The Bluemist Flower, Concliniun coelestinum is looking great right now.
November Blooms 2013
The Whitemist Flower, Ageratina havanense is doing very well too and looking gorgeous.
1) witch hazel
2) toad lilies
3) skeleton leaf golden eye
4) bat face cuphea
1) beautyberry
2) fire spike
3) skullcap, damianita. Chocolate daisy
4) crossvine
5) strawberry bush euonymus
The cool temps and lots of rain have brought a lot of nice blooms. I love the way the angle of the sun makes the colors look so intense. 1) banana plants, marigolds, milkweed, turkscap 2) view from the patio 3) blackfoot daisy, milkweed, zinnias, firebush 4) firebush, gazania, mum, paddle plant, bouganvilla 5) paddle plant, bouganvilla, euroyps daisy, annual vinca, mums.
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Dennis your toad lily flowers are huge compared to mine. Is there a range in size among different species?
I don't know. This is the only variety that I have, and it is about 3 feet tall.
Dennis, those are all great, I especially like the Strawberry Bush.
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Beverly, your beds look so lovely and colorful, I love them.
Dennis---I love that toad lily!!!! May have to look for some of those for a shady spot I am planting.
Everything looks great! Dennis, your toad lillies have done very well! Mine never clump like that; I think I'm jealous! LOL
Cheryl, mine get about 2.5" tall. I have some shorter ones as well.
You are giving me ideas with your lovely photos. Thank you!
Mine are pretty tall but the flowers are much smaller. It's the flower size I was wondering about. I want some of those!
I got mine at a round up several years ago. I will keep any eye out for any volunteers to pot up.
I have some Toad lilies too, and I also got them from Pattie (pbtxlady) at one of the swaps. we haven't seen her for a while, wonder what's up with her?
Mine are potted and didn't do well this year.
Ok, sorry guys, but Catskills are a bit less flowery than home. I have leaves to show, but the su. isnt bright enough to show you the all the color variatjon of neo. crimsons and mahoganies down to the pale light greens and yellows. The maples are yellow, but the oaks where I was won the day.
Very nice, Kitt. Guess you get to see the whole country's leaves as they turn. Cool.
Wellll, mostly I go from Houston green to Northern snow, so the leaves are a pleasant change from drastic changes. Dunno what all of these are 1) the tag called it an Inkberry Shamrock- dragus maybe? 2 red oak and 3 i have no clue 4/5 locust
Lastlies before I go to work all night. The red bushes were butchered to 1/3 of the size I had been seeing them. Of the other 3, the pokeweed is all I recognize. Have always told ya'll I must occasionally borrow gardens to fill my need of growing, and I love all the flowers you guys grow-my days arent ordered and mundane as many are, but for me, my days are bleak without the glories you show me!
Random flowers from today.
A few more. Time to cut back the beds and clean things up.
Love the fall colors, Kitt!
I think my toad lillies also came from Pattie, Josephine. I see her on Facebook from time to time.
My asters. They still dont look as good as the ones you guys showed.
My beautiful peach cannas from Sybram with cowpen daisies and West Texas mistflower
Zexmenia, coral lantana
turks cap (large form)
snake root and coleus gold lace and songbird.
My other canna that Sybram gave me, Tropicanna
S. greggii
peach lantana
fire spike
coleus in bloom with firespike foliage behind
Cowpen daisy and West Texas Mist Flower
Confederate Rose Hibiscus
pink vinca and pink knotweed in the strawberry jar
Dallas Red Lantana
native pink and yellow lantana
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My gold leaf duranta
Cuban oregano, flax lily and variegated vinca minor from Kittriana
blue ageratum growing among the Dallas red
two puny pink knockout roses
pot of diamond dust euphorbia
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Did anyone else get that nasty frost this week? Two mornings I woke to frost, luckily I had a heads up and threw a light blanket over everything after moving it to my porch. My mistflower foliage turned a deep reddish purple, I kind of like it! Hope my pole beans still set seed ok..
Dennis, In what sort of exposure do you grow your toad lilies and how much sun do they get if any?
Where the frosts roam- south of Rockford, Ill today.More leafs. The corn was finally low enough on moisture the farmers were running the harvesters, 29* up here, hard frost on the corn stobble
Even the grasses were looking graceful, but THAT WIND! made the leaf burning highly sharable for miles!
My toad lilies grow up against the north side of my house, so it is pretty shady.
The last blooms of fall. It feels like cold weather will be here soon.
Thanks Dennis. I got a couple from patti in the spring and they are still alive so I planted them in pretty deep shade. North side of a tree which shades them.
Cheryl, cold weather is coming early Tuesday morning.
How cold?
They're calling for low of 28 overnight Tue/Wed in FW.
Hi everybody. Everyone's blooms and foliage looks really beautiful. What a delight!
These blooms are note worthy in my book! I took these Euphorbia milli (crown of thorns) cuttings in mid August! Can't believe I see blooms already. I have a red variety planted with it that was also taken at the same time.... It too has a large bloom developing. The long, thin bloom reaching for the window is a Senecio kleiniformis. I have another variety of Senecio that is in bloom.... But you can't see the blooms on camera!
It was you Gals that inspired me to plant leafy, flowery shrubs..... Might take a few growing seasons to get photos that could possibly rival those I've just seen! I should be so lucky! Learned a whole bunch from ya'll! Still proud of my succulents! :)
No frost here.... Yet.
Kiley
Hey Kiley :)
I love that crown of thorns, still looking for a white blooming one!
Here's some pictures of various areas in my yard before the freeze hits it tonight :( So unhappy to see it all die back as it's been nice all summer and fall. Hate winter!
I need to explore some of the plants I see in the posts that are new to me. There are some really nice ones that I haven't seen for sale anywhere.
Jlkapps your garden is beautiful! So tidy but packed with color and different forms. I have a similar palette of plants but not near as full and finished looking as yours.
That is really gorgeous, what are the yellow daisy looking flowers?