What's Growing - Part 9!!

they don't self-seed, but they are perennial :0)

Hi, John. I love elephant ears. Wish they were perennial.

gram

Top left is standing on top of the hill looking back at my house.
Top right is standing in the same spot looking down the field. Where the field looks like it ends...it actually drops down a hill a ways before it hits the woods. The "greener" spot in the middle is where we will be building the log home, below that will be the pond.
Bottom left is where the deer have been laying down at night. The tall grass around the circle is about 5 ft. tall..the rest is about 20".
Bottom Right are black eyed susans growing wild in the field.

I just realized you can't see very much in the collage so i'll post the top 2 seperately/.

looking down...

some of today's blooms.

Very pretty pixie! It looks relaxing.

I picked up 3 plants....paid under $4.00 I got 2 Gazania one is yellow and the other one is maybe red, rust or maroon....not sure, no tag but the bud on it is dark reddish. I also got "Helen Dianthus" it is peach colored. I will have to keep the gazania's alive all winter in the house....Now thats a challange! Can't resist a bargin plant!!!!

I have read 2 different things about Gazania's. First one place said they were annuals the other said they were perennials. Anybody know which one is right??

The first dahlia has a second bloom!

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The second dahlia has its first bloom. Can't wait until this ones completely open!

Pixie, you just keep plantin' those daylilies! you're never gonna run out of room ;0) Nice views. What happens to your house when you build your log home...one of the kids?

one last pic...my mums are off and running!

Gram ~ My oldest son is handi-capped and this house was built around his needs. The entire 1st floor is made for a wheelchair to be able to go anywhere he needs to. He is not in a wheelchair full time but it helps when he needs to use it. There are 5 rooms downstairs and 5 upstairs.
My youngest son has no intentions of moving out. LOL He is one of those kids that doesn't like change...ever! When he was 6 his teacher was sick and he had a substitute...the school called me at 8:15 am..Josh wanted to come home. His Father & I changed his room around one day while he was at school he was 10 years old. That night at 9 pm when he should of been sleeping we heard furniture moving around up there...he was putting his room back to how it was. So I guess this house will be the 2 boys!! LOL

Pixie, I love that mum! knew it was gonna be a beauty.

you guys are killing me with those dahlias. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get some in the spring (no more lazy gardener)

all those boys need is a housekeeper and they're set for life LOL

They have 3 sisters...none of them can stand messy boys so no house keeper needed!

I have been ordering Lily Bulbs for fall planting. So far I have:

San Souci: http://bdlilies.com/l7051.html

Space Mountain: http://bdlilies.com/l9047.html

Desert Flower: http://bdlilies.com/l1433.html

Lavender Gem: http://buggycrazy.vstore.ca/product_info.php/pName/lavender-gem/cName/lily-bulbs-oriental-lilies

Naomi: http://bdlilies.com/l1152.html

Tropical Isle: http://bdlilies.com/l6212.html

Dream Catcher: http://bdlilies.com/l6625.html

Harbor Star: http://bdlilies.com/l7065.html

Rose Sonnet: http://bdlilies.com/l7070.html

Princess Melissa: http://bdlilies.com/l7060.html

Conca d' Or: http://bdlilies.com/l9200.html

Lilium Uchida: http://bdlilies.com/l8018.html

Albany: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&item=150017019055&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Luxor: http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/5632/

Oriental Mix bought 10: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&item=150017019019&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Strawberry Shortcake: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75662&item=7772997069

Then I bought a bag of 6 spotted oriental mix.

I NEED to stop!! LOL

Pixie!! You sound just like me 2 years ago - lol. My girlfriend has a wholesale license and we put together an order with our garden club and went up to Bluestone Perennials and bought $850 worth of plants - perennials were $1.15 each and shrubs were around $2.10. I had flats and flats of plants that took me all summer to get in the ground. I want to see pics of that Uchida next year. You'll have to report on what you thought of the sellers.

Now on to an Off-Topic but worthwhile never the less. You can vote for free at the weblink or send in the yogurt lids if it suits you. Getting kids involved in gardening would be great.

Stonyfield Farms is contributing between $20,000 and $60,000 to the National Gardening Association to support their Adopt a School Garden program.

http://assoc.garden.org/login/index.php?q=stonyfield

Bid with Your Lid and Help Boost Stonyfield Farm's Donation to NGA
Through their 2006 Bid with Your Lid program, Stonyfield Farm is distributing $100,000 among three nonprofit environmental groups, and NGA's Adopt a School Garden program is one of them! Each nonprofit will receive a minumum of $20,000; the remaining $40,000 will be divided based on public voting.

Please support our kids' gardening programs by voting for NGA! Cast one vote online now; cast more by mailing in Stonyfield Farm yogurt lids. Whichever nonprofit you choose, you’ll receive a gift from Stonyfield. There are 4 ways to vote: - see website link above.


P.S. - I love that hot pink mum - what is it?

Pixie.....S..T...O...P..!!! does that help???

