Both of those hibiscus are host plants for the Hairstreak and the Painted Lady butterflies! YEA!!! Keep growing both of those!
blooming for me today
Wow, I did not know that! LOL
That is such a perfect bloom, I love it.
I didnt know that it was a host either. Yea! more hosts.
chris
Janet, my pink is hardy. I don't have much luck with growing things from seed. Actually, I did get really good germination, 5 out of 7 seeds I planted grew seedlings. Unfortunately, I am not as disciplined as I should be when it comes to tending seedlings, and I lost them all due to neglect. I know, go ahead and beat me with wet noodles. I got this one along with a bunch of others as cuttings from some guy on ebay. I knew we were moving, so I started them all in pots. They were all doing great, but my dog, then a puppy, thought they were very entertaining and uprooted them all on my front deck. I managed to salvage only this one, and when we moved it was the first thing I planted, right next to my front entrance. Of course, it was too late that year for it to do anything, and I thought I lost it over the winter. Imagine my delight last May when it sprang up seemingly overnight and blessed me with blooms til frost!
I gotta get some more of these things. They are just too pretty. If you want seeds let me know, it looks like I will have tons.
Would love some seeds...thanks!
Janet, I love your Heavenly Starfire!!!
One of the swamp mallow that I received in the coop that was suppose to be something else. The coop that got the coop taken away for a while. Pretty anyway just not the expensive one that I thought I was getting
Oh it is pretty, Jim! The SM's I've seen are round. Yours is star shaped! All of my winter sown swamp mallow died. I don't know what I did wrong. I'll just try again.
Thanks, here's a white
And a lighter pink
And another pink different shape than the others
Here's a maroon that I grew from seeds obtained from my sister-in-law.
Jim, where do you grow yours and how tall do they get? I wanted mine to grow at the edge of a pond. I did get some regular hibiscus and texas stars to grow so I'm not completely hibiscus deprieved.
The white and maroon really stand out!
This hibiscus may be a Disco White? but I always think of it as my Las Vegas Elvis!
That's a goreous white. Love your name for it too. LOL It sure bloomed fast on a young plant didn't it?
Did it, Cordeledawg? It is my first and only experience of a hibiscus, although I have another new one that will bloom soon. This one is three or four years old and this is the third year of blooming. It is small because it relies on what mother nature has to offer.
Deb, don't wait till Winter, just sow those seeds in the ground, I have several yellows that come back that I just threw seeds on the ground where I scrtached it a little, pulled out some weeds and put them there...I do that sometimes in the early summer when the ground gets warm, while I am weeding I take some filler seeds or annuals sometimes and I pull weeds, and plant seeds LOL I figure if a weed can grow there so can a plant I would like! LOL Great pictures!
I agree Jim, I didn't realize Swamp Mallows had star shape leaves. Pretty Pink!
Oops, Brenda, thanks! LOL I love that daylily too...it is so big, and this was the first year I had it. I guess the foilage will thicken up and it won't look so spindly next year with those 10 inch blooms..lol it was odd looking because it was so short!
I grow them in several locations. The only one that has received any water other than the little rain is the maroon. I have it in a bed that I have a soaker hose. They grow pretty tall. The hibiscus taller than the swamp mallow.
Artgal yours is similar to one I have that is loaded with buds but hasn't started to open yet. It is Bulls Eye. Here is a picture from last year. Blooms are about the size of a dinner plate.
That is beautiful..okay, now I am going looking for all the seeds I have not planted...next time I am outside I will be scratching! LOL
okay i have a new item on my want list yalls swamp mallow are so beautiful!!!
I will gather seeds if any one wants any let me know by dmail.
hope yall aren't tired of daylilies : ) here is whats blooming today for me
janice brown
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another unknown
pandoras box
another of janice brown a few days ago i love this picture...when you click on it and blow it up you can see the rain droplets on it
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I'm so glad you started this thread, Lovesadaylilies, cause wes having so much fun looking at all the pretty pictures. Pandoras Box is now on my gotta have list!
I have that one Deb....It will go into your next box...lol
LOL, Janet you are my enabler from way back!
Here's Amadeus.
Your pink Lavender appeal is really breathtaking, Lovesdalilies. How many daylily gardens to you have?
Here's Cherry Drop...I want Amedeus! LOL
The rain droplets on Janice Brown really makes it a picture to frame!
You got Amedeus, gf, in your next box. LOL
Here is Thunder and Lightening...
Woo Hoo..can't wait..lol...just make sure it is in the Fall....lol
Raspberry Star
(Hansen '94) 50" very tall 7.5" large bloom and great bud count. I just put it in the ground a few weeks ago and it already shoots up lots of scapes and there has been 10+ blooms on each sturdy scape.
you two have fun trading : ) thats the best way to get new daylilies for sure! i love pandoras box i have 3 different clumps of them! loving the pictures!! as for my daylily garden...i have daylilies where ever i can stick them lol. my husband gets so mad because i just stick them whereever. planted 2 more today :
I tell ya, your name fits you to a tea! You've got some wonderful selections. How long have you been collecting daylilies?