I have a Mexican Hydrangea in a pot and it's doing well. I have a spot I could plant it in the ground, but I don't really want to do that.
What's Blooming Mid-July at Your Place?
Yes, the beautiful plant can 'pop' up just about anywhere ... but I love their fragrant in the early morning.
It's difficult to capture the beauty of white blooming flowers. Here is Lime Light hydrangea in dappled shade.
My hostas just quit blooming. I've got some rudbeckias just coming on (they're tall, almost 4.5 feet). Another one of my red/purple sunflowers is going now. My purple coneflowers are drooping in the heat. My lantana are coming back after I had to spray them for lacebugs.
Thanks for the tip about the larkspur seed, stephanietx. I'll give it a try.
That Mexican hydrangea is gorgeous! And scented too? How lucky! :) I've been buying the clearanced hydrangeas at Kroger - the first one has put on incredible new growth, so I hope the next two will too.
QA, yes the flowers emit a very mild, elegance fragrant. But these can be very vigorous and shade out other plantings in the vicinity. So I tend to cut down a whole stalk down to the ground when the blooms are spent. When the plant is injured (cutting) it however, emits a rather stronge pungent odor. Thus far, I don't see any pest problem on them. The large heart-shape leaves are attractive by themselves.
Very pretty!!!!!
Thanks Allwild818. Clethra are in full blooms, bees love on these flowers all day long. It must be a hybrid. I did never see seedlings from this lovely tree. Takes full sun. Hummingbirds and butterflies love these too.
The Mexican Hydrangea can be very invasive, so I grow mine in a pot.
Mexican heather is a plant I've never grown. Is this the same plant as Cashmere Bouquet?
Invasive plants I am up to my ears in. This plant looks stunning. Would be a great concrete slab plant. So those of you who do grown in pots do you just leave in the pots during winter.
Culture in North Texas....shade, it that OK. Was looking in the plant files at it, looks like there are different colorations. If I can leave it in a pot on the driveway and not have to greenhouse it, we have the perfect place for a couple of pots. I love anything that can bloom in our summers.
Sorry for so many questions.
Thank You Karen
Look at this variegated one, would love find this one. http://www.prideofplaceplants.com/flowering_shrubs/clerodendrum_pink_diam.html
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No, they are very different.
Mexican Heather: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/68526/
Mexican Hydrangea/Cashmere Bouquet: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/68526/
My Estrogen fueled Brain!!!!!!
I was just chatting with a friend of mine named Heather LOL....
A true slip of the brain.
I meant Mexican Hydrangea
The Clethra is very pretty too. It's nice to have the attracting plants.
That's a good idea to put the Hydrangea in a pot. That would look nice in pots on either side of the porch. Or does the Mexican, and other Hydrangeas demand full sun? I'll have to check that out.
Our bees love the Zinnias.
And we've got Morning Glories blooming amongst the cucumber vines.
I still have some late blooming lilies in the garden. Morgan, I love those cheerful color of the morning glory blooms. I love all the vines only gardening room is limited.
Lily-Love----I love these Lilies! And everything is so GREEN around them. We are looking forward to some rain this weekend....whoo-hoo!
Our summer here is pretty hot almost like in Tx, we do get more rain here. Lately, either we've too much (rain), or not at all! So I found myself out side water, water, water on those drought-prone days.
Some one mentioned Mexican heather? I too have a love-hate relationship with the lovely flowers. The cultivar 'Katie' however, is more restrain in habit. (This is one of the un-named ones -- so I keep a close watch on the seeds and rid of them before I'll labor over their over-jealous growing habit).
Is this the same plant? We have these in a few places......they have spread a bit, and we would love for them to spread more.
Lily, that's a Mexican Petunia, Ruellia Katie's Pink. Not as invasive as the tall Mexican Petunia, but they do multiply like rabbits!
The Mexican Hydrangea actually prefers partial shade, but mine gets full sun until about 3pm and does well.
There are wild petunias growing along the county roads around here. Not at my place though. Boo.
Stephanietx, that's good to know that the Mexican Hydrangeas prefer partial shade. Thanks.
Because I think they will look nice on my front porch. But they would only get late afternoon sun.
And I think there's supposed to be a chance of rain coming this way the next couple of days!! I hope so.
