Whats blooming today #10

I've been admiring similar trees in my neighbors' yards. But I did always think that they were only marginally hardy up here! I'm glad to hear of your experience. Thanks.

xx, Carrie

arfitz - I love Crapes and have about 8 - 10 different ones.

arfitz - welcome and glad to have you here.

Victor - do you have photos of yours? I do have one, also nameless, and it's so beautiful and such a welcome treat.

I'll look for any good ones. My camera cannot seem to reproduce the colors of the Crapes very well for some reason.

I went on my roof to take this and, as usual, it did not capture the color well. It is a much deeper pink than it looks. But this does show how nice it is anyway. This one was mislabeled by the online source so I don't know what it is. It's about 12-15 feet high.

This is a different one. It is almost fuschia in color. Forgot the name!

Outside my front LR window. In the sea of Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' are: three pink Rhodos (Clematis being trained up all three), Viburnum 'Mohawk', Physocarpus 'Coppertina', Hibiscus 'Kopper King', Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy', Clethra 'Sixteen Candles', 'Dragon's Eye' Pine and a pollinator Viburnum for V. 'Winterthur', which is out of view to the lower left. The shrub outside the bed (but practically touching it now) in the upper left corner is Viburnum 'Shasta', one of my absolute favorite plants. At the bottom is wandering growth from Lonicera 'Manifich', which grows on a trellis next to the front door.

Physocarpus 'Summer Wine' growing among Spirea thunbergii 'Ogon'. It's a great combo due to the contrast of form, color and texture. The Spirea blooms earlier. The lone Clematis is a rebloom of 'Ramona', which I let wander along the ground.

The clear netting I'm using for the Clematis on the siding. It's virtually invisible from a few feet away.

Beautiful Crape Myrtles, Victor. I've used the small mesh in the past and it's hard for the times clematis have to be cut back for general shaping or to increase vigor. The wider mesh makes it easier but still a job.

Thanks Pirl. Yes, I've thought about that with the Clematis. This is a group 3, so it will be cut down to the ground each late Winter. Could be a pain. That's why I consider this an experiment.

Some clematis seem to relinquish their grip more easily than others. They get you by the tendrils all the time.

I kind of enjoy being held by my tendrils.

I gave you the bait and you took it!

Can never pass it up. They would take my joy buzzer away from me! Thanks for the feed!

Arfitz - Welcome! You are so lucky to have a Crape! They are one of my real favorites, but I can't have them in zone 5. Victor - yours are very pretty. I love the shade of pink of your almost fuchsia one.

And Victor - watch that you don't get your tendrils yanked by those YJ!!

Dave and Carrie - Is Checkers buried at the Library or in Arlington???

Aspen - pretty shot of that mum!

Pirl - you're really good at that, and I like to just sit back and wait for Victor to post......:)

DB, you can always try to grow them in a container and move it to a garage or basement in the Winter. Well worth it.

Victor - I tried that with a few things, but they didn't fair well. Our basement here is just an ancient stone basement from the 1700s.....too cold and no way to keep them watered.

Is it as pretty where all of you are as it is here today?? So gorgeous.....the yellow of the heliopsis look like neon in the sun right now. Any idea why our green glads bloomed before all the other colors??? Or why my clematis haven't bloomed yet? The vine looks fine, but really late on the blooms.

DB - someone has to do the job so I play second fiddle for Victor. Glad to do it, too!

Not nice here - starting to rain.

I appreciate the second fiddle Pirl, though I also play with my own fiddle from time to time.

I'm going to behave, Victor.

Lovely and sunny here. A bit humid but not oppressive.

T-storms about to hit here. Was a disappointment today. Nowhere close to the nice forecast. Was going to take the boys to the city - glad I didn't.

Pirl - you're too good....Somehow I can see Victor starting his own Seinfeld-like sit-com.........."It's a show about nothing..."

Victor - "the city".......Is there only one???? :)

I'm sure even Victor agrees - there IS only ONE city. Even Frank Sinatra said that when you're leaving NYC you're going nowhere.

We just started with the rain. I managed to plant three hosta, three phlox and one little tree, Chionanthus virginicus, before the rains were too much for me.

When you're anywhere near NYC, you call it "the city". Yes, there is only one.

Great photos and laughter today everyone! Thanks!

Harper

BTW, the Gloriosa got MUCH better to look at. I'll post a photo tomorrow.

*yawn*

Al, I got stung by a bee... if it was a bumble bee I don't know... I am just fortunate that nothing was left inside the skin so all I did was scream a lot and feel bad!!!and was very careful after that!!!!

'China Lake' is still blooming.

I have no idea the name of this one but it's one of my favorite darker colored daylilies.

Sun Flower in bloom.

'Don's Wild Heather' was bought for my niece Heather who was a bit wild when she was younger. Her Dad is a Lt. Colonel and it was hard for him to deal with as everything is supposed to be in order.....but his DD wasn't! LOL

I think this one is 'Cherry Cheeks'.

'Triple Treasure' on it's last few blooms.

Can't remember the name at the moment.....not enough coffee.

'Sue Rothbauer'

Cosmo's are finally opening.

Helps to load the picture!

"Nightmare on Lakeview Drive" for anyone who has allergies. Thats a whole lot of Golden Rod followed by another row of Queen Ann's Lace.

This is Miss Jade being bored by it all but wondering if the hansome Andrew is available??