[PeggyTheParti]

"I don't know, but we'd better find them! Maybe it was the neighbour's dog?"

 

[Rose n Poos]

Ummmmm, Peggy? You've got a little smush on your nose. How do you suppose that got there? Maybe ask your mom to wipe it off for you? Here's a flow...🌼...er...tissue for you .

 

[Streetcar]

"They escaped quickly, Momma!"

 

[Dianaleez]

"I was just checking them out for you, Mom. They're safe."

 

[For Want of Poodle]

What ARE those pretty blue flowers? Probably too frost sensitive for here, sigh, but they are very pretty!

 

[Charlie's Person]

"I don't know, but we'd better find them! Maybe it was the neighbour's dog?"

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I'm sure you are correct. Just look at those honest Poodle eyes!

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[Whoiscoconut]

what a great pic! they look like lilacs. we have a bush outside of them they bloomed for like a day then they died on us. I love the smell they release!

 

[lily cd re]

Peggy are those lilacs? If they are I absolutely understand why you buried your head in them. I think they smell divine!

 

[PeggyTheParti]

What ARE those pretty blue flowers? Probably too frost sensitive for here, sigh, but they are very pretty!

Ceanothus. (Around here, we call them California Lilac or Mountain Lilac.)

They really are extraordinary. They're like an eye massage. Or a soul massage. I just have to gaze at them for a minute and I feel better.

We're in plant hardiness zone 8b, and these guys are about 20 years old.

 

[PeggyTheParti]

what a great pic! they look like lilacs. we have a bush outside of them they bloomed for like a day then they died on us. I love the smell they release!

Peggy are those lilacs? If they are I absolutely understand why you buried your head in them. I think they smell divine!

My favourite part of our property!

They're called Ceanothus, commonly referred to as California Lilac or Mountain Lilac. They're not a true lilac, so don't actually smell like lilac, sadly. But the birds and bees looove them.

 

[lily cd re]

Oh thanks for that insight. I planted real lilacs last year. Tiny ones from costco so no flowers yet.

 

[For Want of Poodle]

I thought they looked too blue to be lilacs! Gorgeous but alas, looks like they are onlyhardy to zone 8. My zone 4 self is sad.

 

[pudelgirl]

What a beautiful parti she is.

 

[Carolinek]

Oh Peggy, the evidence is right on your nose! Gorgeous flowers, I was wondering if they were some type of hydrangea. Can’t grow that here- All sorts of possibilities in zone 8- here in the north country I’m a little more limited.
I just planted a wisteria vine, I’ve always wanted one. We still have to build a support for it, has a few blossoms that are now fading. Hopefully it survives the winter!

 

[PeggyTheParti]

Oh Peggy, the evidence is right on your nose! Gorgeous flowers, I was wondering if they were some type of hydrangea. Can’t grow that here- All sorts of possibilities in zone 8- here in the north country I’m a little more limited.
I just planted a wisteria vine, I’ve always wanted one. We still have to build a support for it, has a few blossoms that are now fading. Hopefully it survives the winter!

I've got northern blood (love the snow!!) but zone 8's been a revelation for me. There always seems to be something in bloom. It was especially fun moving into the former home of a passionate gardener. There were many beautiful surprises here our first few years.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for your wisteria vine this winter! I dream of someday having a blue wisteria tree. Like something out of a fairytale.

 

[Carolinek]

Thanks PTP.Never heard of a wisteria tree until now! They’re beautiful.