I've heard that about the rain. I'll believe it when I see it! LOL
Well, the sky has turned black in a matter of minutes and the wind has kicked up. I think some rain may be to follow shortly.
Stephanietx, you're absolutely correct. It's Mexican Petunia and not M. Heather. lol. The problem with common names, is that I get them mixed up.
allwild818, I hope you've got some rain yesterday. We got some but with a storm (every time it rains, it stormed so it seem). :((
Tough flowers for July, has got to be these daisy and other coneflowers.
Can't remember the long name but it is hardy, branches break easily and roots quickly. Does well in heat and humidity, full sun
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Here is a Barbados Cherry. Each tropical cherry has as much vitamin C as 12 oranges.
Since the "cold front" came through I think I will head out to Weston's gardens and see what they have. LOL
Ruellia is basically treated as a weed in this yard. Planted it 16yrs ago and battling it ever since. The small compact variety is not a real issue, the taller growing variety just gets out of control. Literally when we are unloading the greenhouse's in the spring the babies are just everywhere. If I knew then what I know how would have gone with the compact version.
I think is a beautiful plant. We do have it growing in some parts of the garden but it just seeds everywhere. If anyone local wants some feel free......Really I'm here just west of the museum/cultural district.
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That's funny "cold front" ! but it was nice and cool this morning. We had the storm blow through here too. And did get some rain. :) Been out picking up limbs and branches all over the place. But I'm not complaining, mother nature was just doing a bit of housecleaning!!
jujubetexas, you sure do have some lovely fruit-blooming-trees!!! I love edibles too. My dh says from now on, we should only plant things we can eat. LOL
What about the jujube? Are those trees blooming now? I'm just taking a shot at it that you have some. HA.
My jujube are turning red right now. I am going to make jujube pie this weekend. I have also been grilling them up for the last few weeks. They taste like sweet potatoes when grilled whole. They taste like dates when dehydrated and very unusual when fresh.
I started removing all the non-edible plants from my yard about two years ago and replacing them with all edibles from around the world. My goal is to make my yard like that candy room in Willy Wonka where everything you see you can eat. HA!
I do grow some non-edibles but they are usually working plants like mosquito repellant plants.
Interesting that the jujube is such a versatile fruit. I've never actually tried one but you are sparking my interest. Getting self sustainable with your very own candy room sounds like a good thing!
I love the natives and plan to keep them around. They are self sufficient. Some of them are mosquito repellents too, like the American Beautyberry bush.
I ran across these tiny yellow flowers while picking up limbs. It smells sweet like citrus... I think I ID'ed this flower last year, I'll have to check.
Above plant is: Orange grass, Hypericum gentialnoides. You can oly find the blooms open for a short time in the morning. Sweet smell reminiscent of orange blossoms.
Your Orange Grass is beautiful. We had something out by the curb (aka Hells-strip) that looked very similar except it was blue. We left it. Really pretty.
While I was at Weston's found a Mexican Hydrangea, bought 1. Tomorrow going in a pot.
The demonstrations gardens are just like a vacation. Very tranquil and extremely beautiful.
Take a tour of the gardens. http://www.westongardens.com/wgib%20starting%20page.htm
Orange grass is more attractive in person, or a "good" picture:
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/hypericumgent.html
You must have had a really nice day at Weston Gardens.
Stephanie, how can I get some of these Mexican Hydrangeas I got coming up in my yard into pots? Shall I dig them up or shall I just shake the spent flowers into some soil? Smockett warned me about the plant, but I kind of like them, they sorta shade my Hostas.
I got a lot of Ruella too ... and weeds.
Sylvia, I really don't know since I started out with mine in a pot. You could try digging it up and potting it and see if it lives.
Sylvia, the M hydrangea spread by underground 'stolons'. I don't know if the flowers make any viable seeds. When you dig them up, preferrably in the fall. Make sure you get all the roots, otherwise, they continue to spread, and spread and spread.
Stolons? omg no wonder the growth is concentrated in one area. Thanks Lily I will do my best and hopefully I wont ruin anything else.
Sylvia if I were you I think I would dig that thing now and put it in a large pot. If it gets hold it may take over your hostas.
Call it Esperanza or Yellow Bells...either way, it's just fabulous!
