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So beautiful. I love the plantings. My back yard is shaped almost like this and this is such an inspiration to me. Had a tornado in December 2009 and lost all my mature trees and had to replant. The young trees should put on a big growth spurt this year. Cannot wait to have shade again. In the meantime, I am enjoying full sun plants. This just beautiful, Susan! You have created an oasis!

This is just beautiful. It is such an accomplishment.

I want to know how you kept your hostas happy in Summer heat in excess of 100 degrees? Last Summer was the hottest on record here in Texas and I live in Angelina Co., Texas and it seemed like Arizona. I am in Deep East Texas just 100 miles from the Louisiana border, so temps in excess of 110 degrees are not the norm for us. We usually have upper 90's with high humidity and an occasional temp of 100-103. I think we had one day of 121 degrees. I love hostas, but they do not seem happy with our heat and humidity. I just eyed some 'Wide Brim' today at our local warehouse store. I am thinking, thinking, thinking. LOL! Hope does spring eternal.

It looks a lot like Feijoa sellowiana O. You can see a photo here: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FESE2

How I envy you that lovely shade garden with the Hostas and the pot of Impatients! I lost all my mature trees in December 2009 to a tornado. It will be years before I can recreate a shady garden retreat. Just beautiful.

I think it may be Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Roseum' or Climbing Japanese Hydrangea.

I, too, want to know the name of the vine. It looks similar to coral vine, but without a close-up of the flowers, it is difficult to tell.

You did an excellent job in recreating the dinosaur egg.

I love the first picture. However, a hydrangea could never survive in full sun in the midst of concrete in Texas! We could choose other plants that would do nicely in those conditions. Just beautiful eye candy!

Love the Lady's Slippers, too. And thanks for going back to the old way of enlarging the photos. It is so nice to be able to see all the details of the photographs, especially with my slowly aging eyes. LOL!

I just want to say that I liked the former way of enlarging the photo as I could see more detail. This new method does not enlarge it much more than the original photo and I cannot see enough detail to make out the three plants. I only see two. I do love the creeping Jenny....it does make other plants pop, especially blues, grays and silvers.