Jayne In Georgia

October on coastal Georgia brings bees, butterflies and blooms. While my gardens in New Canaan CT were prepping for a cold Autumn and Winter by October, this climate encourages the garden to continue delighting the gardener. I was fortunate to be able to go on a small private garden tour early in the week on Skidaway Island where the owners were developing a passion for gingers. I love the gingers, so this was a morning I couldn’t pass up.

Many of the gingers weren’t in bloom, but the owner had an I Pad to show us the many varieties he grows.

Today on a warm overcast morning, I drove to the Georgia Southern State campus in Savannah to walk along the many paths that encompass a 268 acre arboretum.

The garden areas are spread around the campus, so a long, reflective stroll was the order of the day. Stopping to examine new plants, I tried to photograph the ones unknown to me along with their tags.

The vine above was growing up and through a shrub in the Conifer Garden. Do you recognize it? It is similar to the Blue Moon vine I grow, but I’v

e never seen pink!

I am growing a stag horn fern on a board, at home, but I’ve never thought to grow one on a tree directly, un

til I saw this.

I spent an hour walking the campus, so there is much more to see. I may save the rest for another post. But I can’t leave this post without remarking on the glorious Overstory of magnificent trees.

So, check back next week, for a continuation of the walk on campus, once known as Armstrong State, but now part of the Georgia State University system.

I remind you to visit thePropagator http://thepropagator.wordpress.com for a look around a British garden and to connect with other gardeners around the world. His Six on Saturday is always a joy.

Savannah ….September week ends can be blissful.

Please visit https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/author/cavershamjj/ to see the author of six on Saturday, and see what is blooming all over the world today!

Six or maybe seven on Saturday in Savannah!

Thanks go to Jon the Propagator who hosts Six on Saturday. Pop over and see what’s blooming all over the world. Our poor world, needs more gardeners.

A week of rain and humidity should encourage growth, yes? But a bit of sunshine is needed to keep the photosynthesis going! A few things blooming…

Join Jon the Propagator for this Six on Saturday!

We began July with a cross country trip, cavaliers on Board, first stop Birmingham AL. The visit with an old friend included an evening in her garden!

On to Dallas, and I have nothing to say about that stop, except the La Quinta across from the Four Seasons was one of the best we stayed with our pets along. Would’ve liked to stay at the Four Seasons! It irks me that my two perfectly clean and coiffed dogs would cost so much extra just to sleep in their own comfy dog beds. I am sure they are cleaner and better behaved than the typical 3 year old, and the kids are free!

Taos after several years, feels like a second home. and now son and his wife have added land in Angel Fire, so that is a new destination. Their dogs love it, especially the lake, but it much too wild and rural for the likes of the cavs.

We took a packed lunch to Angel Fire, watched the dogs swim in the lake, observed wildflowers everywhere, even at 10,000 feet, and tried to identify the birds from their song. What an amazing afternoon to just be in the mountains. Peaceful beyond words.

From our window in the newly refurbished casita, the sunsets blaze, the cows and horses graze, and we feel so happy to be in the Land of Enchantment.

Our morning walks through this beautiful countryside start each of our days with a serenity that is hard to find anywhere else.

Wordless Wednesday blooms…