Garden Photos #45

Last rose bud, I think it froze like that.

Helebore in my shade garden

Fallen leaves in my shade garden

Nice, Jen, but I think they're snails. Jo Ann---birdhouse is a beauty---loved the colors! As always, your collages are beautiful, Patti---I still have white guara, blooming, & these asters which just opened.

These asters have tiny flowers on long stems & have been blooming for months....

And an ugly fungus in my hydrangea garden---I think it's stinkhorn, but my son still has my mushroom guide, so I'm not sure.

I'm wondering if my budded delphiniums will open.
Do you cut down the hellebores? Mine look fab now but I know they'll look terrible as always in spring.

lol snails...yeah that's what I meant....geez where the heck did turtles come from???

I'll cut down the helebores if they are really ratty.

Pattis what zone is the Ivory Pinwheels? What a stunner! Cute snails flowerjen ^_^

Yup, those are definitely the rare and elusive 'turtle snails'! LOL----I thought hellebores were late winter bloomers?

Wow, Patti, you have some pretty things at your place! I love the spoon chrysanthemum. Really nice! I want one of those. Glad to see you posting!

Nice things, Jen! Love the yarrow.

Marilyn, I love those purple asters, both kinds. I need to get some asters and mums here. I just don't have enough fall color.

Phoebe, there are 2 different kinds of hellebores. One is the Christmas rose, and it blooms around Dec. The other is the Lenten rose, and that one blooms in March at my place, early further south, I'm sure. I cut the foliage back when the buds are starting to open, by that time it's looking kinda ratty, and then the flowers can be seen better and new foliage is just starting to emerge.

Karen

From Bluestone's cat. I bought them at 1/2 price in June of 2008.
White Spoon mum
Blooms: Early Fall to Late Fall
Flower Color: White
Sun-Shade: Full Sun
Accent Color: White
Soil Condition: Normal
Plant Height: Medium
Zones: z5,z6,z7,z8,z9
Found in list(s): Good for Cut Flowers
Deer Resistant
MUM Ivory Pinwheel : MUM SPOON, MUMS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS

Spoon Mum Ivory Pinwheel- white- Medium 16-24" MIVPIS

Available: SPRING 2010
Price: $12.95
group(s) of 3

http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/b/bp/MIVPIS.html?mv_pc=dgar

Ah! I see! Did not know they were 2 different kinds, as I've grown neither. But they are on my 'Someday when I have a garden again' wish list. ^_^

You don't have a garden Phoebe? Bummer! I went without a garden from around 1997 to 2002. I got heavily into doing ceramics at that time, so I didn't miss the gardening much. I'm so glad I was able to get back into it, though.

Patti, those spoon mums sure are pretty. One of these days I'll have to get me some. So you get 3 for that price? That's not bad!

Karen

Fungus is really interesting.

Karen, I've done the ceramics thing, and while I enjoy it, I am much better at gardening! So I just started indoor gardening with AV's

I do much better with indoor gardening. My indoor plants really suffer.

Karen

I make plans for next years garden all winter.
Even if I dont actualize them ,at least I'm thinking about it.

I try to plan in the winter too. Sometimes I find that I have waited too late to plant seeds that should have been sown in the fall and sometimes I lose track of the packages of seeds that are waiting to get planted in the Spring. But wintersowing helps a lot for germination. I find that my plans get changed according to what actually sprouts and so my efforts take natures' course instead of my own. That is ok with me thou, I just work with whatever happens in my garden.I essentially just wind up being the maintenance man when it comes to planting seeds :-)

I try to plan, but somehow my garden never ends up the way I visualize it---all those impulse buys! And I wish I could wintersow, Jada. I tried poppies & larkspur a few years ago, but nothing came up---now I sow in April for the cold lovers.

I tried overwintering poppies and larkspur too, hundred of seeds I thought would make a good showing in a corner of the yard. NOTHING! not one. But I have had luck with others and now I just concentrate on the perennials. April sounds like a good time to sow poppies directly in the beds.

Both larkspur and poppies will spread seeds in the garden easily if you start with the plants. When my poppy pods are dry, I yank the plants out and turn them upside down and shake out the seeds where I want them to grow the next year. The larkspurs reseed by themselves. I had them in my last garden.

Good idea to just start with the plants. I'll put that on my list for next year.

Poppies self sow for me but I have to be careful not to muck with the bed in the spring or I end up removing them. Thanks Patti for the info on the spoon mum.

They self sow here too. I make notes as to where I have them planted.
I also use Boojums method, especially when I want them in a certain area.
Shirly Poppies were a disaster, they never germinated in one spot.

I have to start the shirleys in pots ge. They need a little bit more moisture to germinate than I have in the garden or at least I think they do because I get nada if I direct sow them.

What are shirleys, please?

Shirley Poppies http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/237/

Beautiful! I waaaaannnnnt some :-)

I recomend One Stop Poppy Shop

Is that the name for real? or is that a joke?

Thats the name for real,go to products and Garden Watchdog and check her out.

Thanks! Will do.

I love poppies. I direct sowed California poppies this year, but they were done late, so I didn't get a lot of blooms. They did look kind of nice, though, and will do more earlier next year. I did a lot of winter sowing in pots this year that I put into clear plastic storage bins that had drainage holes cut into the bottoms and air/rain water holes in the lids. Most of the seeds germinated really well, but I didn't get many planted and they stayed in the pots all summer. Consequently the seedlings are still rather small, but I'm getting some in the ground now and I'm hoping they'll take. I had great germination rates. Most of the seeds were in sown in Feb. and March.

Karen

Took some pics today including a white CA poppy.

I find that they thrive near rocks or sidewalks.
This one's for Bill. A rock AND a JM.

Stair garden, etc. All cut down.

The 'park' (upper garden).

Nice, Kathy! I had some of those 'white' California poppies. I call them a cream color. So pretty!

Karen

Fall roses.