tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post4174802438332012102..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Focusing on Foliage (mostly)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-24041148810223787782010-06-01T13:29:08.991-03:002010-06-01T13:29:08.991-03:00I love the subtle colors, textures, and tapestry l...I love the subtle colors, textures, and tapestry like feeling of these plants.<br /><br />Succulents send me to the moon. A cluster of sempervivums nestled by a rock??? As satisfying as a good scoop of caramel ice cream.<br /><br />Thank YOU for the wonderful review of Toad Cottages. Your words mean the world to me.<br /><br />Love,<br /><br />Sharon Lovejoy Writes from Sunflower House and a Sharon Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321160956925191137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-14063504484806014312010-06-01T02:29:42.383-03:002010-06-01T02:29:42.383-03:00Beautiful post Jodi! I'm not sure how I missed...Beautiful post Jodi! I'm not sure how I missed it. I use to be a foliage gardener, and even avoided flowers other than a few annuals. I enjoy different colours & shapes of leaves immensely. I'm learning how to pair this with the showy blooms of perennials, and now can appreciate both. Your pictures are wonderful, I also have Spring Green Tulips and Stairway to Heaven polemonium, Rebecca @ In The Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513002032328432666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-42097280624729206062010-05-31T19:48:08.981-03:002010-05-31T19:48:08.981-03:00Hi Jodi
Your cut little semp is actually a Joviba...Hi Jodi<br /><br />Your cut little semp is actually a Jovibarba and not a semp at all. Those little balls can be laid on the ground and will root just like semps.<br /><br />Jane<br />Woodlands and MeadowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-23230786224529284572010-05-31T01:03:15.628-03:002010-05-31T01:03:15.628-03:00I love the green tulip too. I 'm growing this ...I love the green tulip too. I 'm growing this year as well along with a very pale pink one both in bloom as I write. <br />I like a garden with lots of foliage in different shades, shapes and textures with little hits of colour from the flowers.Melanie J Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265452434129642917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-51984762402153799972010-05-30T23:33:43.112-03:002010-05-30T23:33:43.112-03:00Jodi, how I know your woes of lack of time, deadli...Jodi, how I know your woes of lack of time, deadlines, weeding, etc.! I'm currently nursing my 8 yr old who's fighting the flu. I had so much to do this long holiday weekend, but am getting none of it done as I have to be near her side. Oh well, she's worth it and the weeds, etc will still be there later! :P I love your purples!! Purple and yellow are my favorite colors in the gardenKimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-90302484789553093672010-05-30T18:08:17.484-03:002010-05-30T18:08:17.484-03:00So much going on in your garden Jodi. I like those...So much going on in your garden Jodi. I like those black and gold combos too. I think it odd that you live in that cold moist environment and can grow those hens and chicks and I can't. Puzzles me to no end that I can't get these little seemingly nondestructable/no fail plants to grow in my garden. I guess we all want what we can't have.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-32095167519708232542010-05-30T17:57:57.255-03:002010-05-30T17:57:57.255-03:00What a fun time I had, there is so much to see in ...What a fun time I had, there is so much to see in your garden. I am a big fan of foliage, the more the merrier. Definitely worth adding to any garden. I also love to mix the colors, contrasting, and matching, for added effect.<br /><br />JenRURAL https://www.blogger.com/profile/11871803235521431504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-86320981513571033892010-05-30T15:35:08.059-03:002010-05-30T15:35:08.059-03:00Jodi girl you are a busy bee : )
I am laid up with...Jodi girl you are a busy bee : )<br />I am laid up with another disc blowing in my back .. just when I want to be knee deep taking pictures of my foliage too ;-)<br />I have had Pink Skyrocket for quite a few years and adore it for every delight it offers me .. plus many of what you have mentioned here.<br />I have both the red and what is supposed to be lime colourflash astilbe (I was absolutelyCanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-31197763637519993152010-05-30T13:34:31.473-03:002010-05-30T13:34:31.473-03:00Like you, I'm a foliage lover! And, as you kno...Like you, I'm a foliage lover! And, as you know, we grow many of the same things. I just cut many of the blooms off my Heucheras because I don't like them, unless they're brilliantly red, as in 'Firefly' or they're larger and show up well against the foliage.<br /><br />Our Little Acre is becoming more and more of shade gardens, so foliage is very important.<br /><br />Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-77575821373370333212010-05-30T10:23:23.379-03:002010-05-30T10:23:23.379-03:00Can't help much with the astible, to dry in my...Can't help much with the astible, to dry in my garden for them. But, you mystery plant is a great color. I use a lot of foliage in my mostly shady garden. Happy gardening and keep us posted on the mystery plant.A Garden of Threadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311416568496969279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-35385081835660210002010-05-30T00:58:50.975-03:002010-05-30T00:58:50.975-03:00Is it the futuristic Color Flash Copper coming out...Is it the futuristic Color Flash Copper coming out soon? Dates to be announced soon. Did it escape? By accident?<br />TTTelegraph Tea Room Garden Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904794054708100325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-60794606478520634582010-05-29T23:59:36.817-03:002010-05-29T23:59:36.817-03:00That's a very neat astilbe but I've never ...That's a very neat astilbe but I've never known of one with gold foliage. I hope you find out it's very cool! The creeping sedum looks good too. It's hard to believe you still have tulips. It feels like summer down here. Maybe you could send us a cool breeze or too? Maybe? ;)Dave@TheHomeGardenhttp://www.GrowingTheHomeGarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-13517461093701464202010-05-29T23:54:10.548-03:002010-05-29T23:54:10.548-03:00I love the pinks of the jacob's Ladder Stairwa...I love the pinks of the jacob's Ladder Stairway to Heaven when the foliage emerges. I have a few of this perennial scattered on the property. It is one of my favorite spring perennials.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152576863110442101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-78765923421081431922010-05-29T23:38:00.532-03:002010-05-29T23:38:00.532-03:00Jodi, things look wonderful in your garden. Yes, ...Jodi, things look wonderful in your garden. Yes, the wind did die down here mid to late afternoon and it turned into a beautiful supper hour. It's as still as can be here right now, with a few flashes of lightning, actually. I said, my luck, we'll have gold ball sized hail overnight or something. :-? <br /><br />(I found this photo on Google images of an Astilbe Colour Flash 'LimeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-26538332556197127162010-05-29T23:01:34.436-03:002010-05-29T23:01:34.436-03:00I would be amused by that semp too - I'll have...I would be amused by that semp too - I'll have to watch out for it for my garden too. I am also a big foliage fan - variegated, deeply lobed or serated, black, white, yellow, prickly, fuzzy....Garden Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555471590488138155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-71348738358740498092010-05-29T21:52:30.539-03:002010-05-29T21:52:30.539-03:00Well I don't know much about astilbes. They ar...Well I don't know much about astilbes. They are toast in my garden. Gets too hot and they don't like that. All your greenery and such is very lush considering all that wind. Looks so nice. <br /><br />Me, I'm a flowergirl. I want it all to be flowers. It does look bare around here come Winter.Anna Flowergardengirlhttp://flowergardengirl.com/noreply@blogger.com