Garden PhotosPart 15!

Wow - lots of nice shots. Busy thread!

I have a question about the Margurites,They are pretty lankey in their pots ,should I trim them back when I plant them?
Will they seed over the winter ?
I know theyre annuals but just wondered.

Beautiful pictures everyone!!
Eleanor...love those CLems.

Yes - I like Dr. Ruppel.

Anyone have an answer about the Margurites?

Thanks! Great blooms everyone. Eleanor

Noid lily

Elenor i like the proteus clem - another i just planted - that is two out of four - who will post the other two???

I don't have Proteus - looks very nice. Sounds macho. Can't imagine it ever wilting. I need to tahe some more shots of kousa 'Satomi'. Can't believe it's still blooming and is covered! At this point they are almost white. What a long bloom time. Add the great fall color and you really have a winner.

it wouldn't hurt to trim back the Marguerites, i don't think. i've had them - though none this year so far - and they live through everything. Since you have a bunch, you could be all scientific-y and cut back some, not others and see what you get the best results from.

Do you think they will volunteer in z6a?

thanks for the status on the satomi - are you rubbing it in - mine suppose to be satomi is a lovely WHITE!!

15 JM's on a half acre?!? I will probaly add 4 more LM next year and one dogwood that will have real pink flowers - possibly a fall order on that one. Have a list of suspects gonig on the JM's more research to do.

Can't find your washi o no anywhere - it like it is the only one in the world. Waterfall seems to be the closest to it and/or same tree.

Like I said, so far most are small and most are dwarf. The huge exception is the 25-30 ft red one (probably Bloodgood) out front. I will add a few more to the new shade bed. And probably a nice one in a large container for the new patio. I believe I got Washi at a local nursery, along with Tamukeyama, when I installed the pond in the fall of '03.

Somehow my self-seeded pansies are still going strong. This group is growing in my lowbush blueberry.

Here's one of my purple irises (no id on these)

These are in my "free flowers" patch...close to the woodland edge and when we decided not to mow back there one year, all these flowers started coming up. Most appear to be easily native wildflowers, but these don't. Any ideas on what they are? They remind me of dianthus.

The name of this one is not coming to me...the native iris that grows in wetlands/water. This one is planted directly in the rocks (no soil) of my stream. I planted a bunch, but this is the only one flowering. I guess the others get too much shade?

The pink multi bloom's common name is Sweet William,my grandmother grew it,very fragrent.

Finally, the Arctic Fire dianthus.

Dianthus very pretty.
Sweet William is a wild flower too

ooh. Love that Arctic Fire - i don't have that one. Pretty!

Does anyone have a favorite combination of coleus?
OR coleus and somehing else?

Cool, thanks. I'll note it in my journal.

Not the greatest photo as the sun came out just as I was taking this. But it does show the bloom density of Satomi.

Nicer shot.

Not into red roses, but this was a gift.

Unknown very pretty tiny flower. It's smaller than the end of my pinkie so it was tough to focus. That's why it's a bit blurry.

New growth on Washi, Bill.

Just opened today.

Mrs. Cholmondeley.

i'm planning on a black coleus and iresine combo - except my 18" iresine became much shorter in a storm this week. sniff. i am trying to root the pieces.

Coppertina.

Golden Dawn Redwood.

Thanks for the coleus comboAmy

Last one - waterlilies. Jo Ann, I use coleus with many annuals in my baskets and containers. I also use them in the ground. Some go very nicely with caladium. I like the dark ones with bright colored blooms or foliage.

Very nice pics victor - so did you saturate the color of washi to tease:)

really need to figure out how to use macro with my camera - basic guide did not help and full guide refers me back to the basic guide.

baby tiger paws, my 2nd pixielily to bloom:

No Bill - that was straight from the camera.

Victor do you plant trailing coleus in the ground? and let them wander?
I have started doing that with trailing plants when I saw Pirls Hosta with trailing campanula "Blue Falls"

Not this year, but I have done that.