Sunday, May 09, 2010

"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden...But though an old man, I am but a young gardener."
Thomas Jefferson
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- Johnny's Selected Seeds
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- Bountiful Gardens
- Synergy Seeds
- The Garlic Store
- White Flower Farm
- The Cook's Garden
- Burpee
- Cornell Extension site that rates vegetable varieties
- McClure & Zimmerman: common, rare & heirloom flowerbulbs & plants
- Plants at Serenata Flowers
6 Comments:
And it is gorgeous! :)
May 10, 2010 6:09 PM
Amazing! I need to get a dark purple clematis.
May 10, 2010 7:55 PM
How beautiful! Mine started to bloom about two weeks ago!
I will post a picture of the Kozy Koats for you tomorrow. We had two nights of freeze warning here and I had to cover the tops of some since they were way out of the cloches.
May 10, 2010 7:57 PM
Spectacular! I can almost feel it unfolding in the sun.
May 12, 2010 1:18 AM
What a cute flower is that? I like it. Thanks for sharing this one but can you add more information about this. Just quite interested. keep posting!
-pia-
May 19, 2010 10:59 PM
Gorgeous work, thank you for sharing this method.
July 14, 2010 3:27 AM
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