#4 - still laughing with joy

That's beautiful - my favorite shade of pinky peach or what-would-you-call-it? Reminds me of my Rainbow Knock-out roses which are often described as glowing coral with a yellow center.

Carrie, I'd call it pinky peach, too. Real bad about losing the markers, but I think it is a Barbara Mitchell daylily. Guess the name doesn't matter, though, the color makes me smile, anyway. :-)

Debra

Me too, Debra!

When you asked Kay's grandmother the name of a plant, she would usually say something like, "I don't know, Sugar. This one has never formally introduced itself to me. She said that a lot, but she could sure make them grow.
Vickie, being bounced from place to place so much I tend to automatically adjust my speech to the people around me. I lapse into southern sometimes. Drives Kay up the wall!!! lol. She claims no REAL southener sounds like I do.
Enjoy your family and don't work too hard, Steph. (Jim)

I am sooo happy! The Sunset Echinacea I thought was destroyed by fire ants reseeded about three feet away from the original site. Whoopieeee! The orange will soften and pink-up as they open and mature, but ain't it cool now? LOL

YAY you! Gee I wish I'd remembered to ask them to turn on the light before they left!

wether it's pink,peach or pinky peach,it's lovely. Thanks.
That is one big pretty coneflower too.
I still don't have a daylily blooming. The buds are big and turning colors but they are'nt open.
I may put one in the car when i leave again and take it with me.
Jim, you guys are still planning to come up in July are'nt you?

Vickie

My stellas are opening -- too bad I don't like yellow!

Flowers in the peach/apricot range are currently Nadi's garden passion. She wants a small space to dedicate to them. Think they would look okay grouped together like that? Or, would it just be a collector's sort of thing. Nadine has a tendency toward collecting.
We were shooting for August, if you are still going to be in the area, Vickie. But, feel free to come here whenever you think you are up to the drive. You can ‘camp out’ in Jim’s orange room. If he doesn’t come up with a working plan soon, I’ll put my Auburn University stuff in there . Orange and blue are Auburn’s school colors. LOL. Or, maybe those Texas longhorns! Nadine will be here in August to look after things then and can be trusted not to party too hardy. I wouldn't call her shy or a loner, but she does like a quiet and predictable private space. She goes out to do her partying. LOL. The Lord moves in mysterious ways. She and J. in close proximity would have been a nightmare. They have completely different needs. J. always wanted people and activity around her. J. is currently living in a group situation now in a fairly large city upstate. She actually seems to be doing better in that living situation. I'm frustrated with her drama queen antics, but I do wish her well. I pray she finds what she needs to be happy.
If poor Jim didn’t have his hair buzz cut, he would be pulling it out. Hunting down the botanical name based on a common name can be a frustrating job.
Yesterday, he took on the “Easter lilies”. There are 3 distinct plants here that are called Easter lilies. Two may actually be lilium longifolium. The third I’ve always called Bermuda lily, but Jim says according to his research, that is just another common name for lilium longifolium. I’m beginning to wonder if it is even in the lilium family. As the writer of a recent DG article wrote, the name “lily” is applied to plants in a rather indiscriminate way. For this one I will need the help of a very old native of the Deep South who knew (and can still remember) botanical names or the help of those on the plant and tree identification forum. The plant and tree ID forum will be easier to find. LOL. Good memory isn’t a common trait in people old enough to remember when Easter lilies had a strong scent. I still love this plant because it is incredibly fragrant. The flowers look just like what is sold in the stores today as Easter lilies. I think it must have been the foliage that caused it to fall out of favor. Strappy leaves that are a glossy light green and often a hand-span wide. Dramatic, but problematic because they tend to sprawl. They look good in pots or raised beds where they can drape. They don’t look so good planted in ground.
If Amargia didn’t have an educational element, I probably would not worry about knowing botanical names. But, we do. I’ll get a good photo of it tomorrow and see what other DGers can tell me. Also, I’ll make sure Jim makes his Saturday appointment at the barber. Kay*
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Jim gets his hair cut once a week? Good idea. There aren't many barbers around here anymore, though, just Supercuts etc.

Didja see? Our names thread got made into a "sticky" so it'll always be at the top for easy reference.

this Bee MY LILY!
Photo: Asiatic Lily with perturbed Bee.

Wondermous!

