What's Growing - Part 6

bigcityal, :Your Quite Welcome! And "Thankyou"!
I like the rustic looking zinnia's also and Old Mexico's a really nice one, I Absolutely love rudbeckia submentosa 'henry eiler's'!!! It's so awsome!!! Great picture of it!!

Pixie, I'll have to take a look at the uglies forum, I haven't been there in a while and it always makes me laugh!! I've had some bad uglies on some of the first blooms, Thank God they always get back to looking like they are suppose to after the first or second bloom!!! LOL!

Had a bloomer on the Stargazer today...

Al - I love your zinnias too. I plan on wintersowing alot more next year. Another favorite this year was the gazania.

Hmmmm..what would we do without our gardens?

Spellbinder..

Gay Cravat

Big Top

El Bandito-

Fairy Tale Pink

Butterfly on the aster

Lovely!

Iris - I had a swallowtail on my butterfly bush this morning, but I didn't have my camera out with me :(

Nancy...I thought of you before. I used two of the cards we had swapped as birthday cards!!!

nap, Thankyou.

Anita, Aww, Sorry you missed him, I know how you feel, I have missed many many good opportunitys for pictures because I didn't have my camera handy.

Iris is definitely back!

Since my coneflower Razzmatazz is one of my favorites I had to have this daylily. It was on the clearance rack of daylilies of a local nursery with no photo, just the label "Razzmatazz."

Clearance finds. I love 'em. This one is outstanding!

Iris ~ the pic of the butterfly is perfect! Stargazer is beautiful! I think I may have lost mine this year, but thats OK...planted a few more this spring in a sunnier location.

'Egyptian Spice"

"Black Beauty" front

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back side

Oxalis, Wood Sorrel...I'v had these for 3 years and I just love the little things!

Dave47, Yes I am and will hopefully be able to keep up with this thread.

rsquared, Nice to find the bargains especially when yopu can find the same name for two different plants.

Pixie, That 'Black Beauty' and Oxalis, Wood Sorrel...Are just Beautfull!!! ~Sorry to hear you lost your stargazer, Hopefully the ones you got this spring will do good for you.

Pink Super Spider-

Cherry Cheeks-

Joan Senior-

Trahlayta

This guy watched me take pictures this morning-

wings down

I think the eyes on alot of insects are so neat!

Oh gosh you guys have such pretty plants....

Ok - I have found something very interesting for all you Daylilly growers... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/09/HOG7UC42QO1.DTL

Did you all know this???? I'm too chicken to try it.

Anita, Me too.

Ivy1-Thanks! Everyone posts such beautifull pictures! I really enjoy seeing pictures of plants that I don't have.

Anita, I heard about people eating parts of Daylilys before, But, It's not something I'd ever do! LOL!

I was pleasently surprised today to see a family of squirrels in a nestbox, I have been watching this box for months and had gotten no results and gave up on it about a week ago, But today when I looked, I had mama and 5 babies in there! I have a small video camera in the box which lets me view twhats going on inside 24 hours a day. I know this is a plant bloom thread, but, I just wanted to share my surprise of the day. (If anyone wants to see a photo, I'll post one, If not, It's ok, As it really belongs in the wildlife forum)

Lots of pretty things today. Iris, I'd love to see the squirrels. They are a part of your northeast garden along with the butterflies and dragonflies.

I have some fat buds on my Stargazer. Shouldn't be more than a day or 2.

Iris--Absolutely please show us the squirrels.

Grampapa and rsquared, Heres the squirrel family, Not the greatest photos as I had taken pictures with my camera from the tv. ( I have this video cam set up on a vcr so I can't put it on the computer unless I take a pic from the tv with my camera) Also, Up-date, I had to adjust the video cam as it was off center, I did this while she was away from the box, But, She must have caught my scent from that 5 minute ordeal because she is now moving them :( ( Darn it!) P.S. I bet you cant wait for those fat buds on the stargazer to open Gram papa!

Another

The babies alone while mom was out-

Picking Black Beauty as my favorite of those.

My favorite shrubs are starting. This is 'Pee Wee' - a type of PG hydrangea I have at my neighbor's - it likes it there.

awwwwww :-) I'm sorry she's moving the babies. I've never seen a baby squirrel.

If we're picking favs, I'm going for Black Beauty today, too.

also, would like to be notified if anything goes up for sale next door to Al

gram

Gram, They always tend to move them, I would have thought she would have stayed a little longer though.
Black Beauty is a gorgeous plant!!
Al's got some nice plants ( I want that 'henry eiler's'!!) LOL!

Sorry Pixie - I got everyone calling it Black and not Back Beauty.

Iris - I had to mail order Henry, you could try some seeds - I don't know if they are true.

Iris ~ You and I have a lot of the same taste in flowers I see. I too own Joan, Trahlayta, and Cherry Cheeks! Beautiful pics. of the flowers, just awesome of Mama & babies!!

Anita ~ I actually own a daylily book that has some daylily recipes....want some??? LOL
I never dared to eat them, looking at them is just fine with me!

Al ~ It's a beautiful bush but how many neighbor's yards did you covet?

Hi Gram ~ How is your week back @ work?

VERY FUNNY AL!!! I fixed it, had only one cup of coffee when I got on here this morning. Wasn't good!

I do have most of the plants at 2 of my neighbors, my other close one is a bit aloof and hasn't given me control yet - although she always says she wants to change things.


Jean Marie