I am glad I got the digital camera too!
I'll show you my gardens if you show me you Yours. :o)
But, now I stop and shoot every plant I see.
These are magnificent, Dale - and WE are really glad you have that digital!!! I'm so eager for Spring that I am even photographing bulbs barely emerging in the soil!
Dale you are a tease..........a BIG tease. Here we are finally seeing blacktop (out from under 20 inches of snow)
on our dead end road and your are showing off all those beautiful flowers!!!! What is that beautiful blue/black in the center of
#3203466? I would love to have something like that if it is available in this cold north country. I know it would be a very tender tropical, but a gal can dream. ;')
Joy
Dale, I too love that Blue/black Elephant Ear (if that is what it is). But I've tried to overwinter those twice but sadly they don't survive in my basement.
Thanks for all the lovely combinations. For some reason Post #3203519 reminds me of Connecticut.
I love Lantana, love the smell of the leaves and the dainty flowers, but they never do well for me.
I have tulips on my mind .... I'm getting into dangerous territory here, I try not to let myself thing about the Spr_ _ _ word till March.
Close-up of a Fringed Tulip
Toofew, sigh . . . I know what you mean about not wanting to think too much about the Spr word - winter seems to have returned here, after teasing us a bit, with a forecast of pretty much nothing but rain for the next 10 days or so. That Fringed Tulip is magnificent!
Joy, Yes, elephant ear. Colocasia affinis jeningsii to be exact. You could grow it as a house plant. It would only take your outdoor conditions for about 3-4 months. Doesn't like temps below 50*.
2 few, Most of the plant in my last post would be perennial or summer annuals in Conn. I am sure White Flower Farms could sell you all them.
Picks from todays adventures.....
Digital has it's drawbacks, these cameras aren't too smart, this is washed out...
It is a challenge to get a good shot.
Also can bromeliads be used in a cottage garden?
Or bromeliads and hippeastrum, both are tropicals.
Here is a picture of my Asclepias incarnata Cinderella ... pink milkweed.
I grew 2 plants from seeds several years ago. This one was transplanted in April and it still did fantastic that summer.
Very easy to grow from seed. I got the seed from Parks. If anyone is interested in growing this one I get tons of seed each fall. :o)
Just a wonderful plant for the back of a butterfly garden. I even use some of the flowers for vases.
toofew~
Toofew, Love of the look of Cinderella. We have a native that is a bright orange and wonder if this would do as well in hot Texas?nancy
Nancy,
all I can tell you is that it is supposed to be ok up to zone 9. Also, Park Seed (where I got my original seed for the plant) says this, " This native American plant loves full sun and thrives in heat, humidity, and even drought ..."
Milkweed usually does best in damp areas, but hey, give it a try if your other milkweed survives.
I do find Monarch catapillars on these. Also, I have a short hydranga planted in front of it to hide its 'legs'.
Here is a picture of one of my monarch cat.
I don't speak english very well but I can see all right.Your gardens are gorgeous and I regret to say that my garden isn't the same! Seeing your garden I hope to improve.
Greetings from a future gardener
Hi all....I'm new here. Not new to gardening though. Dale, thanks for posting. I am a fellow Florida Cottage Gardener......
I especially love roses....
Theresa, welcome! Beautiful rose and garden. I love to kill roses so didn't grow any after several sad experiences. However, 2 years ago, I did plant 2 climbing roses. They were supposed to both be 'New Dawn', one is, the other is growing like a weed, but no blooms yet, and is definitly not a New Dawn. This is its 3 year, so if it doesn't bloom, out it will go ... maybe. But hey, they are both alive and doing well
yellowkid, if you are on these forums, searching, reading, discovering, loving it .... you are already a gardener, you just have to begin.
toofew~.
I fell in love with the lilies last year. Ordering a ton more this year.
Here is Triumphator.
Lillium Citronelle
I'm not a big lover of yellow flowers, but sometimes you just have to have them!
wow great gardens!!! sharon i luv the new hosta bed!
i have been sick for 2weeks and have missed so much!
here is my garden right now ;)
Not_Martha, It's still gorgeous!
Suzy
Notmartha, I would trade places if it were practical. We are already in the 80's (it is still Feb for heavens sake!) so I suspect it is gonna be a long hot summer. But I am enjoying the winter inspite of the heat.
notMartha, Your 'Freezing Fog' is the best winter interest picture I've seen. Your cottage garden is so creative, the colors, the textures in the summer. However, with this picture, the form of your garden stands out. "WOW" is all I can say.
I'm surprised you didn't post this on your own post about your ever changing garden. Thank you for posting here, its a beautiful winter addition.
And WAIT, Stop the Boat, did Dave, who lives in Florida, really say he would trade places with someone in the North? LOL
I love the snow, ice, freezing fog, 4 beautiful seasons, everything that goes with living here ... well, I wish I didn't live so close to Detroit.... but that is a different story.
Very nice container Dave.
Here is my picture of the day of 'Freezing Fog', as you can see, NotMartha's picture is so much more 'freezing foggy'!
You can see 'Jack Frost' on the branches of my Birch Tree. All the plants had this, but the birch showed it the best.
Woodriff's Memory Lily. I bought it as Dizzy at a very reputable nursery, but I guess mistakes are made at those places also.
As it turns out, I really liked this one. I doubt I would have bought it because of the name. Names do affect what I buy.
This picture was the first year I had it and it bloomed in the pot. I guess I need another picture of it in the garden.
A little nook in the Garden...
too few, Is that photo of frost from when the temp went way below zero?
quill, beautiful nook.
Dale, it was when we had quite a few inches of snow fall, then several days later it warmed up at night. This created a very dense fog in the morning as the snow melted. Then with all fog in the air, the temp. dropped below freezing very fast.
I'm not sure what would cause it to be more intense where notmartha lives ... 3 hours north of me. I know our fog was very thick, so I would venture to say it was how fast the temp dropped.
I just found this thread - I love cottage gardens! I grew up on tales of them since my mother is English, even her old black and white photos of her mother's garden were beautiful.
Well, here's a picture of my small urban yard - lots of prairie natives and some tough old fashioned annuals like cosmos and cleome, verbena, nicotiana & one self-seeded corn plant.
Here's another one from the front.
I figured I'd add one more of one of my pots in the back.
A picture of front viewed by side with flagstone path. What always amazes me is that these pictures are from August and the garden still looks good instead of tired!
GoNative, your garden is beautiful! Cottage gardening is definitely "in your blood".
This is from the other side of my front walk. It's my husband's garden - he likes things more organized and less over the top. Picture is taken in September.
Okay, the last one. Picture taken in September of front corner of the garden. I love the way pennisetums just look late in the summer.
toofew: thanks for a great thread topic! gorgeous arrangements you've made in your garden!
dale: I agree, I get very inspired in viewing public gardens--and in my case the gardening TV shows on PBS to.
I am more of a lurker than a poster, but I enjoy everyones pictures so much I thought I would share one of mine.
a spot in my garden during the summer.
From plants
Ariel,
PRETTY! I have such a hard time with proper spacing and then making sure plants are in bloom all together. I'm terrible about just buying what the box store nursery has in stock.
Have many of you just done gardens from seeds??? Thinking I may try this next time.
Quillgordon, love your little nook!!!
Gonative, you've done wonders - it's lovely!
Ariel73, looking forward to your photo!
Ariel, it's wonderful!