Morgan, almost all of the plants that I have I acquired through trades with DGers.
July Blooms
I love your sunflowers, Stephanie. Beautiful! The squirrels got all of mine this year ... grrrrrrrr!
Carla
MorganC, that's a Titan Sphinx (Aellopos titan) that you've got there. And I know exactly what you mean about how fast they are! You've got some nice pics. They are incredibly fast and never sit still for long at all.
Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com
Stephanietx, did you start your Turks's Cap from seed?
Turks cap is pretty easy to find, big box stores sell them.
C
I usually pot up the seedlings that come up around the parent plants, or pot up plants that get too big or out of bounds,
never have to start new from seed.
tx-this one I started from a cutting taken from my dad's neighbor's bush. I grew up next door to them and they have several native plants in their yard. (The lady was my Girl Scout leader for about 6 years!) She and her husband generously welcomed me to take cuttings. I have had several volunteers from this plant and usually find them early spring or even in the fall in other places in my yard thanks to the birds.
Even the butterflies are enjoying the sunflowers!
My petunias from Josephine are starting to bloom.
The first Cowpen Daisy bloom of the year. I really love these happy flowers.
stephanie - do you know what kind of Daisy this is? It doesn't look like yours. I only bought it to go in the yellow and blue pot....it looks good in it when blooming.
No idea, but it's really pretty!
This was a delightful sight in my flower bed this morning!
Yes, the Queen butterflies are beautiful.
Dale just posted a shot of the Queens hanging out for the night on the Daily bf photo thread.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=9211507 There is a lot of the Queens around, looking promising.
The (dis)Obedient plants have started blooming. They're so tall this year! In this spot, they're actually very well behaved.
My TCU purple tall Mexican Petunias are still doing well. They do well in the heavily shaded side driveway.
I have a sunflower bouquet in the backyard veggie garden this morning. So pretty to see above the okra and tomato plants. I planted some Mammoth Gray Stripe sunflower seeds a week ago. They've all germinated except 2! I transplanted one seedling this morning into a spot where none had germinated. I think that's pretty good considering that the seeds were 2 years old. I received them from Michael at a fall RU.
If you need some white petunia in with your TCU ones, I have them. I see your foetita passi isn't being eaten by the Gulf Frits....mine isn't either and I will have to cut it back before long if they don't start!
I think the wasps have been frequenting the passi. I've seen the gulf frit flittering, but not much since it's been so warm.
This is Mexican Passionvine (Passiflora mexicana). I'd searched for a plant to buy for years and finally found one. The blooms, while beautiful, smell like napthalene/moth balls.
Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com
Wow! that is really neat Dale, I hope it will do well for you.
Josephine.
What a pretty bloom!!
Dale - great looking flower.....don't know if I would want the smell though!
stephanie - I so love your sunflowers.....do they look almost chartreuse in person?
Morgan, some do and some are a soft butter yellow. Did you get your seeds planted?
Nice plant Dale!
Its the best I could do.:)
Nice Obedient plants Sylvia.
Thanks Jo! This plant has so many names Obedient Plant, Dragon Flower, Come Again and something else. I did not know what to call it. Linda saw it and told me to save her some seeds. Are you kidding, I asked her? This plant is a runner its everywhere! Also Jo, I just remembered what that other stuff is out there, I think its the Golden Rod you gave me. When does it flower? I haven't see it flower in years, because the yard man had been cutting it down. I am going to block it off tomorrow :)!
Goldenrod blooms in the fall, it is very pretty, the bees and butterflies love it.
I love obedient plant!
Stephanie you can come and dig up some Obedient plant anytime. lol
Jo it blooms in the fall? I dont remember that. Well now that its blocked off from the yard man now I will be able to see it. :)
Do anyone have an idea of what this plant is? It gets mowed down every year and it comes back.
I have a dwarf version that just finished blooming...then got all rusty. Yuck, I trimmed it severely.
stephanie - No seeds planted yet....had out of towner friends here.....played in pool for a week!
Our lovely Milkweed plant is being stripped by soon to be Monarch Butterflies.
A Dahlia here and there
Thought I would jump in at the end of the month with my neatest surprise, a couple green zinnias. Earlier this year I cast a bunch of seeds that had been moldering in a drawer for ages. So far these are the only hint of any of them. I know this because I have never even seen lime green zinnias in real life.
Also my daisies from the RU are really attracting black swallowtails. I am truly in love with them, the daisies that is, can't remember who gave the one to me but thanks again!!!!!
rouxcrew - I love the green ones too. I found a place that sells both kinds of Zinnia seeds in green.....I think they are called Green Envy.
Where Morgan? I would love to have some for next year in case these don't reseed
They have opened up better now and practically glow.
Have you guys ever tried sowing zinnia seeds in the same spot every year? I was told they dont come up. I am wondering if this is what happening to me.
Don't believe everything you hear Sylvia, we have been putting Zinnias in the same stretch of ground for 5 years and they come up fine.
rouxcrew - try these folks. http://vandykezinnias.co/vandykezinnias.html
They seem to be into alot of different stuff, but I just ignore all that and buy their Zin seeds.
There are several different varieties of green zinnias.
Mirgan how big is tht yellow daisy of yours?
Is the foliage ferncy ?
Baja - This yellow daisy?? The bloom is maybe 2 inches across....and no, I wouldn't say the leaves are fern like.
Baja, are you talking about my yellow daisies? If so, they are lowly cowpen daisies that I got from the RU in Burleson this spring. Awesome flowers, haven't stopped growing or blooming since I planted them.
No they don't have fern foliage.
Joy
morganc, yours is marguerite
Joy, sent you a dmail about a month ago
Did you receive ?
Oh Stephanie, your things are just so beautiful.
A little advice please. I transplanted my Passiflora to get it in more sun. It hasn't bloomed yet. Is that common for the first year? It has always bloomed some, but there were so many little pods that didn't open that I thought it needed more sun. I'm not really sure it even gets enough now. It was on the west, mostly shaded side of the house. Now it's on the SE side, but amongst the cannas and datura. It seems to be healthy, but just not blooming.
I have the same problem Sybram. I tried more water and I got a few blooms and hundreds of buds that dry up. Someone told me to put some phosphorus on it.
I chopped it down when it got ugly, now its coming back with a vengeance.