What's blooming? #16

volcano phlox giving it one last go... sorry typo

This message was edited Sep 29, 2007 9:41 AM

Onewish - how do you get your delphiniums to look soooo beautiful?

malva

Seandor... I think you have to time the light just right... I like the darker mornings when the sun is behind the trees

geranium

begonia

my $2.00 walmart special - azelea

begonia

I posted a few more here.... my baskets and things that don't look so hot

http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/92907

Great shots Allison! Love the Malva and Geranium.

I need to learn to focus the flower and blur the junk in the background. I learned yesterday that my camera MIGHT have a black and white setting, which would be cool (but probably not for flower pictures).

xx, C

my camera has a macro setting... it does it automatically ... focus on something close and the background is going to blur

onewish those blooms are gorgeous! I think I would dry that celosia too...it huge and lovely and that aster is stunning!!

Have a few this still blooming, but not much. DL's are not like this change of weather. 'Kalahari Jewel" after the storm.

Cosmo

still have a few glads.

Zinnia, these won't die for a while yet....tough little devils!

For a change of pace....the backside of some sweetpea's.

now the side view.

Have no idea...came out of the famous WM mix.

Looks like a China aster - must have moved south!

I have pink ones like that too.

These guys have sold me....even if they die this winter, I will buy another next spring. I bought it in May and it has been blooming non-stop since. The blooms are as pretty as they were but it just hasn't stopped, it's like the energizer bunny!

what is that last pink & white flower Pixie?

Looks like a carnation - I love guessing games.

onewish, Al's right......it is a carnation. Al you get the boobie prize....no wait you already got it!

Just one - darn!

I grew carnations one year and loved the flowers, but they grow like vines practically.

pixie, I love the carnation! so pretty!! it's one of my favorite flowers. I planted 6 tiny ones this summer that I got 50% off at Hazzard's. only 3 of them survived, so I guess I paid full price :( anyway, I hope they make it thru the winter so I get to see them bloom. that's a great dl, too. looks like it weathered the storm ok.

onewish, your celosia is a gorgeous color, too. will it keep the color if you dry it? congrats on your canna blooming!

Are they supposed to be perennial, gram? And 50% off with 3/6 surviving is better than full price with 3/6 surviving! I guess I don't take care of my mail order plants the way i ought, so i always assume it's my fault.

Anyone know a tall aster I saw today named something like tardeca? It was very tall (8 feet) great form.
Dave

Dave, this it?
Tatarian aster (A. tataricus) is a tough plant that can withstand drought. A giant in the garden, the species can grow 5 to 8 feet tall, but seldom needs staking. Lavender flowers appear in mid to late fall. ‘Jindai’ is a cultivar that only grows 4 to 5 feet tall. Plant it at the back of the border to hide its barren lower stems.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1089/

This message was edited Sep 29, 2007 10:29 PM

Grampapa my guess would be the color would fade some.... only one way to find out

:)

Pixie that's a cool aster

Here are my blooms for today. I've missed quite a few photo ops these past few weekends.

Very nice collage or I guess it's a montage, Anita.

Perfectly beautiful pics, Allison, Celeste, Jan and Kim!! Thank you!

Great shots Anita.

Anita - I love your fall blooms collage! Very nice!

Thanks! I just can't believe it's October!

Yeah. Me neither. But sometimes reality rears its ugly head.

Not a bloom, but it was on one...

Whoa!! GREAT photo!!!

Wow - fantastic shot Anita! Hey there's nothing ugly about October! I love this month.

Nice shot Anita!