Yeah! my first bloom from "Gloria" it's amazing how fast this cutting is growing...I have one Brug that is 6' tall and still has NOT Y'd yet - beginning to wonder if I'll see blooms on that one
Lilac LeFleur is getting ready bloom this week too...hopefully the Datura's I started from seed will give me at least one bloom so I can rejuvenate my Black Currant Swirl seed stash LOL
About the only thing blooming that is planted in the ground, besides Crepe Myrtle, is good ol' Sedum Autumn Joy.
Your Gloria is gorgeous.
Linny
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Brugmansias hate me. Very jealous.
Gotta love a plant called "Carrion Flower!" It must be smelly, the flies are all over it. I like the form, the big flowers, pretty much everything about it! It's got over a dozen buds on it this year.
Beautiful pics. Rednyr, I've noticed the brugs I rooted last winter are also late bloomers. I have a variegated brug (which is no longer variegated) that gets defoliated every year by smallish green caterpillars. I applied sevin powder a couple weeks ago, but it's still small and I'm just hoping for a few white blossoms before autumn freezes.
I forget the name of this flower, but I love it. Each year, just before a hard freeze, I cut their stems into 6" segments and root over winter. I love that they root so easily, so I can share them with friends.
Donna, how gorgeous. If you think of the name, please post. I love stuff that roots easily. I*'m having a high ol' time with begonias rooting in water at the bat of an eye. I'm so easily pleased... hence, the username. lol
Linny
I'm a cheap date, too, Linny :) I'm sure there are lots of folks on this website who can ID this flower in a heartbeat. It's very cold hardy, and I'm not sure, but I think it could potentially become invasive. I've had clumps pop up where they weren't planted - always a pleasant discovery!
That looks like Justicia Radiant and it is a winner. I have never heard of it being invasive, you must have the absolute perfect conditions for it. I lost mine when we had a tree removed and it suddenly found itself in more sun than it was happy with.
Donna, what are the perfect conditions, as ardesia mentioned?
Also, my husband put up one of those car sheds. I'll put up a new thread and pic. I am thinking of covering that whole area with trumpet vine.
I would appreciate any ideas you may have.
Thanks, Linny
Ardesia, I knew you would identify my flower. I could have sworn it had another name, but the pics of justica radiant are identical to my plants. I didn't know it also came in white, and I thought it was more cold hardy. Thanks for the ID.
Linny, I'm growing most of mine in light shade, but there are a few that get several hours of direct sun. My soil is acidic, and well drained. I have a terrible ground vole problem, but they've never damaged my justica radiants. (knock on wood)
Donna - I'm glad you shared you root stem cuttings of these so easily! I received one as a moving gift and it's in a rooster clay pot (it makes a good plume for him! LOL) I will def. try your advice to have more for next spring :)
Rednyr, I'm not sure, but you might want to keep yours indoors until spring. When the stems get tall, I would still cut them all the way back, and root the cuttings. Your rooster will grow new plumes indoors in a sunny spot. Last year, I trimmed mine all the way back in mid Nov, after several light frosts. I had about 20 cuttings - some only 6" long - and they all successfully rooted in a mixture of peat moss and perlite (I didn't bother with root hormone). I plant my rooted cuttings in mid April. The pic I posted was from a rooted cutting.
I bought several varieties of helliconia last summer when I was passing through Savannah, assuming they would survive winter with heavy mulching. I think it was Core who advised me that they aren't cold hardy, even down his way. I will be digging them up before a hard freeze. I have no idea where I'm going to overwinter them, since my cats ripped through the plastic covering on my temporary greenhouse. Just hope I have room to put up a xmas tree this year.
It's not a flower, but I had to share this pic of my garden visitor. Don't know what kind of frog it is but, since it's green, I'll bet ardesia knows. It sat motionless on a loquat leaf for over 30 min.
LOL We call them by the very scientific name of "little green tree frogs". I had one on my front door last night.
Tony Avant lists a hardy heliconia in his fall Plant Delights catalog.
https://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Plants/Heliconia-schiedeana.html
Ardesia, just when I thought you were Mrs. Google :)
I visited Plants Delight's website after reading Barb's "plant porn" thread and filled out an online application for their catalog. That was several weeks ago and I haven't received anything yet. Think I'll revisit and fill out another online request.
I'm very interested in the zone 8a heliconia . It sounds too good to be true, but I'm anxious to give it a try. I bet it will perform beautifully down your way. I'm going to wait until early spring to order mine. Looking forward to seeing pics of your heliconia next summer.
I have their recent one if you'd like it - ordered their Chocolate chip agave and a few other things I had to have...[sigh] i never learn LOL
I will take the Flamingo flower in this winter - since I haven't anyone to move my GH down from Newberry yet I'm gonna be in the same boat as you with room!...
BTW love the frog! he's such a pretty green!!
Never mind - this was supposed to be a private d-mail.
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:)~ it happens lol
well out in the yard this morning collecting seeds for next spring...what a gorgeous morning!
