Stormy - here's a bloom off the Dianthus I have...whew...this is one of my original plants I put in when I bought my townhouse..
New June flowers thread
Huge patch of the purple/pink ice plant that comes back each year...she wasn't "awake" yet either...maybe I'll get a shot this w/e. Such a great plant despite no scent...just keeps on blooming away all summer long...
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A late blooming siberian. Stopped blooming end of may. I believe it is limeheart
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One of my ALL time favorite scents - this and the old purple petunias I will never be w/o...another 2 that will bloom all season long for you till frost...Nicotiana 'Fragrant Cloud' (thank you to Becky again!!)
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Aren't the colors so rich after the rain?
A purple pretty
And my two pink blooms....one obviously awake and happy the other with a bad case of aphid-tude....
Awwwww, like the pink blooms. Can I have them with the pink lilies? LOL
That flower in the first photo is a bachelor's button. Annual, may self sow.
Don't give up on your mock orange. Some years they have more scent that others, especially when they're young, sometimes even at different times of the day.
Chantel I too think your pink blooms are gorgeous. It's okay to have aphid-tude once in awhile. I had some this morning when I saw some aphids on a lantana leaf.
I like how warm and sunny your beds appear especially like the picture with the cactus.
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Leebea orange crush daylily
Goodness. All we have had for DAYS is rain, rain, rain. I know I'll miss it in August, but for now I cannot even get out to photograph anything. (much less weed.)
My Stell d'Oro are just starting to bloom. I think my gardens are a bit 'behind' some of yours.
Anyhow, thanks for the wonderful pics.
Hi Sissy, Yep, our gardens are a bit behind some of them. Hart is in the same Zone as we are and I still think she is about 3 weeks ahead of me. Where in Pa is Perkasie? This rain and earlier cold weather has definitely held my garden and me back. I was late getting my planting done especially the tropicals that I usually start in pots inside. But now that the warmer weather has moved in everything is starting to show. Although we are still having a ton of rain and lucky we missed the hail storms so far.
We're early on everything this year. I don't know why. Maybe because of all the rain this spring? Maybe because it was so cold this winter? I really believe those very cold snaps can help plants by killing off bugs and diseases that might otherwise make it through the winter.
Anyway, it's not any warmer this spring than usual so I don't know why everything is early this year.
My "semi-native" new garden. The bed contains daylilies, salvia, lambs ear, fleeceflower, joe pye weed, obedient plant, echinacea, black eyed susan, baptisia, lupine and azalea. The spirea is in there because it looks pretty. I am still adding more plants. My husband told me he didn't care how big I made this bed...well...I think he forgot who he was talking to LOL!
The daylily in bloom is Vintage Bordeaux but the color is streaked because of the rain last night. Hopefully I will get a better picture tomorrow.
Excuse the morning glory coming up. They met their demise this evening.
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Chantell, looking great, your grands are adorable!
Wisdom, love the color on the orange crush and the vintage bordeaux
I rarely buy any annuals but I thought these pansies were nice, and they grew like crazy in this spot.
Gee wiz, more thunder and lightning - I'll probably lose the internets here any time now, but here's the first Heliopsis of the year. The first patch of these out front has faded some from being crowded, but in back there's a patch five feet wide.
typo
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Geraniums (bohemicum and pratense) and Philadelphia aster volunteers, and lots of hollyhocks, lilies, ballon flowers waiting for a few sunny days to bloom
A variegated Sedum kamtschaticum - I like this one a lot, hope it grows.
Last pic, a no ID primrose from a friend's yard in Maine, still in the pot I brought it home in last year. Up there the foliage turns bright red, we'll see what happens.
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My gosh! A long day at the office and look at all of these beauties.
Wisdomskr, I don't know why my Dr. Earth rose food link didn't take. Trying it again here:http://www.drearth.com/products/blended/
If there is no vendor near you listed on their site, send them an email. You can buy it online, but you'll pay high shipping fees. My local nursery sells it for $10 a box. If I buy a case (12 boxes) from her, she charges me $8.50. I have developed a very good relationship with a small local nursery and they will order anything for me often at better prices than what I can buy it for on the web, with no shipping fees.
Hart, I mix two cups of the regular Dr. Earth into a full wheel barrow full of planting soil. I use it on everything.and it has made a hugh difference on the survival rate. There are all sorts of articles written on the increased disease resistance of plants treated with Myco. This year I am root drenching the entire gardens with a pure Myco, Fish Emulsion and beneficial bacteria bath. I've only got about 5% done. I use Alaska Fish Emulsion.
