sometimes thay are hard to establish.
Then there are the ones that wont bloom no mater what you do.
I saw a plant in Africa where they are from,it was over 7 feet high and very dramatic.Tons of blooms in a red cascade.
The Long View 2009 #3
good news with mine then... it has buds!!!
Onewish! I love the bud stage It looks like a ribcage.
Here is a painting from last year
Its oilstick and watercolor combined
wow that's nice... getting excited I see a few lilies about to open up... and this one I grew from seed last year... hoped it would bloom first year and it didn't... wasn't supposed to be hardy to my zone but I got lucky
http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/viewentry/179175/
Nice Onewish
This is whats happening here
and a long view in honor of the thread
love that lily on the left of your 1st photo
Thats First Crown.
thanks!
Georgeous, ge.
I'm luvin july
Kassia, I love the path with the thyme.
Nice painting, ge!
Here is a semi long view from today, when the rain finally stopped
Nice, is that lily of the valley in the front?
Kassia, I LOVE your thyme path! I've always wanted to do something like that, but I don't get enough sun on my stepping stone paths for thyme.
here are a few semi-long views from today.
Japanese Irises by the pond
Irises along the stream
Just the stream (in the rain)
Little waterfalls with astilbe just starting to bloom
Last one for now.
Standing at the top of the waterfalls looking down to the pond below
very nice shade garden Noreaster!!
breath taking SOJ
Love all the water pictures. Those are beautiful iris What varieties?
My long views this morning ,finally the sun
They are Japanese Irises. I don't know the name of the pink ones. The blue/purple ones are 'Gusto' (I think).
thnx
My Clematis 'Polish Spirit' are blooming. Three vines and 10 Day Lilies that I hoped would bloom together but I was off by about 10 days. A living fence planted 9 years ago.
Shot this today.
Andy P
It doesnt look too bad Andy.( use any inflection you want for the previous scentence)
white swan echinacea.... oh I love it...
very nice Ge, SK and Kassia!!
Beautious pics (she says while drooling on the keyboard), Will have some 'the long of the short of it' pics once the patio is done. Truly luvly dahlia Kassia BTW ^_^
Its raining again today so I'll pix if I can.This is from a week ago
nice Dnut!... btw I see some green popping up from my what I thought were dead dahlia tubers!!!
love the path Ge!
DahliaNut, lovely Dahlia. My first ones are starting to open, too. Not as pretty as yours, though.
GE, is this more to your liking?
Andy P
Looks beautiful "SongsofJoy"... really nice
That's so beautiful Andy. What a difference it makes without the direct sunlight in the photo.
Thanks, Michaela. You are so right about the sun.
very nice Andy... it does look so much better that way
Andy, that was me, Harper.
Sorry Harper, these screen names confuse me. My senior moments are coming on more frequently, lol.
Andy P
I am hopelessly behind.
Let me say I should just have Ge1826 paint a mural in my backyard and call it a day. Roll it up in the fall and put it back up in June and Bobs Your Uncle! Love that oil stick watercolor one!
Poured last night, and today way dreary, but we did get enough sun to take some pictures. My lilies are just starting, very late, but it has been as you all know lousy weather. I am off for a few days, so I will miss some of them. Dang! Patti
Another view. Patti
your lilies are just beautiful