What's growing - Part 5

Siloam Double Classic

A short canna - Lucifer

Wildwood Marie has met nice reviews so far.

Very nice, Al. I don't have any of the Siloam's, but they really appeal to me. I'll have to remember... I can see where Lucifer got his name. Love the cannas and dahlias, all the things I am too lazy to plant.

gram

Hi, Everyone,

I've been reading and enjoying your posts and just wanted to introduce myself. I'm so impressed with all of your beautiful photos.

Loretta

Welcome Loretta!!! I'm down the LIE abit west from you. Please, post some of your pics. We love to see everyone's gardens!
Anita

Hi, Loretta. I'm a fellow NY stater from the Buffalo area. I hang here even though I'm technically mid-Adlantic, I guess. Join the fun.

gram

HI Loretta

Jump right in!


Gram - you're not even in the Northeast - what are you doing ;)

Thank you, Grampapa and Bigcityal (I love your names!).

Anita,

Yes, I pass your town all the time on the LIE and on the LIRR. I live in an apartment Brooklyn, NY, most of the time and garden in Southold on weekends. It's my third year there and my garden is very much a work in (slow) progress.

This rhodo was there when we bought the house. I guess it's the best "plant" I have.

Al, I've got a note from my mother :-)) (signed...gram's mother)

You all know what's great about taking flower pics? Makes you take a really good look at them. I'm even dumber than I thought. I have a clump of 3 red daylilies that my landscaper put in 4 years ago. thought they were all the same. always wondered why one bloomed a week or 2 before the others. also thought the color faded as the summer went on. took a really good look today and the 2 are not the same plant as the earlier one. duh! if this sounds at all familiar, take a look at my post from July 15, 10:27 about the unknown yellow daylilies.

anyway, here's a pic with both of the DL's (looks pretty obvious to me now) and my newly blooming Russian sage on one side of the shasta daisies, 'Strawberry Candy' bloomin' away on the other side.

gram (the unobservant gardener)

These were my Goldie's Wood ferns in the back yard. Deer ate them about a week ago. All gone.

Loretta, that is one spectacular rhododendron! It's yours now and you get full credit.

This is one of the Endless Summer hydrangeas behind my house. They bloomed alot since June and got very droopy from the rain, so I cut them back quite a bit.

Thank you, Gram. Your lilies, etc., look great. Can't wait til I get to that stage.

Lorretta,
Beautiful rhododendron and Welcome! The Endless Summer hydrangea is gorgeous too.

"Triumphator" is starting to open! It's almost 5' tall this year.

"Shocking"

Loretta, Welcome to the northeast!

Al & Gram, last time I checked, all of NY state was in the Northeast! (And so is Menasha, WI) ;^)

Pixie, That is an outstanding lily! Are you afraid it will run for Gov. of California?

Hey Dave, where did you check? seriously, the map I saw put this area around the junction of Lakes Erie and Ontario into mid-Atlantic - makes no sense to me tho, even if the lakes moderate our weather. they also give us that wonderful phenomenon known as 'lake effect snow'.

Pixie, luscious lilies. I've got buds..can't wait.

Loretta, sorry about your ferns :-(

I do so live in the north - east of the Mississippi.

This was one of Dave's early landscape design jobs at my house.

Here's some of this morning's blooms.

Gram ~ Sorry it took a while but I believe I have the ID for the other daylily. I was almost positive one was "Frans Hals" and the other one I believe is "Bonanza". Here's the link. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/83900/:

Pixie, that sure does look like it..thanks much. you really didn't have to research it for me. The 'Frans Hals' seems to be a little more distinctive. It just bugs me now that I didn't ask the landscaper for id's. At the time I just wanted something besides mud :-)

