These climbing roses usually bloom profusely only in the spring. This year I pruned them back heavily, watered and fertilized, and lo and behold, a fair amount of blooms well into summer.
The contrast in the garden comes from the yellowing leaves of this red Japanese maple. It's still summer in my mind, but these leaves seems to announce fall!
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Spring and Fall: To A Young Child by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The 2014 National Poetry Month Blog Tour is hosted by Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit to celebrate poets and poetry in April. Let me sh...

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I can't hide it any longer. My lovely shishigasira lion's head maple tree has died. Only the lower branches came back last year aft...
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The 2014 National Poetry Month Blog Tour is hosted by Serena at Savvy Verse and Wit to celebrate poets and poetry in April. Let me sh...
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Pachysandra terminalis This is the hardy groundcover, Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese Spurge), which I planted several years ago in...
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