Garden Blooms 2010-22

Fire Witch and Bressingham thyme and my dwarf korean forsythia peeking in

more heirloom irisii

mmmmm potatoes mmmmm

A container. Amaranthus 'Autumn Palette' and Bunny Tail grass.

More Miss Kym

Morden Sunrise

siberians and other stuff and hose ^_^

Malva zebrina in a pot.

Bronze calendula which is new for me this year. Not very 'bronzy' but interesting.

more columbine

summer primula

arstyfarsty corner which is about as artistic as I get (snort)

pot in my 'woodland' garden

another area in the woodland garden that needs to be tidied somewhat. King of the Toads lives there.

Skunk deterent which is supposed to be my little terra cotta bench and hosta. Peppermint ripped up all the hosta in that corner :(

I will close for now with a long view. Chickenwire fence beside the garden shed is also skunk deterent (which Peppy just goes under BTW)

my PDD - pink double delight is a major flopper...makes me nuts

Hard to believe those iris Dnut.
Here'a whats blooming here
http://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/DaylilyScenes

A lot of hot colors out there.
Great to see all your blooms D-Nut...LOVE the bunny tail grass...it's sooooo cute!!!!

Schickenlady - PDD is Echinacea Pink Double Delight.

Or - as how Dahlianut described it, it can also stand for "Persuasive Development Disorder". LOL! Nice one D-nut!
And what, NO DAHLIAS yet??!! Geez, an iris still? How long, or should I ask, how short is your growing season?

Nice to see the total mix of plants blooming here & out West! Afraid the heat's going to stress everything! Here is Wild Horses DL.....

We have winds.Two days has made petals shread in a few places.

love these lilies JoAnn

http://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/DaylilyScenes#5488927016474192994

JoAnn has such a great feel for color.....afraid my beds are rather willy-nilly.

WOW WOW WOW, Tex and Dahlia! Great shots and gorgeous beds, Tex! How in the world do you get so many blooms on your echi's?? What kind of fertilizer do you use, may I ask? Just stunning, and that curb corner garden just made my jaw drop!

Dahlia - that cute little swirly-colored mini rose is fantabulously prettiful (in Dahlia speak)!

More pretties from you too, JoAnn! Keep 'em coming!

Marilyn - you have quite a nice DL collection there! Mine are just starting to open...so exciting to see if I put the plant labels in the right places! LOL

Great blooms, ladies!

I missed alot today!! Beautiful blooms everyone!

some from me

http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/20100701?feat=directlink

Nice!! Beautiful lilies!!!!!
Love that shot of Love in the Mist....it's 2-toned!!!

thanks... me too

DonnieBrook - my secret is TLC, a lot of TLC and more TLC. The truth is I really ignore them, but they do get watered once a week. A couple feeding of Miracle Gro early in the season and that's it.
But then most of my echies are in the same bed with roses. Every bed I got all have roses, echinaceas, and lilies.
The roses get a feeding of a mixture of alfalfa meal, bone meal, blood meal, cottonseed meal, fish meal, etc..
The roses also get a monthly feeding of a liquid concentrate that contains Epsom Salts, sequestrine chelated iron, soluble seaweed extract, fish solubles, urea. So I'm sure some of those get consumed by the echinaceas too.
Time to time. about every 4-6 weeks the beds get sprayed with liquid kelp (seaweed extract) that also contains micro elements from A to Z.
There you go, the secret is out. Or maybe you're jaw just dropped again with all the stuff I listed. LOL!

wow that's a lot of steps... I like kelp as well... the coleus seem to love it

Kelp is kind of a magic elixir and almost every plant can benefit from it. Coastal gardeners often get seaweed and make their own concoctions for their gardens. Fish extracts/soluble is great too. It's so gross and foul smelling but it's worth it. Just take a shower afterwards otherwise you will smell like fish.

and the reason I won't use them.... if I smell that... won't get into details.. but will be a dark shade of green

Love your album, Allison, the plants are beautiful, and the touches of whimsy just right. Those lilies are talllllll!

thank you Polly...when Randy doesn't have puppy love... he is usually out there measuring that lily once a week... he was shocked he missed the whole growth thing... LOL

Album is great Allison.Your containers are great.Love the parrot planter

Allison, lovely blooms, love the lilies, very whimsical containers.
My pictures are not loading from my end. Lotsa sunflowers and hibiscus blooming, got dainty queen anne's lace, astilbe, parsley and baby's breath in bloom as well.

I can help w/the Queen Anne's Lace , Rama. LOL

Ge, where are you this morning?? This is strange, me being on before you...you OK???
I wanted to tell you my 'First Crown' is blooming as doubles!!!!