What's Blooming? #14

i have a question for you knowledgeable types:
earlier in this thread, pirl told Victor:

Amy yes to this........
"is it the dead stick (scape?) i am supposed to cut? 2 inches below the new leaf fan? and then stick the stick in the ground? should the fan then be level with the ground (with the 2" of scape to hold it in)?"
Why next to the mother plant I don't know. Pirl could answer that for you.

Wonderful photos, everyone.

Found a new little creeping sedum today, 'Ogon', but the shop didn't have individual plants. I was with Alicemv and she is ultra knowledgeable and knows all the nursery people so she said in a good voice, teasing the woman, "I bet you'd never notice if Arlene took a piece of it" and the lady told me to help myself! So nice. Here it is.

Another pretty hydrangea Al. I have pics of turquoise, green, orange, yellow, red, black and brown dragonflies. I have a pic of one that is partly pink. So here it is just for you Al.

Here's looking at you kid. :)

Arlene that's a cute! The lady couldn't have shared it a sweeter person either. I truly believe what comes around goes around. You are so generous with others and she must have sensed that about you :)

Kim

Sorry for the delay but I was downloading photos.

Why near the mother plant? You certainly can plant it wherever you want but near the mother plant is what I do so I'm not relying on that plant (say, purple) to break up the space between a pink and a yellow. If it does well you can move it later next spring.

You want to scratch up the soil a bit, to the depth the proliferation will go and maybe an inch more, then settle the proliferation so the bottom is in the soft earth. Water well.

The scape (stem to many) where the proliferation is growing is not dead though it appears that way. Through that scape the proliferation is getting water and nutrients.
Ugly? Yes. Dead? No.

Thanks, Kim. She is a very nice person and so are all the workers there. It's a pleasure to buy from them: Porter's Colorful Gardens, Jamesport, NY.

Very nice of them to let you adopt that cute little sedum pirl, also love the pot you put it in. :)

Very nice Pirl - almost resembles Jade.

Thanks! The one on display was in a hanging basket and the sedum undulated across the top and had just begun to ............. floop.

great photos everyone.... love the dragonflys

Love the story, pirl.

Love the photos everyone!

Especially love the dragonflies, too!

The dragonflies were neat. I have two but need to find the photos.

Jan - I've never collected seeds before. When and how do I do that for the BESV? Is there anything special that I have to do to the seeds when I plant them or before I plant them? Eleanor

ngam - Your second live shot is nice. I had someone thinking a little garden art picky thing was real last year.LOL


who likes it hot!

I can't believe I still have DL's blooming but I do.

and lilies.

and scabosia, this was supposed to be yellow, but it's very light.

hosta's dripping wet.

Glad was struggling to stand up after the rain.

still blooming strong...I think the frost will have to hit it before it stops.

even a few bellflowers are hanging on.

This is still my favorite and one of the longest blooming annuals.

Nice Celeste. Your DL's are tough! Must be the Maine survival thing.

Great shots, Celeste, and aren't you the fortunate one to have daylilies and lilies blooming now!

Pirl i can't get over it, must be their happiness at finally getting rain....i'm not complaining mind you! The hosta is the one you gave me and I can't begin to tell you how many times a day I bend over to just sniff! It's lovely!!

I like the African Daisy and can't believe you have any lilies still.

I went out and took a bunch of photos today - and looky what I found.

Great shot Al. Never saw that dark 'square' before.

Thanks - odd isn't it, must be camoflage of some kind.

Fantastic shots, Al. I thought nothing could beat the first one but you proved me wrong. They are amazing!

very gorgeous - the second one blends in so well

Is that on Summer Wine?

Looks like a spider web pattern on the black.

great shots Pixie.... and Al wonderful dragonflys.... very cool

Not sure what this is but it showed up in my windowbox and is kind of cute. Small, but cute.

Lovely color.

Not sure Kim.

Victor - No I have 3, count them 3 Diablo's plus a few seedlings of them here.

Oranges & Lemons gaillardia

That's the Gaillardia I got. I like it - still in bloom. I'll get more. You like Diablo? Seems to floopy to me.

I had mine first ;)~

Diablo does droop for sure, it requires pruning a couple times a year to keep it's shape.