2010 Garden Photos 18

GG, I love that dianthus! Very pretty! They do have a strong scent. I happen to really like the smell. It doesn't bother me.

Karen

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the Fuchsias.
Gosh...Look at all the fantastic pics Bugs,Lilies,Brugs,Daylilies,Roses,Clematis,Dianthis,Iris...
Wonderful photos everyone You all sure fill up a thread fast with Color!!

Sorry, I don't, Karen.

Gneiss - love that dianthus!

I have a few irises without names--I bought them from Cooley's a long time ago and didn't keep good records back then. Looking at their catalog now to try to figure it out, there are so many shades of each color, it seems impossible.

This one was hard to photograph. It is my first year seeing the plant bloom. I bought it last year in mid-summer, based on a picture in a book. I loved the thin foliage and lacy flowers. They are actually pale blue, not white. It is Amsonia tabernaemontana var Salicifolia. The book, by the way, is The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden by Lee Schneller. I found it very helpful for trying to plan for flowers all summer long, which is no easy feat. The author gardens in coastal Maine and almost all the plants she features are zone 5. She comments on color, height, blooming season, shape of plant, how well it behaves, etc.

Nice. I am an amsonia fan and have a bunch.

Another vote for your dianthus granite. A very striking plant.

While tooling around New Jersey today, a JM Beni Kawa jumped into my car. When I replant to permanent position, should the graft be above or below soil level?

Very nice, folks....loved the Strawberry yarrow, roses, lilies, even the bug photos! Looks like a dragonfly nymph. That dianthus was so lacy, & I love the scent. My flowers are waterlogged....it's been raining on & off here for days.....this is one of Boojum's plants that I posted on the RU thread....amazing prickly pear.....

Above. The first lateral root should be near the soil line. Higher is better as they cannot be allowed to be wet.

Is that for the JM Victor? Thanks!

Yes.

OK, thanks. It's about 4 ft and was $40. I thought that was a pretty good price. ??

Sounds good.

Venu, is this your first JM? If so, welcome to the club of addicts. Jump over to the Japanese Maples forum for lots more information.

Last picture for today, Mountain Laurel, exact one unknown. Anyone able to suggest a name?

Good deal on that JM, Weeze. Where did ya get it?

This is my fourth, granite. It caught my eye at the nursery and when I saw the tag I remembered it being a favorite of Victor's. I take it you are a JM enthusiast?

Jen, it was at a little place in Plumstead Twp. Big Woods Garden. They didn't have a big selection, but good prices.

Yes, Beni kawa has great red bark.

frit

a new AG I picked up at HD

flicker... I think

bee

not happy

baby yelling at mom

Weeze New Egypt/Plumsted is REAL close to me, gotta go check it out.

Allison, great butterfly shot
looks like a flicker.

Arno Nehrling

neat one Jen

Nice shots Allison and Jen.

Granite, very pretty Mt. Laurel, but I don't have a name. Allison, great shots...that is a flicker.

Granite i'd guess your Mt. Laurel is 'Minuet' .......
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/78498/

Another sunless day here.Goatsbeard in full bloom

Deck end Astilbes almost open

Love the goats beard! Your astillbe's look good Ge, they look taller than me!!!

Nice pics, everyone!

GG, your pink TBI looks like it could be Beverly Sills. Does Cooley's sell that one? I don't have any amsonia yet, but hope to get some soon. I have a friend who has some. Maybe she'll trade.

Venu, that does sound like a good price on the JM. I'm jealous!

Allison, I love the new agastache. Nice butterfly.

Karen

Looking good, JoAnne!

Karen

Wow, looks great everyone...rain so I missed taking pics this weekend and last...I have to catch up...lots of soggy roses to photograph!

Karen:

I just planted white peach leaved campanula.. a couple weeks ago, hopefully mine will look as good as yours...oh, and I'm off to Halifax this sunday for my father-in-law's party at my sister-in-laws....

MIles

So many nice pics, specially like the birds and PP cactus and the goats beard. All nice pics as usual.
A few from today, some with sun, most not. First some astilbe that has seeded itself. It is a bit lighter pink than it looks on a cloudy day.

If we could get more than a minute or two sun I think the butterfly weed will open. The WL catmint is about ready for a haircut.

clematis 'Rosemoor'

'Christopher Marlowe' rose with 'Black Lace' sambuca in the background.

'Fairytale' veronica