Cornus Kousa 'Wolf Eyes' & A Birthday Wish

In my garden Cornus kousa 'Wolf Eyes' is not known for its blooms but lookout for the foliage! I must say I really like this little shrub. I have been growing this 'Wolf Eyes' for four or five years now and it is a little tree/shrub that I really love in my garden despite the fact it has not bloomed in two years. I think part of the problem with the non-blooming this year can be directly tied to the drought we had here in Middle Tennessee last summer. I'm not sure what the problem was last year though because we had a great summer in 2009. Sigh. It is still a keeper....

in the garden....

I wish for the happiest of birthdays to my twin daughters who turn the big 3-0 today!

The handsome young man on the left is the girls younger brother Jimmy, then Christine (the oldest by one minute) then Elizabeth. Happy Birthday girls!

Thanks everyone for the kind words about our BJ. We miss him so very much.

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Nesting

By SKEETER
I sit at my computer and look out into my Georgia Gardens and what do I see? Very difficult to spot so I shall zoom in for you...
Little Cottontail has a mouth full of leaves and Liriope (Monkey Grass).
Bunny ran around the stump and was doing something in the tall Monkey Grass.
I once again zoom into the area for a peek as to what is going on.
I put off my plan of grass mowing so as to not disturb the cute critter. Once the sun was beaming into this area, I noticed that he/she had moved on to the woods. I went outside to discover this. Can you see the rabbit hole?
Little fluff ball was making a nest right in the middle of my Liriope Planter!
I would love to have baby bunnies in the garden but after pondering this for a while, I decided it was not best for baby bunnies to be in our yard.
Not for fear to my plants, I can always chase them around. I would more then likely find the babies succumb to the claws and teeth of my buddy OJ kitty or Zip the Rat Terror, I mean Terrier. So I sprayed the area real well with bunny deterrent, sigh. There will be no NESTING, In the Garden...

If I spot a Monkey in this planter, I will let him/her be as it is after all Monkey Grass...

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