Flowers for the beauty of it all
These lilies press beautifully and are very much like the Stargazer lilies brides choose to carry in their bouquets. Dianne’s tall Asiatic lilies often grow 6 feet tall. With 10 or more blooms on each stalk the scent can be overwhelming. Many times they need to be tied to the butterfly bush behind them to support the top heavy stalks.
The property has two Clematis bushes. One is candystrip pink and white. The other is called blue but looks pinkish in this picture.
	This is a Fritillary butterfly on the Butterfly Bush. The bush was loaded with the little guys. How satisfying when there is evidence that our efforts at attracting these beautiful creatures is working!
Can you see the cardinal in the cherry tree?
Some friends laughed when I said I was going to grow a topiary from a forsythia start.	Well, here it is. The tree tape wrapped around the main trunk kept it from bushing out there. It did take diligent trimming at the bottom to eliminate fresh starts. One year it was round, the next a triangle. I had fun with it.	Hellebores are a lovely delight because they bloom so early in the spring. That is snow you see on the ground! Spring 2006 was very cool so they continued to bloom far into May.
	This year I have taken to growing a lot of my kitchen herbs in pots on the carport ledge. These are nearer to the kitchen and are less likely to be “forgotten” when the ground is tilled so I won’t have to replant. I will however, need to bury the pots in a bed so they will winter over for us.
This is Lovage! It is the best herb ever when used as a straw in a tomato cocktail. It has a peppery celery flavor.		This box has some Tyme and a variety of Oregeno known as Hot and Spicy.
It is amazing to see how many butterflies will flock on the butterfly bush in this garden! The Butterfly bush has both purple and white blossoms.		This is the purple blossom of the butterfly bush and chrysthamum.
		Yellow daylillies and purple Blazin Stars (Liatris) grow here too.
Prize winning flowers
Hellebores	White Peony with a red streak	Yellow Iris		White Iris
These flowers all won blue ribbons at the Cumberland County 48^th Annual Flower Show.
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