my 2015 flowers

Emptyeyes: your seedling looks like a Rose of Sharon seedling.

Yes emptyeyes it grows by a cutting and can be planted in a container.I have it in the ground but cuts it back every fall.I recently see it sprouting up in another spot but I am constantly cutting it down.To be truthful hubby and I have not seen any hummingbird as yet.My yard get lots of bees and butterflies.

I have been growing Red Salvia for many years now but was looking for the White ones .It seems as though that color is hard to find.I sow the seeds and I even get volunteers in the garden.

This is one of the morning glory blooms on the tower, it is the deepest purple that I have ever seen or grew. The heavenly blue is the first blue that I have had so far this summer. Here is the purple I was talking about. They were both on the same vine!

Hi emptyeyes, do you fertilise your Morning glory,mine always seem to bloom late .Every year I plant them on the south side of the yard and it is now putting out lots of blooms. About a month ago I got two blooms. Yours seem to bloom so much, where do you plant them?

I plant on the east and north side, one is in a pot that is next to a tower that my hubby uses for a antenna tower and it gets lots of sun and the others are right beside my lattice, they are just now putting out blooms but are late because of all the rain we had. And no, I do not fertilize because that causes lots of foilage and few blooms. If it does not rain either tonight or tomorrow when I come home I will give them and my marigolds a big drink of water.

Thank you ,do you water them everyday because I read why it states they like sandy soil and not much moisture.Some days it tends to get droopy leaves.

No, I do not water them a lot, they like to be stressed.

That is what I thought.

My morning glories just started blooming this weekend. Same seed pkg (purple stripes), totally different blooms!
This is actually my first time growing morning glories. They are planted in a large pot on my deck (to help control reseeding)

Wow Val, pic 2 is great!

Hi valal , your morning glories are beautiful ,mine just gave me a bloom this morning.

I have several flowers that are blo0oming right now, my morning glories of course, my tiger lilies are still going and my rose of sharon is popping right now.

Enjoying everyone's blooms (photos)!
My morning glory is in all it's glory (but in a lg pot and tends to dry out very easily!) The mostly purple bloom with the blotch of white was a fluke, Most of the others are very white with lovely purple stripes. Best seen up close.

Lots of new things coming into bloom the past week or so! I LOVE IT!
Have a great day everyone, I'm off to work!

Is this tall thing a flower? I planted delphiniums in the pot but do not know if this is one or not. Never planted them before. Here is a picture of it.

I think that's a weed...my wintersown delphiums dont look anything like that,
Here's a delphinium leaf from the 'net:

'Weed' is a loosely defined term. What that is, is something from the ratibida family perhaps? It will likely get a yellow flower. Perhaps even the rudbeckia family. I'm not 100% sure. I would leave it though as I would not consider it a weed.

I have a question, I had naked lady plants last year but this year no flowers, the foilage came up real well, but no naked ladies! Am I just worrying too much and is it too early? I look around the park and they are up everywhere else, maybe mine are going to be later this year.

Perhaps the bulbs aren't strong enough to support flowers? Are naked ladies hardy in your zone?

Yes, they are hardy in our zone, we are in zone 6 and they are all over the park, maybe they will pop up later, some that I have seen are just now popping up.

Hi everyone. Just wanted to chip in a pic of my impatiens I grew this year and have been going strong with blooms most of the summer. I was really proud of these for the fact I did it without ruining them lol. They took forever to get going, but when they did, it was like nonstop blooms. :)

These are the Burpee Impatiens Flavours Hybrid Strawberry.

dl,
They look picture perfect!
Isn't it rewarding when you plant something from seed and watch them grow (and wait...) and are rewarded with such success!?!!

My Coleus in the picture window are growing like crazy! I think I need to propagate a couple, they are growing past the window! I have read about how to do this and will attempt in this week, (maybe). I put my 3 moonflower plants outside, I don't know if it is too late or not, one has bent over and one looks like it broke, but there is still one that is straight and tall, I put it next to the post of the lattice so it will grab on to it if it starts to vine, I think l need to put a small stick or something in the pot so it will start up the post. Has anyone had a lot of success with propagating Coleus?

Thanks so much valal. It most definitely is rewarding. I was really nervous at first when planting these because I've never done seeds like this and all I was hearing was how incredibly difficult it is to grow impatiens. I heard from many different sites saying they were one of the more difficult seeds to start because they required specific temperatures, sowing depths of barely covered, lots of light to germinate, special kinds of soil to start them in,etc. So essentially I just spread the whole pack of seeds in a self watering box with some miracle gro moisture control potting soil, kept them watered and in the sun and impatiently waited lol.

