Show us your Bloomers #2

This was pretty - unfortunately I couldn't find the identification tag

I still have an iris blooming, two new blooms today and a few other things. Lots of rose buds on some of the bushes and a day lily that is trying to bloom plus some big snapdragons that have lots of life still in them. I have loved this mild fall. Patti

Anita that is very pretty and unusual, I love it!!!

Anita, I bet it's some type of fuschia - I'd love to get my hands on that one!

Beautiful Anita, and I agree - probably a Fuschia.

Beautiful bloom pics everyone!! Eleanor

Jan - your roses are especially lovely, and I'm amazed you still have them blooming!

Anita - what pretty pics you gave us too. I LOVE that red and white flower....it does look like some type of fuschia, and I, too, would love to have one of those!

Patti - your blooms are still going strong and lovely too. Lots of great eye candy from the northern gardens!

I just got a new battery for my camera, so tomorrow I'll have to get out there and show you some flowers from the plants we just planted in our living fence.....

very pretty everyone..... dug up all my glads dahlia and canna today... man I am beat... have a good night all

Nice shots, especially love those frosty blooms Al!

Anita, lucky you - a trip to the U.S. Botanical Garden - love it there! Your unidentified plant is Clerodendron thomsoniae http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/506/, probably my very favorite vine. Louise the good news is that they are readily available most anywhere in Florida! Picked one up in FL three years ago and have managed to keep it alive, looks gorgeous outside in the summer but dislikes wintering over inside, just too dry and not enough bright light to keep it happy. There is also a very pretty variegated variety - I had picked one up from Logee's a couple of years ago on my trip to Maine, it wasn't the healthiest plant but I just HAD to have it! Didn't even make it through the first winter :(

Finally had a chance to spend some time in the gardens yesterday - temps finally climbed back into the 60's :) Unfortunately it was like walking in a land mine - voles/moles have been busy!!! Didn't have a chance to take any pictures but will try to get a few soon - found my confused Martagon Lily blooming!! More blooms on it now than when it bloomed in June, however they're a little droopy after the below freezing temps of the last few weeks. Also amazed with the colors Euphorbia 'Helena's Blush' is taking on after the frost - doesn't qualify as a "bloomer", but outstanding even without flowers!

Ooooh, glory bower. I knew I had seen it somewhere...Logee's catalog. thanks rcn. btw, we need pics. love to see your euphorbia.

Thanks everyone - thanks rcn.

I will have to go outside and see what, if anything, is left today.

Tell me, please? Do we cut back the garden mums, or just let them be?

rcn48, thanks for the id. Last night I tried very hard to figure this plant out. I knew I had seen it some where and that it was not a fuchsia (not because I knew, but that I remember it being something that I didn't grow) I was at Logee GH last spring, bingo. I love it and that picture that Anitabryk2 took had me lusting. I was googling white bracts with a red (thingy) What is that red part called? I know I am going to feel really stupid when someone tells me. Botany 101! Patti.

Debbie - thanks for that info on the Clerodendron vine! Wow....how exciting to find out they will grow here! I just love that contrast of the white and red! Thanks for providing that link!

grampapa, here "she" is! Euphorbia 'Helena's Blush' - keeps getting more color every day :)

Just for comparison, this is what it looked like a month ago before the frost.

This is an official "bloomer"! Although I've never seen it bloom in the fall before?? Martagon Lily - spikes are shorter than those in June, you can see the old stalks still on the plant.

beautiful rcn... I might have to look into that one.... really nice

Love Helena, Debbie. What zone is it rated for? I have lost a few Euphorbias rated for my zone. I love the entire genus.

Patti,

I love your snapdragons - did you wintersow them? What kind are they? Have you not had frost yet?

x, Carrie

Debbie - I love that euphorbia......I had no idea they changed color in the fall. Very nice!

Here is one of our new plants in our living fence....this is the yellow elder, loved by the birds!

