I tried some Parks Candy Stripe Zinnia this year .. I started the first of July and they took the place of the Datura when I got the seeds I wanted .. They have just started blooming .. I'm kinda ticked off at Parks because so far, out of 20 plants of the 6 that are blooming only 2 of them are striped. The rest are solids .. perhaps as they mature they'll get more stripey. The picture they offered up in their catalog showed all of them striped.
The ones that are striped are really pretty though!
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I love those!
...still a sucker for a cute zinnia...lol!
They ARE pretty.
I like them .. at least the stripey ones .. look like someone took a paint brush to them.
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The Candle Bushes are blooming profusely! They are so unusual I've got neighbors knocking on my door asking "What is that?"
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X - "Candle Bush" is Senna alata, right? I wonder if I could try zone denial and grow it here. I do have Senna corymbosa which has done very well for me (it's starting to bloom now, will post pics soon).
I have a few things blooming. Corkscrew vine (Vigna caracalla) ...
The hedychiums are blooming nicely - I think this is more of 'Daniel Weeks' (I had to hold the camera up and shoot downwards blindly to get this shot). I know there are 2 or 3 other cultivars planted in this area that have yet to bloom this year.
Zephyranthes 'Grandjax' again - this is my favorite rain lily because it reblooms so frequently.
A no-name plumeria - nicely fragrant.
Tom, the Candle bush goes from seed to blooms in one season so there is no reason why you couldn't grow it as a fall bloomer. I'll find out in Spring if it can survive a zone 8 winter. I've always known it as Cassia alata but it's apparently the same Senna alata. If you want seeds, I've got bunches .. very easy to grow.
Gotta love those Vigna's! Mine are busy ripening pods. My hedychiums are NOT blooming .. don't know why, but the curcuma's are blooming.
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A couple more pics.... Here's Achimines pulcherrima again. It blooms for several weeks, which makes it well worth growing. I have this one in a pot on my front porch since it's one of the few locations in my yard that gets enough shade (otherwise it's hardy in z7b).
Gloxinia nematanthodes 'Evita' is starting to bloom. Same story as w/the achimenes - have to grow it in pot on the front porch to ensure it gets enough shade. I am finally getting a bit of shade in one corner of my backyard from a red maple I planted several years ago, but unfortunately maples have such shallow roots it's difficult to grow anything under them.
That's such a pretty red!
Tom, those achemines are amazing. I grew lush pretty ones like that when I lived in Summerville but down here they lanquish in the heat. They are in shade but it is bright shade; I will move them to "little light at all" today and see what happens.
Finally! My hedychium gingers are finally blooming .. I love the fragrance of the butterfly's. This one is Gold Flame and it rivals the White Butterfly .. almost the same fragrance but not quite
And the utterly delicious White Butterfly .. I love to catch threads of its fragrance when walking around the garden. This year the blooms are so sparse I doubt I'll get that.
And my Curcuma, a Hidden Ginger suddenly went red!
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The name for this is something like 28 letters so I'll skip it.
Oh wow, even I, a well known MG hater, would grow that one. Good job!
I'm pretty sure cotton isn't supposed to be 6 inches high with one tuff. LOL. I'm going to give it a try again next year.
Yucca starting to bloom.
Sanbokan grapefruit/ lemon is going well. For a small tree this guy puts out some fruit. Not sure what will happen in a couple of years, maybe I'll be selling them at the Bluffton market?
Pink turk's cap(started from seed this year) Malvaviscus arboreus. Drought tolerant hard to kill plant, flowers aren't impressive but it makes a good fill in plant.
Nice! .. Love those Japanese morning glory .. the names definitely can get out of hand.
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Very nice! Those Sambokans are so good I bet you won't part with any. Also, they make the best holiday gifts. Last year I gave Meyer Lemons with a small $3 wooden reamer and you would have thought I had paid for something from Harry and David.
Not blooming or growing but it's scuppernong harvest time. Looks like I have a bunch of grapes this year, that's just a starter in that bowl BTW.
Here are some pictures I took a couple of days ago, before the gloom and drizzle set in.
Senna corymbosa ... with a bit of lantana in the background.
Closer view of Senna corymbosa with blue September skies...
Rhodophiala bifida...
Rhodophiala bifida again with purple Setcreasea pallida in the background....
Sternbergia lutea...
Beautiful pics Tom. My senna has not even set buds yet; it is nice to know what I have to look forward to. The sternbergia is a nice, fresh looking yellow for this time of year. I'll have to check that one out.
Core, out here on the islands both the scuppernongs and the muscadines are known as Bull Grapes.
I don't think I've ever heard of them called bull grapes but that's a shorter way to say it. I have a couple of people from NC on my street and they're big on bull grapes, all excited when I gave some out.
Your cutting seems to be well for now, hope the graft works out or scion which I think is the right term.
My senna is just setting buds I'm kind of excited to see what it looks like. This is the one I'm growing, http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/64960/ Palmbob doesn't seem to think the ID is right so I'm not sure if that is actually what I have. Traded with Lazlo for seeds and he has some pictures of the senna he got the seeds from in the plant files. Don't know if I have the correct ID. I don't really care that much if I do or not so....
Are these all eating grapes or wine grapes? Don't know anything about them.
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Both if you want. They're really the only grape you can grow in the low country and if you make wine out of them you'll end up with a sweet table wine. In the wine world they won't be winning any awards.
They are great for eating and for making grape pie too. Sucppernongs are the green ones and the reds are muscadines. There is a pick you own place just south of Charleston on 17 and they are really crowded right now. It has been a good year for the grapes.
Well I'll be .. I've never heard of a grape pie!
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OK I got wild with the camera this AM so you folks enjoy
Forgot to saw I have no idea what some of my things are but I enjoy them