Bee-yoo-ti-full! Monday DEFINITELY I'm going to plant my gladiolas and lilies which are aching, begging, moaning to be planted .... my Saturday PCA doesn't garden much yet .

I think your PCAs should give you some sort of discount for adding gardening skills to their resume, but I guess they would not see it that way. :-) I would like to add to my palette of glad colors this year. This and a pink are all I have at the moment. Disgraceful, for a gardener in this part of the country. Abbysinian glads would be my choice since I could appreciate the fragrance of those.
Jim has started using the Cultivar Finder on PlantFiles so I suppose I won't have a bald husband anytime soon. But, now he wants hazard pay for photographing flowers. At least, the ones the bees like. LOL.
Vickie, Miss Kitty ask me to tell you she wants a traveling pot too. Catnip in hers, please. :-) I once honestly considered remodeling an old school bus for traveling. It could be like a greenhouse on wheels. A perfect place for my plant acquisitions to make their trip home. Haven't talked Jim into trying that yet. I remember reading a suspense novel in which the main character took her jade plant with her on the road when she traveled across country. It had sentimental value to her and she didn't have anyone she trusted to keep it watered. The jade plant died in a car crash in the final chapter. Ah-h-h. How big is this gypsy pot of yours anyway? Kay*

Oh, Kay, that is BEAUTIFUL! Nature always does such a good job with colors .. I would (myself) shy away from putting red and orange and yellow together but that glad is just gorgeous! And you don't have to buy the m and replant every year? Hmmm. Very interesting.

Beautiful flowers,everyone. Grandmother had Easter lillys she called Regal lillys.They had a fantastic aroma They had just a touch of purple on the outside veins.
I need to check on my catnip and pull some to dry for Miss Kitty. Glad you mentioned it.
I'll be here the rest of the summer. It is way too hot outside for me this year. and even tho i want to do stuff in town. I love it up here. DD and i are talking tho nothing has changed. I've put an end to drinking in the condo. GS chose to camp out.
You guys have almost talked me into painting some around here.
Over the years camping out, we had a motor home, a camper, a pickup shell, tents, and nothing but the bare ground. I always had alot of fun making semi comfortable what ever came to hand.I made some fair pinestraw beds.
Carrie,I have a sunflower picture in my living room that is yellow,orange and red, tho muted colors.

You have to dig glads in fall there, Carrie? Even those that are advertised as 'hardy glads'? I will have to remind myself of stuff like that when it gets so hot here and I dream of living up north. It all sort of balances out, I guess.
Yeah, Vickie, sometimes you just need to get away for awhile whether you can really afford to or not. Camping out makes that possible. This trip will be fun because we don't have to be anywhere at a certain time. It has been awhile since I've had the luxury of traveling like that. Even if I were sleeping on the ground in a sleeping bag it would feel like a luxury.just knowing I didn't HAVE to get up and do something.
Scraps, remember the little hydrangea shoot I popped in your package at the last minute. I said it was a white. Uh-h-h, here is the Mamma in bloom. Oooops! Jim claims the bees like this one a lot so he wants breakfast in bed tomorrow as his payment for this mornings garden shots. I might actually do it just to spook him. LOL. Kay*

Some people dig glads, Kay, that's too labor-intensive for me. The "hardy glads" in particular are gorgeous for one year and then disappear. I have a friend in ON, Canada who says her non-hardy glads keep coming up for her year after year - there's an article about glads and then a long thread about it if you're interested.

Carrie, Glads don't do well here without lots of supplemental water. Too bad because I really like them, too.

Kay, I love the form and color of that hydrangea. Have tried three times to grow ANY kind and killed all three. LOL Thank you for sharing the pictures.

Debra

Debra, I've tried several times to grow hydrangeas too with no success.
My cannas are still doing good.
I wish i could muster some energy to get something done here. I feel wiped out.
gathered up some stuff to take to Salvation Army tomorrow.
Will go to group tomorrow too.
Vickie

let us know how group goes - well , you don't have to, but I'm interested. Is TODAY your real birthday? Happy Birthday!

Vickie, Happy Happy Birthday!!

Debra

Vicki,
Tried to get this for you earlier and the wind didn't want to cooperate. :-) Its blurry, but the colors!! Happy Birthday present...

