What is that stuff?!

 

We don't know what it is.  We know it's everywhere on the farms.  After a full season of watering on the crops, this tends to show up on the ground in certain areas. It's slimy and slippery when you walk on it.  My fellow co-workers and I call them "brains" because of the obvious; they look like nasty diseased brains.  I was walking amongst a "brain" patch today, and thought of how disgusting this stuff was... wouldn't this make for good props in a horror movie? :0 (Gross!)

Peonies

A favorite of mine in the spring; Peonies are beginning to bloom!  The greenhouses are packed with them, and color is about to explode throughout! Some varieties have already begun to bloom.

 

Peony Mrs. Wilder Bancroft

 

Peony Immaculee

All the Immaculee in bloom

Peony Charlie's White

Peony Walter Fraxon

Peony Shawnee Chief- probably one of my favorites

Shawnee Chief

Peony Rosabel; this is going to be colorful!

Peony Rosabel

Peony Rachael

Limelights and Stormy Skies

A field of Hydrangea Limelights looked awesome against a the stormy, contrasting sky yesterday afternoon.

Newbies

We have a few new varieties of daylilies at work.  A couple of them began to bloom today.

Hem Ruby Spider

Hem Primal Scream

Clouds over Horizon

Some cool clouds rolling in today over a bed of Liatris.

Ilex

Beautiful red fall berries cover the stems of Ilex First Editions Wildfire.  Perfect for a nice contrast again the winter snow!

Goldstrum

A summer perennial favorite.