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ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS => GARDENING AROUND THE HOUSE => Topic started by: DayValleyDahlias on May 13, 2008, 05:52:50 pm

Title: Some Purdy Flowers in Oregon
Post by: DayValleyDahlias on May 13, 2008, 05:52:50 pm
Wow, Spring has sprung in Grants Pass Oregon...took some pics of flowers in our garden, as well as neighborhood photos...

Dogwood Tree
(http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5483/img00061ay0.th.jpg) (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00061ay0.jpg)

Wild Azalea over Gilbert Creek which runs through the back of our property
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Lilacs are everywhere
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3839/img0014eo5.th.jpg) (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0014eo5.jpg)

Iris are everywhere too!

(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5911/img0028fy2.th.jpg) (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0028fy2.jpg)

An old house with rhododendrons in front...

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Title: Re: Some Purdy Flowers in Oregon
Post by: Kathyp on May 13, 2008, 06:13:02 pm
this is the best time of the year up here.  as a S. CA gal, i have a  hard time with all the green.  it's just to much!  the spring has great colour and breaks up all the green  :evil:

great pictures!
Title: Re: Some Purdy Flowers in Oregon
Post by: DayValleyDahlias on May 13, 2008, 06:39:03 pm
Kathy, It was just jaw dropping for me. Everywhere we went, blooms and colors...Hawthorne trees, Dogwood, Iris, Tulips, Lilac, growing like weeds.

We drove to Galice, along the Rogue River, over to Sunny Valley... it was heavenly.
(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/6992/img00201ai3.th.jpg) (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00201ai3.jpg)

(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/7315/img00171gz2.th.jpg) (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img00171gz2.jpg)
Title: Re: Some Purdy Flowers in Oregon
Post by: Cindi on May 14, 2008, 10:13:26 am
Sharon, ooh, pictures, I love to see the pictures, be grateful that we have those eyes to see, and so many thanks for sharing these lovelies with us.  Great day in this greatest of lives.  Cindi