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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 28, 2007
3:46 PM Post #3131998
| I don't have to see a rare plant to enjoy its' beauty...share anything growing in the house or outside with us in the way of pictures...foliage plants...any plants or new projects.
All you need is a digital camera. If you can upload to your computer, you can share with us. It took me two weeks of trying before i finally asked for help...so easy on this site.
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Dave's website...please remove this as I had already forgotten that this is a forum for only questions...sorry 'bout that...
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sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
January 28, 2007
8:13 PM Post #3132863
| Now, now, I think you can have this topic. A way for us to show off and try to inspire a beginner. But all my pics are on the other computer. I can show you something tomorrow! |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 28, 2007
8:21 PM Post #3132884
| :) 
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 28, 2007
10:44 PM Post #3133446
| sallyg...yea please show tomorrow
notmartha, that reminds me of my grandmother's gardens...going back and really study what you have done to create such a treasure...thanks |
nannybee
Boone, IA
January 29, 2007
7:26 AM Post #3134072
| Here is a closeup of my wildflower mixture I have in front of my vegetable garden. I love the corn poppies. It was easy to plant, we just direct sowed before a light snow in March. But keeping the weeds under control has been a lot of work. But they sure are pretty and I enjoy them so much. 
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sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
January 29, 2007
9:24 AM Post #3134354
| Two beautiful submissions already, showing slightly different styles, but I love the massas of flowers in both!
let's see if this is the picture I wanted- kinda hard to see these thumbnails. A casual area, part of my 'vegetable'garden that I lowered my expectations on when the groundhog kept eating it. So I put in a row of zinnias,and one on cleome, an amaranth came up, and a feww odds and ends of other thingsgot in there.
The mailbox, I dumpster dove for it from my neighborhood cleanup, painted and mounted on a branch. It makes a handy place to put some blank labels and pencil, string, gloves, pruners, quick stsh for seeds, etc to keep the rain off and make them handy.
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
9:48 AM Post #3134430
| These pics are just too good. For the weeds, I have discovered Preen from Walmart...a preemergence . Once the plants come up and get established just for a few weeks, I go back and use Preen which keeps weeds from coming up AND is a good fertilizer. Someone told me to be sure that the leaves of the plants weren't wet when I applied, but I am amazed at the difference in lack of weeds. I won the greatest looking mailbox at a charity auction (and I don't even get my mail here at the house) ...you have given me a great idea!!!!!
Do you remember which cultivar of seeds you planted of corn poppies...such pretty colors...
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notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
9:53 AM Post #3134454
| here is another angle 
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notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
9:57 AM Post #3134467
| this is another of my favorite pics
This is the main garden -i have several others! ;)
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
9:59 AM Post #3134474
| think I may be having zone envy??? although Grandma's garden looked just like yours...so pretty and natural |
DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
10:11 AM Post #3134507
| All of these photos are inspiring and offer hope for things to bloom this Spring. I decided to offer a couple of inside photos of my beloved African Violets. Ü
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
10:13 AM Post #3134509
| Another, They keep my spirits high on cold winter days. 
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
10:16 AM Post #3134525
| last one, 
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
10:29 AM Post #3134578
| I am jealous, Don...I just ordered 10 from Rob's site online...I know what medium to put them in, but what containers do you have yours in and how do you water??? and feed?????? |
1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
 January 29, 2007
10:33 AM Post #3134597
| I love dahlias, so here is Snowbound. 
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1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
10:35 AM Post #3134605
| And Spartacus, much darker red than I could get my camera to show. 
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
10:38 AM Post #3134619
| Hi Betty,
I use African Violet pots. They are the two part pots that have inserts that fit inside a larger pot where the water/food is placed. Then the insert that has an unglazed section, soaks up the water. They work well for me, and I have a couple dozen AV's. Important part...always water from the bottom.
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1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
10:39 AM Post #3134627
| And one whose tag got washed out before I realized it. Actually I have more of those. I spent much of the summer in the hospital, and they had to just survive on their own. My fall helpers mulched the bed for me and pulled out all my stakes and name tags, so this summer will be a lot of fun!! 
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1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
10:41 AM Post #3134635
| This is Mary. 
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1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
10:43 AM Post #3134638
| Last one for today is Firebird. 
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
10:50 AM Post #3134669
| Also should have mentioned that I use Eleanor's VF Food. Use it almost always when I water.
Wicked Dandy Pots work well for AV's as well. Both can be obtained from Charley's Greenhouse and Garden. Make sure when you choose a pot, that it is not too big for the plant. I use inserts in teacups for minis. Good luck!
Lovely dahlias, 1gardengram. Ü Can't wait for Spring!!!
