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Heralyn

@heralyn.bsky.social

Cat mom, gardener, book nerd. Formally heralyn on twitter, currently heralyn@ecoevosocial on mastodon. AI gets you blocked

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Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 4d ago

If anyone is near McMinnville, OR I have some plants that I am selling. Baby iris and hydrangeas, ferns, aster, dahlias, and some other stuff. 🌱🌷

Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 5d ago

Some water features and added agapanthus bonus from Windcliff! I must have asked Robert three times if it vas okay I just over there and picked one out to buy! 🌷🌱 So many beauties!

A photo of some of the agapanthus grown at Windcliff. A photo of the bog garden filled with flycatcher pitcher plants. A photo of a water lily. A photo of one of the pond areas at Windcliff.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Too hot to do much the past few days. Garden kitty has enjoyed rolling in the hot gravel, the front patio filled with pots, the catio bed, and pineapple lilies! Zorro got too big so I had to move some to another spot, but never fear my pineapple lily love goes on ♥️🌷🌱

A photo of garden kitty being silly rolling around on his back in a gravel bed. A photo of the walk to the front of the house, the patio is broken up into sections, along the left side house wall full sun potted plants (although the rhododendron is blocking most of the plants!) along the wall straight back are potted camellias with some smaller friends. To the right are the larger potted plants and the summer dahlias. Please excuse any crispiness, it has been a busy spring and summer and not everything got the love it deserves! A photo of the catio bed. This bed is filled with peonies, hydrangeas, a large lilac and some miscellaneous smaller perennials. Bonus Gary included. A photo of two large hydrangeas, a limelight and zorro with potted pineapple lilies in front. There is actually a small hydrangea behind the pots as well!
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Second flush roses! The Pilgrim, Summer Song, and Munstead Wood. I am in love with Summer Song. I know she is weak and a problematic rose, but that color is so unlike any other rose I have seen! 🌱🌷

A photo of rose the pilgrim, a soft yellow bloom with many petals fading to cream on the outer petals. A photo of rose summer song, an odd deep orange/pink color with full double petals.A photo of rose munstead wood alongside hydrangea limelight. The rose is a deep reddish pink with full petals. The hydrangea bloom is a bright acid green and is just beginning to open.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Working on my new hydrangea alley! The lay out is mostly done, still have room for a few more, I will cut these back this weekend to hopefully allow time for new growth and blooms next summer. These are all a bit scraggly and leggy from being in pots for the last few years. 🌷🌱

A view down a side yard filled with raised beds full of potted hydrangeas in dappled sunlight. The opposite view of a side yard filled with raised beds full of potted hydrangeas in dappled sunlight.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

As @snellis.bsky.social says, merry christmas! An amaryllis in bloom in July! I buy two or three of these every holiday season and after they bloom pot them up. So they bloom at odd times based on how old they are. This might be one of my favorites with the white edges on the petals.

A photo of an amaryllis in bloom. A large red bloom with white edging and lined centers.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 4w ago

Rose The Lark Ascending showing off, same flowers in shade (showing more peach) and sun (glowing golden). My favorite rose for beauty, and one I will always recommend! 🌱🌷

A photo of the rose the lark ascending in bloom. A cluster of blooms appear peach with gently glowing orange centers. A photo of the rose the lark ascending blooming. A cluster of flowers glowing brightly in the sun with colors of orange, gold, peach, and yellow.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · last mo.

Today is Gary's three year adoptiversary! He celebrated with some outside time and tuna for all! Here's to many more years with this sweet boy! ♥️♥️♥️

A photo of a tuxedo tabby from behind sniffing upwards at a large hydrangea bush. A photo of a tuxedo tabby in a flowering clover patch. A photo of a tuxedo tabby "helping" build a table with his very own tiny screwdriver. A photo of a tuxedo tabby curled up in a cat condo with his feet hanging out facing the camera.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Taking a break from hydrangeas (yes, I still have more to post!) here are some other flowers from the garden! First up miniature rose Green Ice, achillea Double Diamond, crocosmia Lucifer, and gillenia trifoliata, which I just saw at Dancing Oaks and wish I would have bought like three more! 🌱🌷

