New thread as the other was getting long so I started a new one. This is my favorite section of my garden right now. It's the section with the most stuff blooming.
From left to right:
Pink tall blooms in the middle are Hill Country Penstemon
Red blooms are Salvia greggii
Light pink to the right of Salvia is SdlM Rose
Behind the rose is HF Young Clematis
In front is 'Nana' Coreopsis
To the right of the Coreopsis is 'Butterfly Blue' Scabiosa
Another section.
Far left is Texas Betony blooming it's head off
In front of it, in pink is Hwy 290 Pink Buttons Rose
Next is another 'nana' Coreopsis. I just love it so much that I have two.
Bottom left you can barely see the 'Starry Eyes" Nierembergia blooming. It's new and it looks white but it's light purple
Behind that you can see the gaura's purple coloring though it does not have any blooms yet
At the back is the first open bloom of Fireworks Clematis
And on far the right is the Hill Country Penstemon sneaking back in the picture
Dang it. I did not hit stop fast enough after realizing I forgot the picture.
Salva greggii (coral on left, pink preference on right).
Stacy, I've heard that Clematis won't bloom too well in north Texas, but you've sure proven that theory wrong! :-) Your flowerbeds are lovely.
Carla
Thank you Carla. ^_^
I think I got lucky with that Clematis. I picked out a real healthy one last spring and I think that HF Young must be a real hardy variety. I am just thrilled at how well it has taken off. And the blooms are giant.
That clematis looks a little like my unknown that is blooming right now.
This message was edited Apr 21, 2008 8:48 PM
Rose 'Oklahoma' with it's first bud now open.
And my first daylily to open so far this year...an unknown.
And although not exactly an outdoor plant....a cactus blooming today.
Yep, it does look like my 'Fireworks' Clematis, Kim. And that Cactus bloom is really cool! No Daylilies blooming here yet. Not even any scapes popping up, though I am looking for them every single day! Kim didn't you or your mom get some daylilies from me last fall? That one looks familiar.
Hmmm....not sure....I got daylilies from a few different people last year. I've had this one a few years now, got it from a friend at work when she moved.
Just curious. I was just thinking it looked familiar. It will pop into my head later, which one it reminds me of. Maybe when it blooms, if it's one I still have.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
a lowly multiplier onion bloom.
I know that it is not my turn to post pictures, but I desperately need a do-over. I was remiss in not stating that Podster and DdeTex are very generous also.
Here are a few plants that podster gave me seeds for. I started then in the GH and planted them yesterday.
cosmos
I know that it is not my turn to post pictures
This is another "can't wait"!!!
Confederate jasmine.
Larkspur
noid bush blooming
My sage started blooming last week. This was planted here when we moved in. DH has mowed it down more times than I can count, it dies back in the winter, but it always comes back!
first bloom on the Lychnis coronaria (bloody Mary)
first bloom cloroposis
Hollyhock starting to bloom
My Nana's Sun Star in bloom
Placenciartia - we have almost the exact same photo! Mine isn't blooming just yet, though.
Carla
NOID rose bloom
Wind blown Columbines
Gaillardia aristata
Wine Cup
French Hollyhocks
Chinese Indigo
So do you have time for some 30-40 NOID. Will tell you at the outset that they all have green leaves. Some of them have red, yellow, purple or red flowers. What they are is unimportant to me. They are all the handiwork of God and He has allowed them to grow in my yard. Enjoy.
Christi
yellow iris
purple mixed iris
Absolutely pure white. Like a wedding cake.
Fruit on the Loquat.
Free Poppy seed from Burt's Bees.
red roses on the fence
dianthus comes back faithfully every year
$1.29 package of Giant Larkspur (Delphenium) scattered last fall and forgotten.