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1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
10:53 AM Post #3134679
| Don, I'm really glad to see AV pots in action. I've looked at them in the stores, but could not figure out why they were so great. Now I know. Do you keep water/food in the outside pot all the time and let it "wick" itself into the inside pot?
Diane |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
11:03 AM Post #3134711
| I feel selfish for starting this thread as I am learning so much and the pictures are soooooooooo inspiring...the dahlias are great looking...Don, these violets I ordered will come in 2/12 pots, so what size do i order of the wicked dandy pots? |
nannybee
Boone, IA
January 29, 2007
11:51 AM Post #3134910
| bettygail,
The corn poppies came from American Wildflower Seeds over the internet. It was just a mixture of poppies. That's what makes them so much fun. I'd go out every morning to see what was new. There were many colors and some single and some double. Poppies are so pretty but I never had any luck picking them and bringing them in the house. But there were many wild flowers that made great cut flowers. I have a big bed for these flowers, about 7' by 50' so my granddaughters could pick to their heart's content and there would still be plenty of flowers left. I remember picking big bouquets at my grandma's house and wanted my girls to have the same experience. |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:57 AM Post #3134935
| daylilies are my favorite flowers!
this is Kiah Townsend
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
12:16 PM Post #3135017
| Betty, depending on whether they are standards or minis, is what will determine the pot size. When you receive your AV's in their 21/2 inch pots, check to see if at what development stage they are at. They could possibly remain in those pots until they are big enough to repot. With AV pots, you can get them with the inserts that are 21/2 inch, 31/2 in and so on. I urge you to check out the AV forum stickies, the top threads of the forum on, transplanting and pot sizes.
1gardengram, AV pots aren't normally "wicked". Dandy pots and other containers can be and they work well. The self watering AV pots that I mentioned earlier have the inner insert with a portion that is unglazed which allows the plant to absorb the water/food from the outter water chamber. I usually let my pots to dry out before I fill them up again. Once a week or more depending on the time of year and environmental conditions. With wicks, I have read that you shouldn't let the wick dry out. I have had this happen many times accidently before I fill the reservoir again without any adverse results.
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Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
1:33 PM Post #3135276
| I need lots of help to get my garden to grow. Here's the beginning of my pond garden's edge after 28 years of weeds were wacked down. The flags mark the spots,where some daylilies are or were planted, if you can see the flags in the pic. I'm sowing swamp milkweeds, cannas & other bog plants to plant at the water's edge. I do have an iris about to bloom if the frost doesn't dip it. If it blooms, I'll post a picture.
Everyone's pictures look like postcards! Lovely and inspiring.
Deborah♥
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
1:47 PM Post #3135312
| I found those pots you were talking about Don on Charley's site...wow, they are expensive, but i may buy them anyway...thanks for the help..I have standards coming.
right now I am overwhelmed trying to make up for lost time not living out here in the country...have ordered a lot of daylilies and the ground is not even prepared (LOL). I love them, too notmartha!!
Does anyone know if i took the field next to my brother's house and tilled it with the tractor, would corn poppies grow in our zone 9?? what other wildflower mixes would work in this 100 temp in the summer with high humidity? He really wants me to grow something in the way of wildflowers.
My grandchildren always want to pick flowers and give to their moms. |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
2:29 PM Post #3135427
| In this picture you can see to the right I mixed bachelor buttons and poppies, everyone that comes to
the garden just luvs them-Id love to do the fields here in flowers! :)
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:44 PM Post #3135466
| Those are all the most beautiful gardens and flowers I've ever seen :))
We like to grow Dahlias too and we feed them Eleanor's VF-11
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:46 PM Post #3135475
| They were named when we bought them but we did not keep track . 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:48 PM Post #3135478
| another one 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:50 PM Post #3135483
| I have always enjoyed growing African violets too !
This one is a Wasp and name is The Martian
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jkom51
Oakland, CA
(Zone 9b)
January 29, 2007
2:50 PM Post #3135484
| I have 2 albums, one on Yahoo suitable for dial-up and the other is our website on Comcast, suitable for broadband users:
Dial-up on Yahoo:
[HYPERLINK@new.photos.yahoo.com]
Broadband Comcast webpage:
[HYPERLINK@home.comcast.net]
(Click on one of the Flowers set, then click through the photos in each set by clicking on the Right arrow button near the top right) |
Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:52 PM Post #3135490
| This ones name is Annabelle she is from Optimaras Southern belle series 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:53 PM Post #3135493
| We enjoy growing all diferent named Sunflowers ! 
