This climbing miniature Rose, Red Cascade, is an excellent performer, and would be great for growing on your picket fence. It only gets some compost, and that's it- no spraying or babying.
Garden Shots 3-Let's see your late summer combos!
My camera gave out when I was trying to get a pic of these things blooming together, but at least I got some individual shots. This is Oriental Lily 'Dizzy' in bloom in July, a great addition to your color scheme:
'Dizzy' blooms at the same time as this one, 'Rio Negro', and look wonderful together. I also have white Phlox, 'David', in that bed which compliments them very nicely.
This is Oriental Lily 'Sorbonne', and you can see a few blooms of 'Red Cascade' Rose next to it.
Neal: thank you for weighing in here for Judy and giving the info and the web address for the Ga. Dahlia Society. Are you aware of one in NC? I'll check out the GA site and maybe it will lead me to one here.
Love your lilies!
Angie
You guys are making me drool. I had never considered Dahlias just because I had not really paid attention to them. That Dahlia Society site is great. I saved it to my favorites and will probably go back when I can spend more time there.
I am fortunate that I have a nursery close by (Cunningham's Country Gardens ... down the road and around the corner) with great advice on plants and all kinds of people ready to help. They planted my new River Birch last April (my birthday present to myself) and it's still doing great ... especially with all the rain we've had lately.
Then, when I found Dave's. I felt like I had my own personal garden design advice service ... with hundreds of photos to go by. I have dragged many of your photos to my desktop and saved them in a "garden ideas" folder.
Gemini_Sage, your lilies are absolutely gorgeous and, of course, all my favorite colors. My "Strawberries and Cream" Asiatic mix from White Flower Farm should arrive in October. I am going to be digging my little fingers off getting ready for them. Because the fence will need re-painting every so many years, I had thought I would plant perennials and annuals in front of it, rather than shrubs ... things that would die back in the winter. But it is awfully tempting to put climbing/rambling roses on it. Of course, those can be cut back too. You may see me on the rose forum since I have really developed an interest in them, and just recently joined the clematis forum too. I am also on the lilies forum ... and others ... LOL
hemophobic ... thank you for sharing your Dahlia photos and leading me into a new area. They look like giant zinnias (a favorite) but they come back! And so many varieties and colors! I am going to really enjoy this! I think I may have some Dahlia seeds in my "drawer collection." Will have to go and look. I'm guilty of hoarding seeds. Do any of you do that? Buy them and don't plant them? Or am I the only guilty party?
Judy
I hoard ones I collect. I always save my self at least as much as I trade out. I always have tons of leftovers. I want to start a large meadow , so maybe I can use them all up soon. It's just been slow getting to that part of the yard. My yard's been under construction for years and slowly been brought to a grass and garden bed yard from basically a storage area. Not by me, the former owners. So in the meantime I am basically testing the plants I would like to try so I can create my own mix. I just couldn't find the perfect plants by reading about them alone. Or they had a lot of filler plants I wasn't interested in. I actually prefer buying one plant of what I would like and saving and growing the seeds the next year. Some packs of seed cost the same as buying a small potted plant and it's more fun because you get to see what you are going to be growing. Of course I've also participated in the last two piggy swaps so I have more seeds than I know what to do with from that. : ) Now I've become addicted to daylilies. And I swore I would never Lol : )
Oh, yeah. Hi, my name is Angie and I am a seed hoarder! LOL.
Done it for years, so some of my seeds have long lost viability, although you never know, do you?
Meredith, daylilies were my first obsession. I still love them, but have now branched out into dahlias, hydrangeas, clematis, roses, salvias and so it goes.
Angie
I've thought about scratching out an area about 10' x 10' and tossing out all my old seeds just to see what would come up. Might be interesting.
Sounds good! : )
I did that a few years ago at my Mom's place, many more came up than I expected.
One thing I would do over is to wright down what was planted, it makes it a whole lot easier to guess what you have coming up.
I may have pulled some thinking they were weeds , I know I left a few that Were weeds.
I have sowed older seeds just to see if they germinate more than anything and am always pleasantly surprised. I grew some cucumbers this year from an old pack of burpee seed from 2005! They had no special storage, not even kept in the fridge and they had been opened in 05. I was very impressed with all that germinated and have even enjoyed the cukes in salads. : )
I may have some older than that, Meredith. But that's good to know. Mine are all in a "salt box" hanging on the wall. Some are open, some not. I just checked and found a pack of Nasturtiums from 1997! Good grief!
Gardengus, that's a good idea, writing down what all was planted. Of course, I'm still so new I would probably leave a lot of weeds, not knowing what they were. If it's "purty," I'd leave it. LOL
Boy everyones gardens look great,mine not soo hot was on vacation 3-18 then on the 20th had realatives from Austrailia here for a week ,and now its windy rainy cold,grass needs cut,weeds everywhere,amazing how fast it can turn on you.Was hoping for nice weather the last few days of vacation,to catch up,now walnuts are falling,boy its a nut year,oh boy oh joy
I keep pots of herbs by the back door, along with a couple pots of kale and my Mexican Heather. Everything's doing great with the cooler weather.
What a welcoming grouping! That Mexican heather is gorgeous in that urn!
lea,really nice ,is that mexican heather on top ? They had beautiful huge pots of mh at the rv resort we were just at,I dont get enough sun to grow it :(
Hi HuggerGirl!
Yes, it is Mexican Heather - it's not in full sun, but it gets 2-3 hours of morning sum each day. In previous years I've had problems with it getting yellow leaves late in the season. This year I've tried giving it a 'boost' with a couple teaspoons of Milorganite in August and it seems to have done the trick.
My hibiscus blooms are always much more intense this time of year, as if the cool nights and bright sunny days are just what it wants. In a week or two I will move it to the basement for the winter.
Lea, I love the hibiscus,the color is soo pretty,I know what you mean about the cooler temps my3$ rose is going gang busters has a 4th flush of blooms,but its been really gray and chilly here, come on Indian summer !!
The blossoms on the lantana in my urns seem extra colorful on these gray autumn days.
The red is especially vivid.
Wow that is beautiful. Do you still have hummingbirds about? ours seem to have left already.
Leawood,do you move your lantanna indoors for the winter ?? It is huge !!! and beautiful,I love lantanna.No room to put them inside,well not enough light.I can grow philadendrons !!!
those red lantanas are beautiful!
Unfortunately, the lantana is too big to bring in, so it's an annual.
Leawood,I have 2 lantannas Id love to bring in for the winter,they are one of my favs.And to think they are considered an invasive in warm climates.mine have never gotten as big as yours .
Almost didn't see this guy drying his wings....
LOL, huggergirl - I had that Lantana in Phoenix and it was part of a hedge.... they do like it hot.
i love their smell. We had it growing wild growing up and it always remind me of the summer.
The Japanese Maple is gorgeous this time of year.
You've done such a marvelous job of combining hardscape, woody plants, and evergreens along with the beds- it gives your landscape such year round beauty and interest.
Thanks for the kind words, gemini_sage! I wish I could say it was all by design, but the truth is, it has 'evolved'. The maple was here when we bought the house 10 years ago. It was much smaller (about 6') then. It sits in the corner of the lot, next to the stone wall that lines the creek. I added the arborvitae hedge when I built my compost pile at the back corner of the lot. The goal was to hide the compost pile, but still see the maple.
Id say job well done !!!