tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post9044266698398491355..comments2024-03-27T16:38:59.108-05:00Comments on clay and limestone: Sun Over The GladeGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-25934895288002449302009-07-24T10:49:54.404-05:002009-07-24T10:49:54.404-05:00Your lovely photos and words make me want to love ...Your lovely photos and words make me <i>want</i> to love places like glades and the scrubby parts of Texas that Diana mentions, but I can only give them appreciation for their tenacity and admiration at the way they bloom in such circumstances, Gail. <br /><br />I like coneflowers, but the cooing, emotional kind of response to wildflowers only comes when I see stuff like Mertensia/Virginia bluebells, Trillium and Lobelia and Harebells. This can be a big problem when one lives in Central Texas! <br /><br />The cedar glades are lucky to have a wonderful champion like you ;-]<br /><br />Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-57999581224098134232009-07-23T16:10:27.490-05:002009-07-23T16:10:27.490-05:00Gail -- I share your love of living things growing...Gail -- I share your love of living things growing in stark places under the harshest of conditions. You captured it beautifully and I can just imagine what it would be like to walk through there. It reminds me of South Texas. Many find it full of scrub brush and dead things, but if you look carefully, there is beauty there, and it's amazing what will grow in those conditions. It makes me appreciate it all even more.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681758051433522246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-18422985758497866712009-07-22T10:42:54.590-05:002009-07-22T10:42:54.590-05:00Gail, someday I hope I can stroll that glade with ...Gail, someday I hope I can stroll that glade with you! It's just lovely and I'm glad you finally got a sunny day to enjoy it. That Sabatia speaks to me. I think it grows here in Texas, too.Cindy, MCOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094260737874973235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-2321054149664221882009-07-22T10:27:19.254-05:002009-07-22T10:27:19.254-05:00Oh, I am so happy to have found this site! So pret...Oh, I am so happy to have found this site! So pretty, and you write very well. Thank you for sharing it with others.<br /><br />I am from middle TN too, but living in Boston now. Someday I hope my garden here is as full of flowers as yours. Looking forward to being inspired and cheered by your blog!Beckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-48716636402780933512009-07-22T00:10:07.591-05:002009-07-22T00:10:07.591-05:00Gail,
What a glorious ecosystem. Your photos are c...Gail,<br />What a glorious ecosystem. Your photos are captivating.<br />Shirley BovshowShirley Bovshow "EdenMaker"http://www.edenmakers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-5753225878355686372009-07-21T22:04:39.022-05:002009-07-21T22:04:39.022-05:00Hi Gail,
I don't expect to go there on my own,...Hi Gail,<br />I don't expect to go there on my own, so thanks for taking me there with you. I enjoyed learning about the glade from you.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-1768465185524732142009-07-21T21:32:56.847-05:002009-07-21T21:32:56.847-05:00Love the shots of the Tennessee Coneflower, especi...Love the shots of the Tennessee Coneflower, especially the one titled "TCF loves the sun..." <br /><br />We have a species of Sabatia here and I love it. The fragrance is heavenly.sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-17103957299510843472009-07-21T19:21:23.601-05:002009-07-21T19:21:23.601-05:00Gail, thank you for showing us the glades again. I...Gail, thank you for showing us the glades again. I had forgotten their simple beauty. Of course all the cone flowers are just beautiful. I wish we could grow them here, but I fear the soil is just too rich. Maybe as you say we could gtow them along side the gravel roads though. :0beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-31679602972146720172009-07-21T19:20:47.868-05:002009-07-21T19:20:47.868-05:00nice of your blognice of your blogEvery thing around the worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033812250065918709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-32312806416967748472009-07-21T17:32:18.247-05:002009-07-21T17:32:18.247-05:00I love the word 'karst'. Thanks for takin...I love the word 'karst'. Thanks for taking us along on your trek. Love that picture of the coneflower facing the sky. Great one.Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-81863239328668017362009-07-21T12:33:24.447-05:002009-07-21T12:33:24.447-05:00Wow it's been too long since I went out to Tyl...Wow it's been too long since I went out to Tyler Alley Sykes memorial trail, and I'll have to go now that i see you've found rose pinks!Beautiful photos! There's always something surprising in a cedar glade , Thank you for helping to spread awareness on these rare and fragile ecosystems that so few have come across!J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07136711278514817016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-91542168762029024012009-07-21T11:00:24.358-05:002009-07-21T11:00:24.358-05:00You, my dear Gail, have a unique connection with a...You, my dear Gail, have a unique connection with all things beautiful and created by nature. With that in your heart I imagine you go to your glade and breathe in the starkness with its jewels popping up and out of it to color your day and fill your senses. Thank you for sharing it once again with words to draw me in and want to see more. <br /><br />side note: I'm pretty sure my ordinary echinacea is not happy about my rich soil. *Sigh*... I REALLY keep trying with them and the Rudbekia but I'm thinking neither likes our soggy afternoon rains??? I've moved a couple of the Rudbekia around to the new front planting... on the incline where they will get a good dose of afternoon sun. Maybe that will be their happy place??? Time will tell. If you have any pointers for me... I'm all ears... Oh, Queen of the Susans. :-)<br />Have a beautiful day... still praying for your hand.