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notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
2:53 PM Post #3135494
| Oh you are a daylily lover too! I have these 3 daylily beds and then there are 2iris beds and 2hosta beds and growing!!! I do have several smaller gardens around the garage and pool area! But ive posted all these pictures already here at daves! :) 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:55 PM Post #3135498
| These are some of my shelves Hubby made me to grow my house plants ! 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
2:57 PM Post #3135503
| We love Flowers ! 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
3:00 PM Post #3135509
| Anyone who' like to play we have a new Bingo starting soon in African violet/Gesnerid forum ! Everyone is Well comed ! |
sjonesartist
Brick, NJ
(Zone 7a)
January 29, 2007
3:06 PM Post #3135519
| notmartha - those burgandy and peach daylillies are GORGEOUS!!! i've never seen them before.
so pretty!!!
stephanie (sjonesartist) |
1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
3:38 PM Post #3135606
| notmartha--What a gorgeous daylily!! If you get tired of it, you can send it to live at my house. ; ^ }
Don--I understood that you weren't using real wicks in the AV pots, but didn't know what term to use for the water soaking in through the portion designed for that purpose. Yours are so pretty. I'm wondering if it would be possible to buy pretty ceramic pots that cost less than the official AV pots, and get the same effect.
I have not been really happy with myself doing a little bit of wicking, so have been bottom watering only. I am just getting to the point where my AVs are starting to bloom. I was not able to take care of them last summer and fall and I lost a tremendous number of them. The people taking care of them for me let them sit in water for days and days, thinking that way they would not have to water again for a while. I am rebuilding and loving the process, but it will be a while before mine look like yours and Allison's. |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
4:34 PM Post #3135791
| I am curious about those living in zone 10 as to when you grow dahlias...i love them, but would never even think that i could do it here...do you grow yours in the winter because you don't get freezing weather? This winter we are getting another arctic blast just as we are cleaning up from the last one 10 days ago...
have to go back to jkoms' sites and look at all the 'prettys'
Jkom...what a project you have accomplished...thanks for sharing such a big treat...not a bad photograher either(LOL) as I need some lessons in taking pics...
Isn't this fun on a cold rainy day here>>>
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Paul, how incredible...which cultivar is that petunia???? please share with us...it trails soooo far.
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
4:40 PM Post #3135809
| Enjoy 
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
4:42 PM Post #3135822
| My coleus did really well last year.
Paul
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
4:45 PM Post #3135841
| These were started from a cutting
Paul
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
4:49 PM Post #3135862
| I can'r wait for spring
Paul
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sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
January 29, 2007
4:50 PM Post #3135864
| paul-gorgeous-- those coleus don't look like the run of the mill that I'm looking at in a seed catalog. |
bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
4:57 PM Post #3135883
| somebody hogged all the dahlia pics already :) that's alright I have others
flax and cosmos, low maintenance
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
5:02 PM Post #3135910
| Those coleus have been gathered from all ovet the place. Some I bought some were cuttings given to me etc.
I save "mother plants" of each variety and over winter them in the basement under lights. Around the first of February I start cuttings to transplant in the spring.
Paul |
bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:03 PM Post #3135916
| Limelight and Tardiva hydrangea 
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bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:07 PM Post #3135935
| lillies 
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Sashagirl
by the Muddy Miss., IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:17 PM Post #3135966
| One of my Shasta Daiseys 
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Sashagirl
by the Muddy Miss., IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:21 PM Post #3135980
| garden border 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
5:24 PM Post #3135992
| Beautifl Paul!
Diane don't feel bad those plants I gave them all away. Last Summer I sold mt stands, lights sold some plants gave most away I just can't take care of them.
I just have a few favrites, siz new ones I got from Bluebirds a few weeks ago from a Christmas Gift Cert. , I do have some Gesneriads and Begonias. The Gesneriads I do Have are ones I had a long time they keep giving me babies !
Are you going to Play Bingo ! New game starting soon :))
Here is some of my Chirita babies !. 
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Sashagirl
by the Muddy Miss., IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:25 PM Post #3135998
| don't know the variety of this hibiscus. I received a pencil sized cutting in a quart milk jug, 10 years ago, which I rooted and planted. 
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paulgrow
Allen Park, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
5:27 PM Post #3136006
| Allison
We're coming down there for the month of March. We've rented a place in Tarpon Springs.
Any good gardens to see that time of year?
Paul |
Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
5:27 PM Post #3136007
| Oh their babies of Chirita sinensis 'Hisako' and here are their flowers. 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
5:34 PM Post #3136033
| Beautiful DeannaV !!!
There is Cypress Garden, Sunken Gardens, Tarpon Spring is fun down by the Sponge Docks all the cool little stores, boat tours , lots of great Greek food .
There are more gardens seems like I've been bed bound so long :((
Bush Gardens is fun like an amusment park with gardens, plants, animals rides and shows.
I think in the Largo area there is a botonical ( SP) Gardens. A friend Jan " Jannich" visited some when she was here last year and took pictures. I think if you do a search if will bring up many more !
