An abunance of roses....

Cooper Nursery in Marshall, Texas has this large rose bed at the entrance to the nursery. All the roses are Austin roses, and just gorgeous! I was surprised at the lack of fragrance. I thought Austin roses were very fragrant.Anyway, the roses are in full bloom!

There were roses of all colors in this bed. I seem to have gotten basically the same color in these pics, but I know there are others. I got in a hurry to get these posted. lol



This last picture was just amazing! All these buds, can you imagine what this is going to look like when it blooms?!!!

Pictures I have promised...

I wanted to show some pictures from our trip, especially this one! These are actually the same tree.

This is a different tree, on the other side of the door at the Golden Corral in Marshall, Texas. These are both Japanese Maples. I was apoplectic! Such beautiful foliage, and they chopped them into these tight, miserable forms. GRRRRrrrrr!
I told you we went to Cooper Nursery in Marshall, too. This is the bougainvillia tree we saw there. I didn't realize what it was until I saw the blooms on the top.

I wish Bobby would let me have a bougainvillia, I would have a tree such as this.This is a great plant nursery. They have a very pretty little garden close to the entrance to the nursery which is dedicated to the memory of their son. It is just lovely.

It includes a nice water garden, as well as many plants we would have to struggle to grow here.

I really wanted to pull just a few of these yellow LA iris! I don't have any yellow ones anymore...

One more pic I wanted to show, for it shows an application for sedums. I love this sedum, and I have quite a lot of it, but it is all in pots. Look at what they did with it!

This is the same walkway, with our motly crew discussing the beautiful sedum, probably. We were all impressed with this nursery.
I have to go out and get busy. I am planting some of my sedum in the ground today. Maybe just a little at first....

I still have pictures to post. Next: the Austin roses!

Last post was getting stinky....

Well, the truth is that I was gone for many of the days since my last post.

I am having a terrible problem with my new computer. It has Vista on it, and I really do like it, but I get confused by it at the same time. I have 2 digital cameras, both Kodak EasyShares, and I have not been able to transfer my pictures from either camera to the computer. I have loaded the software in the computer, but I have been told that my 6.0 software may not be compatible with Vista, so I am going to check that out this afternoon. I have AT LEAST 200 great pictures to share!

We went to Marshall, Texas, way up in East Texas. East Texas is a place in Texas. I don't know if it is the same in other states, but here we are very regional. East Texas, West Texas, The Panhandle, The Valley, Down on the Coast, Central Texas.....

So, we went to East Texas, and had a great time. You would not believe how beautifully green it is there! Just every shade of green you can imagine! They didn't seem to have the wildflowers we have further South, but I am wondering if the ground is too cool still. They still have gorgeous pansy beds there.

We went to a fantastic plant nursery there. I think the name of it was Coopers, and it was close to Marshall Pottery- which we visited also. Marshall Pottery has been making pots for over 100 years, and I bought my share on this trip. Nice big azalea pots, but not plain at all. Bee-UTE- full! Anyway, this plant nursery had a bougainvillia 'tree' in the middle of one of their greenhouses! I was impressed.

I was also impressed (although not favorable) with the landscape maintenance people at the Golden Corral in Marshall, Texas. They had many motor-driven tools. Hedge clippers, weed whackers, etc., etc. They whacked everything, right before our eyes. They used their tools to chop one lovely Japanese maple into a boxwood square shape, and another into a tight mushroom shape. I was apopletic! Complaining bitterly to whoever would listen, and snapping pics as fast as I could. I had never seen as many Japanese maples in one place as East Texas, and they were selling small ones for $250.00 EACH. The ones that were butchered were NOT little.

I have written a letter to the owner/manager of the GC. For what it's worth, just so they know.....

I am going to work on my cameras.....
I want you to see these pictures.....