What is in full bloom now? September 1 - September 15 2010

Ohhhh... that Cheyenne dahlia is to die for. *goes all dreamy-eyed*

Kathy, I have some that are larger and seem to bloom a little earlier and I have always considered them to be the crocosmia. Hard to know for sure.

Why did I just KNOW you would like Cheyenne, Pony?

LOL! I'm predictable? ;D

The link I posted says this.

The name crocosmia comes from the Greek words for saffron (krokos) and smell (osme), because dipping dry crocosmia flowers in water apparently releases a saffron-like aroma. Common names for crocosmia are coppertips and falling stars. Other names for hybrids and cultivars include montbretia, antholyza and curtonus. Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (montbretia) dates from the 1800s. The Lemoine nursery in France named this natural hybrid after the botanist Antoine François Ernest Conquebert de Montbret, who accompanied Napoleon on his 1778 Egyptian campaign.

I did fink the link interesting. Seems like you would have to look at individual ones to see which is which.

Sharon, gorgeous!

Thanks for the pictures. So anticipating walking the 3 gardens at RU. Soo beautiful.

Yes - I definitely can't tell the difference in Crocosmias!

I planted a very small actaea (cimicifuga) brunette last year, and it's just hanging out this year. The leaves are more greenish than darkish and there is no evidence that it will bloom this year. I'd say it's about 10 inches tall and 12 inches wide.

So for Sharon with the gorgeous specimen up above, or Kathy who has a young one - is that normal behavior? Will it just take a few years to get up to speed, or does it sound unhappy in its location?

Kym, I think that it is Willow who has the pretty one. If not her, then at least somebody other than me.

You're right, it's Willow - sorry, didn't scroll back enough. But anyone who knows may answer, while we all bow to Willow's actaea/cimicifuga prowess.

Yes Kym it does take awhile for it to take off. I think it works on it's roots for a couple of years before it blooms.

PNW beautiful pictures and combos.

I'm going to try to over-winter my persian shield also. I have a picture of mine covered in blooms but I haven't downloaded it yet. Manana!

That makes sense. Mine is growing very slowly . . .

I want a Persian Shield so bad. Maybe I'll be able to find one next spring. The color of the leaves is just stunning. I'm also in dire want of an Actaea racemosa 'Black Negligee'.

My dahlias are going strong, here's 'Embrace' still blooming like mad even though the rain made it flop over on to the little red wagon planter... (I really need to get some decent stakes!)

Delta Red is doing well, I just love this one.

This was supposed to be 'Black Beauty' but methinks there was a bit of a mix-up. And they were commercial seeds!

Helianthius 'Lemon Queen' turned into a monster- it's sprawled all over the entire middle section of this bed. Again, I need some good stakes. hehe. (no pic of how big it really got- the rest of the bed is too messy. LOL)

Pony
Your flowers are just stunning! Your yard must be full of Dalhia's. You have the most beautiful collection.

This is begonia grandis wonderful plant but started blooming late this year. (not the one in the pot)

This is "Bill's Hugs" don't know what he is going for here but he was always full of surprises. Have any ideas PNWMountainGirl or Rarejem?

I know very little about clematis this is a pic from May poised on a lower part of the vine.

This is the same vine this fall....I have heard that some re bloom, but in another color?

This is my rock patio and bridge over the stream

A peek through the bamboo

The front border and the structure I use to grow vines upon

Oh Linda, everything is looking fantastic. I REALLY NEED to get more bamboo.

Thanks..

Linda
That is wonderful. What are those two big leaved plants in the center infront of your house. Love those.

Thank you, springcolor! :) My dahlia collection is growing- (pun intended) there's such an amazing variety of them, I can't get enough. :)

Linda, your place looks beautiful. And that's SO cool that 'Bill's Hugs' has made a prolif! Bonus plant! You can just cut the scape above and below where it's growing, and you can either stick it right in the ground, or in a pot, or even in some water to let it root better before planting. :D

linda your place is so pretty. Love your begonias and the lobelia really shows off the pink.

Aw man Linda - gorgeous, both your house and your gardens. Where are you to have such a lovely property?

Scarlet runner beans, interplanted with my blue lake pole beans, are in full bloom in the vegetable garden.

Cautleya spicata, a hardy ornamental ginger, in bloom next to Persicaria 'Red Dragon'.

This is nicandra, an annual that I started from seed this year. I love the seedpods, aren't they cute? I'll be happy to bring some seeds to the roundup if anyone wants any.

A NOID dahlia that has been blooming its head off this year despite the dreary weather

Rudbeckia goldsturm is in full bloom in Seattle.

The tall sedums are in bloom now - here is Sedum 'Neon' just about to pop open.

But Sedum 'Vera Jameson' is my favorite. I just love the dusky foliage and purple blooms.

This is schizostylis coccinea 'Oregon Sunset', which should bloom until frost.