happy--
I would think you are correct on both counts....."Hirta" is the Gloriosa daisy.
How did it get there? Birds eat the seeds and...ahem.....you know....it falls wherever --and grows the following year. These are good biennials....
Gita
Really July blooms
I guess I'll save the seed and plant some next year. I like it. Though I have a general rule against planting anything that isn't very permanent -- only long-lived perennials, I do occasionally break it....
Holly--it being a biennial--the seed should probably be winter-sown--or refrigerated--or something.
Or just scatter it in a big pot and leave it outside somewhere sheltered.....can't give you any more help on this--Jill could, I bet!
G.
OK Allison & Jen, Here's one you can look at. This gal in this Iris forum is giving away free Iris.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/999206/
Anyone ever heard of a hydrangea 'tree'? I saw the 35% off sign on the board at Dutch Plant Farms when I was there with Critter last week-end, and ended up getting it to add some vertical height in my hillside shade garden. Kinda neat... Terri
Terry, A lot of the time they are PeeGee Hydrangeas that have been pruned to that form. They are spectacular when full grown.
thanks Stormy.... LOL
Happy, there are two Aconitums planted on that slope and I'm pretty sure that one is 'Spark's Variety' because it blooms earlier than the other one. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/76283/ Obviously not enough light in that location because it's "stretched" and it would be almost 6' tall if it was upright! Maybe now that I've seen it bloom and struggle in that spot I'll remember to prune it back early in the year so it won't get so tall :)
Terri, your Hydrangea 'tree' is gorgeous and I agree with Stormy, they ARE spectacular! I fell in love with this beauty in the gardens at Plant Delights when we were there several weeks ago. Hydrangea paniculata 'Pink Diamond' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49385/ We have PD planted at the top of the driveway and I'd love to "train" it to look like this one but it would take years - lucky you, yours already has a beautiful form :)
well sweep is having another event next month if any of you are close enough
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1019320/
Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno' - buds opened up finally...very pretty scent
I swear the bees are oblivious when on the Passi's
They put the 'passion' in passionflower, don't they? They also were crowding on my Cassia marilandica, last week, it was totally buzzing with big bumble bees. Couldn't bee lieve how many there were.
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close up of Cassia flowers. Got these seeds from Buttoneer. A tall perennial legume, this year its five to six feet with the top packed with these flowers.
Incredible photos of the bees! I'm still waiting for my passion flowers to open - probably the bees are too :)
I just love this little Campanula 'Samantha'. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/78838/ The foliage has started to "stretch", really needs a haircut but it's been blooming for over a month and I hate to cut it back! We're getting ready to prune the Crab tree overhead and hopefully removing some branches will give this plant more light and help retain its tidy little mound of foliage.
very nice photos all
Sally interesting plant, that Buttoneer does have some interesting and different plants. Does that vine or is it bushy?
Cassia is bushy with typical legume, pea like foliage. This is a picture from last fall, it was its first year - or maybe just its second. There will be plenty of seeds to share, I think it's got the reputation of not liking to be dug up and moved.
onewish-- how interesting that you set up those time lapse photos! Have you grown Moonflower vines? You can see them open in real time at the right stage, you'd love them.
Fun bumble bee info here
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/YGLNewsSept12007.html
SALLY!!!! Love YOUR pic...them are some BIG eyes!
Glads I had to bring in since they got knocked over in the rain
Early mums
Rudbekia fulgida
Marigolds
Such vibrant colors!!!
OneWish - meant to tell you - LOVE the time lapse pics!
very nice Jen!!!... that marigold is a great color!!
Sally I am a vine-a-phobic ... haven't been brave enough for mg & moonflowers yet
Moonflowers won't self sow on you. They do need room to grow though. Some MG sure will self sow, and yeah, can be a problem! I am now wishing I got more vining space going. I have a few things going and keep adding sticks so they can climb. After frost I will have a big mess of viney sticks for a bonfire.
I moved my Passionflower to my oil tank where it can climb and sprout all over creation. It is a total thug.
amazing what a zone does... thug for you... dies for me... mine only grew an inch in a month
after seeing Holly's trumpet vine... I was trying to convince Randy to make something to hide the neighbors hot tub deck with one of those.. but I am still not sure if I want it
onewish1, the trumpet vine is an excellent cover but very invasive, we have it all through the lawn, the spruces, and else where. In keeping it under control the term "constant gardener" comes to mind. Some attribute it's spread to runners but I think it is from seed. Wisteria can be almost as bad with it's runners, we have it trying to remove the siding from the house. Butterfly bush can be an effective screen and easier to control. It is also an attraction for pollinators. I have seen pics of trumpet vine growing wild in Calif. covering whole ravines. It is the Kudzu of the west, the only thing in Calif. growing faster is Arnold deficit.LOL Holly's Ric
onewish- without boring you, my passion vine went thru more than one brink of death experience in it's early stage. I have a bunch of sprouts in a bucket of water, I'd be happy to help you try again if I can mail them once they root. As long as you are ready to deal with roaming sprouts...
Or before I throw more of them away - I can mail you one. They are one of my favorite vines however - I like them on the arbor NOT popping up through out my little back yard...LOL. So if you'd like some spares mailed to you, just let me know.
thank you very much Sally and Chantell.... I will take you up on that if mine does not return next year... and cuttings don't make it
here is your marigold Holly (sorry I didn't dead head the petunias first)
This gets better every year! Candy Club
This is Color Parade
A datura I grew from seed finally opened
Same datura bloom
Oh, Chris I LOVE that color parade.
I love that color parade too!!!
Color Parade, I bought from White Flower Farms, they do not have it listed anymore. I did google it and found that Gilbert Wild has it and it is now on sale. It has been a good performer over the years.
A close-up
Finally have the right plant for the sides of the cement steps, it adds that splash of color without getting so big it flops over and gets stepped on.
Celosia, from a seed Round Robin, labled "wine"
Every year the neighbors grow celosias like that right next to the curb, it looks really neat.
The heleniums look like they're realy going to do something this year:
