tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post520104872111589670..comments2023-12-08T04:01:53.961-05:00Comments on Our Garden Journal: August in the Garden ~ GBBD for August 15, 2011Cathy and Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-46989766262597378122011-08-25T14:16:20.645-04:002011-08-25T14:16:20.645-04:00I have 4 Butterfly Bushes and love them! I always ...I have 4 Butterfly Bushes and love them! I always know where to find butterflies. Enjoyed your Album - All this on a half acre? Your pond is amazing!NHGardenhttp://www.facebook.com/NHGardennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-58941047349609618332011-08-21T18:54:40.215-04:002011-08-21T18:54:40.215-04:00Very nice indeed...I dream of having a water garde...Very nice indeed...I dream of having a water garden but my space is small. Thanks for posting so many beautiful flowers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-32565786374285498362011-08-21T01:42:59.077-04:002011-08-21T01:42:59.077-04:00Cathy and Steve, I look forward to seeing your GBB...Cathy and Steve, I look forward to seeing your GBBD post every month. The hibiscus look wonderful and this year was hard on my butterfly bushes. Good to see yours doing so well. Can't wait to see what next month brings in your garden.GirlSprouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029711241687325640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-18293727759347197812011-08-19T21:29:49.670-04:002011-08-19T21:29:49.670-04:00Dear Cathy and Steve, I so much enjoyed my visit t...Dear Cathy and Steve, I so much enjoyed my visit to your garden, today! You have an amazing amount of beautiful blooms, I can't begin to choose a favorite. Beautiful! P. xPam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-6503830018549986472011-08-19T13:44:39.397-04:002011-08-19T13:44:39.397-04:00I can't believe how beautiful your blooms are,...I can't believe how beautiful your blooms are, you have a wonderful garden, that's why you both look so happy! Nice of you to drop by too your encouragement means so much.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359727279351453757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-27447987477142882022011-08-19T12:46:59.161-04:002011-08-19T12:46:59.161-04:00I'm green ....... your garden is so beautiful ...I'm green ....... your garden is so beautiful and must look even better in the real, FrancesIsland Threadshttp://islandthreads.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-11648649705313502532011-08-19T09:57:25.717-04:002011-08-19T09:57:25.717-04:00Your butterfly shrubs are amazing: I've never ...Your butterfly shrubs are amazing: I've never seen so many different colors in one garden!<br />Did you ever try to collect one petal from each blooming plant and count them? I bet you have a hundred! Wonderful!Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-70424399941259901212011-08-19T07:09:35.989-04:002011-08-19T07:09:35.989-04:00Wow! You do have abundance of flowers. Your collag...Wow! You do have abundance of flowers. Your collages are very beautiful. I imagine one will need a few days to tour your garden. :)Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-38808352713480597102011-08-19T05:41:48.012-04:002011-08-19T05:41:48.012-04:00My buddleia will be just a quiet, slightly muddy w...My buddleia will be just a quiet, slightly muddy white, blurred by a golden eye in the centre. When I look out at it there is a haze of buds surrounding the bush. No flowers as yet. Last garden had a gentle mauve, with wonderful scent. Self seeded, but sadly my cuttings didn't take. Another for the wish list.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-43303604143239975802011-08-18T22:30:53.005-04:002011-08-18T22:30:53.005-04:00i wrote a post about ligularia in my shade garden....i wrote a post about ligularia in my shade garden. It looks like your rocket has left the launching pad!lol a bounty of blooms indeed!greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-59376656293076734802011-08-18T16:47:46.124-04:002011-08-18T16:47:46.124-04:00Your late summer garden is gorgeous! So much color...Your late summer garden is gorgeous! So much color and so many varieties of plants. I loved the rose collages, it doesn't look like the heat affected your roses at all.Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-59299975721822711962011-08-18T16:30:34.593-04:002011-08-18T16:30:34.593-04:00what a stunning garden you have have. I especiall...what a stunning garden you have have. I especially love the different names to your flowers to those we have in the UK. i.e. Coneflower we call Echinacea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-78567770319157177642011-08-18T16:09:11.592-04:002011-08-18T16:09:11.592-04:00You have got a terrific garden! Expecially love yo...You have got a terrific garden! Expecially love your wonderful roses.donahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07314843153717881130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-11546904935815357042011-08-18T14:20:24.660-04:002011-08-18T14:20:24.660-04:00Your garden is beautiful - a work of art!Your garden is