Urban Oasis: One more for Olivia ...

Monday, August 07, 2006

One more for Olivia ...

Because you know why, and thanks for being such a kind and supportive friend and fellow traveler!

I fully expect you will find room for Kopper King in your garden when you do the big re-design! Pictures don't begin to describe how beautiful these are ... and hardy and tough! Just like my dear friend in Ottawa who has coaxed the Pink outta me, LOL.

And then... there's Convolvulus "Blue Ensign" to think about for next year!

I know, the pics are reversed, but I'm sure you won't mind.... So, enjoy, and I'll be talking sports again very soon! And those who know me, know very well it won't be about NASCAR or anything like that!

G'night!

2 comments:

Family Man said...: A cornucopia of IVG in one day! Wow be still my heart. :)

Great to see you're feeling better IVG and I love the flowers and tomato, Uhmmm tomato.; 8/07/2006 05:45:00 AM
olivia said...: I will definitely work the Kopper King into the design ... they are amazing! And of course, those convolvulus are pretty spectacular in their own right! I'm glad that've you've embraced some pinkness ... just like you've introduced me to some very unique and wonderful plants that I can't wait to try my hand at. If you lived closer IVG, I'd be hanging out at your house every day taking pictures -- just imagine! -- you'd get so sick of me LOL ...

Your garden is a wonder ... :); 8/07/2006 05:32:00 PM

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Transforming one urban corner, one season at a time

Welcome to our little corner of the Plant Universe!

I started Urban Oasis almost three years ago with the intent of both chronicling the seasonal changes of our gardens, as well as to serve as a kind of "rough draft" for a gardening book I've been wanting to write for about six years now. Well, the book remains unwritten, but readers will still find in these pages, the seeds of what it may eventually become when I'm gifted with adequate time and resources to really apply myself to writing it....

When we moved into our house in 1998, (affectionately dubbed Casa IVG), it was a practically barren garden canvas just waiting to be reborn. Our urban transformation project began in earnest in Spring 1999, and continues to this day, with some major changes occurring along the way (such as the boulder beds in 2003) ... and the evolution continues to this day.

Urban Oasis itself has evolved too, from its original exclusive focus on the plants to postings on some of my other more personal interests, such as Politics, International and Independent Cinema, and one of the enduring passions of my life: our dogs. 2008 was a year of many transitions for us, the saddest of which was the loss of our beloved Pepa and Rolly in December.

But, as in any garden worth its petals, we are now experiencing a joyous renewal with the recent adoption of our new pup, Hanna, who will be appearing regularly here as the seasons progress. She'll never truly replace Pepa as the official "mascot" of the blog, but she's an eager "intern" who will go far in filling the enormous paw prints left behind by her predecessor ... and fill them well, she will!