Debra

Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Vickie! Happy birthday to you! ^_^

Thank you so very much. It was today but am now old enough to celebrate two days. LOL
I've been cravin a chocolate brownie and bought one while in town and injoyed every bite.
That is a beautiful daylilly Debra.
Group went good. One of the ladys DH is having surgery this week. They've never been apart and she is really worried. He has cancer but they think they've found it in time. So they need prayers.
We're due to have good rains the rest of the week. Poison ivy will probably act like kudsu and take over.
I almost bought a hydrangia at Walmarts but remembered all i have murdered and resisted.

I am very happy. The Moses' Fire daylily that has been so patiently waiting in its container for a bed to call home bloomed today! I cannot believe the color. Supposed to be darker red, but the goldorangepeachyellow meld of light is incredible.

And...just around the corner from my office I discovered this---glads!! Nice healthy ones, too. Maybe I'll try some at home.

Debra, leave your address in D-mail, if you would like to try some of the native Gulf Coast glads. I know there are also some pink ones around that were recovered from an abandoned farmstead, but I haven't seen them yet this year. Those are almost as tough as the native orange. (Jim)

Will do. Thank you, Jim. :-)

That moses fire is my kind of daylily! Wowee kazowee! Oh, Vickie, I'll send you a hydrangea to murder if you like; there's no need to spend money on them! I have QuickFire - if you look it up in PlantFiles half the pictures are mine, I was so thrilled! I have a few cuttings rooted b/c I'm moving my now-giant bush in the fall.

Carrie that is beautiful. I'd love a start. Would you like a lilac?
Where are you moving your big bush?
You know i'll probably kill it. Someone told me my dogpen would be a good place to put one.

Are there still dogs there? This is little ittty and bitty - but it already has flowerbuds on it! I just wouldn't want anyone to think you were burying a bone. Is your address in the exchange? When I got it (in exchange for something else) it had not yet been released to the public. It was just a stick. No buds or I don't remember leaves, but I could be remembering wrong. My starts have several sets of leaves, are about 6" - 8" tall and have flowers at the top. It was very easy to start - I can make more any time. (Anybody else want one?)

Thanks but no thanks on the lilac - it's too big for my land and too cold when they bloom! I have a "lilac tree," Syringa I forget but it blooms right now and smells heavenly - better than lilacs, to my nose.

It totally outgrew its spot. We're going to move (that is, DH is and I will cheer madly) it out to the front where it has more room and can be seen from the street.

Carrie, here is the Sunset Echinacea. Much more mellow in color as the blooms mature. Although the extreme early heat and lack of rain here does make it look a little bedraggled and wan...

Debra

Oh, Debra, I think it's bee-yoo-ti-full! I've pretty much given up on coneflowers. The ones I buy to buy short or fragrant or pink or whatever don't come up, just the old tall purple ones that I'm always looking up at.

want me to send a cutting off this one? be happy to if it isn't too late to pot up or dig in in milton

Nothing is happening in Milton; my tomatoes aren't growing; I'm hating the monarda that survive so well, all over town there is beautiful yarrow but the yarrow I used to hate - too weedy - just didn't come back much at all! It's not too late - is it short or tall? Is it hardy? Could I grow it in a pot for the summer and then pop it right into the spot vacated by my hydrangea which I'm going to move? That's probably too shady. Does it like a lot of sun? How do you root a coneflower cutting? Is that too many questions?

It grows about 24" tall. Is supposed to be hardy to Zone 4. Think a pot, then planting would be fine. Here it wants afternoon shade. There? Probably full sun. I would dig out part of the plant with the root, put it in a little pot for week or so to let it 'rest', then send it on. They grow well from seed, too. Not too many questions. :-) My home Internet is down until late tomorrow and am leaving the office now, but will be checking again in the morning. If you would like to try it, just send me an address and away we'll go! LOL

Carrie, Purple and white coneflowers grow wild here. They are mostly on the edge of woods so maybe partial shade would do.
Vickie

I know a place with full sun! I am digging out the boring pink geranium to trade for some irises - now that the stupid dead tree is gone, we have a LOT more sun. It will look splendid next to g. Rozanne, at least according to my official color scheme! Let's do it! Plus I have to send Vickie her hydrangea so she can kill it, lol.

Debra- that coral echanacia is the lovliest color I have ever seen for them. There is something, a Mexican sunflower (I think) that I usually can find to purchase in that color, but not this year.
Hugs all around,
Sheri