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Bonus Day Outside
The forecast earlier this week called for a rainy day today but we were all happy to enjoy a sunny and mild day with the rain coming later in the evening. Unfortunately the weather prediction also...
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A Day Late!
Nice fall color on the Pacific Sunset hybrid maple (Acer truncatum x platanoides'Warrenred') out in the arboretum Monday. This hybrid is a cross between the Shantung maple and Norway maple and "colors...
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A Blast from the Past
Today was a miserable, rainy day outside which thwarted most of us (except Larry and John). Larry, John, Cindy and I saw Kathy, Patrea, Dr. Gredler, Pat M., Maury (errands), Mark S. and a couple...
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Winding Down In Heavy Winds
With the exception of a couple small problems and future alterations, the 2015 Holiday Light Show (HLS) is up and ready to roll. I took the photo above as I was running cords today and have always...
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Piercing Winds Prevail
The beautiful tree above doesn't "visually express" the experience of being windswept all day. It was a cold day and the difference between being in a sunny, sheltered spot and an open, windy spot was...
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Pre-Thanksgiving Day Snow
This blog is a bit tardy and actually covers both Friday and Saturday. We had snow arrive on early Friday evening and 18 hours later...we had 11 inches of snow. The snow was mushy on the bottom which...
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HLS Ready To Rock & Roll
The 2015 Holiday Light Show (HLS) is ready to go. All of the photos here were taken on Saturday evening at the Taste of Chocolate event which went well both inside and outside. The set-up was...
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Deluge of Dahlias
As I type this blog on a winter day with plenty of white on the ground and a nice blue sky, I thought some "blog color" would be in order. With the Holiday Light Show (HLS) in good order (see...
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Beautiful Bidens
You may not know Bidens well as it is not always commonly available despite its value in our hot, summer landscapes. Also called bur marigold, black-jack, beggar-ticks, cobbler's pegs, tickseed...
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Don't Neglect Orange!
Today was fairly quiet at the Horticulture Center and out in the gardens. Both Big John and Larry H. were here to tweak elements of the Holiday Lights Show (HLS) which we'll turn on tonight for a...
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Vivid Veronicas
It's fairly rare for me to forget to finish a blog posting so apologies for this one being a day late. It was a busy day Tuesday with Big John, Larry H. and Bob K. out tweaking some of our last...
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Based In Boston
Well, I'm in Boston. I'll be presenting on "New Annuals & Perennials for the New England Landscape" tomorrow at the New England Grows event which is the largest of its kind in this area with...
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Boston - Day 2
The weather in Boston (skyline above) today, while still windy, didn't have the rain and cool temperatures from yesterday. It was a pleasant day and my morning presentation at the New England Grows...
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Boston - Day 3
I'm happy to get home today although I took advantage of the third day at the New England Grows green industry event this morning. I snapped some photos from my hotel (Boston Westin - Waterfront)...
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Consider Celosias
Today was fairly mild for December with a high temperature of 43 degrees F or so. We had a great turnout of Grumpies this morning. Alan headed out for some gardening and the rest of the guys had a...
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New Coleus For Consideration
Today was overcast but quite mild and near 50 degrees F. It looks like we'll have another stretch of mild weather. I don't miss shoveling but a little snow to cover the cords out in the Holiday Light...
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Coral Bells For Your Consideration
The mild weather continues with another overcast day with temperatures in the mid 40 degrees F. The sun did peak out briefly on occasion too though! We had some action out in the gardens with Larry H....
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Meritorious Summer Snapdragons (Angelonia)
Mild temperatures continued today with a high in the upper 50 degrees F which is making the grass start to grow! The sun periodically made an appearance as well. We thought we might need to get our...
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Historic Friday - The Rath Center
I have so many historic images of the gardens that I'm planning to blog about a little history every Friday this winter. Today was slow around the Horticulture Center with Maury coming in for some...
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Plant Petunias!
Due to rainy weather yesterday, we had to cancel the Holiday Light Show (HLS) for Sunday night. However the first two nights (Friday and Saturday) saw close to 6,000 folks (total) come through the HLS...
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