I think I have saved geraniums, but don't know that it is worth it . I believe, they can be saved dry in a bag, which helps. A few yrs ago I was seeing geraniums with wild orange and green variegated leaves, but not lately, now that I want one... I am not very lucky with my dragin wing begonia. Maybe I should pot up some small cuttings soon for the winter? I plan to save pieces of lantana, I discovered it roots easily.
Reds and pinks part II
My mom has overwintered potted geraniums in the basement, semi-dormant. She gives them a little bit of water every month or so, and they get a little sun through the window, but they look pretty bad by spring. However, once they're back out in the sun and getting watered daily, they just burst forth with new growth and blooms!
Dragon wing begonia cuttings root easily in water... I have a couple of different ones in indoor pots. I'm glad to hear the lantana roots easily -- maybe I'll put a couple of cuttings in with my begonias, LOL.
I am like Sally and love the looks of the varigated leaf geranium. I did keep mine over winter last year, but kept them as a house plant. I had small blooms almost all winter. Since I sat them outside this summer the large pedestal pot they are in has been turned over at least twice and maybe three times by my son and his teenage friends. I finally moved it last week to another spot, so that shouldn't be happeneing any more.
Sally, the canna lily has four big scarlet red blooms on it and is absolutely beautiful. I am so glad that I was able to get it from you at the swap. It has been a wonderful addition to my garden. Thank you.
Ruby
sure you didn't misspell, and mean to say "rot easily in water" ha ha at least for me!
ruby- I hear you--It is so frustrating that I often have to decorate around the wants/needs/whims of others in the house. Maybe I'm not enough of a nag.....At least its not like my sister inlaw who has motorcycle engine parts on the dining room table..
You're so gracious to again praise my litlle ol' canna. I got it years ago from a very interesting woman friend at the time. I hope she's doing well.
Gurney seeds were a total failure for me one year. Won't try them again.
Dainty yet bold...Cypress Vine
Also found morning glories at the beach last week...needless to say, I brought home a bag of seeds. :)
MG from this year, according to picture they were supposed to be pink/white speckled - hmmm
Rose of Sharon - I got these as two sticks a couple of years ago - they are now taller than the fence and blooming profusely - was bothered with aphids until I gave them a good dose of systemic BATS and no problems since :)
Very nice pics you have there Bec.
Ruby
bec, is that porcelain berry vine in the background of your MG pic? if yes, do you like it or is it invasive?...I have a baby to plant on my porch and the write ups about it on DG were 50/50 for and against it so I still have it in a pot unplanted. Not sure what to do with it!
ah the only thing in those pots are MG as far as I know :-)
eeek- I don't need this red in the garden!!
Eeewwwwww!!!! THAT gives me the heebie-jeebie dance!!!!
I had picked up a dustpan that was propped near my deck steps. There was some debris stuck on the bottom and I spotted egg-sac looking things and then the spider. If this doesn't make me wear garden gloves, nothing will.
(Nothing will !)
She will be euthanized, if not already dead from that day in a plastic container.
UGH....I have goosebumps...THAT brings back bad memories from CA in the High Desert!!!
That made me think...I've got a pic scanned from a film pic somewhere...let me look....
Found him!!!
Now the cats don't freak me out like that spider does! I'm currently raising luna moth and monarch butterfly cats.
What kind of caterpillar is that anyway, Chantell?
cool!
Was ID'd as a "Varigated Gulf Fritillary cat" I had no idea at the time...gonna start reading up on our winged friends.
TAUM SAUK Dahlia
Just went out and picked this, a few others, some tomatoes and a really big whopper zucchini!!! Considering we didn't split any tubers last year, I was surprised to find this practically regular size 8"
SEPTEMBER MORN Dahlia
What a beautiful Dahlia that Sept morn
here is one nice red
gorgeous photo!
that is a really red hibiscus! Looks like a hummingbird satellite dish :)
Fuchsia hybrid “shadow dancer ginger” ~ is a small size fuchsia
OMG!!! That is stunning!!!
Ruby
new satalite dishes
very nice with the fence background ~ has a cottage garden look. Yours seem alot happier than ours were this yr., I'm thinking the drought. Even though I watered, they stayed short; which looked strange because the blooms are so large.
MG... 'Picotee Red'
Those are both such pretty pinks.
Ruby
Oh Karen...LOVE it!!!
Here's a friend amonst the sedum blooms
It has red spots!
Tonights photo of my luna moth caterpillar...
This fellow visited me for about 9 months during last Winter. Hope he returns!
My favorite ... well, one of them!
Nice poppy!!!
Tunias and salvia
bouquet of pinks and near reds....:-)
are cardinals rare there? My friend said she doesn't have them in Seattle (I think, or in N CA where she lived before) but pretty common here.
Double pink hibiscus.
A moment of silence, please. I lost this plant in the Big Freeze of 2006-7.
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ouch. that is gorgeous.
oxialis or something. Apparently its invasive and not desirable in the Sonoran Desert....
Cardinals are pretty common at a little higher elevation than my home. I think I'm about 900 ft above sea level. Cave Creek AZ is about 1400 + I think... they're more common up there (only a 20 minute drive)
