Three friends and I were Determined to make garden forays to a couple of "garden centers" in extreme SE Iowa. They area both located on Highway 2, west of Fort Madison a ways.
Hobbs Hilltop Gardens is owned and operated by Gerald Hobbs. Gerald has been a daylily hybridizer for many years. This link will take you to a list of his nursery stock. Here are a couple of photos taken on Monday's trip.
These little tree toads were Decidedly Doubtful about their territory being invaded! :-)
Credit as to the owner of this photo, etc. is in the photo below.
I came home with Volcano (spider daylily) from Hobbs Hilltop Gardens.
Today's foray found us exploring hosta heaven at Hillcrest Hostas, a couple of miles west of Hobbs Hilltop Gardens on U.S. Highway 2, on the south side of the highway. This is a link to their website. Make sure you click on each of the tabs for more photos!
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They also have a few daylily beds, but are not yet selling them. They do not wish to compete with Mr. Hobbs. However, this is another photo of a Dainty tree frog hiding in a Daylily!
I believe he Definitely resented the interruption of his afternoon nap! :-)
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SG
Looks like a beautiful place. The plants you brought home will be fun to watch grow. Carver, ABC-W Team
ReplyDeleteMy, these are lovely.
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Lovely place .
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Hostas - a few years back we kept ducks so had very few slugs. I may introduce some in times to come - Hostas that is not ducks and certainly not slugs lol!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks to each of you for your visits! Mrs. n, I have never heard of using ducks to get rid of slugs. Are there any problems with keeping ducks?
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