Garden Photos '09.....#40

my asters have started to bloom as well as one of my mums... everything got beat up today with the rain & wind.. hopefully the storms we are supposed to get this weekend aren't going to smash everything

Allison great pictures, your impatiens and begonia are beautiful and the coleus are thriving very well. Great shots Wha, pixie and ge.
Rama

One of my cannas.
Rama

Crossandra

Allison, if there's any smashing this weekend I'll probably get it. It seems North Jersey gets the brunt of all the bad weather most of the time. I'll fight it and send it east to the UK!

Rama... very Nice!

Thanks Jo Ann, Debilu, Jumper, and Robin! Precious is definitely a precious kitty and I'm undoubtedly going to laugh every time I see that picture!

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There are a few blooms starting on the mums.
Asters look like they will pop any dayI dont have pix, spent the day getting my laptop up to speed

Things are looking pretty good today.
I love the persicarias in early light.Its the upper right

Love early morning caladiums too

Lots of great shots everyone.
Peoniae nice red canna.
RC that kitty pic is wonderful. I love it!
Bill your fire pit looks like it is a great place to enjoy the garden, which as usual is looking good.
JoAnn your caladiums do not look bothered at all by the heat. Nice colors.
Found this guy clinging to the porch ceiling. He is about 2 inches long. I think the sun was too hot for him too.

coreopsis 'Full Moon'

new agastache his year, I hope it comes back. 'Heat Wave'

Am loving that agastche---color is really bold---good shot of the katydid.

Thanks redchic and ngam. This is from this morning, unknown rose from walmart.
Rama

My new flower bed near the mailbox.

Sunflower that my daughter grew.
Rama

Can anyone tell me what this plant is, found it between my pine trees?
Rama

A closeup of the flowers from the same plant.
Rama

looks like a weed

Rama I think it is poke berry, aka weed, as kids we called them indian paint bushes because of the purple berry juice. http://www.altnature.com/gallery/pokeweed.htm

Thanks guys, have to remove it before thr organic guru- my husband reads the link.
Rama

Yes - that's definitely pokeweed.

thank you Weeze!!... it was a miserable day... nasty thuderstorms.. heavy rain ... then it stopped at lunch time and felt like a sauna ... then poured again ... I spent most of the day on the deck under our awning potting up seedlings & cuttings... the long hot shower was needed after

love that heat wave Ngam

pretty mailbox garden Peoniae

Thanks Onewish

This is what it looked like before I started the project this year.

What a treat for travelers

nice job!

another murkie day here

What a difference around your mailbox, great job.
JoAnn I like your wood pile area, very colorful for the end of summer season.

Its an area that cant take Perennials because we walk all over it to bring wood into the house.
Caladiums and annuals will be good for the area.
Next year I'll plant white calads and white impatiens

Thanks guys. Love the coleus ge.

thnx

Hi folks! Just back from vacation on Martha's Vineyard. I haven't been on the island since I was 16 and I was very happy to see that not much has changed (in a good way!). I wish I had taken more pictures of all the lovely flowers. Here are a few, the Rosa Rugosa was in bloom everywhere.

rama..... your mailbox area is fantastic! I wish that I could do something like that by my paper box! unfortunately the county mowes everything down to about 2 inches every month. But yours sure looks nice!

Jo ann... love the brunnera!

rose hips

Is this a Butterfly Bush?

Looks so lush to me...

Lots of pretty windowboxes

and wildflowers planted outside the fences

windowboxes