I'm going to see if I can figure out the 2 reds I posted yesterday myself. Got to learn to do my own homework LOL

gram

After seeing the pic of Dave's landscaping job - LOL - snort --- I have this tree that came with my house (see pic). I want an excuse to pull it out and replace it with a tea camilla I bought that needs a protected, south-facing wall. (It is good to zone 7 and I am 6b.) I feel guilty about even thinking about destroying the tree as it is healthy - but - I really want that camilla. Can anyone tell me that it will someday grow big enough to threaten the foundation of my house - or that eagles nest in that kind of tree and all the cats in the neighborhood will be eaten by the eagles trying to feed their young or something else that will allow me to get rid of it without major guilt? OR - better yet - if I can sell it to a landscaper for $$$ to pay for my garden habit. OR, as I suspect, that I am an ungrateful person for trying to kill a healthy tree.

YankeeCat, maybe one of your neighbors would gratefully adopt the tree and move it to a new home {gram said hopefully}

What about just moving it to another location Yankee??

Al - that pic reminds me of the shining...."Honey, I'm home!"

I don't know if this qualifies yet as 'growing', but I finally planted this poor little sempervivum this morning. Bought it in May for my rock garden but I still need to amend the clay soil with 'almost everything else'. Finally dug it a hole and just took a shovelfull of the sand and stuff I bought and went ahead and planted it. it's 'Icicle'...all the chicks were trying to escape the nursery pot

YankeeCat: Is it the Alberta Spruce that you are trying to get rid of? If so, I'm afraid that none of those things you mentioned will happen - but they really aren't that expensive, so I wouldn't feel too guilty by cutting it down. I have one that I think has gotten too big and my husband won't let it go. I put it in with the thought that it would stay tiny a long time and it has overgrown it's space. I need to think of something that will kill it slowly and say it died a natural death.

Yank - you might be able to give it away.

I would agree with Kay that most landscapers would rather buy a small B&B tree than dig up a monster - unless they have a special order.



fought with my camera for some macro's tonight

here's Queen Sophia - I won

here's Uproar Rose - I lost

I must have used my tomacco fertilizer - let's see who get's that one.

Al
Would you be willing to save me a handful of seeds from Queen Sophia?
She would go quite nicely in my family garden.
I just want enough for a SASE unless you are interested in some other seeds. D-mail me if you want a list.
Thanks!
Andrea

Andrea,
I can save you some no problem. I started mine from seed this year.
Al


here's a clearer,but surreal version of Uproar again

Al ~ Uproar is a real eye opener! What a beautiful color! It just demands your attention.


This is "Shocking"

"Siloam Merle Kent"

A better picture of "Baby Blue's"

'Shining Hour" Nothing really shining about this lily but at least its fertile!

Al, I get it (the tomacco reference, that is LOL). Agree with pixie, Uproar could wake you up in the morning...beautiful!

pixie, Shocking makes you want to taste it..looks great against the blue-green background foliage

gram

Good Morning Gram! Do you have "Custard Candy"? It is the first daylily I ever owned and she has been putting on a show this week. Every morning when I go out this is what I see.

Thanks Al, I'll talk to you on D-Mail.

All of you, I am so so lurking. I read this thread about 4 times a day and marvel and enjoy your flowers. I have such small patches of sun. And I have the oddest micro-climate. My yard is very cool, esp at night so my dahlias and all the sun lovers are usually behind everyone else. However - the daylilies have just been outstanding this year. I used Messenger and Mighty Plant and I'm pretty sure that has made the difference.

My oriental and species lilies have not opened yet and I've got a big stand of Black Beauty that I'm waiting for too. But last years Easter lilies are blooming right now - they are really short this year - only about 12" high. Who knows.

Keep those gorgeous pics coming.

Would anyone like some Red Lupine seeds? My lupine is drying out nicely and I have many, many, seeds ! This is a picture of it this summer so you can get an idea of what it should look like when they grow.

I've never tried lupine - but I'd be interested. So many people say its difficult. I have a bed I think I'd try it in. What pH does it like? My soil is on the acid side of neutral