What's Blooming Outside Your Door, Part 2

Katye - your Merriest Wood Cream is pretty darn gorgeous! Thanks for making me feel welcome.

Outta- or should I just call you OMG? I can tell you are a real pistol. Can't wait to see picks of your garden treasures. Got any favorites?

Katie59- I work in Bothell so howdy neighbor! I work near the Home Depot. So you'll know it's me if I grab something out of your hand and exclaim "I saw it first!"

oneangl- looking forward to seeing your glad in all its glory. I bought my rockroses at Alpine Nursery in Renton. I bought a Styrax tree there too. Styrax and peonies top my list of favorite plants.

uh oh! gotta go google styrax now! tee hee !

My Styrax is Styrax Japonica (grown as a shrub or a tree!) known commonly as Japanese Snowbell. I have a white one, which I think smells the best, and a Pink variety called "Pink Chimes" which is pretty but a bit spicier smelling.

Very soggy outdoors, but the rain has stopped for now. This iris was a bit water logged but looking pretty this morning.

This little pink one managed to open in the rain I guess yesterday.

verbena

OOOOO!!! Very pretty!!! I love Verbena. Trailing Lobelia too. My MIL told me one day that people that can grow Lobelia make her sick. I thought DH was going to #@#%#!!! LOL!!! I just ignored her and kept right on talking. She doesn't have much cooth anyway. Here's my antique sheep trough planted in Petunias (in the center), Verbena and Trailing Saffire Lobelia (all around the edge). They aren't very big right now as I just planted it last Fri.
Susan

cocoajuno, I bought a Foxglove Apricot Beauty last year
and enjoyed the blooms, then harvested the seeds.
I didn't expect the parent plant to bloom again this year.
I thought they bloomed every other year, am I wrong?

Treehole, that japonica is gorgeous!

Neo - yep, they're biennial. They germinate the first year and then flower the second. http://www.mrsgreenfingers.co.uk/foxgloves.htm.

They either die back after self-sowing, or they live to flower again, if the climate is temperate enough.

Ok, so it is possible for them to bloom again.
That is good to know! I have tons of baby peach ones growing
this year, so hopefully will have a whole herd blooming next year. :)

They multiply better than any foxglove I have grown, I just love them! I grow many varieties because it is another favorite of mine and if you cut the bloom back they bloom over and over all summer! It is hard to see in this picture but back in this area there are 7 different 1st and 2nd year foxglove all different varieties.

Took this macro shot this morning. I just noticed that foxglove have tiny "hairs" inside..kinda like nostril hair. Learned something new today... I like that! Wierd but very interesting.

This is blooming inside my jacquzzi door today.

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Beautiful Willowwind

This is blooming rain drops outside my door. Hope they show up.

Iris lovers, check out this coop over on the coop forum. It starts Friday, so get your wallets ready. The vendor for the coop is Bleek, and he is a good one. He sells top quality stuff.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/852794/

All I can say is that the interest in this coop is huge, so if you want to order, be prepared to get the order in quickly. May the force be with you all!

willowwind. I see the raindrops on your hosta. Looks like it is scattered with diamonds. Very pretty!

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Diamonds on the Lupine.

Lovely Lupine

Thanks thats my purple one

This is my pink

Both from seed.

This BI is starting to unfurl. It's going to be a great one!! I can tell already. Will recheck it first thing in the AM & report back with another picture!

And here is my pink one. I've had there going for about 15 years.

Bea, What is it's name? It's lovely, and I want one.

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My first Honey Dijon rose of the season.

That's a pretty rose.

Willowwind, All the Iris I planted last year have lost their tags. I am on a research project to compare my invoices to catalog pictures to my actual photos and get these labeled. Have a graduation tomorrow and family in town..so the project is now on hold. Next week I hope to have some answers for all that have asked the names. Will let you know.

Willow mine is 5
Nice pics Bea.

Yep ...now that it's open. I was correct. This is a great BI. Purple/lavender and pink around the edges.

yellow & tan Iris. macro shot. Love this one. So unusual.

This one appears to be bumble bee colors. Yellow and Black.
Need to ID this one..I wants some more...

a little more pink to go with my pink chair..

Big Fat foxglove

Chicago peace rose

Nicole.. a beautiful delicate looking rose. It stinks good too!

Bea, I once did a wedding for a young woman named Nicole - and we used that rose for her bouquet . . . it was gorgeous and the fragrance was incredible!

Murmur. I bet a whole bouquet made from this rose would be breath taking. It does smell wonderful. I sat by my margaret merriell rose today and just kept sniffing that one. It also is out of this world. I would buy the perfume if they could just bottle it! YUM!

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David Austin- Golden Celebration. Another one that is intoxicating.
You just want to shove your nose in this one!

Such fabulous photos, everyone! Bea, your gardens are eons ahead of mine. I did take this from my back porch today - most of my iris got beaten by the rain so I had picked them and have had them inside - they aren't lasting long.

Great pictures, I have to laugh at the added pink watering can, I have a green one to match my green chair...lol Great minds.....
Heres a picture of China Dragon, one of the brightest oranges....I love it!

Love the view from your porch Murmur...

Thanks, Carla - funny thing is I only see that little view when I take the garbage out!