tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post5923132324114881137..comments2023-12-08T19:44:13.991-08:00Comments on Talking to Plants: More Pictures from The Paine Art Museum and GardenRachellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00275379577689130061noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post-46786522483931112322013-05-29T21:03:27.001-07:002013-05-29T21:03:27.001-07:00Oh, thank you. I can't grow either one here. ...Oh, thank you. I can't grow either one here. The flower looks far from "common"! It seems like something almost tropical with its tutti-fruitti flower colors. Are you from zone 6? I know they are more common in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275379577689130061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post-15146172617202786932013-05-29T06:08:06.419-07:002013-05-29T06:08:06.419-07:00Not a bottlebrush buckeye but a common horse chest...Not a bottlebrush buckeye but a common horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), a close relative of the buckeyes.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291223943168030684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post-52904215775866121512013-05-21T20:41:59.927-07:002013-05-21T20:41:59.927-07:00They sell them here, but we gardeners have to be v...They sell them here, but we gardeners have to be very careful about where the seed was sourced, because as I said we are just barely where they are hardy. Although my neighbor has one, he is a doctor of horticulture and he says he crosses his fingers every winter (and I specifically know his is of that farthest north seed source).Rachellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275379577689130061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post-27932643277487930112013-05-21T16:13:32.368-07:002013-05-21T16:13:32.368-07:00The Paine is a great little garden. I have been t...The Paine is a great little garden. I have been there. So many of the plants you showed today are in my garden here on the shores of Lake Michigan. They are now only beginning to bloom. (high today only 56F when all those west of me were in the upper 70s) Still early Spring here. Enjoyed my visit.Gardens at Waters Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007610849161868747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152931393171647425.post-83734881213460428632013-05-21T13:01:23.351-07:002013-05-21T13:01:23.351-07:00I could live there! But mostly I really really wan...I could live there! But mostly I really really want a redbud tree-- You would not believe how difficult they are to find in Oregon.linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com