What I came home to after work...
May blooms
wow! Cheryl, Those are gorgeous. So cacti are spring bloomers?
Many but some do bloom at other times of the season.
They are stunning.
Scottish Petite Rose, Bay magnolia, hibiscus
Gorgeous pink amaryllis, black foot daisies from the clearance table waiting to be planted. More volunteer snapdragons, rudbeckia, and look close, green roses.
My garden this morning.
part 2
first photo is of my Oak leaf hydrangea that I got last spring at the RU.
Next two photos are of something I rustled in 2010 while doing the Census. Anyone know?
Next is my white yarrow with gold lantana, peach lantana, Amaryllis and Zexmenia in the background.
Last is close up of Amaryllis.
Your garden is looking so pretty Cheryl. I know you must enjoy it.
A house plant but certainly my most unique flower.
Cheryl, what is the white daisy looking flower? My neighbor down the street has some growing out near the curb and they're so bright and pretty.
This is my first coneflower of the season!
It looks like blackfoot daisy to me, Stephanie. I covet them in a big way.
The foliage is wrong and the bloom is too big for blackfoot daisy. I have one of those. Blackfoot Daisy flowers are teeny tiny and don't really stretch above the foliage.
I could try to root one for you, but they are very hard to root.
No it is an upclose pic of black foot daisy. All mine have that foliage, what does yours look like?
Others
Well hmmmm!! I'll have to go out and take a pic in the morning and post it.
I think I need a blackfoot daisy. White daisies with yellow centers are my totally favorite flower. I would love to grow some of them.
Coreopsis basilis
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Engel man daisy
Here's my Blackfoot Daisy. Happy it came back from the freeze.
Some kind of yarrow, I think.
Phlox pilosa (prairie phlox) is in full bloom and smelling heavenly.
Ooh so pretty! I don't have a whole lot blooming in my beds, but the wildflowers are still going strong! 1 is gaillardia suavis, 2 penstemon cobaea, 3 LA iris, 4 I think vetch? Isn't the bloom color pretty? 5 another NOID. Maybe primrose?
Some more from the fields.. 1 daucus pusilis, 2 gaillardia pulchella 3 field parsley, 4 prairie larkspur, 5 matelea biflora.
Edited due to pics being jumbled :)
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I want G. Suavis. Do u collect seed?
Sure do, I'll bring some to the RU :)
Thank you!
SPWD, I'd like some of those seeds as well. The Gaillardia suavis
Steadycam, got it :)
Your yellow LA Iris is to die for
Sandy, I'll bring you a few. They were all dug out, divided and replanted last fall. Every single one bloomed this spring! I think I'm now a fan of LA iris :)
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That would be great do I have you down for mine?
Blooming today...
A few more.
Very nice blooms, Cheryl! My Texas Betony barely survived the winter, but it's alive. Then I moved it, so no blooms yet. Maybe once it's established.
Yellow yarrow, blackfoot daisy, and Tennessee Coneflower
Echinacea (Purple coneflower) is starting to put on their show. Look at all those buds!
Pincushion daisy and prairie phlox
Loving all these colors! Got to hike around in peace yesterday and this is what I saw :)
And these too :)
Becky, how is Daucus pusilis different from regular old Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota?
Carrie, D. Pusilis isn't near as pretty as QAL! It's smaller by by both height and bloom size. I help the reseeding along since I like its little lacy blooms nonetheless. Im a wildflower junkie..
SPWD, in the east, QAL is a thug, not a wildflower.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1459/
I like it though, and other people do too!