A photo of a cluster of blooms from rose Green Ice. This is a miniature rose which makes these small clusters of full double blooms starting out white and fading to green. A photo of achillea double diamond. I grew these little white puffs of bloom from seed many years ago and they are dotted throughout the garden. Unlike normal achillea which make large flat head of flowers these are more like very small clusters of carnation style blooms. They fully open allowing access to the stamens and bugs love them! They also add a bit of height to the border. A photo of a crocosmia lucifer bloom. Deep red trumpet style flowers make up two double rows of this flower head. We moved these last year and I am really looking for ard to seeing them against the goldenrod which is just starting to push flower buds! A photo of a gillenia trifoliata, with small white flowers of elongated petals of five. This plant is stunning, I want more of them! They are great in shade and are airy.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My summer song is finally blooming! And of course it is during a heatwave and so the blooms are terrible. But I love her and can't wait for her to grow and grow! It is really interesting to me how much red is reflecting back on my hand in these photos, shows just how strong the coloration is! 🌷🌱

A photo of the rose summer song in bloom. This rose has a unique deep orangey pink color. It is jam packed full of petals making a strong cupped form. Another photo of the rose summer song in bloom. This rose has a unique deep orangey pink color. It is jam packed full of petals making a strong cupped form.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some of my current favorite combos happening in the garden! 🌷🌱 Hydrangea and spirea, rose, clematis, and checkermallow, alstroemerias and carpinteria elizabeth, and rose and pine tree!

A photo of the hydrangea zebra blooming alongside of a pink spirea with just a hint of orange geum. The Lady of Shallot rose blooming with a deep purple clematis, and a bright pink checkermallow. A photo of a red alstroemeria blooming with the white, fried egg flowers of California Carpinteria Elizabeth. A photo off something I would love more of, the rose Jude the Obscure blooming along side a pine tree with another conifer and plants. There is also someone peeking out of the window!
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Trying out the new 10 pics post to see how I like it. I guess posts over five pics bring back the carousel. Here are some wildcats pics, I'm sure there are some repeats! 🐈🐈‍⬛

Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Looks a bit of a mess and not quite done, but hellbed 2.0 has been planted! We changed up the layout and I have lots of tall beardeds I can pull as the peonies get bigger! Still a few more plants to squeeze in and gravel to finish. 🌷🌱

A photo of a new garden bed as seen from the front with many peonies, tall bearded iris, spuria iris, day lilies, and some other perennials mixed in. It is mulched with gravel. A photo of a new garden bed as seen from the side path with many peonies, tall bearded iris, spuria iris, day lilies, and some other perennials mixed in. It is mulched with gravel. A photo of a new garden bed looking from back to front with many peonies, tall bearded iris, spuria iris, day lilies, and some other perennials mixed in. It is mulched with gravel. A photo of a new garden bed looking from back to front with many peonies, tall bearded iris, spuria iris, day lilies, and some other perennials mixed in. It is mulched with gravel.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Currently putting on a show are roses Jude the Obscure and The Lady of Shallot. Getting ready for the show are hydrangeas Limelight, Zorro, Golden Needle, Zebra, and more! 🌱🌷

A photo of the rose Jude the Obscure in full first flush. This rose is taller than I am this year, topping out at about six feet, and is filled with full double apricot colored blooms. A photo of the rose The Lady of Shallot in full first flush, filled with fully double apricotty/orange blooms. A photo of three hydrangeas Little Lime Limelight growing tall on the left hand side, zorro taking up the whole right half of the picture, and at the bottom left a special little hydrangea I got from Dan Hinkley a few years ago. This is it's second year in the ground and I have happy to see that it survived winter and is putting on new strong growth. While all green for now this corner will be full with the lime green and white blooms of Little Lime Limelight, bright blue blooms of Zorro, and soft pink double blooms of my new little treasure! A photo of the other hydrangea corner, this one also has a Little Lime Limelight on the right, a climbing false hydrangea just beginning to bloom its white lace cap blooms which give it its name, a very small baby Zebra hydrangea center front bottom, and on the left reaching for the sky is Golden Needle.
Heralyn@heralyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Partied a bit too hard in the garden today and have once again injured my back. At least I got some nice pictures to look at! One of our last peonies, I think this is hot chocolate, garden kitty on patrol, peony Tish still putting on a show, and rose Jude the Obscure just getting started. 🌷🌱🌷🌱

A photo of a peony hot chocolate bloom. This one is a dark red, with dark red stamens, in an anemone or japanese style bloom. A photo of a black and white cat sitting on an outdoor table in profile from the camera. A photo of a very large peony plant in full bloom. This is Tish, she makes bright fuchsia pink blooms with gold stamens in an anemone or japanese style bloom. A photo of a large Jude the Obscure rose just beginning to bloom. This rose makes beautiful deeply cupped apricot blooms that have the most wonderful smell. If I could walk around with my nose in a rose all day this would be it!