Garden Gems 2012 #7

nice.. they are such perfect flowers!!!

and here are a couple others from the yard - endless summer hydrangea suffering from the lack of rain - can always depend on bes - and a look through viridis jm, miss grace redwood, and mr. karl forester grass

That is just beautifully laid out.
What is the tall red spikie thing?Cardinal Flower?

looks like it.. just love em!!

I am sooo there next spring.

My Orange Perfection phlox is just starting

neat JoAnn

Bill that lotus is beautiful, as is your gardens/yard. :)

The lotus is a beauty! Love the color on that phlox, Jo....I have Coral Creme Drop, but the bunny? chipmunk? deer? ate the bud.....

thanks folks - yes that is cardinal flower, it reseeds freely here although not invasive as it is easy to pull out - this is a plant that can be put in the pond too - so i will be doing that next year.

Thats a great idea.

So pretty Bill, will the lotus overwinter?

Love the lotus!
Cardnial flowers are great for the hummingbirds!

yes it will overwinter

Love those pics!

Phlox Orange perfection

Phlox Aureole

Nice phlox Jo! You may have I.D.'d one for me! :)

1.) 'Leda's Lover' I love the soft peach on the tips of the sepals.
2.) 'Bella Lugosi' this is the REAL color in my garden...it took me forever to get one picture of the exact color....sorry I didn't deadhead. :)
3.) This is my 9ft lily 'ELUSIVE' this year, tangled in a mass of clem vines but still blooming it's fool head off.
4.) 'Tom Pounce'
5.) Echie 'Hot Lava'

Nice Pixie

Thanks !
1.) 'Frans Hals'
2.) noid that I love because it's big, bright yellow and has an green-apple throat.
3.) "Carmine Desire's" this is probably my favorite red one.
4.) Butterfly Bush 's are just starting here
5.) 'Conca d'Or' & phlox

nice color celeste!

Beauties!!!

Nice phlox, Jo....Pixie, I love lily Elusive....

the lotus opened up even more today and grabbed some more shots - used my macro lens for the first time for these - embarrased i have not taken it out sooner.

and here are a few more - bees would not completely cooperate with me

and last two - volunteer petunia's and dahlia

Looking good people!!!

Jo LOVE that Phlox Aureole!

awesome shots!!

Very nice Bill, love that dahlia!!

That lotus is a winner! Here's what I found this morning in the backyard....came off the choke cherry.....Garret is going to have to cut it up, I moved it a little, but not much!

I love that Dahlia!

what a bummer RD

:(

Oh no Robin, glad no one was hurt!

Black Phlox are blooming

Those phlox are stunning.

I need some help with a white garden I am trying to put togeter for my 93 year old mother. I am trying to plan it so it will have something blooming at all times. It looks pretty sparse in these pictures but gives an indication of what I have so far. We have a large concrete statue of the madonna that I need to clean up and paint.
Perennials: Astilbe Bridal Veil, Japanese irises Henry's White and Anytus, Siberians - White Triangles, White Prelude. Gull's Wing, Fourfold White, Anniversary, Daylily Dad's Best White, Bearded Iris I Do and Immortality.
Annuals: Cosmos, impatiens and petunias. The petunias have spread a bit so I'll try to get a better picture of them with the Cosmos.

Oooh I like that one!
New blanket flower 'Arizona Apricot' im really liking it.
3) 'Indian Ripple'
4.) Balloon Flower
5.) 'Garden Party'

Mittsy, here are some different whites in my garden.

1 & 2 ) Oriental Lily 'Casa Blanca'
3 & 4 ) Oriental Lily Siberia

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Echinacea ' Pow Wow White'
Phlox 'David'
Echinacea 'Meringue'
Poppy
Asiatic lily ~ not sure of the name think it's 'Endless Love' , but there are several different white ones.

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A few idea's:
Hydrangea 'Incrediball' or 'Annebelle' or 'Wedding Gown'
Rosees that are hardy just to name a few ~ Rambler - ''Christmas Snow' blooms for a long period of time.
Miniature Rose: 'Cinderella', 'Grace Seward'
Echinacea ~ "White Swan', 'Fragrant Angel' , 'Coconut Lime', Milkshake
Hardy Carnation/Dianthus caryophyllus : 'Dover' , 'Grenadin White', 'Innocence'

good list there celeste

Mittsy, white candytuft is pretty & low growing....also white violas & snow-in-summer.....shasta daisies...

Thanks for all the suggestions. It's raining (Thank the Lord) so I haven't been able to get out to take any pictures yet . Yesterday I dug out my Shasta Daisy, needed to divide it so now I can put some there too. I can't grow Asiatics as I have moles/voles they love to eat them and they are too expensive to become part of the Mittsy's critter delicatesen. I'll look into the candytuft, I have some white violas in a planter. I could move them. Still need to look up a few more of the suggestions. Thank you so much for all your input. Crazy Lady Shasta type daisy