Haven't been posting much, but been busy out in the yard. We are getting rain again, so trying to catch up on inside stuff. Just thought I'd post a few pics taken over the last couple of weeks.
This is St. Johns wort.
What's blooming in your yard??
Hydrangea single.
Hydrangea full bush.
No idea what rose this is. We inherited it with the yard.
Echinacea
Another echinacea. I have my echinacea in a hyupertufa pot on the front step and they seem to love it there.
Euryops standard just getting started on the flowers.
Another rose.
The brugs are just getting started and boy are there lots of flowers to come. This is very early for me. Usually they don't start flowering until later in August.
Princess Diana rose.
Creeping thyme.
Red hot poker. This was taken July 9. They are pretty well done and over with now.
Not a bloom, but a flyer. DH calls this a biplane dragonfly. When he was very young on the prairies, one year there was a tremendous amount of dragonflies. His family was doing chickens one day, and his mother needed him to go to the house for something, but his sister told him to be very careful because if the dragonflies caught him, they would sew his mouth shut with thread the same colour as their bodies!!!! He did what he was asked, but made sure his mouth was covered VERY well on the trip to and from the house.
First water lily of the season.
This was the gunnera on May 26.
Here it is today.
Hostas on the patio(deer can't get them there!) and a brugmansia sanguinae started from seed.
That's all folks. Let's see some pics from the rest of you!
Hope you're all having a great summer.
Glenda
Hi Glenda- your flowers are gorgeous. is the red hot poker a lily and how long does it bloom? if i remember right, it is good to zone 3 , isn't it? do you start your brugs from seed & if so, do they bloom from the 1st year. I have only ever started from a cutting. do you have lily beetles out there. bright red beetle whose larvae can completely strip a lily. that is what i am battling right now. i'll take weeds any day. lol sandra
Glenda - your flowers are spectacular!
Joanne
Lovely, Glenda. Thanks for sharing. I wish I had some nice pictures to show, but my garden is drought-stricken at the moment. Everything is shriveled and stunted, except for my arms. I have carried so many buckets of water, my biceps are starting to look like a weightlifter's.
Sandra, red hot poker is a perennial, and it is marginally hardy for me. Covering it with leaves seems to help it through the winter.
Sandra, the red hot poker is indeed a perennial, as June said. It is also called a torch lily, or kniphofia. This particular plant is getting very large and I think we will have to chop it in several pieces this fall. The plant just seems to have too much foliage for the size of it, and a lot of it flopped over this year. The flowers don't actually last that long, but the hummingbirds and bees sure love it when they are out.
Brugs-most of my brugs have been grown from cuttings, and we overwinter the large plants. I have some plants right now that are 6 feet high that grew from tiny cuttings, and that was about 5 years ago. I did start the sanguinae from seed this spring, and it was very slow, but once it started growing, it really went to town. I am sure hoping it will flower for me.
Sandra, sorry you are having drought. It is so hard keeping up with watering isn't it?? Hope you get some relief soon.
ggd
Lovely pics. I really like the first rose that you inherited. Does it have a fragrance as well?
Nope, no rose fragrance at all!!!
Too bad. No rose makes it into my garden, no matter how beautiful unless if smells beautiful too. LOL But often those with yellow are also fragrant.
Glenda, your flower pics are great! The Gunnera is amazing and I especially love the dragonfly! What is the name of the pink Brugmansia?
Sandy
Sandy, I don't know what the brug is. I got it from a friend several years ago, unknown, and I have just kept growing it. The flower starts out yellow, then ends up pink. I am attaching a close-up picture from 2004. Everyone around here that I have given plants to refer to it as "Glenda's Frosty Pink".
Glenda
This Brug is growing next to my 7 foot high fence panel and STILL hasn't "Y-ed" yet!!!
Solanum is constantly blooming.
Bougainvillea
I really love pokers too and have a collection. This is one.
Oranges and Lemons
Teresa, that pic of the pokers is one of the most appealing I've seen. Love it. Oranges and Lemons... is that the new Blanket Flower?
Sandy
Very pretty everyone!
It really is the best time of the year isn't it. I will have to get the camera and head outside to see what I can capture.
Bea
Lots of Echinacea
Lavatera are beginning (left) and Balsam (right)
A patch of Rudbeckia thrives in the really dry spot next to my driveway and the street.
Many Hostas (I have over 100 varieties). This is June.
This is 'Morning Light'.
You can see more of my (and others') hostas flower pics at:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/743777/ and
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/742249/
This message was edited Aug 2, 2007 9:38 AM
planters on the patio
