Yellow Roses Mean Gladness and Caring

In Victorian times yellow roses symbolized jealousy. Today it represents friendship, joy and affection.


Julia Child


Sunny Knockout

These are newly planted this year with 'Moonbeam' coreopsis, bringing joy and gladness to the garden.

I just think these pictures are too, too big. It's as if you have your face in the life-size rose. What do y'all think?

Floating Solar Fountain

I always wanted a floating solar fountain so I could have moving water far from a power source without 300 feet of electric cord. Grandpa's old Syrup Kettle has a big piece broken off the rim, and evidence of ancient repairs that eventually failed. It still holds ample fluid for a water feature.

When I searched for solar fountains in the past, many complained that the floating kind eventually became waterlogged. This one has 90 days to decide if it wants to do that. It was inexpensive as compared to 4-5 years ago.

The plants around the syrup kettle are all water hogs, so frequent topping off will make them happy.

Foliage Friday

Foliage Friday is the grand idea of Blackswamp_Girl Kim, who expounded on Frances' idea of Weed Wednesday. I'm like my florist friend Mr. Ramon who refused to sell dead flowers to a football team who wanted to send them to their opponents. 'I don't sell dead flowers,' he said. I don't show weeds if I can avoid it, unless for identification or commiseration. Most of the time you can just name a weed and people know what you're talking about. I'll not give them much bandwidth.

I'm all for Foliage, though.



Clockwise from the left: Persian Shield with Licorice Plant, White Caladiums with variegated 'Mariesii' Hydrangea, 'Bengal Tiger' cannas with 'Black Magic' caladium,
Purple Heart and Bulbine, and in the middle, Red Caladiums I've forgotten the name with Cypress Vine, which I guess qualifies as a weed.

Wait! Steve Silk has featured Fab Foliage Friday on his blog since last year.
I kept thinking I'd seen this before, and then wandered onto his blog from my Feeds and recognized where I'd seen it. He has about 40 Fab Foliage posts, if you are out of ideas. He never invited anybody else, so I guess this is different.