Last week, one of our clients on the north shore decided she needed some more roses. So, on the spur of the moment, we drove another hour north to Milaeger's family-run nursery (for 50 years!) in Racine, Wisconsin. It is renowned for a reason...We got some captivating roses: 'Cinco de Mayo' and 'Pumpkin Patch'...I was not familiar with either the former, an American Rose selection for 2009 or Pumpkin Patch' which was just introduced last year; here's a video from the growers, although the colors are much nicer in reality...and more orange. You can see from the Lychnis above that I appreciate orange.
So, she got three roses and I bought one plant: Hosta 'Paul's Glory.'
The funky part of me loved photographing these clay mushrooms below:like a wild ride in an amusement park for plants!
But the subtle part of me was drawn to the aquatic plants...
2 comments:
Orange roses? Don't know if I could cope with that in the garden. Hasn't the weather been strange? Lovely today finally after a week that veered from swim suit tempps to snow suit all in a few days.
They are a rather muted, dusky hue that goes well with much else and nice green foliage.
Yes, hasn't weather been "interesting!"
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