New clematis blooming
Spring blooms - Part 4 - Stuff is really taking off
pink oleander
this is Miss Dolly Parton rose.
white new dawn rose
daylily blooming today
Looks so pretty. What do you like about New Dawn? Does it smell as nice as it looks?
Love your Morning Glory Aggiegirl! I just planted several seeds today. I usually grow a bunch every year. I'm a little late getting my seeds in this year. I love the Grandpa Ott mixed with a solid white.
freesia
tracie
my first ever nasturiam bloom
we may have the same daylily. Hemerocallis flava or Lemon Lily
Asiatic Lily Dwarf Matrix
Just noticed I have blooms on my hollyhocks!! They are the first ones I have had to bloom. They are a shared plant from Melvatoo's in Denton when we did a yard clean-up day in Feb. They are a treat thanks Melva, and Broncbuster for digging and potting the strays.
oooh, i love hollyhocks! i have always wanted to try some of them. am afraid of the rust everyone talks about. have you had any problems with them?
tracie
Well only had them since Feb, plus not sure what rust it either.
Tracie,
I've grown these for the past couple of years and I've always had rust with them, but it's never kept them from producing beautiful flowers in abundance. If you keep the area well ventilated, it helps. Also, I found that if I watered in the morning vs afternoon, the rust was less likely to appear. I treated the area with cornmeal and it cleared it up. They spread like crazy and readily reseed. I'd be more than happy to send you some seeds if you'd like. I have tons left!! Just d-mail me with your address.
Mine grew into a mound rather than straight up like normal hollyhocks. (This is a French Hollyhock.) It also bloomed every year for me. In my garden, it stayed green year round and didn't die back in the winter. I did cut it back and give it extra mulch during the colder months, though. I had mine in full sun, but I think it would really do better in a place with dappled afternoon shade. I finally dug mine up early this spring because it was really in a bad place and crowding out everything else around it. I'm still finding seedlings!! I'll miss it, but I do plan on starting seeds in the winter and then planting them in my backyard next spring.
thanks so much for your kind offer! these bloom the second year, is that right?
tracie
Those look like french holly hocks. They don't have the rust problems of the big hollyhocks. But, the blooms are much smaller - an inch or so instead of 4 to 5 inches.
My Veronicas are starting to bloom. I have pink, white, and Red Fox Speedwell.
Here's pink
They might bloom later in the fall for you, but if not for sure next spring. I've never started them from seed, so I'm not really sure. Everyone keeps telling me that they only bloom every other year, but mine bloomed every year, starting about this time of year, off and on all summer long and into the fall.
Back to my Veronicas...LOL! Here's a white getting ready to bloom, a pink, and May Night Salvia in the back.
My first Red Fox Speedwell bloom! I've had this plant for 3 years and it's never bloomed. I moved it last month and it's now blooming!!
Really nice pictures everybody. I have a New Dawn and I'm going to try to post a picture. What I like about it is it will bloom pretty much from spring to frost, but does make a big show mostly in spring. Last year because of all the rain we had it bloomed quite a bit more than usual. It just figured the weather felt like spring, so it kept right on blooming. It's also a rambler, so the canes are limber enough to wrap around a fence.
Sorry it's not blooming. I thought I had a picture of it blooming. Hopefully I can get one this week. Probably not tomorrow because I need to leave early to pick up DD at Texas Tech in Lubbock.
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I didn't think that the French hollyhocks suffered from rust like the althea hollyhocks?
This message was edited May 4, 2008 10:22 PM
They can. We had a discussion about it last spring. You can also use a milk/water solution to beat the rust.
Here's a pic from last year on my French HH. Top of leaf
Here's a pic of the bottom. Not a great pic, but I think you can see the little rust spots.
I've not had rust problems with french hollyhocks and have had them bloom in the first year. They are a biennual but freely reseed.
And my favorite color!
Malva sylvestris
I wonder if the rust comes from the soil?
French mallow is the easiest plant I have ever had. Third spring now and it is one of the first to bloom. Takes a short rest and blooms again. Have never had rust on this one. It comes up year round with no help whatever. No fertilizer needed and haven't seen it wilt from lack of water yet. The regular hollyhocks are just now blooming and I haven't taken a picture. If at all possible I prefer to plant seed. As you have heard (?) me say before, that is subjective as I just scratch the soil and broadcast seed like feeding chicks. Gets good results. Rust is a problem if it is too humid. We won't even talk about last year when we were in the monsoon. As a rule only a few leaves get rust but the flowers go on and on and on anyway. Didn't realize that they bloom doubles and triples and lots of colors and look just like carnations. Again requires almost nothing. Throw the seed whenever you want. If it doesn't come up right away, it will eventually. So easy and they take care of themselves. Very showey and everyone thinks you have done a lot. I should emphasize this plant is not picky. Either one. Hollyhock or French Mallow
New Gold Lantana. The yellow and purple blooms are on the same plant.
How cool is that! That is a new one on me...
New Gold is a cross between Purple Trailing (Lantana montevidensis) and Lantana camara. This particular plant couldn't make up it's mind which it wanted to be. Some brances produce purple others yellow.
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This was a 25 cent MN garage sale purchase a few years ago. It is a late bloomer and sometimes won't bloom at all. When it does, it delights me!
The NOID "yaller" iris
Wow, y'all sure had some gorgeous blooms while I was out of town! The day I left this iris bloomed for me.
Today is my first day back, and my crinum Ellen Bosanquet is blooming! I didn't even see that it had a bud before I left.
Wow! Look who's all artistic, now!! Great photos and even better blooms, Elph!
LOL! Artistic! I wish. I should probably try to take a more artistic picture of this puppy before I send it, but it's really wet out there! Thank goodness. Finally some rain. This is the first sweet-smelling bloom on my Carnation of India.
'Memorial Day' a hybrid tea rose I got from Mitch. This bloom is about 5" wide! Thanks Mitch!
beautiful flowers, they are very enjoyable on a rainy day.
Banana18 , the new dawn rose has a mild fragrance, but the reason I like her so much is that she is a "no trouble rose", a little fertilizer once in a while is all it needs. The only other time you notice her is when she is blooming (second to the Knock-out roses).
Aggiegirl, I love your lilies, and the fact that you know the names of them all. In the picture, I am showing my one coneflower bloom.
daylily Nacogdoches Pansy
tracie
Jolly Lad
