2010 Garden Photos - 17

No Pixie. This is the link to my list, if you don't mind taking a look.

http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/viewbycat.php?cat=82274

Weeze...it says it's empty. :(

hmmm, I don't have a smokebush. Do they like sun?

Yes - part sun to sun.

Huh! That's weird.

???

Crested Surf?
Prairie Noble
Hegira

Oh, you were replying to Celeste. Hee hee.

No, she was calling you weird. LOL

This message was edited Jun 10, 2010 8:46 PM

Weeze it was called "red white and blue" hydrangea ... think it was $3.00

^_^ Pixie and Victor ^_^

I like that price Allison, usually another 0 is involved.

it came as a tiny stick though... but when I first started out.. I didn't mind waiting

inflation... and of course it DOES NOT look like this photo

http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?ProductID=7017&nav=shr

Yours is much prettier than the one in their photo!

it does get some blue and purpleish blooms..... ages to sort of red.... LOL

Can someone see if this works? thanks!

http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/

nope... it opened my journal... click on the "my Info" tab.... then in the actions box click on "read Weeze's Journal"

Here's the link to yours Weeze
http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/vbc/venu209/82274/

wow what a crazy thread to follow - great pictures victor - allison SMILE:)

Great pix everyone.
Allison!!! what do you feed your plants.

nothing special.... but if you saw how terrible my soil was... you would fix it... LOL... for 4 years I was trying to grow anything in that spot.. everything died... year after year.. makes me proud I grew that one from seed though!!

Hard to keep up with all these great pics. Good stuff everyone. Loved the giant foxglove and plant combos too.

Not much in bloom here but plants we have already seen.Waiting for Astilbes and lilies to open,Rosepoint Lace is trying.Maybe later today.

Weeze, now looking at that list, I had thought of 'Butterflies in Flight" last night.
The other 2 it could be is...
Blue Spritz
Crested Surf

Garden today

.Rosepoint Lace,D.Deronda new this year,

Nice, Jo.

You all have some beautiful Gardens and take super photos!!
Onewish...
Is that you next to the Foxglove? It sure is TALL! If that is you it's so nice
to see you!

Here is a Sempervivum that is anxiously awaiting some warm dry weather! LOL
Tomorrow we are getting into the 80's...Yipeee

Here it is when we did have a sunny day last week sometime.

Great shots, Kin. They look edible! Please share more of your great talent here.

My Hardy Fuchsias are growing quite quickly now and many of them should start blooming when we get a warm spell.
This is fuchsia Hawkshead

Thanks Victor!
Thanks for inviting me to a great group of fellow gardeners!
Here is another Hardy Fuchsia Winston Churchill.

One more before I go.
Here are some Hosta leaves with fuchsia blooms that are rotten from all the rain! It did make an interesting photo though. I don't know which cultivar the hostas are because I got them at a yard sale and the owner didn't know which ones they were.

JoAnn your coleus really looks lovely next to the lily. They compliment each other so well.
GGK beautiful shots and welcome. As Victor says please post more any time
Here are a few from yesterday between the rain showers.
Echie 'Marmalade ' opened just a little more and getting more golden orange in color. These doubles take a long time to bloom fully but they also last a long time usually too.

A JI that is just opening too.

and 'Christopher Marlowe' trying to dry off.

hello ggk thx for sharing! nice joann and pat - chis marlow is very nice

Nice, Pat. Love that dark JI!

Everyone's photos are so nice as always!
It has me thinking about how much I would love a nicer camera, so I can get better pictures to share. If any one has any opinions on good cameras I would love it if you check out the thread I started in the camera forum. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1106755/

I'll reply here, Meredith. Most point and shoots have a manual shutter shooting option. Aside from the special shooting modes like action, low light, landscape, etc., most have auto, manual (fully, where you adjust both the aperture and shutter speed), shutter priority (where you pick the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture accordingly) and aperture priority (the opposite).

Delay between pics is a problem with most point and shoots, but this is getting much better and I am sure you can find one that is not too bad. If it has a larger buffer (internal memory which holds the data until it is transferred to the card), it will be faster.

That said, I would first suggest getting off auto. For flower shots, use the macro setting - usually a flower icon. For the kids, use a sports setting - usually a golfer icon. If no sports mode, then switch to shutter priority and start experimenting with various speeds until you freeze their motion. This will be a problem in low light. In that case, use the flash mode.