Ok, I ducked outside in my bright pink dressing gown and took some quick pics, This is the main kinda annual garden. Its a bit messy cause I've not been in it for a month or so.
The Yellow daisy is to the left, Azalea in the middle and Echinacea at the right.
This is a federation daisy, which is great to cut, as it lasts awhile and its good for the shrub to keep cutting it back during flowering to stop it getting too leggy.
This is a Kalanchoe succulent. They mostly flower in the colder months, so are good for a burst of colour. They come in red, orange, hot pink, yellow and there is one with grey leaves and baby pink flowers, which is not yet flowering, but soon! I grew these from cuttings, as like most succulents, very easy to do.
Sue, if that is how your garden looks in the winter with snow on the horizon and temps so low, well I want that winter weather here in a couple months. I'll be sure to post our winter garden and trust me there won't be any lovely azaleas. Yours actually look better in the winter than mine do in the spring! Beautiful.
Thanks for posting the kalanchoe, it reminds me I killed one a few years ago, shucks, I had almost forgotten!
Seriously those are beautiful gardens and very lush.
I have a lot more blooming in mine, perhaps I'll get a post on this weekend. We are going to the cabin to mow but coming home Saturday morn as we have some work to be done around the homestead.
Pink dressing gown!, hahaha!!!!!!!! that would be a sight to see LoL!
Your garden's still looking lovely Sue. Glad you put cut flowers in your favourites, there's lots of threads going and Candee is looking for more 'twins' arrangements before we get another theme!!!!!
Oh, the cat belongs to Jenny, who lives next door to Eva the other side! She knows she's not allowed to chillax there!!
Your Federation daisy is gorgeous and I love the different colours and textures you have in the annual garden. Nice to see you up and about again!
Hey Candee, I've killed a few Kalanchoes in my time!
Be careful with that mower!! and have a nice time.
Good morning everyone, Sue does your confederate daisy also known as threadleaf coreopsis? I love those too.
Terri, how invasive is 'invasive' are those chinese laterns? I like the look of them, and afraid to try them out in my warm southern climate. And to answer your question, my blue sky vine hasn't set buds yet.
Candee, I'm looking forward to see more of your posting.
Kim
Here is some early blooming chresanthemum.
Thanks all for the kind comments. Hi Kim, I couldn't find any information about Confederation daisies by Googling, but I've plans to visit a nursery one of these days, and as they are flowering now, they will be a major item on the shelves.
I spent the day throwing out dead, dying and unwanted plants, and grouping up the ones I want rid of. I have a friend coming on Tuesday, to take some of my hands, and another friend has a scouts fundraiser coming up, so I've set aside the best of a bad bunch for her. I'll have soooo much more room! I potted all my special succulents into larger ceramic and terracotta pots, and sited them inside the pool fence, where they will get plenty of winter sunshine!
I like your Chrysanthemums Kim! Daisies do really well in my climate too!
Terri, I've been feeling so sick, I couldn't give 2 hoots about the neighbours or passers by, when I'm out in my gown! Its really hot pink with white lovehearts all over it! LOL
I'm taking another 2 days off work to try and shake the worst of this darn cold, and then I had better pull finger and get dirty.
I hope you all had a nice weekend!
Sue
Hi Kim, Nice Chrysanths! I keep meaning to get some for late summer colour. The lanterns would be ok to grow somewhere where you don't mind them spreading! In other words don't put them in a mixed flowerbed like I have done or they just take over! They are edible but I haven't tried them.
G'day Sue! sorry you are still feeling crook mate! Hope you shake that cold off soon.
I bet the succulents you planted in the ceramic and terracotta pots look lovely by the pool ?!!
It's been raining and dull here this weekend, no pictures today!
Sue, hope you soon feel better and get over the being 'under the weather' feeling. Terri, thanks about the lantern's culture tips.
Sue, growing chalanchoes outdoor! I can only have those as houseplant here. But I haven't been able to bring them back to produce flowers the following year.....something for me to learn to master in the future.
Candee, how is the weather there?
It's pretty hot here, but this year, we get good average rain fall....so far. Hopefully we'll have a better year with gardening.
Kim
Kim your gardens are quite lush and tropical looking. It has been in the 90's here and today we did some mulching just before the storm came a bit ago and it has been pouring steadily. I have quite a bit in bloom here right now as the glads are really popping up.
Heres a few of the glads and monarda
Gotta love the lavender - I put some submerged in water and the jar still smells good days later.
