Garden Blooms 2010-21

love Mexican hats!!!

Echinacea 'Merlot', lavender and blue dragonfly.

A close up of the little guy.

Love all those deep colors, Pat!

Nice flowers with their visitors, Pat. Love the merlot and the bella lugosi

My PDD.

Like the combo.

Like the subtle beauty of this one - a very large bloom.

Asclepias.

Skippy.

DF.

Another.

You talking to me?!!

One more DF.

Cabbage moth.

Looks pissed.

Last - final cabbage shot. Eye test.

Nice shots Victor, I have the similar subtle lily as yours.

nice shots Victor... and let the flopping begin!!!

here are mine from today

http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/20100626?feat=directlink

Thanks, Allison. Very nice! Love the dark lily - especially with the white/purp one. Like the sea holly. Patiently waiting for mine!

Allison's Dark lily = Landini and white w/spots is Centerfold i believe.

Pat, Your Bela L. is making me whisper to mine to hurry up!!!!


Love the PDD Victor!

thanks Victor... but it is Celeste's good taste on the dark lily!!!... Randy and I both love them!! thank you!!!.. my sea holly took a few years to get going

Wow, Allison love the lilies, the sea holly is nice and love the thunbergia.

I have so many BES vines... only one bloom so far

Aren't they annuals?

Sounds like Milkshake is a great echie....Victor, the insect photos were winners....loved the lilies & agastache...Pat, your DF photos are awesome as well.

Thanks, Robin.

Question for Polly or Lucy - what to do with the JI seed heads? Cut them? Worth saving and trying to plant?? Thanks.

yes BES vines are annuals... but I grew tons of them this year.. some took off... and some just sitting idle

the one AGA I am happy about that returned is that summer glow (yellow).. looks like it's happy now too

Tropical waterlily

JIs

Frog and 'Attraction' WL

Longshot of the pathway to the backyard.

Here's the same area just 2 years ago. I like looking at old pictures. It encourages me to see how much things have grown!

how cool is that frog shot!!!!

Victor, the seeds of JIs are worth trying. Some of the best JIs have come from bee pollinated pods. Harvest the seeds when the pods turn brown and start to crack open at the top.

Victor The seeds should dry in the pod until it starts to split open. Unless you have an area for seeds, I wouldn't bother. You would do better cutting the stem & letting plant energy go into making a larger clump next yr. Talk to Polly before doing anything.

OK she says try--choice is yours!

Isn't that funny Lucy!

I have not found leaving the seed pods on beardless irises hinders the growth much at all, unlike the bearded.

Split it half Lucy, half me, Victor. Save a few seeds to try. It's always fun to try. Cut the rest off.


Just to add a little something, I leave almost all my seed pods on my siberians, and cut them for arrangements in winter, and spray paint them with the kids. The really expensive sibs, I cut the seed pod and stalk off. But I really see no slow down in growth from the seed pods and stems being left on.

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Great shots y'all!!!

Thanks, ladies. Funny on the timing of you two!