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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: August 2022

15 August, 2022 By Dee Nash Leave a Comment

It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day: August 2022, which means it's time to share what's in flower in my Oklahoma garden. Some plants, like the Helenium autumnale, common sneezeweed, are just coming into flower while others, like Phlox paniculata, tall garden phlox, are hanging on. As always, click on images in the galleries to make them larger. Throughout July and Read More

Too hot, too long

28 July, 2022 By Dee Nash 21 Comments

We returned from the daylily national convention a couple of weeks ago, and it's been too hot in Oklahoma ever since. I think David Payne said yesterday that we're at day 15 of consecutive days over 100°F. It was 104° again yesterday. We had a cold front come through last night with very little rain. It's now down to 88°, but we'll be back in the 100s in a couple of days. Read More

Fun days at the daylily national convention

16 July, 2022 By Dee Nash

For July's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I want to share my visit to the daylily national convention. A region of the American Daylily Society puts on the AHS National Convention each year. Region 15 put on this year's convention, which was held in Asheville, North Carolina. It was exciting because Bill and I had never been to the national convention before. Over 500 Read More

Battling Japanese beetles

1 July, 2022 By Dee Nash

As if it wasn't already difficult to grow roses in Oklahoma, we are now battling Japanese beetles too. Normally, I don't like to include words of war in my posts, but battling Japanese beetles is just that. War. Identifying Japanese beetles From the University of Illinois Extension: "Adult Japanese beetles are stocky and range from about 3/8 to 1/2 inch long. They are Read More

June flower parade

June flower parade

21 June, 2022 By Dee Nash

June flower parade

It's time for the June flower parade which, of course, includes our favorite daylilies. There are lots of other flowers blooming, but, in June, the daylilies always steal the show. First up are the spiders and UF (Unusual Form) daylilies There will be more UF daylilies as the season goes on. Hydrangea 'Annabelle' In my garden, the June flower parade also has Read More

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Fun days at the daylily national convention

16 July, 2022 By Dee Nash

For July's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, I want to share my visit to the daylily national convention. A region of the American Daylily Society puts Read More

Road trip to Yellowstone National Park

28 October, 2019 By Dee Nash

Bill and I traveled all summer. I'm not gonna lie. It was tons of fun, but after getting back from our road trip to Yellowstone National Park Read More

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