
Early Spring
Yews are 30' in diameter and branches touch the ground!
Limbing up the 30' diameter yews
I started this project myself, but eventually hired help armed with a chainsaw!
Yew structure revealed!
I'm really pleased how this project turned out. The little mound around the yew started filling my head with ideas!
Second yew
This one was only parially limbed up in order to create a backdrop.
New planting space!
The walkway and a new bed will go here.
Pre-exisiting planting
Hostas and perennials
The start of the rock wall
I had a pallet of stone at the end of my driveway for a year while I waited for help to move the heaviest stone!
The wall is progressing
I worked on building the wall while my son helped finish digging the walkway.
Jaron digging the pathway a bit deeper
The path is a few inches below grade and the beds are on a slight berm. The left side is the original bed.
Largest stones were placed on the path
The main path is about 30' long. The stones need to be leveled and filled in with sandy soil. Spot 's inspecting!
Original garden
Hisbiscus 'Diana', Daylily 'Ice Carnival'
White flowering garden in summer '04
There are a variety of foliage colors in this garden. The red is puirple basil and 'Diablo' ninebark.
Walkway and white daylilies
How should I "finish" the edge of these beds?
FALL AT PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM
Three pumpkins
Pathway
The fruits of fall
Two trees
FAMILY
Steve
This is as close to gardening that my DH gets!
Jaron Gardening!
Demolition of a massive brick barbeque.
Cutting down a fallen cedar tree
They'll do anything involving a chain saw. Never hedge trimmers though!
FLORIDA TRIP
COCONUT PALM
This is how I knew that I wasn't in New York anymore!
Jaron with kayak
We kayaked 6 miles through open water and through Mangrove islands in Key Largo.
Brain Coral
Steve and I visited John Pennekamp State Park while Jaron went snorkeling.
Name this fish! Grouper?
They are a good two feet in length.
Silver buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus
Beautiful leaves and berries!
Idea stolli logani (Common Tree Nymph)
This butterfly was my favorite!
Two Butterflies
I'm not sure what these are.
Butterfly
Banded Morpho
Heliconius atthis
Owl Butterfly
Dryadula phaetusa
Tree Nymph
They must love Pentas flowers.
Steve wearing a Lorikeet
Chris with Lorikeets
Jaron with Lorikeet
Yellow legged Honeycreeper
Immature Hummingbird?
Yellow legged Honeycreeper
Jaron's 24th Birthday in Miami Beach
Steve and Chris
Miami Beach
Jaron and Steve
Beach
Tug Boat
Possibly female Boat-tailed Grackles
PETS
Poison Dart Frog
This guy is only 1/2" big!
Bearded Dragon
CAT'S REFLECTION
Chris and Sweetiepie
She looked so cute that I took our photo in the mirror.
Dad with Giant African Millepede
I love bugs!
Tropical Fish (Gold Sevrum)
These guys are 1' long in a 100 gallon tank!
Fire Bellied Toad
This terrarium houses tree frogs and an anole as well.
Gerbil
These guys are fast! You try to get a picture!
Jacy
He's usually sitting in my lap or on my computer table in front of my monitor!
Jacy
Spot
Spot is the parental figure. He takes good care of Jacy.
SPOT in a Christmas Box
Spot 's favorite activities are eating and sleeping!
SUNSETS
sunset
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clouds
ASHAROKEN GARDEN CLUB
Dot Sue Jean Lee
Eleanor and Carol
Ellie Marge Joan
exhibit Herb Garden 02
Pat Mary Judy
The Flower Show Committee
Mentor Kaye Aronson with rosette
Club President, Catherine Burch
Marge and Catherine
Room at Northport Library
Children's Garden Exhibit
Display of Asharoken Club History
1924 - 2004 Our 80th Anniversary!
Margaret next to her exhibit
Arbor entrance to the Children's Garden
Exhibit created by Margaret Pecchio
Planted Bench in the Fairy Garden
Beach garden
Fairy Garden
Vegetable Garden
Visitor on the "Yellow Brick Road"
Herb Garden
Childrens Garden
Castle in the Children's Garden
Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden from the show floor
Hort Perennials Class V: Any Other
Astilibe 'Fanal' Award of Merit
Horticulture Section I: Perennials
Class 2: Rudbeckia
Horticulture Division: Perennials
"Through the Years"
Horticulture Section II: Annuals
Annuals Class 10: Any Other Annual
Strobilanthes (Persian Shield) Award of Merit
Section IV: Needled Evergreen Branches
Class 14: Picea (Spruce)
Section IV: Needled Evergreen Branches
Class 15: Pinus (Pine)
More Pines
Section V: Class 19: Saintpaulia
African Violets
Container Grown Plants
Class 21: Begonia
Joan Becker Award of Hort Excellence
Crown of Thorns
Section V Class 22a: Any Other Container
Flowering
Section V Class 22b: Any Other Container
Foliage
Section V Class 17: Hanging Container
Section V Class 17a: Hanging Container
Flowering
Section V Class 17b: Hanging Container
Foliage
Div II Sec 1: High Hopes (Table for two)
First: Eleanor S.
