This is 'Tropicana'
5 years ago
Monday, August 14, 2006
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Welcome to Perennial Passion
About Me
- Diana LaMarre
- Michigan, United States
- I am so glad you stopped by to visit my garden. I garden in lower northern Michigan (zone 5) in far less than ideal conditions. I have too many pine trees, too much shade, too many rocks, herds of hosta-munching deer and rabbits who think my lilly buds are gourmet appetizers. I am by no means an expert in horticulture or garden design--just an amateur with a shovel and a passion. My garden changes daily during the summer and I will be updating frequently. During the winter months, I blog about my favorite cold-weather hobby--quilting and just my everyday musings. I hope you enjoy your visit, and that you will come back soon.
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Making Miscellaneous Christmas Quilt Blocks - At the moment, I have no idea what will become of these quilt blocks I have been making for the past couple of weeks. I guess they will remain in this bin...
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Working on a Which Witch Halloween Dinner Table - After a couple of years, I finally finished my paper-pieced (a quilting technique) chair covers. I think they go nicely with the witch hat I bought last yea...
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Frost Ends the Garden - First frost ---Aug 24, 2017 (beat our "old" early frost date of Sept 6 by nearly 2 weeks) Killing Frost --Sept 2, 2017 (beat our "old" earliest kil...
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Time Goes ... - Where has the time gone? I cannot believe it has been so long since my last posting. Life happens though and sometimes you have other things on your min...
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The Choices We Make - I have often wondered why I have chosen the color orange for several of my daylilies, but today as I was taking some photos, I realized the orange tones re...
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Safely In the Arms of Jesus - Hello all, My lovely wife Patrica J. Cerasa, lost her fight with ovarian cancer at 12:34 PM yesterday and went safely to the arms of Jesus and all of those ...9 years ago
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Waiting for Dinner - More Heron shots from FL. This Heron was standing right at the edge of a breakwater. He barely moved as I walked past him several times. He was so inte...
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Ohio Garden of Hosta Acer Trees and November 2014 Snow - Hard to believe that Nov 17, 2014 has already brought this amount of snow to Ohio. Looks like it definitely is going to be another year like last winter ...
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That is a gorgeous color! Wow, I've only seen them in the usual red. This is so pretty!!
ReplyDeleteYou have an amazing colorful blogsite! I have reviewed all posts and love the strong colors that are present..your garden is stunning! We have similar taste in plants chosen and the fact that we LOVE our frogs and name them and care for them!Nice meeting you this way :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rosa. I have been on an "orange" kick for the past three years.
ReplyDeleteNice meeting you, too, Naturegirl. I have to say, though I did name my frog and try to care for him, I don't actually like frogs...they give me the creeps! I like to look at them from a distance, but I certainly do not want to touch them...lol.
Zoey,
ReplyDeleteI have an orange lilly that looks similar but the leaves are all green.
Yours is much prettier!
Hi Sue,
ReplyDeleteThe 'Tropicana''s main draw is its superb foliage. I have to say it's my favorite container plant. I enjoy it from the moment those beautiful leaves unfurl until the first frost -- a good 4 months. The flowers are just a little extra something to appreciate.
It did turn orange after all and what a beautiful canna it is. I have an orange colored watergarden canna in my pool. It was supposed to be red...that's how it was labeled.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the foliage..it's striking, and the flower is lovely. I never thought to put them in pots. You certainly have a lovely colorful deck with all the wonderful containers. I can appreciate all the work you do keeping everything looking good! Answering your question of a while back about my plants being shorter this year...no, they're as tall as usual, or taller. A few of the glads are taller than my hubby..he's about 5'8". I've never seen them that tall before!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever post a pic of that weed in flower? Maybe I missed it.