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
5:37 PM Post #3136048
| This os a new flower that brightened my day on Sunday ! I grew this by leaf ! She;s so beautiful with the whitest snow white flower with deep,dark purple . 
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bigcityal
Menasha, WI
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
5:49 PM Post #3136095
| OK - just one then 
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
5:52 PM Post #3136104
| Beautiful !! |
dax080
Cedar Rapids, IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
6:03 PM Post #3136154
| One of my favorites - Trumpetvine and Company - Dax 
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
6:44 PM Post #3136348
| Salvias, Agastaches and Echinaceas are favorite plants of mine!
Here is one of my new favorite Salvias, which I grew for the first time, last year. And, it won't be the last!
This is Salvia microphylla ‘San Carlos Festival’! I really love it! I took this on 10/22/06. I plan to plant it again this year and in the ground this time.
Marilyn
edited to say that I've thrown away that rusty looking plant holder. I used it for the Hummers to perch on. I'll put a new one its place for 2007.
Edited to say that I've been growing plants mainly to attract the Hummers and Butterflies and it's rewarding!
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DonM47
Grand Forks, BC
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
7:02 PM Post #3136402
| 1Gardengram, I buy all of my AV self watering pots on ebay. Not too often, as I wait until I find one at just the low enough price, and with shipping costs that are not too high. You can get lucky sometimes. Ü
Don |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
7:13 PM Post #3136435
| Another one of my new favorite Salvias planted for the first time last year. This is Salvia 'Wild Thing'. I love it so much that I have 4 plants of it! Beautiful!
Marilyn
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Allison_FL
Dunedin, FL
(Zone 10b)
January 29, 2007
7:26 PM Post #3136468
| Beautiful everyones plants wow so beautiful! |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
7:50 PM Post #3136549
| these pictures plus starting seeds and cuttings have just made my day a verrrrry bright one...didn't even know some of these plants existed...love that white cosmos and the bright pink salvia. |
sallyg
Anne Arundel Co., MD
(Zone 7a)
January 29, 2007
8:00 PM Post #3136587
| beautiful pictures all of you- I am not as good as you guys~~~
Deanna- I just ordered tithonia. In your picture, it looks(nicely) bushier and with larger leaves than I thought, I was picturing a lankier tall thing for some reason. Or am I getting the zinnias mixed in there? Love your combination. Would you say tithonia is bushy? |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
8:15 PM Post #3136635
| sallyg mentioned a wonderful idea of putting an old mailbox in her garden to keep some labels and small gardening tools. Look at the mailbox I won at an auction and nothing to do with it until now...can't wait to put it in the yard somewhere among the flowers.
sallyg, tithonia gets very bushy and Torch is my favorite cultivar...
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beaker_ch
Columbia Heights, MN
(Zone 4a)
January 29, 2007
8:33 PM Post #3136701
| You can also get AV pots at places like Home Depot. I would think HD prices would not be as much as Charley's. |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
8:48 PM Post #3136747
| When I say I live in the middle of nowhere, I mean it...this will be the biggest challenge yet to make beautiful gardens out here...hope this pic is not too inappropriate to show you what I have to work with along with the rattlesnakes, coral snakes, wild hogs, etc. I am having fun starting a big giant project of gardening once again. These are some of the deer being raised down from my house.
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Sashagirl
by the Muddy Miss., IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
9:18 PM Post #3136851
| bettygail, I love the mailbox!! and what a great idea.
do you have a pic of your home and yard area?
Maybe, we could collectively come up with some inexpensive suggestions for "Flora-scaping".
The whole project will seem less daunting, if you can concentrate on the area close to your home, than expand out from there.
You have a wonderful venue, with which you can incorporate lots of the themultiplying "prairie look" flowers, like cosmos, prairie daiseys, coreopsis, tithonia-so many.
Oh! and speaking of the Tithonias, they got to 6 ft. tall, at least-and extremely bushy-probably a 4 ft spread to each plant(1 seed). They all but choked out my zinnias!
Deanna |
1gardengram
Fayetteville, NC
(Zone 8a)
January 29, 2007
9:22 PM Post #3136865
| Al--I knew you would not be able to stand it for long!! ; ^ } You always have such pretty pictures to share.
Paul--I came to Florida for the first time last year and went to Cypress Gardens. I drooled my way through two whole days of flowers, waterfalls, more flowers, birds, more flowers, butterflies...etc., etc., etc. It was the prettiest place I've seen.
Sally--You are absolutely not allowed to sell your self short here. Do you think we would post pictures of our "messes"?
Betty--I envy you living out away from town like you do. What pretty country!
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
9:27 PM Post #3136878
| I moved in last summer and too hot to start gardening..when fall came, i got lazy and took over the veggie garden for flowers...now I am ready to start around the house...I will take pictures tomorrow unless it is raining like they said it would...maybe you all can help me...getting excited already just thinking about what i have seen on this site so far..just remember I can't put anything up against the house that is a ground cover or low growing. The rattlesnakes are too bad...keep trying to think of climbing things or window boxes, etc...thanks and i will be waiting for you, Deanna.