Div II Sec 1: High Hopes (Table for two)
Second: Carol N.
Div II Sec 1: High Hopes (Table for Two)
Third: Heather O.
Design Division II Sec 2: "Reaching Out"
Hanging design on garden gate (built by Lee Belrose)
Design Div II Sec 2: Street Garden
First: Joan H.
Margaret P. and gate
Design Div II Sec 2: Street Garden
Second: Margaret P.
Design Div II Sec 2: Street Garden
Third: Judy O.
Design Div II Sec 2: Street Garden
Honorable Mention: Dot H.
Dot and her gate design
Judy Ross Award of Merit Recipient
Trumpet Vine
Giving out awards
Jo Ann, Catherine, Joan
Barbara Sumereau and Joan Becker
Chairs (Ellie Fauser, not in photo, also chaired)
Lee Bellrose: Special Award for Staging
Ellie, Lee, Catherine, Joan, Barbara
Margaret Pecchio: Special Award
Given for her Children's Garden
Div II Sec 1 Class 3: Saving Our Beaches
First: Joan B.
Beautiful Design!
Div II Sec 1 Class 3: Saving Our Beaches
Second: Ellie F.
Div II Sec 1 Class 3: Saving Our Beaches
Third: Kathy Z.
Sample design entry form
Div II Sec 1 Class 3: Saving Our Beaches
Honorable Mention: Mary G.
Design Sec II Class 4: Mini Arrangement
First: Patricia F.
Design Sec II Class 4: Mini Arrangement
Second: Marilyn C.
Design Sec II Class 4: Mini Arrangement
Third: Andrea B.
Design Sec II Class 4: Mini Arrangement
Honorable Mention: Jennifer F.
Yesterday...Today... Tomorrow Program
A small standard flower show
Club Members
Eleanor, Dot ,Sue, and Jean
Joan Becker: Award of Hort Excellence
Also, Award of Merit for Crown of Thorns, and Arboreal Award
Chris Petersen: Horticulture Sweepstakes
Also, Award of Merit Rosettes for Astilbe and Strobilanthus
Street Garden Display
Joan Hauser's "baby"!
Club Members
Jennifer, Rosemary, Dot,, Margaret, Andrea
Horticulture Division 209 Entries!
"Growing Endeavors"
Pictures from Christine
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SALVIA 'BLACK AND BLUE'
SALVIA 'BLACK AND BLUE' with Northern sea OATS
ROSA 'DREAM WEAVER'
ROSA 'DREAM WEAVER' ON TRELLIS
Rosa 'Bonica'
Rosa 'Bonica'
With mixed perennials
Salvia nemerosa 'Caradonna'
Helebore clump
Three pumpkins
Pathway
The fruits of fall
Two trees
Hydrangea bloom in winter
Common Mother's Day gift variety
Black Pine
Black pines had some sort of virus and were dying, but they're returning!
Black Pine immature cones
I think these are Birch catkins
Refer to bark photo
Possible birch ?
Yew tree
I've watched this seedling grow. It's so delicate and lovely!
Red Cedars along our driveway
This area reflects the natural environment, cacti and all!
Looking from the house gardens
Ilex opaca, oak and garage
Coral Bark Maple winter
Grasses and bell in winter
Bark of the Sycamore tree
One of my favorite trees!
Sycamore tree in winter
You wouldn't believe how many kids can fit in a syacmore tree!
Young Black Pine in winter
These pines have very distorted shapes- like a giant bonsai!
Driveway in winter
I think we figured that it's 800' to the house!
Hydrangea bud in February
Hope springs eternal!
Beach with geese in winter
This inlet is called "Carter's Bite".
Coralbark maple
New Spider -UF Bed
Spider - UF Bed
Sedum 'Angelina'
Viburnum
Viburnum
Echinacea 'Mango Meadow Bright'
Echinacea 'Mango Meadow Bright'
Hydrangea 'Pee Gee'
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C. 'Hillside Pink Sheffield' 02a
Bell at sunset
C. 'Hillside Pink Sheffield' 06a
bee
Obelisk on 9-06
Morning Glory vine smothering the obelisk!
Carter's-Bight 10-06
Goldenrod is in full bloom!
UF Bed in October
4 Monarchs
There were hundreds of monsrchs on the goldenrod on the beach on 10-03-06.
Ipomoea 'Chocolate'
Heliopsis close-up
Dahlia 'Thomas Edison'
Mina lobata
Ipomoea lobata ((Spanish Flag)
Sundial bed 10-06
Dahlia 'Nuit d' Ete'
Heliopsis h. 'Summer Nights'
COCONUT PALM
This is how I knew that I wasn't in New York anymore!
Jaron with kayak
We kayaked 6 miles through open water and through Mangrove islands in Key Largo.
Brain Coral
Steve and I visited John Pennekamp State Park while Jaron went snorkeling.
Name this fish! Grouper?
They are a good two feet in length.
Silver buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus
Beautiful leaves and berries!