The wild cotton has a beautiful flower like a hibiscus that starts out pink, fades to white and then produces cotton. Here is a look at the cotton.....The birds use it to line their nests.......

This is angelonia.....it reaches about 3 -4 feet tall.

In this pic is a bi-color zinnia, some onions, mesculin greens just coming up surrounding the red dianthus in the low "greens" pot.......

My bush green beans are coming up well.....

Very nice Louise.

Thanks, Victor.......everything is pretty small yet....the "just planted" look, but it's a base line for the later pics as things fill out more! Today we bought a camellia that is not supposed to do well in this tropical zone, but what the heck........we'll see! It was inexpensive and loaded with blooms, so we'll have to see how it does.

Did you notice those red lava rocks under the green beans? Supposedly snakes don't like them because they tend to be sharp. That's my strategy for keeping that humongous black racer away from my patio. So far, so good! I don't really like the look of them, but I like the look of a huge snake even less as I come out the door and almost step on him!! EEuuuuu.

I think they're too smart to outsmart.

Please don't say that! I spent a lot of time making sure every lava rock had its sharp side up! My DH came out and said, "What the h___ are you doing out there?" LOL

Don't be surprised if they're barbecuing on the lava rocks.

And here I was thinking it would be just idle chatter on this thread, because, after all, who has beautiful blooms in November? Of course, Louise does. Figures. (I'm OK, really.)

x, Carrie

Oh, great! Nightmares tonight......I can tell!

Aw, Come on, Carrie......you probably have some blooms to share on your indoor plants, don't you??

My indoor plants are already all gasping, tilted toward the window (of their own accord) and saying "who turned out the sun?" (They're outdoor plants all summer.) Even the African violet stopped blooming. The only thing blooming (and doing a fine job, I might add) is the Sheffield chrysanthemum, but I only see it when I'm in the street.

My indoor plants are already all gasping, tilted toward the window (of their own accord) and saying "who turned out the sun?" (They're outdoor plants all summer.) Even the African violet stopped blooming. The only thing blooming (and doing a fine job, I might add) is the Sheffield chrysanthemum, but I only see it when I'm in the street.

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Pretty Donnie - I love the euphorbia. Unfortunately, I don't have room in my full sun spots. I wonder if it would be happy in a part sun bed? I've had great success in keeping the snakes away with this product. http://www.liquidfence.com/ . I'm giving you the main page link as it also has products to keep other 'critters' away.

Victor, 'Helena's Blush' is supposedly hardy to Z4?

Anita, we've tested the Euphorbias in our gardens - both in full sun, partial sun/shade and almost full shade. All seem perfectly happy in all three locations - although those (including 'Helena's Blush) seem fuller and happier in with some protection from the hot afternoon sun.

Louise, zone envy here! The friend we usually travel to Florida with left yesterday for a week in the Sarasota area - unfortunately we weren't able to join her this year.

Thanks Debbie.

rcn48 I think that eurphorbia 'helena' is wonderful It will go on my ever growing wanted list asap.

OK, this is too strange. I posted this picture on Oct 30 and here it is more than two weeks later and this plant is still blooming here in southern Vt. We arrived after dark so when I went out early this morning there it was with three glorious flower helmets atop 7' stems. I do love monkshood. What a fall gift. It is 37 and raining, but calling for light snow later this weekend. I have a mountain of leaves to rake but it is way too wet. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/783574/

carrielamont, I was a bit of a winter sowing failure. And for some reason I have never sowed any snapdragons. I thought they were tricky? These I bought at a local Nantucket farm, Bartlett's. I just cut some of them back and hope for some new spikes in Dec. The very dark red rocket seem to last longest. Some of those have even wintered over but were a little weak. Patti

Patti:

We collected seeds from our snapdragons, and left a few standing to see if they would either self-sow or winter over. That's just one if this year's experiments.

We had some great color on them, up until a couple of weeks ago anyway.