If the recent 8" of rain and 30 mph winds didn't destroy your garden, show us what you have blooming.
I love my prarie sunflowers that are 9-10 feet tall and full of blooms. Many were blown over after yesterdays weather but the sun pulled them up enough for me to get these pics. They are a great plant to have if you have room for them.
Prarie sunflower (close-up)
I've always loved those sunflowers .. they always look so cheerful!
My hedychium and costus gingers are at their peak now .. but the newest acquisition for this year is blooming, hibiscus sabdariffa. It's amazing. The red stems, buds and pods are striking .. but the flowers are something else .. they start out as a pale pink yellow and slowly turn to a cranberry color by mid afternoon.
Beautiful! X, what variety of costus ginger are you growing?
That hibiscus is outstanding X, I don't believe I have ever grown that one. Do you think it will be hardy in S'ville?
It probably won't be hardy as it's rated 9 or better, but after I collect some seeds I'll cut it back and see what happens.
I meant to say curcuma gingers .. only one of my costus bloomed this year - it's a NOID.
These are some of the other gingers from the two on the left are Globba winitiii and Hedychium - the two on the right are the Curcuma aka Hidden Ginger.
X, are your Curcuma blooming now?? Mine never bloom so late, what type are those if you don't mind me asking?
Yes .. my curcuma are blooming .. I've got Emperor, which is a white flower with white picoteed leaves (not shown in the picture above), Scarlett Fever, lower right hand corner and a NOID pink petiolata, upper right. My Panama Red didn't bloom this year.
love the Curcuma! I've got Nippon Daisy's popping right now and I just had to grab this little gem at the Pee Dee flower show yesterday...going back today for some more wallet punishment lol....one vendor said he'd bring in some water plants he hadn't thought to bring and I'm trying to get the pond finished....
Gorgeous photos, one and all.
Here is the Pineapple Sage bush, finally beginning to bloom. But it seems most of the Hummers are already gone. This is supposed to be their favorite stopover, as they head out for South America. I sure hope to see at least one, and to get a shot of it.
Linny
This poor blue ginger was so badly chewed by the deer I did not think we would see any flowers this year but they surprised me.
The cypress vine is so pretty this year. Usually I yank it out but I've let it wander this time.
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The cordylines from HI turned out to be real deer candy but they too have made a comeback. I think the name of this one is Picasso.
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Willii's Gold Ti
I am taking cuttings from these in case we have another bad winter.
One more, I think this one is Manua.
The orange justicia has finally started to open, I thought the shrimp were going to skip blooming this year.
Seed pods on Swamp milkweed. Beautiful in flower arrangements.
I remember playing with those pods when I was a child.
Love the Ti photos. Do you keep your Blue 'Ginger' in the ground?
I was admiring the multicolor ti myself. I didn't realize there were so many types of varieties! And let me know if you ever get around to dividing the blue ginger.
Yes, I do keep the blue ginger in the ground. It is always very late to emerge inthe spring but it surprises me each year. It is actually in the tradescantia family and grows from cuttings. I'll keep you in mind X.
Check out some of these Ti's. I tried to order some special ones from New Zealand but it didn't work out. Something to do with the cost of inspections on that end.
http://www.cordyline.org/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=35&catid=13
we had fun today exploring the yard as we haven't lived here that long yet...on the back 4 acres (which sits between some really wooded areas and inclines) we found this...next time we are going back with machetes so we can cut a path...the sheer number of naturalized ferns, moss and pickeral are amazing...we will have to be careful cutting the path - but it will truly be worth it...by the side of the pond is a 20' area we could easily set up a tent up on...stream runs along 2 acres of it...sweet!!
Rednyr, lucky you with that stream. We have one but it is not nearly so nice as yours. And there are way to many dens around... This is our first year here and we never did see what lives in those dens.
We have 3 acres - mostly woods and I just love to go gaze at the ferns and mosses. Now I have to go look up pickeral - don't know if we have any...
These little green "stars" just popped up, so even if they aren't flowers, I guess you could say they are "blooming" in October. They are tiny... the whole patch no bigger than my hand. And there are patches all over the forest floor.
Have fun on that stream...
Linny
Thanks Linny! we will surely have to be careful because there are alot of old tree's that have fallen and some of their roots n dirt pile were taller than Branden and with about 8" burrows in them I'm sure there's wildlife abounding...we wore our tall rubber boots yesterday because I am afraid of water moccasins or some other slithery creature being back there...we know we have deer, otters and possums so we will take it slow as to avoid disturbing anyone..
Whose been busy moving plants inside with these cool nights! I finally got one of the BOP repotted and inside - but since I have yet to find anyone to move my greenhouse down here I have no clue how I'm going to overwinter several others...whose got room? lol
Our toad lilies are just starting to bloom, and loaded with buds.
Entlie
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love toad lilies! they are really spectacular right now at Swan Lake...
They really are pretty .. I bought some seeds for one called Miyazaki.
Follow up to Oct. 2nd post - Pineapple Sage - said I hoped to see one more hummer. It is teeny tiny but here it is...
Xeramtheum, I got a Miyazaki baby from my daughter last year. It's still very short, but blooming, and it bloomed two weeks ago. Almost finished.
I hope mine blooms the first year from seed! I'm thinking they will go nicely with my hosta.
Yes, I do keep the blue ginger in the ground. It is always very late to emerge inthe spring but it surprises me each year. It is actually in the tradescantia family and grows from cuttings. I'll keep you in mind X.
Check out some of these Ti's. I tried to order some special ones from New Zealand but it didn't work out. Something to do with the cost of inspections on that end.
http://www.cordyline.org/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=35&catid=13
Let me know if you find any good sources that will ship to our corner of the world. DOn't you have a trip to Kauai coming up - or have you been there already?
I know he's going in spring when they get married :)~ and he has amazing photos on facebook of his trip this past spring/summer...I live vicariously thru John N Vic LOL...they are an adorable couple...
Milkweed and Red Sage Salvia doing great right now...
yea! for Tea Olives...
tecomaria capensis, this is always a cool weather bloomer.
Aloe saponaria.
My tea olives are very strong smelling right now. If you lived closer Rednyr I would come help you with hacking your way through the forest, I kind of like that type of stuff. BTW otters not so nice of creatures.
Everywhere I have been lately people are talking about how the tea olives have a stronger, more traditional, scent this year.
You are correct, otters can be nasty. I accedently kayaked to close to what must was probably a nest once and all of a sudden there was a very unhappy rodent snarling and chasing my boat. You have never seen an old lady paddle as fast as I did that time.