I have ordered for fall:

Peach Pixie (do you have that one? Scheeper's has a bunch of different Pixie's)
http://www.johnscheepers.com/catview.cgi_fn=Item&_recordnum=7440&_category=Lilies:Hybrid

Gran Paradiso
Touching
Stones
Black Beauty
Lollypop

edit to add: I think the link is too long, but you can just to www.johnscheepers.com
edit #2: alyrics...I voted!

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Never heard anything about gazania being perennial - maybe zone 9 ;)

Gram - I'll help you cheat, when you do a second edit you can delete the first edit message on the post.

Al, I am shocked and disappointed that you think I might cheat...and... I will remember that next time LOL (gettin' even for the entymology/etymology thing?)

Gram ~ I am familar w/that site...been eyeing "Stones" for a week now!!!
I have the "Buff Pixie" and the "Pink Pixie" ...no "Peach Pixie" YET. I have or had Touching somewhere, love my Black Beauty and you saw what Lollypop does is 3 years! Have heard wonderful things about Gran Paradiso so I think you have a lovely selection there!
Strawberry Shortcake is small like the Pixie's collection, short and robust. So is my Starfighter and a few others I have, that the names of just left my brain. LOL

Aly ~ You can drive to Bluestone? Lucky You!! I have been going through the book every day trying to finalize an order with them. Can't decide what to buy and I have limited my self a set amount of $ this time!
As for the sellers..I have heard nothing but praise from DG'ers about Buggycrazy and B&D Lilies, and I am very careful when buying from ebay. But I will let you know what I recieve for sizes on the bulbs and if they bloom or not.
BTW I fully intend to go to that site and vote and then I am going to tell my niece about it so she can tell all her friends. (She has 6 kids..lots of Mom's are going to get an email from her!)

Al,
Your dahlia at work is beautiful. Even my husband, who doesn't have the gardening gene, said it's a stunning picture.

Pixie,
Yours are so pretty also.

Gram,

I agree--after seeing theirs, I want some dahlias too.

Thanks Loretta

this is my favorite dahlia pic that's not mine LOL
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/122739/


thought I'd scare up a new pic, one of those where I'm glad the first one was good because the rest were blurry

nice photo Al!!!!

Hi,
I am really new at gardening... and I really have been enjoying this site... so I decided to share what is growing too... just found this morning... not a very sunny morning here... but this made my day ...

(well, not only flowers are growing in my house this year... also 6 painted baby turtles!!!!!) lol

Hi Kassia - you have morning glories in your house and you paint turtles?

welcome to Daves and gardening

Al

Kassia ~ Welcome! If you let it go to seed and drop...you should have more next year. It worked for me for the last 3-4 years.

Hi, I love morning glories, but believe me that one was planted by my 5 year old nephew at school on a styroform cup... he was so proud... so we planted and it is beautiful... I have a basketball pole and I am going to adapt that to plant morning glory to go up the pole... I plan to keep some of the seeds...

Well, I haven't painted the turtles... I actually found 6 eggs as I was preparing a flower bed and I decided to rescue the eggs... and they are painted turtles... so cute... so they are also growing here!!!! one died and I buried next to the morning glories...

but this is also growing.... miniature roses!!!!
just bloming today!

Hi, Kassia. welcome! Hey, everybody, Kassia and I are old friends (well, not too old) from the rose forum. her turtles are adorable. you should go check them out.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/644337/

everybody ok out there?? I hope nobody got hit too hard by the storm. we had some hard rain today, but that's all. probably some flooding, but not near me (there's a lawn chair floating in my pool, but it can wait until tomorrow LOL)

gram

edit to say: Kassia, sorry about the little turtle

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Rain, rain, rain go away my tomatoes are about to explode. Welcome Kassia - I got tears in my eyes reading about your turtles.

Yes, gram, we sure did get a lot of rain today. And wind. And it's freezing. I see that it's 55 degrees, but it feels much colder. Apparently it will be warming up again soon.

Kassia, I love your blog! The turtles, the flowers.....it was very enjoyable. Thanks for the link.

This is what's new in my garden this week.

Hi everyone, thanks.... things are happening so fast I don't have time to add all the pictures I have.of flowers and turtles!!!..I fell aslep writing the last comment!!!!! lol

great dahlias.... my grandma's favorite flower!!

Oh, the rain is coming my way... I got some stuff done today, but I filled my garage with my plants... didn;t want to take any chances with the wind... I lined up my mini roses against the wall so they don't get blown away...

nap, what a gorgeous, rich color on that dahlia. I love it!

{note to self: NEED DAHLIAS!}

Still blooming on Sept. 3rd!

This came up in the middle of my flower bed and It has been blooming for a few weeks now. Does anyone know what it is??

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The purple on this pansy was so dark this morning it just caught my attention. Normally it's much lighter than this...must be the cool nights.

Pixie - that is a sharp pansy alright.

Went to tend on my dahlias at work today. Here is a class photo for this year.

WOW AL! Beautiful Colors! Even my DH was going by as I was looking at the photo and remarked how pretty those are.

Oh, Al......That photo is marvelous!!! A prize winner! Great job!

Love that pansy, Pixie!

Thanks Nancy & Pixie. I don't know if I'll get a group shot for my other ones - I might sort them by color.

Pixie, Is it some type of phlox?