pirl... wow.. I just started some lupine this winter... I see we have some of the same taste
but here is a close up of the Allium purple sensation... these have lost there luster already.... but I usually leave the green seed heads on till the lily behind bloom.... gives me something to look at
real close up
personally I like the allium globemaster a bit better... larger stems... these are just starting to open up
and can't forget the tiny tiny..... allium Nectaroscodum siculum
I like the allium the squirrels, chipmunks & deer leave them alone
Beautiful flowers to see this morning everyone who posted!!
oh here is a closer picture of the two Agastache I planted... figured while I was taking pictures of the allium.... I might as well
sorry for the mess behind.... I twisted my ankle on sat... and haven't gotten around to cleaning up yet
:)
onewish: lovely allium. When they're past their prime I always want to spray paint the heads - same with astilbe but the allium would be so easy to do!
hhhhhhmmmmmm....... not a bad idea.... food coloring in a spray bottle?
;)
Wow - great Lupine Pirl. Were they transplants or seeds?
Pirl,
The Lupie you have is beautiful! First time I have ever seen that one. What type of Lupine is it? Would love to get some if it would grow here.
The Lupine are from seeds from the original lupine Jack planted long ago - Russell Lupine. Last year he planted 800 seeds in the same flower bed I photographed but those in bloom were some he seeded the year before.
Anyone who wants seeds should contact me at the end of June.
Onewish - I was thinking of real spray paint because the food coloring might wash off.
Pirl, I just planted lupines for the first time. they are 2 inches tall... I guess I am not going to see any this year.... I still have seeds... better keep it for next year!!!!! or can I plant then in the fall for next year????
the linaria is coming along... they are sprouting all over...
pirl.... if you do it let me know how it goes
;)
Kassia mine are about the same height as yours
Kassia - plant them now. Don't work up the soil and be sure to allow enough room - they get very wide. I'll measure the flowering ones for you tomorrow. Plant them where you're 100% sure you want them. Moving them is deadly. They have a big tap root and a side root develops at just below the soil line. They DO NOT ever want to be moved. They also don't want wet conditions. Better high and dry than wet. With all of that they're still known to be "short lived perennials". We have some ten years old and others we lose after three or four years so Jack keeps planting more and more seeds to guarantee succession.
Onewish - I'd really love to do it so maybe this will be the year. I'll see what leftover spray paint colors I have and I'll take pictures.
My first columbine opened :)
A night shot .... I love night shots *lol*
I have lupines (not in bloom yet but getting close) that I winter sowed last year and I can't believe how much room they take up! So pretty though, even just the foliage. I think they one of them is going to be a hot pink like color....I can see pink in the buds :) I'm SO excited.....I can't grow ANYTHING from seed *lol*
Kim
Nice shot Kim. I love night shots.
Very lovely columbine.
I like the lupine foliage, too. Let the seed head remain on the plant until you see the seeds turn black and then remove it and put it someplace dry (like a garage or shed), then plant those seeds in November, just pressing into the ground. You've already succeeded with the lupine! Of course you can grow seeds!
I love the shapes of the lupine flowers. Sometimes they're straight up and other times they bend and twist, almost forming question marks.
Don't you think the colors come out so much better at night? I just learned how to play with the camera at night *lol* The colors seem so much more crisp and not so drained as they do in bright sun. Here is a lady in the garden tonight.
Kim
They look almost comical, Pirl. The one on the right looks like it can't believe what the left one just said!! It's like, "Are you crazy!!?"
Yes Kim. They take on aspects you never notice during the day.
Nice picture pirl.....I'm thinking maybe that's the one I have coming?......oooooh I can't wait!
They grow all wild all along the roadside in Rangley Maine (farther north than me) and I tried bringing a few home....you're right....they don't transplant.....not 1 survived!
Kim
Very early morning, too, Kim. But not in direct sunshine. It washes the color out of most flowers.
Move them only when you grow the seed yourself and by May 15th.
'The Golden Hour' - one hour after sunrise & before sunset.
I took these pictures tonight and as I'm sitting here typing I keep thinking I have a tick on me....it's creeping me out. I have found 4 so far this year and since then I keep thinking I have one somewhere......ugggggghhhhhh!
Kim
ONIONS...
great columbine kim.... I have some seeds I am going to give my first winter sow a try this year
pirl almost looks like a conversation between the two lupine
Some of my 'What's blooming'...
The best of the irises that mostly didn't come up
The chives' last year before they get divided.
cute little alliums
notice the creeping charlie in the background. It's shading the clematis roots for the time being.
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clematis with lots of buds
globemaster alliums
didn't know what to do with the rest of the petunia tray, so I put them by the mailbox.
This is the monarda's second year. I think it's gone crazy. The monarda in the backyard isn't 1/2 as big. There's montauk dasies, threadleaf coreopsis and echinacea there too, but the monarda is dominating it all. And this is AFTER I thinned it 3x.
Vulcan Red and English Roseum Rhododendrons
English Roseum and Catawabiense Album Rhododendrons
hmm... those are beautiful rhodies. I like catwabiense. It may serve me well for a garden club project we are doing.
Martha
nice pics sofonisba.... did you paint the mailbox yourself?
I LOVE those Globemaster Alliums :)
Kim
I bet she did paint the mailbox herself, onewish! That was what I noticed before the petunias. Love all the photos, especially the one in the post that starts with "cute little alliums". So very dainty!