I grew over 800 plants from seed in the fall and am germinating and growing as we speak...will grow even more this spring.
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Sashagirl
by the Muddy Miss., IA
(Zone 5a)
January 29, 2007
9:45 PM Post #3136935
| Wow!
sounds like you have big plans, already!!! |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:02 PM Post #3137152
| Another new favorite Salvia, being planted for the first time last year, Salvia 'Indigo Spires'. Beautiful! A 'must have'!
Taken on the evening of 10/9/06. Closeup pic.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:12 PM Post #3137185
| Again, another new to me Salvia that's a favorite! My husband really loved it last year too! It was planted, along with another just like it, along the driveway, where he and I got to see and enjoy them all the time. They were planted with other Salvias and some Agastaches.
Salvia leucantha 'All Purple'. Taken early evening of 10/3/06.
I'm going to want to plant it every year in the ground. Beautiful!
Marilyn
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
11:12 PM Post #3137188
| I have been growing Indigo Spires for years...yours is a beauty...it really needs to get away from the afternoon Sunday here in zone 9 in Texas...otherwise, they just keep growing up and out to the side...my brother's plant gets over 10 ft. tall and 10 ft. wide every summer. |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:20 PM Post #3137214
| Another beauty! This blooms late for me in my zone 6 garden. I usually have it in a large potted container on the patio, but I might have to plant it in the ground next time, because I think it will bloom sooner.
Extreme closeup of Salvia elegans (Pineapple Sage). Took the photo late afternoon of 10/3/06.
Marilyn
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
11:23 PM Post #3137218
| I love that Salvia elegans...never have seen it...will it grow from seed? I have never heard of Pineapple Sage...
gail |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:27 PM Post #3137227
| Bettygail,
Wow! 10 ft. x 10 ft.! That's some Salvia plant! Do you have any pics of it?
Guess everything grows really big in Texas!
Think this photo shows more of the plant. Taken in early Oct. 06.
Marilyn
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
11:32 PM Post #3137239
| It froze back this year (pretty tender) with these arctic blasts we have been getting. I will try to remember to take pics this summer...they have to pull the plants out of the ground as they spread so fast and take over everything else...you know how hardy durantas are (and how big they can get...almost tree like) ...this silly indigo spires was trailing all over the durantas, etc.
The reason everything get so big is that our growing season is so long...I had hibiscus blooming all over the front porch in January until the weather came in...it is still cold, but by the middle of February, we can start putting plants in ground again...by the end of March tender perennials are half way there...
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:33 PM Post #3137242
| Gail,
I'm surprised being in a warmer zone with a longer growing season, that you don't know about Pineapple Sage. I don't know about growing it from seed, I have always bought plastic containers of it a couple of nurseries and you can buy it from some places mailorder here at the Garden Watchdog.
Here's the link for the plant on Plant Files on Dave's Garden.
[HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]
The leaves, if you crush them, smell just like pineapple, hence the name.
Marilyn
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 29, 2007
11:36 PM Post #3137248
| thanks, Marilyn...zone 9 is new to me...just moved back home this past summer...
gail |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:39 PM Post #3137256
| Gail,
Here is a photo of some Pineapple Sages. The one with the lighter leaves is 'Golden Delicious' and the one with the green leaves is the one I just posted. The flower is the same for both. This flower stem is from the green leaf one. The one with the 'yellow' leaves bloomed a little later.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:42 PM Post #3137265
| Gail,
Good for you! You'll be able to grow alot more plants and for a longer season in TX.
The 'Golden Delicious' Pineapple Sage was the first time I grew it last year and I made sure I grew it next to the green leaf one so they would look great together.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 29, 2007
11:53 PM Post #3137308
| Another new to me Salvia (just can't get enough of Salvias, Agastaches and Echinaceas!), is Salvia greggii 'Hot Pink'. Beautiful!
Late afternoon of 10/18/06.
Marilyn
Edited for spelling and grammer.
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:00 AM Post #3137491
| I got this from High Country Gardens for the first time in 2005 and I really love it! It's Salvia 'Raspberry Delight'!
In fact, I'm getting another one this year from them, because I love it so much!
Beautiful!
Took this photo late morning of 9/19/06 and it's not showing the whole plant!
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:02 AM Post #3137492
| A closeup showing the flower of Salvia 'Raspberry Delight'. 
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:09 AM Post #3137498
| One of my long time favorite Salvias for attracting the Hummingbirds is Salvia 'Lady in Red'.
