 The evening before the bus tour; Tryon, NC where we admired the Kudzu and overhanging stores |
 Cute bookshop in Tryon, NC; this being Sunday, all the stores were closed |
 A small park (note the age!) in Tryon |
 The actual park; very nice! |
 The next day was Memorial Day, lots of flags and flowers in the cemeteries |
 Nearby Columbus, NC, same evening |
 City Hall in Columbus |
 New memorial to the armed forces from Columbus |
 Old school in Columbus |
 Hmmmmmm this was in the park in front of the school and sure looked like it had been fiddled with.... |
 The Scarbrough's Garden in Macon, GA |
 Where they had a lot of very, very nice hostas |
 And other interesting plants |
 Very pretty and interesting hosta! |
 An ivy in an old bucket hung on a tree |
 VERY nice composition of blue hydrangea and yellow/orange daylily |
 Side yard flower beds |
 Our first lizard sighting; we also saw smaller green ones and some smaller striped ones! |
 Beautiful hostas and a wondeful begonia |
 Very, very nice hosta (I'm assuming you can read the names in the photos) |
 The house from the backyard; the yard is filled with wonderful little beds! |
 The Bonner's garden; very hot but what a wonderful property! |
 More daylilies! |
 I did NOT make note of any of the names of the daylilies I photographed..... |
 Nice! |
 LOVED the ruffled edges and colors we saw! |
 I really like this lighter edge |
 In addition to some regular birds, I also saw two quail in this garden.... |
 My lovely hand is intending to show how large this blossom is; it really stands out |
 Little overheated Purple Martin peeking out of the nest! |
 Nice |
 Neat double! |
 Geneva Firetruck (I remembered the name of this one)! |
 And that wonderful etching! |
 Contrasting edges! |
 The garden from the street |
 We saw these Chaste Trees all over; the blue is really really blue! |
 Driving thru a little town, we saw this great brawl scene painted on this store |
 The Grace Garden; just wonderful!! |
 And outbuilding with plantings |
 The garden had several very lovely places to sit and admire the garden |
 Just a wonderful combination of trees, shrubs, and plants |
 Very nice sitting area |
 Hybridizing in the greenhouse |
 Blue / gray shaded eye! |
 Wow! |
 I love this tone on tone thing |
 Wonderful! |
 Kathy admiring the flowers |
 One of the sitting areas |
 View to the greenhouses |
 Near the house, there were some very spectacular and unusual plants! |
 Used to mark the crosses made during hybridizing |
 Seedlings galore! |
 Like this! |
 The Harrison Garden; very very cute! |
 Small garden -- jam packed with plants but still with open areas and very nice views! |
 Along the fence were these great medallions |
 And very nice walking and seating areas |
 View from the elevated deck at the back of the property |
 Rich color! |
 Unusual plant! |
 Buying plants |
 Sweet color |
 Great double |
 I really liked this garden a lot! |
 They also had this yard next door |
 The Rose of Sharon on the right was really BLUE |
 The Agin Garden; with an elevated walkway and wonderful views! |
 The backyard with the growing beds |
 The plantings around the pool were refreshing |
 Wonderful color |
 Look at that!! |
 Very nice bench (you'll see it again) |
 Look at that! |
 More hybridizing in a greenhouse |
 Wow! |
 Refreshing sherbet color! |
 Great lamp! |
 Look at those colors! |
 Bench and daylily |
 Beautiful double! |
 The Townsend garden (fog is from my cold camera lens) |
 Saw lots of birds at this garden, including a Scarlet Tananger and Green Herons! |
 Something interesting was living underground |
 Just look at that color! |
 LOVE the one on the right (Carved Initials)! |
 Shade beds and full sun beds |
 The Boykin Garden; what an immaculate garden! |
 Just look at that! |
 And how open this flower face is! |
 Discussing the daylilies |
 Just outside the bounds of the garden, you can still see damage from last year's hurricanes |
 The beds around the house were absolutely delightful! |
 The flower beds from the bus |
 The Mr. Boykins |
 The Watt's Garden; what a refreshing place! |
 All of these are in pots and there are loads more of them! |
 A great bottle tree! |
 The planting beds |
 Great combination of daylilies and other plants and things |
 The view of the lake from the garden |
 Kathy by the new bed (spiders!) created when the trees fell during the hurricane |
 Wonderful beds |
 The Mighty Mississippi from Vicksburg |
 The bridge over the Mississippi |
 Us on the boat (on the Yazoo River) |
 Nice sun photo of the Yazoo |
 Still on the calm Yazoo |
 Looking at Vickburg from the Yazoo |
 See that line in the water up there?? That's where the Yazoo joins the Mississippi |
 The silty color closest to you is the Yazoo, the darker, swirling one is the Mississippi -- there were little whirlpools! |
 The Holliday garden; what a beautiful little gem! |
 Just a wonderful way to spend a morning |
 He prepared some blooms for us! |
 Such a lot of varieties |
 Mr. Holliday and Jack talking daylilies |
 Like this one! |
 Slightly out of focus, but you get the idea how small this bloom is! |
 In Mr. Holliday's sister's garden; GREAT roses!! |
 And japanese iris!! |
 Just a great variety of plants very well grown! |
 The chapel in the American Rose Center |
 They have many small rose gardens within the overall garden |
 Discussing the roses |
 And other plants! |
 Some are more elaborate than others |
 The carillon garden |
 Roses around the carillon |
 The walkway to the prayer garden |
 Further into the prayer garden |
 The Carpenter garden; acres of daylilies |
 Like this one |
 Look at this size of this; and it isn't even an unusual form! |
 Under shade |
 Beautiful |
 Wow! |
 Creamy! |
 Spectacular! |
 Cool mushroom |
 This is the seedling I bought!! |
 LOVED this one!! |
 The sea of daylilies |
 Blooms on the bus |
 The Becton garden -- fish! |
 Delightful garden and very warm hosts |
 Really great stream! |
 The front beds |
 Incredible callas! |
 Such a rich color! |
 Great blue! |
 Kathy with the daylily she bought |
 What fun!! |
 The Aucoin garden |
 A great collection of all sizes of daylilies |
 Wonderfully cool place to sit |
 The yard is a challenge to garden! |
 With terraced beds |
 Great shape! |
 Sumptuous colors |
 And interesting companion plants! |
 A tiny little double! |
 Nice yard! |
 Our view driving back home up the Shenandoah Valley! |