Here's the link for the beneficial bacteria: http://organicatechnologies.com/consumerpgaplus.asp
This jar costs $18 and lasts forever.
I've never used the Dr. Earth for roses, but plan to this year when I plant the ones I've recently ordered.
Chantell, after you dig those lilies for Hart, I've got some great red and orange ones for you. I'll try to photo them over the weekend.
Jen, I've got a DL looks just like yours. Actually 2 of mine look like that one. I'll have to get you the names of those. Beautiful Columbine.
Hart, The color of that little rose is beautiful. Your Iris is gorgeous and that water lily is just lovely.
Terry, love the photo of your grandmother. Can't wait to see your rose garden!!
Wisdomskr, here's a rose website that is still shipping this year that has lots of own root roses and is very candid about disease resistance. http://www.heirloomroses.com/index.htm
Holly, I love your beautiful mottled rose. Plants are like people. Even the afllicted have great charm and deserve a place in our hearts.
Gosh Hart, All of your blooms are gorgeous this year, such vivid color, even on el cheapo.
Sissystars, we PAers are used to being the late bloomers among this lot. Just ask Ladygardener! You are probably about 18 to 20 miles Northwest of me, so is Claypa, but he's got some magic dust he sprinkles on his beds. Or maybe it's his signage.
Thanks for all the info stormyla. I really love the color of the roses I have but I am almost positive my hot cocoa isn't going to make it back next season. I learned about the myco in my Maryland plants class in college. It does allow the root system in essence to be longer allowing them to take up more nutrients and water and as you said have a healthier immune system. I will check out the heirloom site and look around at some of the nurseries for the Dr. Earth.
Claypa I think stormyla is right you must use some magic dust because I have yet to get my ballon flowers to look anything like yours. Beautiful pictures.
pygmy plum daylily
My version of an English garden.
I like this picture of the pixie meadowbrite because it shows all the stages of blooms
I like looking at this color combo, it will even look prettier when the daylilies and pocomoke crepe myrtle are blooming
Shoot, I just lost my entire message. Let's see. Absolutely believe myco would make plants stronger and therefore disease and bug resistant. I'll bet my lousy soil would really benefit from it. I've been wanting to try the humic acid too.
Wisdom, the lime green with the bright blue is gorgeous. I'm just shocked about the morning glory, though. (Hah, NOT. You want to see weeds, come to my house. Weed central here.)
I think it's definitely magic dust in Claypa's garden. LOL What pretties!
Oh wisdom...that is beautiful...just beautiful!
Stormy - you read my mind...was thinking when I came back that I needed to start looking at lilies for that side...little OCD about my colors, I guess..thank you!!! And also NEED to look up that Dr. Earth you speak of...have already used the fish emulsion for a couple years...
Chantell, put in your zip on their website. Maybe there's someplace close to you that sells it.
Wisdom, looks great I Love the blue and green combo, also.
Finally got an open bloom from the bud on the Yves Paiget rose.
These are the mushrooms that popped up the dahlia bed this morning. They're itty bitty, maybe a little over a half inch across.
A trail of them in the bed
Diane - how cute are they?!? You should add those to the fungi thread!!!
I put in my zip code...ugh...MD is the closest...I think shipping sounds good - unless, of course I get an email to hit some stores up that-a-way....
wisdomsker- that last pic of yours, you really nailed some great contrast and variety!
Wisdomskr, I love that plum pygmy and that is a great shot of that coneflower. Last year I put in two of those Pocomoke Crape Myrtles. I thought they were toast until they started leafing out last week. Hope they might bloom this year. Don't give up on your Hot Cocoa. Roses are really tough plants. It may come roaring back next year. That is one that I just received in a shipment yesterday.
Hart, that Yves Paiget is beautiful. Is that Creeping Jenny under it? I love your 'shrooms. You definitely need to post them on the fungi thread!
Wow you can tell we've really had lousy weather, a whole weekend and no photos. We've probably all been outside today trying to catch up. I know I was. Everything is beaten down and some blooms were ruined before I even had a chance to get a good photo. An army of new and giant weeds awaits my attention. I filled the dumpster and only got about 20% of them. Good thing it's trash day tomorrow.
Noid asiatic just opened
