Mother's Day garden tour

I really hoped to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day with a nice photo and greeting but I worked at both jobs last week and time got away from me.  Yesterday on Mother's Day I was out touring gardens with Tad and the boys so again found myself with no time to put a nice greeting on my blog. 

My only request for Mother's Day was to drive up to Salem and visit Schreiner's Iris Garden, Adelman Peony Gardens & Sebright Gardens.  My wish was granted and all three were lovely.  The day was overcast and not nearly as warm as the previous two days so it was easy to spend quite a bit of time in the gardens without overheating.

Mother's Day 2015 - Schreiner's Iris Garden (next year I will be the shortest one in the photo, heck I'll be the shortest one in just a couple months!)

The guys seemed to enjoy making up interesting sentences and stories using the unusual iris names.  Hey, it kept them from complaining and it was somewhat entertaining. 

Lupine love!

Sometimes it's good to be different.

The scent was wonderful!  

On to Adelman Peony Gardens.  They weren't quite as busy as Schreiner's but they had a good crowd out enjoying the garden which made it tricky to photograph the flowers without getting random people in the shot.

One thing I just love about peonies is the range of color that can be on one plant as it has flowers in different stages of their lives.  The dark buds, the medium shades of the young blooms and then the faded out older blooms.  So beautiful!  

Coral Sunset - one of my favorites and one I own.

Coral Sunset close up

Duchess of Edinburgh clematis - want

"Julia Rose" - so romantic

 

An iris to add to my wish list

And on to Sebright Gardens and their wonderful shade gardens filled with hostas from miniature size up to giant and everything in between.

I love this color - add to wish list

WOW!

I have never seen such huge calla lilies. (sorry the photo doesn't show their size, I should have had the boys stand nearby)

Such an interesting stalk.

Just three plants rode home with us. Dad gave me some $ for a plant so I picked up these hardy fuchsias at Sebright Gardens. Thank you Dad.

Santa Claus, Coachman & Tom Woods

It really was a great Mother's Day.  I had a very nice time and I think the guys had a good time too. We ended the day with a nice dinner with Tad's side of the family at Tom & Janna's house.

The only thing that would have made the day any better is if I had been able to share it with my own mother; I know she would have loved it.

And here's a photo on Mother's Day 2011.
I see we still had the pink dogwood in our front yard.

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