beautiful - a work of art!Gloria Bondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747664817254721613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-36509679166103294562011-08-18T11:23:05.109-04:002011-08-18T11:23:05.109-04:00Good Morning! Your roses look exceptional and ever...Good Morning! Your roses look exceptional and everything looks so fresh and lovely. Your hemerocallis still look wonderful! I am also amazed at the daylilies this season... perhaps it's the reblooming varieties that I've attained in the past couple years... they are starting to make lovely clumps and have been in some cases blooming since mid-June. Daylilies are one plant that I definitely want to locate early, mid, and late varieties of... I mentioned somewhere that we often buy from growers we can visit, late in the season, which pretty much assures us of that extended season.<br />Wishing you a lovely August and fall... LarryLarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563036192373891209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-90296850956903187372011-08-18T07:01:19.111-04:002011-08-18T07:01:19.111-04:00Gorgeous, you still have so much going on in your ...Gorgeous, you still have so much going on in your garden. Loads of beautiful flowers, love the deep purple Buddliea.Bridgethttp://www.arignagardener.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-23233440331764507852011-08-18T02:48:05.863-04:002011-08-18T02:48:05.863-04:00What fantastic flowers you have, such a variety, a...What fantastic flowers you have, such a variety, and all looking so happy, not stressed at all after a summer of sunshine. Your roses are looking magnificent, I'm sure your visitors were impressed!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057764572761794703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-35556195762655364282011-08-17T21:10:01.394-04:002011-08-17T21:10:01.394-04:00You really have an abundance of blooms. Your garde...You really have an abundance of blooms. Your gardens must be massive with the variety you have shown. I really enjoyed your post this GBBD. I am guessing your garden is a flutter with wildlife activity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-82009014087946235882011-08-17T20:25:06.783-04:002011-08-17T20:25:06.783-04:00I can see why you were a day late. You weren'...I can see why you were a day late. You weren't kidding about all the blooms. The roses look like a catalog they are so beautiful...we are experiencing a bit of some re-blooming but nothing like yours...Happy GBBDDonnahttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-58481507727421087522011-08-17T17:38:52.255-04:002011-08-17T17:38:52.255-04:00Beautiful post...such a wealth of blooms! I'm ...Beautiful post...such a wealth of blooms! I'm so smitten with your large swathes of Echinacea...and can't believe your Ligularia does so well in sun! Mine gets a few hours in the middle of the day and you'd think it was never watered...dramatic thing that it is!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-62585105054250607712011-08-17T15:26:52.232-04:002011-08-17T15:26:52.232-04:00What well-choreographed plantings! Love the water ...What well-choreographed plantings! Love the water lilies. And the anemones are one of my favorites --mine too are in bloom, waaayyy across the country from you. Great to think of all the gardens between mine and yours!linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-65354617003664710392011-08-17T12:04:56.014-04:002011-08-17T12:04:56.014-04:00Your gardens are alive with bloom. So much still g...Your gardens are alive with bloom. So much still going on in your beds as mine is winding down here somewhat. Of course I love ll of your roses and lilies. Your sure have a lot of beautiful hibiscus blooming also. Just gorgeous!Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-81736552431861732252011-08-17T05:02:05.006-04:002011-08-17T05:02:05.006-04:00Everything looks really lovely. You have an awful ...Everything looks really lovely. You have an awful lot going on at your place. How wonderful to have it all to enjoy right now.<br />Cher <a href="http://sunraygardening.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sunray Gardens</a>Sunray Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691531921190526219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-4519996795036523782011-08-17T04:32:44.902-04:002011-08-17T04:32:44.902-04:00What an amazing amount of bloom there is in your g...What an amazing amount of bloom there is in your garden; and so beautifully put together, a real pleasure to see. I imagine the wonderful sound of bees and the flutter of butterflies with so many insect friendly plants. ChristinaChristinahttp://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306667106050601639.post-23417824960332546932011-08-17T02:29:05.980-04:002011-08-17T02:29:05.980-04:00How lovely everything is...color, texture, and ful...How lovely everything is...color, texture, and fullness! Your buddleia shrubs are so striking, and the coneflowers seem to go on forever. I really enjoyed your bloom day post.The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.com