Here it is with 'Adonis Blue' Butterfly Bush and 'Purple Emperor' Butterfly Bush.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:19 AM Post #3137501
| Another Salvia I planted for the first time last year and love alot is 'Flame'. I got 2 pots of it at Lowe's. Hoping they will survive the Winter.
It's 'redder' than the pic shows it to be. I took this at 9 am with the morning sun shining on it on 9/15/06. It's more of a true red with no orange.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:33 AM Post #3137505
| Salvia 'Cherry Chief'. Beautiful and I love it!!! First time planting it last year. There are 2 plants here of it. Hoping they survive the Winter.
Another new favorite Salvia to love!
Late morning of 8/20/06.
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:46 AM Post #3137509
| Another Salvia I love and it's a favorite with me is Salvia penstemonoides (Big Red Sage). I got it in 2005 and love it! Beautiful!
Here it is with Lavender 'Grosso' and Verbena Bonariensis.
Morning of July 7, 06.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
2:57 AM Post #3137521
| One of my favorite Agastaches! But then, all of them are!
Agastache mexicana 'Acapulco Salmon & Pink'.
Late morning of 7/7/06.
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
3:12 AM Post #3137536
| Another favorite! It's Salvia 'Hot Lips'. Beautiful! Planted it for the first time last year. Hoping it survives the Winter.
Afternoon of 6/24/06 and I don't think I had it too long at this time.
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Dravencat
Edgewater, MD
(Zone 7a)
January 30, 2007
9:40 AM Post #3138030
| I just do not take enough pics of the entire garden but, this is one of my favorites that shows more than just one flower.
I really hope the beginner gardeners come in and ask as many questions as they can and remember there is never ever a thing as a stupid question. 
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 30, 2007
9:43 AM Post #3138043
| I just germinated 50 'Magnus' coneflowers...love yours with the butterfly...since i really don't have a plan yet for my yard, i just keep germinating seeds...whatever i can't use in the yard I will put down at the garden and use for cut flowers. You all are all so nice to put up with me. |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 30, 2007
10:56 AM Post #3138262
| Bettygail, you're sure not a "beginner!" You just have a new home in a new area! 
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Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 30, 2007
10:58 AM Post #3138274
| I forgot to compliment everyone on their lovely, lovely flowers - boy, do I wish I could be outside right now! |
Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
January 30, 2007
11:03 AM Post #3138302
| Murmur, I could look at your combination borders all day. Love the rocks!
Deborah♥ |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 30, 2007
11:21 AM Post #3138360
| Deborah, thank you!! That particular bed was first created the summer of 2004 - and it took off like I never imagined. This year I have to move some things as they are too crowded for their own good and some get lost in the thickness. I still need to add rocks as the other side of the bed doesn't have any, and I'd like a few more in some places. Overall, though, I'm pleased with the effect. Many of the rocks were from my own rockery (I only took ones that I didn't think necessary), and many from places where they were getting rid of them. That bed is pretty darn big (probably twice the size I originally designed!).
This photo was taken from the other side (in September) and the tall blue flower to the right is a perennial Salvia - "Black and Blue." It's of the tender variety, but has done well so far . . . here's hoping for this year as we've had colder weather than usual. It has become quite a favorite of mine, as has "Argentine Skies," which doesn't show in this photo, but is of a similar heighth and a lighter shade of blue.
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Cordeledawg
Cordele, GA
(Zone 8a)
January 30, 2007
11:37 AM Post #3138405
| Murmur, I noticed in your picture that you have so many different varieties of perennial flowers blooming at the same time. Was that picture taken in maybe mid June or do you plant your beds to bloom at the same time? I'm asking because I'm just getting started making new beds. I had to fill in with many many annuals just to have something blooming. Also, other problem I had last spring was not planning the heights correctly. Since I'm in south Georgia, some plants that are suppose to only grow 3ft tall actually can grow 4 to 5 ft. I dream of the day mine become mature beds like yours. |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 30, 2007
12:00 PM Post #3138475
| The first picture was taken in June, the second one in September. A great many of the perennials bloom at the same time, but there is just enough that continue on, or bloom later, to keep me reasonably happy. I have a number of daylilies which are rebloomers, Phlox which has a long blooming time if I keep it deadheaded, and late bloomers like Snake Root.
The Tall Verbena (the purple to the left) has a really long bloom time, as does the Salvia. However, the Tall Verbena can be a real pest, too - pops up everywhere!! It is easy to pull, though, and I last year I sold a bunch of it at a plant sale my friend and I had.
Early on, I have bulbs blooming - some in the ground (as in this picture), but also quite a few in containers which I later remove and put at the back of my property so I don't have to look at the dying foliage (and the tulips do really well this way as they hate being over watered). 