<br /><br /><em>Love the Emerson quote today. It is certainly something you live.</em><br />meemsMeemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341998120938921741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-65227864032135028882009-07-21T09:18:42.864-05:002009-07-21T09:18:42.864-05:00Hi Gail, it's so interesting visiting ecosyste...Hi Gail, it's so interesting visiting ecosystems found outside one's one backyard. Thanks for taking us along. I thought glades were always misty/swampy; didn't realize they dried out. Before I was blogging, I visited a local bog and that was really cool!Monica the Garden Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-36645687904054168772009-07-21T08:36:05.864-05:002009-07-21T08:36:05.864-05:00Thanks for the tour. As you said, an ecosystem tha...Thanks for the tour. As you said, an ecosystem that is entirely new to me.LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-33863278003961377232009-07-21T08:00:52.181-05:002009-07-21T08:00:52.181-05:00This is beautiful, Gail! No wonder the Tennessee ...This is beautiful, Gail! No wonder the Tennessee coneflower seeds you sent me didn't grow here--I babied them and then planted them in rich soil:) They remind me in appearance of the Prairie Coneflower, echinacea pallida, but the two require very different growing mediums, it seems. Isn't it amazing to see how plants adapt to what Nature gives them?Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-31035699011888253502009-07-21T07:45:46.613-05:002009-07-21T07:45:46.613-05:00I wasn't aware of the glades in Tennessee. You...I wasn't aware of the glades in Tennessee. You certainly make them look quite beautiful. I suspect it's the hearty constitution in such extreme growing conditions that may be the attraction.<br /><br />RobinRobin Ripleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620026400198513864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-21967746412169727932009-07-21T07:17:02.432-05:002009-07-21T07:17:02.432-05:00Gail girl ... I love that sky shot ! I was trying ...Gail girl ... I love that sky shot ! I was trying to catch a decent sunrise this morning and some how we still don't have enough particles in the atmosphere to create those red sunrises .. I have been watching for "your" coneflowers to bloom here .. I think they may have faded out becuase the other coneflowers were gaining ground .. I'll keep my fingers crossed they pop their heads up for me.<br />Great pictures .. except for the "can' .. people ... what can you do with them ?? ;-)CanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-60575984362090201242009-07-20T22:59:07.887-05:002009-07-20T22:59:07.887-05:00I think in both words and lovely photos you have c...I think in both words and lovely photos you have captured the essence of this lovely spot, Gail. You certainly have a gift for extracting the most out of each moment.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-28123130948849925152009-07-20T21:57:49.695-05:002009-07-20T21:57:49.695-05:00Isn't it amazing how some plants will grow whe...Isn't it amazing how some plants will grow where nothing else could survive? What a lovely spot, thanks for taking us along. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-79040955782877412292009-07-20T21:03:38.720-05:002009-07-20T21:03:38.720-05:00Quite a pleasant visit with you to the Glade! Than...Quite a pleasant visit with you to the Glade! Thank you for sharing!<br />Can man just STOP the littering!Naturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-36019185207339400902009-07-20T20:04:33.685-05:002009-07-20T20:04:33.685-05:00Our native plant communities are totally delightfu...Our native plant communities are totally delightful, and what a wonderful piece in appreciation of cedar glades! <br /><br />I wish that more gardeners had an appreciation of where so many of our garden plants come from (here and all over the world) -- it makes gardening so much more fun, in my opinion.<br /><br />LisaLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657232418012801175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-30664983893794936902009-07-20T19:07:46.838-05:002009-07-20T19:07:46.838-05:00I have never seen a coneflower with upward facing ...I have never seen a coneflower with upward facing petals!<br />Plant Ladytrilliumgrovefarmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-65275372069390405792009-07-20T17:52:46.119-05:002009-07-20T17:52:46.119-05:00What an incredible place! you are lucky to have i...What an incredible place! you are lucky to have it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778054413371087920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-5527675451728864712009-07-20T17:40:11.954-05:002009-07-20T17:40:11.954-05:00Cameron...Yes, I think you have enough sunshine an...Cameron...Yes, I think you have enough sunshine and yes you must get a few plants...if you can't find Rocky Top on line or let me send you a seed head! It might not be genetically pure...the bees visit purpurea and cross pollinate it. I can promise that it will be a lovely offspring! I think the key is also sharp drainage. gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-25792768121158116242009-07-20T16:40:34.350-05:002009-07-20T16:40:34.350-05:00Gail,
What a wonderful and unique place!
Your c...Gail,<br /><br />What a wonderful and unique place! <br /><br />Your coneflower is a beauty. I could probably fulfill that sun requirement - do you think 10 hours of sunshine a day is enough? LOL I could probably plant those in edges of my gravel driveway to make sure the environment is harsh enough. <br /><br />CameronF Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558874651743241988noreply@blogger.com