Entries in Fresh Picks (2)

Wednesday
Jul102013

Hello From the Gardens!

Wow! Summer is two weeks plus, along, and much has happened here. I have been a little AWOL because of my work and also, I took a real once in a lifetime trip to Canada with my mom. I saw a true "destination garden" while I was there, and I plan to post some photos soon.

Meantime, I want to show what's going on in my garden now. I will have a wonderful vegetable garden, it appears. I had that watered while I was away. But, my flowers, while still heart lifting and a joy to me, are not as spectacular this time. I knew I was going to be gone and didn't want to have projects that couldn't make it for ten days without me.....

Here is what I harvested/saw this morning. I'm particularly proud of the beans, that's only about a twenty five foot row of bush beans and I wanted just enough to eat and enjoy seasonally. I discovered a new sunflower variety called Bright Kids. I'm doing containers of those next year. They are tiny, two feet tall, and absolutely miniature perfection! :)

And I planted twenty four tomato plants. This morning I noticed white flies/mites. I'll have to work on that today after work.

I took a few shots and for your viewing pleasure, here they are all in one.

 

I hope your day and week is going well and that your garden grows abundantly! ~JB was here.

 

Sunday
Feb052012

Fresh Picks-Koko Loko Floribunda Rose  

This is my pick to try this year for a new rose variety. It's a Weeks rose, so I'll need to find a retail source, but I think it sounds really intriguing.

Koko Loko

2012 Intro

(cv. WEKbijou) PPAF

Floribunda - Milk chocolate changing to lavender
KokoLoko1

So unusual…it looks good enough to eat…or maybe drink in this case. The cocoa is creamy like latte. But the latte goes loco to finish all lavender! You just can’t imagine a milky chocolate-colored bud would mature to be a solid soft lavender blossom. Early to bloom, every lovely bud spirals open with impeccable show form. The flowers last long on the plant & in the vase. Beyond its novelty, there lies a great plant….rounded, handsome & bushy…chock full of green leaves.

  • Height / Habit: Medium / Rounded & bushy
  • Bloom / Size: Medium, double, very well formed
  • Petal count: 30 to 35
  • Parentage: Blueberry Hill x Pot o’Gold
  • Fragrance: Moderate
  • Hybridizer:Bédard—2012
  • Comments: Warm weather brings out the lavender.