Brandywine in Salem, Connecticut. Grandmaman would love to plant this bush in Central Alberta but looks like it is meant for warmer climates. Zones 5-9.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Monday, September 28, 2020
Iris
Planted the following Iris rhizomes in the front flowerbed at Norglenwold in September 2020.
2 Just Like Heaven - Bearded German Iris. Consisting of only 6 petals. 3 upright standard petals and 3 downward fall petals. Height 36" . Massive blooms, and a lot of them, with delicate petal shape and color combination, Chalky white standards have just a hint of blue at their base and sit atop rounded, soft sky-blue falls.
1 Cloud Dweller - Bearded German Iris. Consisting of only 6 petsals. 3 upright standard petals and 3 downward fall petals. Height 40". Ivory white. The undersides of the standards and falls both have a sunny, yellow glow. Branched with several flowers per stalk.
2 Best Bet - Reblooming German Iris. Height 36" Light sky blue-purple standards and darker grape-purple falls. Hardy, deer resistant. Re-blooming Iris best in a sunny, well-drained garden. They will bloom first in late spring and again at the end of the season. Zone 3-8
Monday, July 6, 2020
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
September Ruby Apple Tree
A new September Ruby Apple Tree planted on May 17, 2020 in the sunny backyard in Norglenwold to celebrate Grandmaman and Papa's 46th anniversary on May 18, 2020. Tristan dug the hole and planted the tree. Ethan sawed down the no longer growing Mountain Ash tree with his DIY bucksaw and Reegan watered the tree. Kevin helped Ethan saw up the old tree and Tristan and Grandpa hauled the branches to the neighborhood bin.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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| May 24, 2020 |
Papa refilled the bird feeder tonight and we had a new visitor.
A Rose-breasted Grosbeak!
Click Grosbeak for more info and to hear his song!
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| May 24, 2020 |
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Ice out 2020
Historically the ice has melted completely on the ice as early as April 17 and as late as May 30. Here are a few shots of the lake today May 6. And yes Grandpa was out kayaking this morning at 7:00. We thought the ice was completely out as we saw a post on Facebook that the ice was all gone. But as it turns out the Mayor had not done his official drive around the lake and when he did in the evening he found ice at Sunbreaker Cove. I will update the official date as soon as the Mayor announces.
Official date 2020
May 7, 2020
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Canna
Bronze Scarlet Canna Lily
Dug the canna lilies out of the front flower bed in Norglenwold in the Fall and overwintered the rhizomes in vermiculite in the basement over the winter.
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| Planted the rhizomes in potting soil in ice cream buckets. April 26, 2020 In 2021 we got them going a bit earlier.....April 3. |
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