Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
32 Hour Vacation
We visited Charlottesville and environs Sunday into Monday. DH had some business nearby on Monday morning, so we drove down Sunday morning and returned Monday afternoon. Ordinarily, I like to walk through the gardens behind the Pavilions on the UVA campus, but the weather was showery so we skipped it this time.
We took our lunch from the Blue Ridge Pig in Nellysford up to the Blue Ridge Parkway to a particular picnic table we like, and munched on BBQ pork sandwiches and Mama Zuma's potato chips while (freezing and) admiring the view of the valley below. There were lots of wildflowers blooming up there, but the only photos I took were of this azalea.
Before we left Sunday morning, I snapped some pictures in the garden here at home. We had thunderstorms with heavy rain Saturday afternoon and evening, and the flowers and foliage were still quite wet. The flower lull in the garden is ending, but the cool weather sure isn't hurrying things along any. The 'Krinkled White' peonies are now in full bloom, but the 'Karen Gray' haven't opened at all yet. Siberian irises are just starting, and the Hemerocallis flava should be blooming any day now.
And lastly, I finally uploaded one photo of the Garden Fair at Blandy on May 7.
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