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 30, 2007
1:15 PM Post #3138730
| Murmer, I call myself a beginner has I lived in an apt. for 10 years with no gro lights...The seeds I started in the fall were the first in 10 years, so I am really starting over. |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
3:23 PM Post #3139104
| another garden shot 
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:05 PM Post #3139249
| I got a that same type of BF on some of my Coneflowers last Summer too. What is that cutie? Thanks!
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:12 PM Post #3139277
| Murmur,
I really love your flowerbed!!! Beautiful! Love how you did your rocks around the edge! I have rocks at my border's edge too, but the way you did it is fantastic!
Marilyn |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:14 PM Post #3139281
| Everyones's photos are great too! Forgot to mention that too.
Marilyn |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:17 PM Post #3139283
| Murmur,
Love your Salvia 'Black and Blue'! Beautiful! Mine never look any where near that great, so what's your secret? Spill the beans please.
What is that shorter blue flower in front? Is that another Salvia? What is it?
Marilyn |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:19 PM Post #3139287
| Murmur,
In your 3rd pic, what is that big, tall dark leafed plant, the one behind the pink Tulips?
Marilyn |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:37 PM Post #3139328
| I got lots of Verbena Bonariensis in my gardens too. I let it reseed and if I don't want some of the seedlings somewhere, I just pull it up. The BF's love it! I've seen Hummers on the flowers too sometimes.
Here's a pic of some blooming with a Monarch BF on it taken last Summer.
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:42 PM Post #3139344
| Gail,
I can send you some seeds of Verbena Bonariensis and possibly some other seeds I might still have if you're interested.
Let me know please.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
4:45 PM Post #3139357
| oops! wrong pic.
I'll see if I can add the right one I going to add.
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 30, 2007
5:47 PM Post #3139586
| Marilynbeth, I would love to trade seeds with you in about 3 weeks...I am knee deep in germinating right now...I love trading seeds so much that I am devoting too much time to it right now...let's not forget this trade in a few weeks now. I would love to try theVerbena Bonariensis again...grew it in Houston one time and it was pretty...(I get overly excited when I see something I haven't seen or had forgotten about)
gail |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 30, 2007
7:01 PM Post #3139813
| Hi Gail,
Ok.
Marilyn |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
12:06 AM Post #3140850
| Gail, I'm excited for you!!!! Hope you'll share pictures as you create and create and create!!! I lived in apartments for five years (late 80's) and missed gardening so much - the only thing that saved my sanity was that I could do some container gardening on the balconies of both places I lived.
Marilyn, thank you so much for all your nice words . . . makes me feel absolutely wonderful!!! The flower in front of the Salvia Black & Blue is a Caryopteris (I think anyway). The plant in back of the tulips is a Hebe which has a really nice purple flower. I don't know what the secret is on the Salvia, believe me - I think it's a lot of blind luck . . . I just hope they survive the winter. Our local garden center sells them as an annual because they're tender, but you're in a colder zone than I am and yours are surviving, right? Their first winter I mulched them with straw, but I haven't done anything since (this is their third winter) and I'm apprehensive. I'm very happy with how the rocks turned out, too - the bed is slightly raised so I think it made it a bit easier to place them. I have a funny little "creek" (drainage ditch, it must be admitted) right along my property line and I'm hoping to eventually line it with rocks as well. I found a great source close by, but not for free so I'll have to buy them a few at a time. I haven't priced them yet so may change my mind altogether!
I was just looking back over all the photos that have been posted on this thread and they are awesome - I wish I could comment on every single one, but it would take all night. It's just so inspiring to see what everyone is doing! I just keep going back and looking and looking and looking!
Not Martha, it's a pleasure to be seeing some pics of your gardens again - I remember from another thread that they are glorious.
Marilyn, I really like Agastache, too - in this photo it is in back of that Hebe you asked about. At least I think it's Agastache - I'll correct myself later if I find out I'm wrong!
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debnes_dfw_tx
Fort Worth, TX
(Zone 8a)
January 31, 2007
8:04 AM Post #3141308
| HI Everyone! Y'all have been really busy for 2 days of posting..May I join you all? Good to see all yas from BF&H and BW forums too!! :-SSS
Bettygail! Nice to see you, and you've definatly come to the right place for ideas and inspiration. Everybody has been so generous with advice and pics...Beautiful gardens and flowers y'all!! WOW!
So bettygail, your new to South Texas? Your good for checking out what will survive the heat! Did you know you live right smack dab in the middle of Butterfly land? Something to consider... You may want to plant some host plants for those. The pics in this thread are great nectar sources too, ie. Salvias , Agastache ...Man! you all have such pretty flowers!! There is a thread for Host plants here> [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] You will get a lot of great ideas there too.
As for getting plants and seeds for growing in Texas, you cant go wrong with Texas Natives. I found several good sources for seeds and plants.
