Blooms #9

Holy cow Karen! Nice blooms!!! Beautiful iris's, Love #5 too, reminds me of 'Dusky Challenger". That clem is lovely and your pond looks really nice and serene.

Martagon Backhouse and bear

I Love it!!!

wow that's nice JoAnn

Thanks, Jen. Karen, I love the pond photos! And, Jo. that martagon would make a lovely watercolor.....

Thanks, everyone! That dark blue iris is one I'm very fond of.

Jo, love the martigon. That is a type of lily I don't have.

Karen

I am painting cats right now. My Picasa has revolted and wont import from my card.
That has occupied me fro hours.
Here are some of the cats

If Picasa was working I would send an album

The late great Harry DD#3's X cat

Very nice, Jo. I always enjoy looking at your watercolors.

Karen

Love them, Jo!

nice blooms there karen!

yes joann very nice

thanks.Still have a misfunctioning Picasa. Man I have come to depend on that software

I had a problem the other day JoAnn when they were doing maintenance

Thanks for that info Allison.
I can still open digital files in Photoshop and save them named on MyDocuments. Then I get picasa to bring them in from MyDocs. so I can crop and add light where needed. Its a drag to create folders but I am not giving up.

Love those cats, Jo! The white one is elegant.....

I just uploaded some JoAnn.. mine is working fine now

Thanks Robindog.
Allison,I am taking old images off of Picasa as they are files already on the hard drive. Seeif I can free up space.

OK I will give it a go.

No luck.

you using the program.. or website uploader?

Nice kitties Jo. :)

Daylily "Tar & Feather"

TB iris "Can Can Red"

Mock Orange Blossom

Delph

love that delph!!

Thanks, Bill.

Nice blooms, Celeste. Love the daylily and iris!

Karen

lovely everyone

2 years in a row I bought a couple of salpiglossis plants in early spring.. kept them in the greenhouse and both years they just rotted.. should they be kept in the house longer?... was it the dark spring days that did it?.. if anyone has grown these please let me know... they are so pretty but only going to try this one more time

This was in PF about them:
" Plant more than you need. I lose about 25 percent to some sort of quick decline/death. They are fine in the morning, near death in the evening. No gross evidence of predation. Plants next to them are fine. I assume some sort of borer or other insect rather than disease. "
Another member wrote:
"I concur with another poster that one should over-plant, because there is an inexplicable failure rate ..... suddenly one of them will shrivel up and look completely desiccated right next to others that remain vibrant and healthy.
Does anyone have any theories about this phenomenon? "
Seems your not the only one. :(

A few other things I read....
1. Painted tongue is very much a cool-season annual that does best before hot, humid weather hits.

2.Growing salpiglossis, painted tongue: Salpiglossis grows best where summers are moderate, in full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. They must have a continuous supply of moisture. Transplant them outdoors in the spring as soon as all danger of frost has passed. Protect them from high winds. As an alternative, push brushwood into the ground around a young plant; the foliage will hide the support as it grows.

3. When all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days, before transplanting them outdoors into beds, borders and containers. Salpiglossis prefers a moist, fertile, well drained soil, and will appreciate the addition of plenty of organic matter prior to planting. Choose a position in full sun, and sheltered from strong winds.

cool season???... hhhhhmmm I didn't even have them for 2 weeks and they turned to mush.. still in the pots I bought them in.. I have a bunch of seed I bought and didn't start this winter.. so either way I will give it a go that way.. guess it's not a strong one

I started sal. Kew Blue this winter....I have one plant left! They do need continuous moisture, but I'm bad about watering....

I watered every day.. maybe too picky for me

penst. iron maiden.. WS'ed a couple of years ago.. fought getting it's picture taken.. being skinny and the breeze out there

the new var. iris I just bought

close up

endless summer I grew from a cutting last year

Lady in red ... from the mid atlantic swap this year.. came with the sunburn.. but getting better now

Very nice, Allison! Good propagation job.

Maybe Iron Maiden should be paired with Coreopsis Jethro Tull??