State of The Compound Greenery

[beckycochrane]

I believe that inhaling paint fumes and shedding tears for a couple of hours each day over Sally Field has befogged my brain. The trellis next to my porch is climbed by both Confederate and Carolina jasmine. The Carolina--yellow--blooms a couple of times annually and has done well in spite of recent years' winter and summer droughts and our few

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[marikanola]

If there were honeysuckle at the compound it would be paradise.

[beckycochrane]

For you, but sadly, honeysuckle makes me sneeze like crazy. I loved it when I was a kid--did you used to drink the nectar, too?

[marikanola]

oh yes ...

[beckycochrane]

That's just summer in the South, isn't it? The smell and taste of honeysuckle, lightning bugs flying around, the chorus of the peepers...

[changeling72]

I don't think I've ever seen an amaryllis growing outside!

[beckycochrane]

Our friends Amy and Richard have an entire bed of them in their back yard. It made me very envious!

[chas_lou]

I have one in the living room from last Christmas. I wonder if it's hardy this far north.

We had a whole row of honeysuckle growing along a fence at my grade school's athletic field. I never thought to taste it.

[beckycochrane]

I never thought to taste it.

I'm sure the bees appreciated that.

[gaycrow]

We used to have that growing right outside our back door. (I know it as Chinese Star Jasmine.) Unfortunately we had several years of drought and really high temperatures and lost it. The perfume was amazing.

[beckycochrane]

It's drought and poor soil tolerant, but I really thought ours was gone after so long without seeing it bloom. I'm thrilled that it's back!

[rifleman_s]

Confederate jasmine - what a lovely name . . . and a lovely look, too.

[beckycochrane]

It sounds very romantic, doesn't it?

[beckycochrane]

You probably should come back in May. =)