Here is the Texas Native thread in the 'Texas Gardening Forum'> [HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com] Tons of good ideas for your climate. There are links in the main Sticky page, so you can check the cultivars you like and get the native variety. I have some seeds I can send you as well. You will find a lot of people in your specific zone there too, all sweethearts!
Seed and plant source, (I love these people!)> [HYPERLINK@www.easywildflowers.com]
Texas Native Seeds here > [HYPERLINK@www.seedsource.com]
Hope that's not overloading you. I will dmail you with my phone number if you can call me.
Deb Magnes
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:06 AM Post #3141807
| One of my new favorites. This is Salvia 'Dark Dancer' and I planted it for the first time last year. I haven't gotten another one yet, but probably need to. I was hoping this would survive the Winter here, even though I'm in zone 6, but it may not (sadly). It's beautiful! It looks like the 'color' 'sort of' like Salvia 'Raspberry Delight' from High Country Gardens, which I have had since Spring 2005.
I took this photo in the early afternoon of 6/24/06, sometime I got it mail order.
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notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:10 AM Post #3141819
| i luv sweet williams, they were a favorite of my moms! 
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gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 31, 2007
11:16 AM Post #3141840
| I get so inspired by these wonderful pics...am wondering how many salvias I could grow in zone 9?? also, notmartha, what cultivar of sweet williams grow this tall????????? |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
11:19 AM Post #3141849
| Notmartha, what a lovely setting that garden is! |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:26 AM Post #3141868
| The sweet williams are the reds and pinks just past the fountain
Foxglove right behind the fountain-leaning becuz of a strong wind storm
Tall seedpod is rhubarb!
Murmur thanks! I have put lots of work into the gardens.
here is a peek at the iris beds
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:27 AM Post #3141872
| Murmur,
That's an Agastache 'Blue Fortune' you have planted and it's doing great. Looks like you have 2 plants growing there. I love 'Blue Fortune'. I think I need to make sure mine gets more moisture than the other types of Agastaches.
Salvia 'Black and Blue' never survives the Winter each year here and I have to buy new plants each Spring. |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:30 AM Post #3141876
| Notmartha,
Beautiful gardens you have! I remember seeing the one that has the Iris in it from the Iris Forum! Beautiful! More work than I could do. |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:34 AM Post #3141896
| Hi Deb,
Glad you came over from Dave's Garden! With both Dave's Garden and Gardens.com, there are so many forums to pick from to enjoy!
So many forums, so little time!
Marilyn |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
11:35 AM Post #3141903
| Thanks, Marilyn - now I do remember - lol!!! I love your Salvia Dark Dancer.
Fabulous irises, Notmartha - I only have a few, but enjoy them thoroughly. |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:38 AM Post #3141915
| Salvia patens 'Blue Angel' is beautiful and a favorite of mine! Love its large blue flowers! And, I love the color blue! . I have to plant it each year, as it's not hardy here.
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Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
11:39 AM Post #3141918
| Cordeledawg, I just looked again at your lovely setting with your pond - I can only imagine how glorious that is going to be. You've already done an incredible amount of work, judging from your comment about cutting back all those weeds!!!! |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
11:40 AM Post #3141922
| Marilyn, I really have to check into some of your Salvia - I love my tall ones, but those shorter ones would be perfect in a number of spots. I need to make a list - lol! |
Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:41 AM Post #3141927
| Murmur,
| Quoted: | | Thanks, Marilyn - now I do remember - lol!!! |
What do you remember? You've lost me.
Marilyn |
Murmur
Whidbey Island, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 31, 2007
11:43 AM Post #3141940
| The name of the Agastache (Blue Fortune). Sorry to be so scattered sounding! |
gessiegail
Taft, TX
(Zone 9a)
January 31, 2007
11:50 AM Post #3141955
| notmartha...i recognize them but they look like they are maybe 18" tall...the only thing we get in the nurseries are about 6 or 8 inches tall...those are the best!!!!! |
notmartha
Bay City, MI
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
11:57 AM Post #3141988
| This kind is about 18in tall
painted daisy(james kelway)and lupines,allium and iris
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
12:00 PM Post #3142001
| I love Fuchsia 'Gartenmeister Bonstedt'! And the Hummers do too! I plant pots of it on my front porch every year for them. It's 'neat' watching tv and see them come up to the window to 'their' flowers! (I have the pots under the window on the porch). The get the morning sun and then, shade for the rest of the day. They are covered by the overhang of the porch.
Here is a closeup of one of the pots. I get these every year from a local nursery. I usually plant 3 to a pot, but last year I only planted 1 to a pot. Think the Hummers love the 3 to a pot, so I'll have to do that this year.
This isn't hardy here in zone 6.
Marilyn
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Marilynbeth
Hebron, KY
(Zone 6a)
January 31, 2007
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