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Clara's Strolling Garden: July 2007

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Clara's Strolling Garden:  July 2007 Come on, sip that last bit of coffee, put the cup down on the porch railing, and put your shoes back on because we're going to go look at Clara's flowers. Clara is my mom, and she has an abundantly overflowing garden that keeps growing every year. This is my way of thanking her for all the beauty she provides for everyone who comes to visit the Greer's. I don't know of too many people who don't end up walking around the yard from flower bed to flower bed, watching the progress of the flowers and admiring the sheer volume of plantings. See, my mom puts flowers here, there, and everywhere. Everywhere, including around the old bulldozer carcass in front of my dad's shop. Some years, there are even flowers hanging in a pot that rests on the rim of an old basketball goal hanging on the barn. Hope you enjoy the tour. I probably don't know the names of everything, so if you have questions, you can email me and I'll pass the questions on to my mom.


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Asiatic Lily
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Gorgeous deep pink colors

Asiatic Lily
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Gotta be my favorites this year

Asiatic Lily
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View Looking from House to the Barn
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That row of shrubs may seem ordinary at first glance, but it just goes to show that flowers and plants are everywhere!

View from House to the Shop
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Those petunias are actually my brother's-- every year, he has to buy just this color of wave petunias and fill all of those barrels.

The Bulldozer
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No stationary surface is exempt from playing host to Grandma's flowers!

Petunias by the Chicken Pen
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Grapevine Wreath on the Chicken Pen
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The Vegetable Garden
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Corn, tomatoes, squash, cabbage, etc.

View from Vegetable Garden Toward Front Yard
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View from Vegetable Garden Toward House
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Tomatoes
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Grandma's Hoe
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When I was a kid, we always had to help my mom in the garden, and I always wanted to use her hoe. Oh, we all had one to use, but I really liked hers!

Squash Blossom
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Another View of the Vegetable Garden
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An extra room that my Dad built for our grandparents' trailer. Makes a nice spot for more lilies!

The Bottle Tree
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Set at the corner of the rose bushes. Sorry, the roses weren't blooming when I was there. They are my favorite roses of all time. I did get one bloom in a pic that I'll post.

Bird's Nest at the top of the Bottle Tree
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Bird's Nest at the top of the Bottle Tree
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Hey, don't ya just love that Mrs. Butterworth is watching over them?

The Roses from Grandma's House
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This bush rose originally came from my dad's mom's house. My Mom has seen it grow and spread into a whole corner of roses (the ones behind the Bottle Tree).

One of the lilies that blooms by The Room
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View from side yard toward front yard
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eek! don't tell that I told you this, but this used to look more like a grave than a flowerbed when it first started-- hence the moniker, "The Mound".

Moon Flowers in The Mound
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More of the Moon Flowers
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Don't you love how they form a spiral when they close?

Moon Flower-- open
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Hibiscus
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Beautiful leaves
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Okay, so I can't remember all the names :)

The  Big Flower Bed
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Crepe Myrtle
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Oh, lawdy, I'll bet you don't spell it like the name Myrtle, do ya? It is very pretty, though.

The Big Flower Bed
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The Strawberry Barrel
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Lilies
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I love to look at all the lilies my mom has throughout her garden. The colors are so deep and intense.

Another Orange Lily
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There are so many different orange lilies to see in Clara's Garden, and I think I probably took at least two pictures of each kind!

Gladiolas
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The Big Flower Bed
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The Big Flower Bed
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Gladiolas
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Rooster in the Big Flower Bed
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Trumpet vine in the Big Flower Bed
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Front of the House
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Flower filled sidewalk at front of the house
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Flowers on the Front Porch
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Clara S Strolling Garden
Hey, glad you stopped by to see Clara's flowers and gardens! My mom can grow just about anything under the sun, and I've been enjoying taking pictures this summer. Until I started beadmaking and learning to take cool closeups of said beadies, I hadn't thought about how to take closeups of all the gorgeous lilies and other plants she grows. This is just a start of the pics. You know, I missed the daffodils and irises this spring, and the roses weren't going full bloom when I was home last. Oh, and I really gotta get more pics of the vegetables next time, too. If you liked visiting Clara's garden, be sure to leave my mom a comment, okay? She'll love to hear what you think :)

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your tour is wow and so totally awesome...we buy plants and flowers for our mom too-lol...i try to get her something different every time.
» Posted by BernieD on 7/15/2007 8:07:51 PM.
The only thing missing is the smell...
Beautiful set!
» Posted by NickCarlson on 7/20/2007 4:44:40 PM.

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