Comments on Gardening With Grace: It Was Worth The Effort, sort of

I too remember your visit to collect the hollyhock...

2009-11-03T20:05:13.481-08:00

I too remember your visit to collect the hollyhocks - thanks for the update, you did those "babies" proud! Oh, I might need to put loropelatum on the list - that magenta blossom looks just like a witch hazel bloom! Is your J. anemone named after the character in Mozart's "Magic Flute," I wonder?

What a proud momma you can be! That's a pretty c...

2009-10-29T17:54:39.675-07:00

What a proud momma you can be! That's a pretty color. I love the anemones! I have to say that I spent a few minutes enjoying the enlarged photo of your garden. Wow, it is gorgeous! Your kiss me over the garden gate is tall! I was wondering what plant is loaded with deep pink blooms behind the lighter pink dahlias on the right side of the photo.

Look at all those pretty pink flowers! I love the...

2009-10-29T10:42:53.544-07:00

Look at all those pretty pink flowers! I love the anemones. I have a couple planted that just grew a few leaves this year. Maybe next year they'll bloom?

It is pleasure to see single petal Hollyhock. Gard...

2009-10-29T04:03:57.212-07:00

It is pleasure to see single petal Hollyhock. Gardeners here are going crazy for doubles not knowing they are not as eco-friendly. Aemones are looking so pretty as well. The last photo is so cute.

Grace, the hollyhocks look great. Your garden is ...

2009-10-28T20:04:21.823-07:00

Grace, the hollyhocks look great. Your garden is also looking really good for this time of year.

Grace, I'm such a fan of yours... I believe anythi...

2009-10-28T18:29:47.720-07:00

Grace, I'm such a fan of yours... I believe anything you do would be worth the effort! :-)

I love hollyhocks. Did you ever learn how to make hollyhock dolls? My mom taught me as a very young girl.

Your last photo is incredible. Someday I want to grow up to be you! :-)

Hi Grace, Well, I'm hooked on your blog now afte...

2009-10-28T17:00:10.501-07:00

Hi Grace,
Well, I'm hooked on your blog now after one visit. All you have to do is mention Hollyhocks.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. It is nice to "meet" you. Your garden is stunningly beautiful.. how long has it taken you to create such a paradise?
Rosey

WOW! Wonderful holly, and I just love your last pi...

2009-10-28T16:19:47.759-07:00

WOW! Wonderful holly, and I just love your last picture.

FlowerLady

What a hollyhock! Don't you love loropetalum? The...

2009-10-28T06:17:10.015-07:00

What a hollyhock!

Don't you love loropetalum? The bloom before the azaleas and are still blooming when the azaleas are long gone, then we get the fall rebloom.

Some of mine are 12 foot trees. I have a white lorpetalum. Michael Dirr dismissed the white as being unfit for gardens, but I love mine, great for a white garden with Gardenias and things.

Love your last photo. Great capture.

LOVE that hollyhock. I'm not much of a "flowery" g...

2009-10-27T21:18:30.712-07:00

LOVE that hollyhock. I'm not much of a "flowery" gardener but I've always had a soft spot for hollyhocks and that's a stunner!

Your pipa's red loropetalum gives me hope for ours, the specific cultivar of which I can't remember right now (and I'm too lazy to look it up!) I love that fall blossom tendency.

You have so much COLOR in your garden for the last week of October!

I love when you show off that gorgeous garden of y...

2009-10-27T18:50:15.414-07:00

I love when you show off that gorgeous garden of yours! That loropetalum, is it related to the witch hazel? I love that flower.

Great job with the hollyhock! You truly have a green thumb (or a pink one if you wish!)

Your garden is so lush, so beautiful. Thanks for a...

2009-10-27T06:30:22.603-07:00

Your garden is so lush, so beautiful. Thanks for another eye-treat!

So jealous of the hollyhock. I have two, purchased...

2009-10-26T15:37:57.474-07:00

So jealous of the hollyhock. I have two, purchased at HPSO sale, that remain small, LOW clumps of leaves. Maybe my mom is proved right. She always held that stolen plants do much better than the legitimate ones (not that yours is exactly stolen).

Oh Grace, I just want to get lost in your garden a...

2009-10-26T15:08:53.142-07:00

Oh Grace, I just want to get lost in your garden and play. It's filled with so many gorgeous plants and blooms, and for Oct (almost Nov) you have SO MUCH blooming! It almost looks like summer. It's just so full and lush. I wish I could have something like yours but I have mostly shade here so I can only choose small areas to plant my sun plants in. I enjoy looking at your beautiful photos!

You must be delighted to see the hollyhock flower....

2009-10-26T14:30:23.796-07:00

You must be delighted to see the hollyhock flower. Grace - you are torturing me - first the pennisetum which seems to be unavailable over here and now the loropetalum 'Pipa's Red', which on first investigations appears to be equally elusive :( I am just going to have stop visiting you :)

Definitely worth the effort! The hollyhock is a be...

2009-10-26T12:45:10.226-07:00

Definitely worth the effort! The hollyhock is a beautiful vibrant color. I really like the Anemone too, such a vivid pink.

The shot of your garden is beautiful. A wonderful and beautifully constructed tableau of heights, colors and textures.

Good job on the Hollyhock!

2009-10-26T12:19:26.206-07:00

Good job on the Hollyhock!

lovely garden !

2009-10-26T10:17:57.505-07:00

lovely garden !

I remember you getting the hollyhock. It does see...

2009-10-26T09:55:12.167-07:00

I remember you getting the hollyhock. It does seem worth the effort! I love when you show garden pictures. Look at all the pink still blooming. I really like'Pipa's red and am writing that one down so I can remember to look for it.

Hi Grace More More More photo's of your garden ...

2009-10-26T09:30:43.377-07:00

Hi Grace

More More More photo's of your garden please--just beautiful

Sue

Oh, I love your Anemone. What a pretty she is. You...

2009-10-26T09:16:54.193-07:00

Oh, I love your Anemone. What a pretty she is.
Your hollyhock turned out to be so pretty and tall. Don't you love little surprises like that one a bloom when you least expect it.
Just look at all of the textures and color yet in your garden. I love the hedge but have no patience in trimming them. I use to have tall ones along my driveway and finally hacked them down after cutting off a couple of extension cords with the trimmers ;-) They were not safe for my health to keep around.

Grace, your header photo is a feast! and this phot...

2009-10-26T07:45:44.154-07:00

Grace, your header photo is a feast! and this photo of the garden is not too shabby either. lol Beautiful!

Is this your garden? What a oasis. I have for ye...

2009-10-26T07:34:23.493-07:00

Is this your garden? What a oasis. I have for years tugged pages out of a magazine, and this is almost what I had in mind. Now all we need is the space, and one day we will have that.

Gorgeous!

Jen

I absolutely love hollyhocks, and yours is just st...

2009-10-26T07:13:12.100-07:00

I absolutely love hollyhocks, and yours is just stunning! The color, the big flower, and blooming so late in the season -- just wonderful! Love it. And the picture of the bed altogether is so full and lush, even now, almost November. Wow!

Morning Grace, What a stunner Hollyhock! Hopefull...

2009-10-26T05:45:20.869-07:00

Morning Grace, What a stunner Hollyhock! Hopefully next year it will put more effort into blooms rather than roots.
We have lots of Loropetalum in our area (7b) and my favorites are the ones with the burgundy foliage to accent those hot pink blooms.
Janet