Took about almost a month before I even seen anything popping up which made me think the whole thing was a loss. Several times I was tempted to dump it out thinking I screwed it all up, but something kept telling me to hold out and wait a bit longer. :)

Hi diefik, I propogate Coleus every year by taking cuttings and put them in water until they have some nice roots.Then plant them in separate pots and as they grow into sturdy plants I continue to take cuttings and keep doing that process until I have enough plants ready to put outside in spring. I have a collection of eight different colors of Coleus, If you do this practice you will not have to buy Coleus plants at the nursery.

Good thing you didnt dump your planting box out, thinking you weren't going to get anything...That is the rule of thumb when you're planting anything, I think, including wintersowing. I got impatient and had alot of wintersown seedlings. I have impatients on my deck in the shade, and this year when the seed pods were forming, I picked them and just let them loose in the large deck planter. I dont have flowers yet on those, but I had other plans..It is interesting to see how large and hardy the ones that basically were self/sown grew.

Patience is a virtue (but it's not always mine...LOL!)

just got done planting a pkg of Salvia-Bonfire into a pot inside, I thought I would try to see if I could get at least one or two to bloom. My hubby did it again, he got me two bags of potting soil, and 3 bags of flower seeds from the dollar store! I have flower seed pkgs in two containers and two bags with Marigolds and Morning Glories in them! But I always wanted Salvia so I thought I would start some from seed.

I went out and laid my 4 amaryllis pots on their side so they would not get any more water, I hope I did not wait too long. I was thinking of taking them out of the pots when I bring them in, I have a area that is dark and cool and I thought I could put them there for their dormancy period. It is in the kitchen, but the light won't reach them if I put them in the back. Now what should I put them on, they will be on the floor unless I lay them on newspaper or cardboard, which would be better?

I planted the salvia and covered it with plastic and it molded. I had to throw it out so it would not start smelling, I did everything they said to do, oh well, I have more salvia. Going to try something else, not sure what, but something else.

Hi emptyeyes, why are you sowing Salvia this time ? I am in zone 6and I usually sow them indoors in March and then I harden them of in the first week of May and they do very well. They even self seed in some parts of my garden.You can use one of these containers with moist soil , sow the seeds ,put on the lid and put it on a sunny window and in a couple of days they will germinate .Then when they have 2 or more leaves I transplant them into small pots .If you do not have any seeds left I have a lot to share .

I was just trying it out, I have a lot of seeds and I thought I would try something that does not do well outdoors in winter and have some flowering plants inside. I have a LOT of seeds and was just experimenting. I also have pansies, impatiens, sunflowers, zinnias and more than I can name right now. Can you tell me of some that I can grow in the house over winter?

I cut the top of one of my VERY tall Coleus and stuck in potting soil, should I pinch off the bottom large leaves or just pinch all of the large leaves off? It has small leaves on it to. Here is the picture

My hubby and I went to a yard sale this weekend and she had two spider plants, so I bought one. The research I have done so far tells me they are easy to care for. I have never had one before so any advice from any of you spidermen or spiderwomen,lol! It would be appreciated.

My birthday was yesterday and my hubby got me another mum, this one is from a private nursery, I am going to keep it indoors and see how long it will live. I may put it in the bedroom when it stops and see if I can keep it alive until spring.

My hubby got these for me on Wednesday, it was my birthday. I am growing them in the house because the squirrels would probably dig them up if I planted them outside. Does anyone know if they can be successfully grown indoors? I would like to plant them in the ground, but the animals would probably destroy them.

The mums that my hubby got me must like where they are, they are on a bucket infront of the picture window, they get filtered light through the curtain, and today I noticed that they are growing and blooming more! I have NEVER had mums that took off like these have! They are really doing good, I stick my finger in the soil and when it feels dry I put some water in the pan that they are sitting it and that seems to do the trick. These are really pretty too.

As you can see from this pic, there is new growth on the mums! I am excited, none of my other mums did this, so maybe this one will last a little longer. Will I be able to overwinter this one in the house? I have the bedroom where I can keep it cool.

I think I told you about the spider plant that I got at a yard sale, well it did not have a drainage hole and it was looking a little peaked, so I got my hubby to put one hole in it and I watered it until it came out the hole, I dumped the excess water out of the bowl and put it back where it was. Do you think it will do better now?

Yep, the drainage hole is the key. I have found that spider plants are generally easy. They don't like to completely dry out, and they don't like to sit soggy either. They definitely like fertilizer occasionally.
p.s. the mum is gorgeous! I can't say what would happen in the house over the winter. I would be more likely to let it die down naturally in the fall, then put it in the garage so it doesn't freeze solid. It might need a little water every month or so, just to keep it from drying out entirely.

We do not have a garage, so I will put it in the bedroom. It does not get any heat at all, but the mum will be inside the house and I can water it every month. The spider plant is looking better, I watered it until the water came out the hole and will wait until it dries out some before I water it again. I would take a picture my camera keeps telling me that it needs formatting but the memory card is new and not many pictures on it.