Garden Gems 2012 #7

yeah!!!.. hope he sticks around!!!

My Ruby Slippers totally gone, too
I saw that Torenia, at a house down the shore and wondered what it was, now I know...LOL

Allison: My hats off to you for hummer pictures.Its harder than anyone thinks.

thank you JoAnn!!... I love torenia Jen.. such a great shade plant!

Beautiful Allison!

I love to see the webs in the grass!

Good going Celeste on the hummer, she'll be back for sure. This is my first year I've had more than one at a time. Never seem to be able to get a picture though.

thank you Ronnie.... nothing better than more hummer traffic!!!

Awesome photos, Allison.....I had a hummer on my cleome last evening....lots of birds were around until a sharp-shinned hawk appeared.....

yeah for the hummer... boo to the hawk!!!

been seeing two hummers sticking close together.. NEVER saw that before.. always chasing each other.. wonder if it's a baby & momma?

Aw....how cute....

' Extravaganza' , 'Memorable Kiss' , 'Big Brother', Turk's-Cap, 'Watchyl Dreaming Purple'

very pretty Celeste!!.. I like them all!!

Me, too! That purple really stands out.....I think the 1st DL is Big Smile, Red Rambler rose reblooming, my one & only dahlia in bloom, and a topiary at Old Barn Farm......

oohh I like the dahlia... mine had mealy bugs all over them.. I put them out too early and they died back when the cold snap came back... then started growing again.. but too slowly.. thinking the soil in there is too compacted .. will have to dig them out of the container this fall

Thanks, Allison...the dahlia is one of the Karma series....

a tall one?

About 2'...don't know if it will grow.....my dahlias haven't had a good year....some were eaten by Ms. Bunny....

Bad bunny, thats a pretty one! Love the soft pink in Big Smile too. :)

I have been sticking to the dwarfs so I don't have to stake anymore.. nothing compared to the dinner plate ones.. but I will take it

Our Glads have started to open up here in Southern New Hampshire.

that IS a pretty one!!!

love that color!!

Beautiful!

Lovely color!!

Glads are favorites .....some are blooming now, some were hit by thrips....hopefully the later crop will do OK....

finally got the right color!!! Pow Wow Wild Berry Echi
Rebloom on Weigela 'Ghost'

Wonderful scent on 'Stained Glass' Hosta

I noticed the deer destroyed all my hostas in back without me spraying every week

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Last of the lilies here
Black Beauty

Awe, thats bites! Sorry Allison.
Nice Jo, mine are blooming too. :)

1.) 'Jersey Girl'
2) ' Cradle of Bethlehem'
3) 'Rock Solid'
4) 'Popol Vuh'
5.) 'Nostalgia'

Those are beauties Pixie

Cradle of Bethlehem is real pretty!

Thanks Jo.
Thanks Ronnie, im really liking that one this year too.

'Arabian Red' & 'Siberia'
Begonia, forget the name but I love how the leaves are edged in the same color as the flowers.
Geranium
'Laura Harwood'
'Black Beauty' w/ Yellow Scabiosa

Beautiful!!!

Yes, they are beauties.....I was weeding yesterday & noticed that one DL had new bloom stalks coming up....I think it's Baby Powder...one of yours, Pixie?

ohhhh you know I like Jersey Girl!!!

Heehee

I eas waiting for the Jersey Girls! :)

So was I. ^_^

The lotus has finally bloomed as of yesterday - there are two other blooms that can be seen in the last picture