Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Frosty Morn

I know what most of you are thinking......surely she does not mean the icy cold kind of frost.......


Yes, it's a fact. I woke up to frost on June 13th.  Just for proof, I snapped this shot of the neighbor's roof.  I immediately ran out to the deck (6:15 a.m.)  and watered all of my containers.  My farmer friend says that if you water frost before the sun hits the leaves, it will save your plants.  I really did not see any frost on my plants, but just to be safe, I watered.    I felt pretty guilty as I knew last night that we had frost warnings, but I was too lazy to go out and cover everything.  I decided to let nature take it's course...but I would have cried like a baby if I woke up to a couple dozen dead containers.

I am happy to report that they all looked fine on my after-work walk through.
I was very surprised as coleus and cannas do not like it when the temp is below 50 degrees.  You can see in the background that I am beginning to bring the deck furniture out. We are hoping to get it all finished this weekend before my father's day BBQ that I am having on Sunday.

I have a few new things to show you from the arbor gardens.  Here you see the blue/purple spiderwort is now in bloom with the magenta.  It makes a nice combo with the one remaining allium 'Christopherii'.  I planted seven of them a few years ago.  They never survive more than a couple of years in my garden.
 Here is allium 'Molly'.  She has spread quite nicely through the years.
 Here she is peeking through a hosta.
 Ah, and here is my favorite poppy-- 'Queen Alexander' at 6:30 a.m.
 Here she is yesterday at 4:30 p.m.--not quite open.
and today at 3:30 p.m. -

Queen A may still be short with only four flowers, but she is a pastel beauty, don't you think?  I feel so good when I make a purchase that lives more than two years!

10 comments:

  1. The blooms are lovely Zoey. I can't even believe you had frost today. That is just crazy!

    Cher Sunray Gardens

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  2. It was cold here this morning, too, Zoey, but we didn't have frost. Crazy weather, huh? xo Diana

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  3. Wow, frost in June! We are supposed to get cool tonight but no frost I hope.

    Eileen

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  4. No the F word??
    Our low this time of year is in the mid 50's.
    Love watching your flowers, glad they survived

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  5. wow Frost in June...so glad everything is okay...we had hail here in Texas...

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  6. Brr. I hope your BBQ goes well! Do you collect your poppy seeds or let them reseed themselves?

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  7. OMG! I thought you were kidding. Not nice this time of the year at all. Zoey your coleus are just so pretty. Love that container.

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  8. Zoey your pink poppy is beautiful. I think that is the color of the one that I popped a couple of seed heads. I am letting them dry out now and will sprinkle them this Fall. Oh how I hope they bring me a beauty like yours. I have Spiderwort and really enjoy it also. Hostas are among my favorites. Molly is very cute. I would like to find one of those. I've also heart that if you water your pots before a predicted frost it will keep them from freezing. Glad yours all survived.
    Hugs,
    Jann
    p.s. You should link this to my party, Share Your Cup Thursday

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  9. Ohmygosh-frost warnings! We've had cooler nights-high 50s-60s-nice sleeping. Love that pink poppy!
    I had my iPad with me on our trip, but I wasn't going to spend $13 to look at it, I just used my phone. No free wifi there!
    I wasn't bad at all on the 35th floor-I slept well, but got really dry from the a/c around dawn.

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  10. Ohmygosh-frost warnings! We've had cooler nights-high 50s-60s-nice sleeping. Love that pink poppy!
    I had my iPad with me on our trip, but I wasn't going to spend $13 to look at it, I just used my phone. No free wifi there!
    I wasn't bad at all on the 35th floor-I slept well, but got really dry from the a/c around dawn.

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