What's Growing - Part 6

Oh wait! Now that I see Grampapa's post, I realize I got Le Reve, not Mona Lisa.

Grampapa- Those Callunas and Ericas are amazing. Plants I would love to have, but simply can't grow. Down the street from me they had 2 giant ones growing for years next to the sidewalk, but alas, they sold the house and the new owners ripped out those gorgeous, well-tended plants and put in GRASS! I mean those plants were 3 feet wide! I wish I'd known they were going to get rid of them.... I could've been there and scooped them up.

Ooh, I can't wait for Catherine Woodbury! Thanks, Al.

Ivy, the colors in your circle bed are wonderful! but you didn't need to be mosquito brunch just to show us LOL I NEED more lilies. (DH is enjoying the fragrance from LeReve tonite)

It's too bad when you see someone who doesn't appreciate a plant just rip it out. I'd be perfectly happy to get rid of all my grass and replace it with flower beds. you don't have to mow heather (well, maybe a haircut once a year). I don't really know if yet if I can grow it either. But I had to try. I got 16 varieties from Rockspray in Maine. they only sell the hardy types and I let them pick what they thought would do well for me to start with.

Pixie, Al mentioned the Orange Vols. I liked that one too. It catches my eye every time I scroll by it.

gram

The Cleome in front of the kitchen.
Andy P

Gram, I like that Scotch heather Multicolor the best. Very interesting.

Being from Conn. AND being a Uconn grad, I am forbidden to like orange vols. ( Now, we'll find out if anyone knows women's basketball)

Dave ~ Orange Vols is not my favorite anyways, but I don't know basketball.

Andy ~ The Cleome is lovely! What a nice big patch you have!

Gram ~ I really like the heather, the flowers are so dainty! Does it smell good too?

Ivy ~ You circle garden is beautiful, sorry you were the misquitos lunch for that picture. Aren't they horrendous lately?!

Al ~ I no sooner asked you about the grass and one of my mail order flower places sent me a sale e-mail. Guess what the sale was on? Balloon flowers and Purple Fountain Grass!

Todays blooms, so far @ 6:30 this morning are:

"Tom Pouce"

This is supposed to be "Boogie Woogie" it should be pale yellow with pinkish edges. It's not this year and I'm not sure why!

This bulb was sold to me as "Pink Mystery"

Not positive of the name on this one.

I have a little flower show going on the side of my house. This only gets morning sunlight then its shaded by 10-11am so these lilies are doing well considering. I am 5 feet 4 inches and the taller of the 2 plants comes up to my forehead. I have to guess that if they were in full sun it would probally be taller than I am.

another picture.

"Mardi Gras Parade" i really like the colors in this little flower.

ok..here are a few from me...as usual, I don't know the names, just the variety.

"Dizzy" is really starting to put out blooms now.

Anita ~ the pics are lovely but that dahlia with the pink, peach, and yellow is amazing!!!!

'Luxery Lace" seedling.

"Real Wind" just starting to open.

Non-Lilies, see...I have others. LOL

Thanks Pixie - I like that one too. I think I've shown this one, but it too is one of my favorites

The bee looks like he's enjoying himself!

He was very engrossed in what he was doing as he didn't seem to mind when I got real close to snap this one

Anita ~ I know what you mean, this little guy just dug deeper into the flower in one of my hanging baskets.

'The Garden" I can't even see my walking paths anymore!!!

Oh, how do you guys do that?

Dahlias, dahlias dahlias. Yummy! I love that peachy orangy purply pink one with yellow undertones.

Gotta go take some pics in my 5 year old daughter's garden. Her's is much better than anything I have planted.

Pixie...your bee looks stuck..

LOL, I know...like I said he just went deeper!

Anybody got any idea what this is? I did not buy a pale yellow with pink spots! It has never bloomed before, all I can do is guess my husband was messing with my oriental lilies too!

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Oh, me too, Anita. That dahlia is absolutely gorgeous!

Remember my friend Donna's garden? She has lots of fun things around her yard. One is this artificial flower and I think the bee is real, but dead and glued on. I haven't seen her to ask her, but I tried to make it move and it wouldn't.

nap ~ It looks so real, even the flower!

cool!

Anybody want seeds? I have Red Lupine seeds that are ready to be shipped. Pink Mallow will be ready soon. Here is a pic. of the pink mallow, it grows approx. 3ft. tall and will come back or reseed it's self. Mine came back from last year, and I had no seedlings from it sprouting up in unwanted places.

I would love some Pixie. Thanks. I'm in the address exchange.

This is "Jacob's Ladder" it too will have seeds after flowering and i actually planted some in the house last fall. kept it alive all winter then gave it to my Brothers this spring to put outside his house. Let me know if you would like some of these seeds too and i'll put you on the list and mail as soon as they are ready.

I would love to try that too pixie - A word about that particular plant. I have a variegated that looked like it died, but is now making a comeback. Have you encountered this before?

They tend to go "dormant" for no apparent reason that I can find. I kept the one in the house last year and it did it twice. I just kept treating it as if it were still alive (which it evidently was) and it bounced back. Strange plant, but I love the shape of the leaves and the color of the blooms.

Anita, I have to jump on the bandwagon...that dahlia that looks like a sunset is gorgeous. the purple one is lovely, too, but it's overshadowed by it's flashy friend.

Andy, I like the cleome, they're kind of regal

Ivy, would love to see what's going on in your little one's garden.

Pixie, everything's pretty, as usual. I'm missing getting up early like I did on vacation and catching everyone's early morning postings. Now I have to wait for lunch, if I even have time (can I get an 'ooooh, poor gram' ?)

this is so much fun, the great pics just keep comin'

gram

me too

I have some border dahlia's that are just starting to come into bloom. I wintersowed them and am very excited to see how they look. I took one pic this morning, but it came out blurry, so I'll try again tomorrow am.

This is a bit lengthy but all the women w/children will love it. My daughter sent it to me, she now knows what it's like to be a Mom!!!


What do you do all day"

>> A man came home from work and found his three
>> children outside, still
>> in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty
>> food boxes and wrappers
>> strewn all around the front yard.
>>
>> The door of his wife's car was open, as was
>> the front door to the house
>> and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding
>> into the entry, he found
>> an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked
>> over, and the throw rug was
>> wadded against one wall.
>> In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a
>> cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and
>> various
>> items of clothing.
>> In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink,
>> breakfast food was spilled on the
>> counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog
>> food was spilled on the floor,
>> a broken glass lay under the table, and a
>> small pile of sand was spread
>> by the back door.
>>
>> He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over
>> toys and more piles of
>> clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried
>> she might be ill, or that
>> something serious had happened.
>>
>> He was met with a small trickle of water as it
>> made its way out the bathroom door.
>>
>> As he peered inside he found wet towels,
>> scummy soap and more toys
>> strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a
>> heap and toothpaste had been
>> smeared over the mirror and walls.
>> As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife
>> still curled up in the bed
>> in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up
>> at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.
>>
>> He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What
>> happened here today?"
>>
>> She again smiled and answered, "You know every
>> day when you come home
>> from work and you ask me what in the world I do all
>> day?"
>>
>> "Yes," was his incredulous reply."
>>
>> She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."
>>

amen