Some barns and lavender

A short ride to areas around Warsaw County the other day.  Beautiful farmland and some great looking old barns.    Not too far down the way is a beach area with camping. I used to go there when kids were young, and they would play in the water and there were swing sets too.  We had a Coleman pop up camper and had a very good time cooking out and sleeping in it. 

I hope these fields stay fields of corn.   I have seen enough of solar panels ruining landscape in some areas of Va.   Virginia has some gorgeous countryside and I find it so relaxing to take a drive out and see some of it. 

Finished cutting the last of the little bit of lavender growing around my dogwood tree.  

I wish I knew the botanical name for this lavender.  I purchased it years ago and have been rooting cuttings ever since.  It was sold as Richmond Lavender.  It does grow very well in extreme cold and heat here in Virginia.  I would like to know the type though.  I am thinking something like a Provence Lavender, not sure

It's scraggly here.  

Some hard pruning done on Lavender today.  I made sure I did not prune into the woody stem as that would kill the plant. I pruned about 2 inches above the woody part.  There has to be some greenery left above the woody part. About two inches is what I left. 

A picture of what the individual stems look like.  Maybe I can take one to a greenhouse that sells lavender and they can tell me what type. 

While outside, I picked some Larkspur for drying.  

                                           

I will leave it in the bud base with the rose that husband purchased for me.  It's a real rose that is dried

I purchased a while back 4 Dahlia plants.  This one is a peach color.

The one below is kind of a plum color.  

I think I will over winter them in these pots in garage at end of season

I will take some seed heads and see if I can root some.

I have read that if the seed from the Dahlia is taken and rooted

that it will be a whole new plant.  Nothing like the one the seeds

were taken from.  Only division and eye of the tubers separated

will be just like the original plant.  Seeds will give a different color.

That is what I heard on a you tube video by a professional gardener about Dahlias, so I want to try it. 

I broke off some portulaca or Moss Rose as I call them and placed them around hydrangea.

Some have already rooted and the others will too. 

Will fill out around the pot nicely in a few weeks.  These plants grow fast. 

My patio tomato.  I hope I get it before the squirrels do.  I won't let them. 

bye for now