Garden Blooms #10

Dianthus 'Arctic Fire'

Tritoma (Torch Lily)

Papaver rhoeas (Flanders Poppy) with bee.

NOID ramber rose

Another shot of it.

white hardy geranium

Clem 'Warsaw Nike'

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2 planters on top of birch stumps.

Dahlia in a pot.

New planter with new perennial behind it, which is Lycnis 'Vesuvius' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/68507/ , which I just recently purchased.

Karen

so jealous of the torch lilies.. I moved mine last year to a sunnier spot.. no blooms still

:(

only have one more place I can try

That's a bummer. I divided mine this year and potted a bunch up. At least one that's in the pots has a bloom on it. I'm psyched!

Karen

Clem Nellie Moser.

One of my late mother's seedling daylilies with Symphytum 'Axminster Gold' and common milkweed.

Karen is Artic Fire fragrant?


Ruffled Apricot

Is this a weed?

Great photos Karen.
I had friends over for a garden tour.

Karen, love all your planters and Jerry. I am trying another Corydalis this summer, but in the past I killed them.

Ge1836, Looks like she is wearing a garden. Cool. Patti

Love the hats!

Wonderful photo, Jo! Karen, thanks for the info on the penstemons....I ordered those from Annie's this year...hope they overwinter. My Sweet Joanne penstemon has been doing fine so far.....Jen, have no idea if it's a weed....

lilies are starting
https://picasaweb.google.com/jgentle4/MostlyLiliesJune25?authkey=Gv1sRgCM_86NPJppKVYg

nice JoAnn.. great blooms there!!...

was shocked to see blooms on my Persian shield ... all these years I have grown them.. never saw a bloom.. but I looked it up.. and it said the leaves will be smaller now.. and not big and huge.. and cutting off the flowers will mean nothing.. will just be a wimpy plant now.. bummer

Very nice shots, Karen! Things are looking great at your place. How is Jerry doing? He is a cutie!

Jo - love the hats.....love women with a sense of humor and "place"...so fun!

Marilyn - I hope my red penstemons come back. So far they are looking healthy. When do they bloom?

I never knew Persian Shield had blooms! Wimpy, huh? Sad.

couldn't happen later on after it got big right.. bummer

Cool!

:(

Jo, love those lilies, especially Dimension....have a lot of buds, but only one blooming so far...Louise, my penstemons are either blooming now, or finished...you may be later because of colder temps. Here is a delph just opening....

And a very tiny delph which I thought was pink last year....

oh btw my delphs... and the upside down tomato cages.. meant nothing this year.. the storm the other night broke most over the top bar

:(

Hollyhock nigra.....

Oh, how disappointing!

love that HH!!

Me too!

RD do you make hollyhock dolls?

Thanks to all who complimented my photos.

Jo, I love your pic of the 2 visiting friends. Looks like you guys had fun.

Jen, I don't think Arctic Fire is fragrant. It sure is pretty, though. I like that Ruffled Apricot. Very pretty.

Allison, sorry to hear that about your delphs. I've found it's best to tie them to a tall stake, in at least 2 or 3 places on the stem. That's a bummer about the Persian shield.

Karen

ok now I have to hear about HH dolls

Louise, Jerry is doing very well. Thanks for asking. He's a real sweetie, and everyone loves him. And for the most part, he is very well-behaved. A real love bug. We just adore him. How are your girls? Still keeping you on their toes, or are they more settled down now?

Karen

Nice pictures everyone!!!

I make HH dolls...well we call them ballerinas but I think they are the same.

Probably--not many ways you can make them. Onewish--the flower is the skirt. Leave the attached stem long & use a bud as the head or a partly opened flower as the head if you want a fancy hat. Make a hole in the bud & place flower stem inside.