more "sneezeweeds"
Really July blooms
These all yellow ones were unexpected - these are from seeds, and I guess they can revert to the regular species color. Others look more like the named varieties they came from.
Looks wonderful.
I love celosias.... very pretty Claypa
LOVE these colors....very nice bloom shot, Chris!!
I'm also enjoying the beautiful colors.
Chantell that Tabernaemontana divaricata is beautiful. How large is it and where do you keep it in the winter?
The sun is finally shining today, so I will not get wet this morning when I go out to see what damage the wind and rain did last yesterday and last night.
Another dahlia gifted to me by dmac.
Chris- that sure is a splash of color.
claypa- thats a whole wave of color, very nice
Roses- a beautiful flower!
stormyla have you gotten ANY rain yet?
LadyG, I love Celosia, I usually plant some with my portulaca in the big terracotta pipe that is in the front yard.
R_R_R, My Blushing Susie is blooming beautifully,
Yes, Sally thanks. It finally drizzled a good bit of the night last night.
Gita, You asked for a pic of the Brug, It isn't real big but it's putting out a ton of leaves and there are at least 5 blooms comming on again. Can't wait to see it bloom again.
The Hydrangea didn't bloom yet but is looking very good also.
Here is my blooming semps. Funny I never paid much attention to them blooming before. Then I saw a DG thread about them and really started to look at mine. Never realized how interesting the blooms were.
Ironweeds almost blooming
Just love this Heliopsis I got from Critter a couple of years ago. I have it planted under one of the bird feeders and it looks so nice growing with the volunteer sunflowers that always come up.
Looks like August will be bloom full too. I think I put Ironweed on a wish list once. My Heliopsis ha been in bloom for --months?- I should deahead a little but it doesn't stop the new blooms, and I want the birds to get the seeds, not the trash man or compost worms. Goldfinches just LOVE me for my sunflowers. My potted Maya brugs sunk in the garden are great, not bloomed yet. My 2 Rose Souv had a round of a few blooms and now looks about like yours, Holly. And the one in the deck has bad mites now.
I getting my first year with this Verbena bonariensis now. I got the momma (this one, above Canna gold foliage) last fall on clearance, and it has self sowed. but I think momma died. Just starting to see blooms. They should be something that will come up skinny between other things and put a spot of color above. I might use them between clumps of daylilies.
Wow, am I behind on this thread. RCN, I planted a couple of those Hydrangea Pink Diamond last year, but they may be ones that didn't overwinter. I lost so many shrubs that I'm still not sure all what they were.
Here's Hydrangea Little Lamb.
Chantell, your Passi and that Tabernaemontana are very lovely. I've never seen that one before.
This is one of my favorite Oriental lilies. It's Black Beauty.
Onewish, great Picasa show and the lily photos are really neat.
This is Ligularia Osiris. I really like the leaves on this plant.
RCN, I just planted some Monkshood and had no idea that it could get so big.
I love this little miniature Monarda. It's 12" tall.
Roses, your Dahlias are all so beautiful. That was a very nice gift from DMac. I "speak" with her often on the Bulb Forum.
Here's s0me Swamp Milkweed.
Sally, I really like that Cassia flower. Does it stand up straight or flop?
This Daylily is Zella Virginia.
Jen, Those glads are such great colors.
I really like the black stems on this Cardinal Flower. I'll have to look for it's name.
Lady those Lilies are both spectacular. Can't decide which I like best.
Here's a neat little shade plant. Saxifraga Silver Velvet. It feels like Velvet.
Sally nice combo love the purple flowers with the canna leaves.
Garden Phlox Bright Eyes
Claypa, You really should bottle that Magic Dust. Such healthy gorgeous blooms and very nice color combos.
This little flower is Catanache.
Holly, Those are really neat blooms on your Semps.
This Geranium is Victor Reiter.
Holly, That Heliopsis is such a great plant. Mine's been blooming for weeks. I've dead headed it twice,and it needs it again. Same with the echies.
This is Phlox Starfire.
Sally, that Verbena is really pretty. I grew some perennial Verbena before, but it tpok over the beds and killed every thing else and then had the nerve not to come back!!!
Here's Buddleia Sungold.
Stormy and Holly/
Love the Starfire and Bright Eyes. Gonna get me some.
Just discovered tons of these in the woods. (Still exploring our fairly new surroundings). I guess that they are edible wild blackberries. So says someone in the plant ID forum. What do you all think?
I'm getting all my "flower power" through all your photos right now. When I went outside to take pictures yesterday everything that's blooming has either been beaten down by the dogs or looking sad from all the rain :( If we don't get some sun soon my annuals that were planted way too late will NEVER bloom! I did get a picture of this Hydrangea, probably drooping from the rain but it may be from the sheer weight of this thing - it's at least a foot long, maybe more! I'll have to check my records, Rick always forgets to stick in a tag when he's planting, but I'm pretty sure it's 'Pinky Winky'. I had to laugh, I wanted to include my hand to give you an idea of its size. I turned my hand over because my fingernails were so dirty from pulling out weeds before taking the picture! LOL
Echie & Heuch & other perennials co-op looking to sell a few more of each to fill flats:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1020857/#new
Fagraea berteriana - so excited that this gal came to me with a bud...
Sure I have the name some place but too lazy to figure it out...such warm colors
Remind me to thank the dogs for that wonderful hair I just noticed across that pretty bloom!!!
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Brunfelsia Abbottii covered with blooms! Spicy clove-scent
RRR - with all the tropicals - they have to (ugh) be brought inside...heaven help me!! LOL
Finally got to take some pictures of what i have "going" right now......nothing overly exciting....
My "Broken Colors" 4 O'Clocks are blooming......Here's a close-up....
The bush is HUGE! I grew it from the roots I dug up last fall. They were like Peony roots--big and fat and extending all over the place. All this from seed--in ONE year!
I let them dry and then threw them in a box in my basement for the Winter....
When i took them out in the Spring--I noticed little green growths on them.. So I said--why not? And put them in a container with some dirt....Well--eventually--the roots sprouted and grew and grew...VERY fast.
Here is the plant now--I would say 3' high by 4' wide! Blooming away!
The Rose behind it is my "Sweet Surrender----totally overshadowed!
Want to show you all some pretty Coleus i have had growing....
Don't ask me for any names......
Ahhh--her is a better picture of the 4's bush!
This is another sun-Coleus in my front bed--right in front of my Rudbeckias....by the elevated Azalia planter I built...
The Red Coreopsis--SOO proliferate! I am taking a lot of seeds!