Candee,
Your garden is beautiful! So tranquil and so inviting. Gorgeous setting! Thanks for the 'tropical' compliment. EEs & Cannas fortunately are hardy here. But other real tropicals has to be in the lower South (zone 9 and above).
Thank you Kim for your kind compliments. Those lilies are gorgeous, are they stargazers?
Cleome, I just love these and around these parts they usually come back everywhere, but not in my gardens for some reason, I just can't seem to keep them happy here so I have a few in a pot this year.
Candee, those lilies is a hybrid of some sort....it has all the characteristic of a tiger-type lilies, but the deeper shade of red than Stargazers. Last year, a fellow DGer I.D.ed them to be 'Black Beauty'. But I'm unsure....the white ones are the fragrant 'Casa Blanca' Just half a dozen of those Casa B. in the corner of the garden, they'd perfume up a large area. I love them.
Cleome reseed readily here. They need to be thinned out or they won't do well because of being to crowded.
They did look different from the stargazers, they are really beautiful. Cleome reseed here all over town, but not in our yard for some reason.
Here'some tall garden phlox - nice in arrangements as it keeps a while
Variety of glads
Some in pink
And yet another
Once must not have been enough, here in my dogwood gardens the wisteria has a few blooms again, it finished the first bloom in spring.
Rather odd as I also have an azalea that is blooming for the second time this season, just like the wisteria only a few blossoms?
And my pineapple is getting bigger every day.
I was amazed how long this liatris lasts in arrangements as well.
Tiger lilies and double white hollyhock in the shade garden - LOL, I just noticed the snowy flag!
This red glad is really red hot! Good thing there is a soothing cool blue to put out the fire.
The acanthus hungaricus is taller than ever this year.
Just lovely pics all. Candee, I love your island with treasure chest. I wanted to go outside today, but had to stay in and get some rest. Its impossible to go outside and NOT do anything!
Sue
Just don't over due Sue or you know you will be sorry. Thanks for your kind words. The island is great for us. Not sure if I mentioned before but the anchor on the island came from Australia, I won it on ebay from a lady over there. The treasure chest is exactly what everybody needs. I tell you when Tara comes over with Kendall and Kolby they go right for it. I was watching them and listening one day when they were out there and I overheard Kendall (7 at the time) tell Kolby, when she's gone this is ours! Guess they are awaiting my demise LOL!
Candee - I had no idea your garden is so big. You got tons of wonderful plants of there. How do you manage to keep the gladiolus in such good shape? Mines were fine for the first few years, then they all succumbed to thrips. How long have you had your liatrus? My patch grew fine for 3 years, and then all of the sudden, none came back.
Thanks Dianne - I have had the liatris for about 8 years and it gets a little larger each year, not much though. My glads were just put in a year ago, they only last about 2-3 seasons here and then we get a really bad winter and I loose them all. I have to stake most of them or they keel over on me. I am having the most problem with the coneflowers this year, they really don't want to stay well in arrangements for me. I am anxiously awaiting the zinnias that Mittsy was so kind to provide seed. They aren't getting very tall, but guess that is because this is the first year for them. I am so used to mine in the past getting 4' tall before cutting that I may be afraid to cut these, but likely will anyway.
I do have a lot of stuff in these gardens, I am fortunate that over the years the roundup has killed off most of the weeds, and a few of the plants LOL, when I would spray before thinking!
Look, look my passiflora are in bloom.
My very first sweet pea ever!
Got a great macro of the passiflora as well, wish I had some more of these, but don't think I have enough space as I have to bring them inside.
Candee, check this info. out! I used to lug those in and out of the green house until year before last I forgot one pot outdoor. It survived the winter and was in a small pot to boost (above ground tend to freeze more easily than the ground), anyhow, last year I left my biggest pot along with the smaller one, both flourished and are blooming too for at present.
Kim
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1264/
Lucky you. Our daughter lives just 3 hours away on the eastern shore of MD and her entire back yard is loaded with them. I got mine last year and did an experiment. I planted one across the road on the side of a little slope out of the direct elements and it did not return this year - the one in the photo I had taken inside. I was almost sure the one would survive the winter as it wasn't even that harsh this year but alas it croaked in our continued day and night below 0 temps. Glad yours survived, think these mountains here are just a bit too much for them.
Rose of Sharon, the blue poseys in the bush this year are not doing well, but the rosey ones look great?
Here is the entire bush
Here is our tall grass in the sun garden at the hottub. I transplanted it from another area a couple years ago and now it gets huge.
