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Yes! This is great, a real haven. LOVE your very different shade canopies too. Now where's the wine cooler, the fresh crabs and the salad bar ?

A good and worthy show, but they do take a while, I've got many varieties but none have showed much in under three years unlike clematis of which I have a 100 different cultivars. Just don't hesitate to try wisteria! They are beautiful and their perfume alone is reward enough for me!

Datura I believe. I tried them with great success as something of a novelty early on when creating my gardens but they did suffer somewhat in the winds at my location. But for all that your photo has once more sparked my interest and perhaps I should give them a second chance. After all my garden has evolved a great deal since. So thanks for this photo Odianao and well done!

Absolutly gorgeous pic!!!!

Love your curvaceous pond in its tranquil setting.

ha,ha,ha ... my teenagers are all grown up, thank goodness. :0) Thank you for the great info ... I have to re-think when I plant ... what I use to love may not do so well in this area ... so I'll learning. Mine is exactly like yours ... I was amazed at how fast that twig grew in a pot ... I removed it and planted it in the ground. I hope it does well there. I would hate to lose it because it really is beautiful. Thanks again Odianao ... and have a great day!

As it should be! My pets are family members and like children to me. Tell Wrigley I think he's a lovely boy and give him a pat for me!

your garden is so beautiful, looks very relaxing

Hi - I was given a twig by a guy in a nursery; I stuck it in a pot and it grew large for 3 months. Suddenly blooms like this appeared, but they fall off pretty quickly. Don't know too much about it ... can you share some info. I'm new. Thanks.

Friend of Wrigley come to visit?

He/she has a beautiful face. Nice coat too!

What a little cutie!

Just beautiful!

I like the way you've integrated the pond into the patio's hardscape.

How beautiful! I wish I could grow this!

Well done Odiando, youv'e done a FAB job, Ive worked hard in my garden over time, dunno where i got the strength from' but i couldn't of built a pond or pergola, no way,, I take my hat off to you girl,...Dee..

You have a Lovely garden Odianoe..

dont you think clothes smell so much nicer when they are dried outdoors,lovely and fresh smell

lol , naw your just like the rest of us, not afraid of hard work and isnt it so rewarding when you can say you did it all by yourself?

lovely, do you have many fish?

My pond is slow to wake in the Spring, Jacque. It is shaded from the sun by the house and boundary fence to the south & east until the sun gets quite high in the sky. So it doesn't warm up as early as many ponds. The marsh marigolds are in flower and the iris shoots are about 3 - 4" so it wont be long before the lily pushes up through the oxygenators.

My lily seems 2 be doing well@mo Xela its got 7 leafs growing all together :)il take some pics & up load them l8r :)

I have a small lily in my pond too, Jacque, but haven't seen any sign of the leaves yet.

He's gorgeous!

Amazing photo

Beautiful lilies

Looks intelligent too.

Great pond and surroundings.

A real cutie

What a gorgeous setting.