Idea stolli logani (Common Tree Nymph)
This butterfly was my favorite!
Two Butterflies
I'm not sure what these are.
Butterfly
Banded Morpho
Heliconius atthis
Owl Butterfly
Dryadula phaetusa
Tree Nymph
They must love Pentas flowers.
Steve wearing a Lorikeet
Chris with Lorikeets
Jaron with Lorikeet
Yellow legged Honeycreeper
Immature Hummingbird?
Yellow legged Honeycreeper
Jaron's 24th Birthday in Miami Beach
Steve and Chris
Miami Beach
Jaron and Steve
Beach
Tug Boat
Possibly female Boat-tailed Grackles
'Suzy-Creamcheese'
BACHMAN D 2001L 33" 7"
Hemerocallis late unknown
Budbuilder- usually goes into September
'SANDRA ELIZABETH'(Bloom almost done)
This daylily is always used to mark the beginning of the late season.
'ROYAL JESTER' (Bloom almost through)
KENNEDY-ALLGOOD 1991 L24" Tall 5" Bloom
'AUTUMN PRINCE' (Has not started 8-21)
STOUT A1941ML 42"
'SAMMY RUSSEL'
RUSSEL1951 LATE 30" Budbuilder
20)
HIBBARD I 1997 Very Late 34" 8"
'Late Honey Bee'
FOSTER1982 L 17" 3"
'STELLA'S SPARKY' (Reblooming 8-21)
CRICHTON E 1999 EE RE 22" 3.75
'Made in Dixie' (Reblooming 8-21)
Reblooming
'JERSEY SPIDER' (Bloom almost through)
Grovatt 1973
'TRUE TO WHIM' (Bloom almost through)
UF
'FINAL TOUCH'
APPS 1991 L FRAG 32" 4.75"
'Stella's Ruffled Fingers' (Reblooming)
CRICHTON E 1999 EE 19" 3.75
'AUTUMN MINERETTE'
'SILOAM SHOW GIRL' (Budbuilder)
'Later Alligator'
Reed M
Rusty urn with orange flowers
tropical container planting
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Acalypha wilkesiana 'Macrophylla'
Copper Leaf
1- PURPLE FOUNTAIN GRASS AND COLEUS
Purple Fountain Grass, C. Purple Dragon, C. Pat Martin, C. Religious Radish(back)
2- Purple Combo when first planted
Strobilanthes,Salvia, Coleus 'Occold Shield', Osteopermum 'Soprano's Purple', Pilea cadieri 'Purple Waffle'
3- Same container, five weeks later
Coleus 'Occold Shield', Strobilanthes (Persian Shield)
4- Some of last year's containers
Coleus 'Solar' Radiance' on right top
5- Cement Basket
Ivy Geranium 'Global Sangria', Pennisetum 'Rubrum', Coleus, Salvia, Calibrachoa, Leea guineenis 'Purple Dome'
6- Cement Basket, Five weeks later
Salvia 'Salsa Purple' Calibrachoa 'Chocolate' and Coleus 'Black Velvet
7- Urn
Licorice vine, Plectranthus, Coleus
8- Container Collection on Deck
Some of these were placed in the garden.
8- Urn this year (and Spot)
Hair Grass, Bronze Phormium, Plectranthus 'Athen's Gold', Calibrachoa 'Starlette Sunset', Coleus 'Sedona'
9- Terra Cotta Bowl, Five weeks old
Calibrachoa 'Terra Cotta', Fushia 'Gartenmeister', Phormium 'Lancer', Coleus, Amaranthus
10- Very Bold and Sweetly fragrant
Perilla 'Magilla', Agastache 'Tutti Fruitti', Alternanthera Purpurea Tricolor'
coleus combo
White flowering garden in summer '04
There are a variety of foliage colors in this garden. The red is puirple basil and 'Diablo' ninebark.
Limbing up the 30' diameter yews
I started this project myself, but eventually hired help armed with a chainsaw!
Yew structure revealed!
I'm really pleased how this project turned out. The little mound around the yew started filling my head with ideas!
The start of the rock wall
I had a pallet of stone at the end of my driveway for a year while I waited for help to move the heaviest stone!
The wall is progressing
I worked on building the wall while my son helped finish digging the walkway.
Jaron digging the pathway a bit deeper
The path is a few inches below grade and the beds are on a slight berm. The left side is the original bed.
Largest stones were placed on the path
The main path is about 30' long. The stones need to be leveled and filled in with sandy soil. Spot 's inspecting!
Original garden
Hisbiscus 'Diana', Daylily 'Ice Carnival'
Early Spring
Yews are 30' in diameter and branches touch the ground!
Pre-exisiting planting
Hostas and perennials
Second yew
This one was only parially limbed up in order to create a backdrop.
New planting space!
The walkway and a new bed will go here.
Walkway and white daylilies
How should I "finish" the edge of these beds?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Yew Walk
Birdhouse on Cedar
Geese in Carter's Bight
Bench
Bell in Winter
Catamaran Snowed In
Garden Arch