Garden PhotosPart 21

Thanks Ngam, I think you may be right about the ID Oranges and Lemons.

I have a fair amount of space to plant and I keep opening up areas for new flower beds. I went to HD for grout and ended up "just passing through" the nursery...LOL. I saw a shrub that looked nice 'Summersweet Ruby Spice'. The next morning I went back for the shrub and they wheeled out all these plants with the 99 cents sign. What's a flower addict to do? I just loaded up a ton and picked up 10 plants for a friend.

The heat's a bit tough to deal with, Victor. It was slow going to get everything into the ground but I did it. I'm having my daughter's 1st birthday party here on Sunday so I'm working hard on the yard. Planting, weeding, mulching. I also know that work will stop outside when I have the new baby on August 15th!
Here's Dahlia 'Barbados'

Hardy Gladiolus

Even the Hosta flowers can be charming, I think.

Wow - you better get someone else to do the hard work for you! Happy birthday to DD # 1!

Thank you, Victor. My DH is a big help. He's doing the mulching this week and he's been doing some of the heavy digging like when I suddenly decided to transplant azaleas to create a new bed on Sunday!
NOID DL

Do I have a sunflower?

It's about 3 1/2 feet tall. I think a bird planted it for me. Here's the bud.

Here's the birthday girl with a Tropical Hibiscus.

Close up on the bloom.

What a cutie, Dyane! Your best flower, by far!

Dang, she's cute! Dang are you gonna be busy!!!


My surprise of the day. The little Zebrina Malva plant is all of 4" tall...

Yes, two that close is very tough. Will be great when they're old enough to help in the garden though!

Whoever posted asking about clem wilt? A person in art class today--who's painting a beautiful light lilac clem--said the vine was yellowing, & she was going to cut it back to the ground if spraying with Benymil sp? didn't work--they have a small vineyard, & are afraid the grapes will catch something. Loved all the cone flowers--have decided to try more varieties----also saw some iris today that I can't live without--until DH sees them!

My son has a 3 yr old, a 20 month, & a 2 month, Dyane--it's really fun to see them so close--and your DD is a doll!

Look at all the buds on my Sir Modred! (with some lovely "Little Cadet" pixielilies™ in front of it...)
^_^

Wow - parents are 'compressing'!! Debbie, my clematis lady from Silver Star, says most 'wilt' is actually not wilt at all. Usually it's something else. I never had a problem so I did not follow up. I would go to her website and email her. She is wonderful with helping. I highly recommend her.

A nice assemblage yesterday of landlord bought "Happy Returns", "Black Eye" from Celeste, and "Always Afternoon" from Thom.
(With my giant Modred not blooming yet in the background.)
(O yeah, and a big ol' pokeweed or something in there too.)
O, and what is that in the forground you ask..? That is another pixielily™, "Luxury Lace" that Celest just gave me at the RU, and it looks to be making buds already!!!

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And now, the picture...

Thanks, Robin, wow your son has his hands full! That's really nice though. Thanks everyone, I think she's pretty darn cute myself. Can't wait for her to learn how to weed!

Victor, here's that Genista 'Lydia' I bought this spring. It's looks like a green tumbleweed, not sure if I should prune it or just let it do it's thing.

Here's what it looked like in bloom.

A bit like Cousin It! Weeding and Reading - the essentials!

oh my ... i hate getting behind on this thread... so many great shots... thank you everyone!!!!

Rhapsody in Blue

DyanesGarden, Have you grown your hardy gladiolus, 'Atom' over the winter in NY? I love that one, but have always dug and stored it. Perhaps I will leave a few in the grown next fall. I planted that same genista last spring. Love it so far. with and without blooms.

Kassia, luscious color on 'Rhapsody in Blue'

Ngam, nice collection of roses in those pal colors. I have to look those up, especially, 'Crown Princess Margareta'.

Rust, my hollyhocks have some this year too. I will whack back them as soon as they finish blooming and dig them out in the fall. I will move them to a new spot, far away from the central spot they now inhabit where the offending leaves won't bother me so much if they come up again with the rust.

Yesterday I did a bunch of pruning. More to do this week on all the spirea. Garden is full of new blooms. Finally getting rain over the 4th helped.

Lilium henryi is a favorite. Patti

'Fancy Crown' loved it last year and more this. Patti

How far back do you prune your Spirea?

Ge1836, I cut back all the spent blooms now only about 6 to 12 inches so they bloom again later this summer. Just a trim. Then I do more in the late fall to keep them from becoming huge as they are in the border. Here is one that didn't pruned yesterday that I took of it on June 27th. The darker ones, 'Anthony Waterer' are still lovely as is the one with 3 colors on one plant, 'Shirobana'. But the pale pink ones had gone by. I keep one totally pruned of all it's blooms, 'Goldmound' as I don't like the chartreuse and pink combo. They do not seem to be invasive here at all, though very easy to propagate. Thus I have too many. Patti

Here is an unknown ensata and lily combo. Patti

Day lilies are starting to play a bigger role. Patti

Sorry for the dark photos but we are about to havethunder showers and I took the cannas (first blooms this year)

Canna Picasso Other side

Ge1836, Nice canna. I planted mine rather late, but they growing well, but no flowers yet. I don't have 'Picasso' Love it.

A peak at part of the new fence. Just some posts at this point. It is only a short run of wooden fence to connect to the deer fence which will get shrubbed out ( not a word ). I think they put the gate a little bit to the left of where I wanted it to go. So I may have to alter the beds on either side a bit. May mean a trip to the nursery. I can deal with it. I was too busy pruning when they set the post. Dumb. It should be done today. Patti

Picasso wes from Brent&Beck.
I have five others about to bloom.
I forced these April1 and planted them out doors mid May, cold spring held them back.
Next year I'm not going to force ,just plant them in LATE May and see if forcing matters.
Early July is good for me to see blooms but we have frost Mid Sept. so the season is short in my book.
I love your garden,I must include Oakleaf Hyd in my garden plan.
I also realized the Rhodies are planted too close together, I was in the front garden and didn't watch where the kid was. I also yhink He planted the Acer a foot too far to the right. It's all water over the dam now, no one will change it here.

ge1836, I started my new ones indoors in April, but didn't plant them out until mid June. I dug and stored a bunch from a coop last year that I just stuck in the ground the first week in June. They are very behind, but growing. Plus I planted them in a less than perfect spot. A new bed that gets partial sun. It is going to be planted at some point with a plan, but for now just narcissus for a patch of spring color. I am trying to keep it weeded so when I do plant it there won't be such a battle. I adore the oakleaf hydrangea and have many. It is an easy one to propagate too. But the deer snack on the buds so all are in the fenced part. Here is one that is a good 12' tall that I started from a root cutting many years ago. Patti

Beautiful photos everyone!

Dyane your DD is beautiful!
Oryanna is almost 7 months old and DD is due in Jan. for #2. I don't think she'll be playing dress up as often!

It was me who asked about the clem wilt, which I am not sure if wilt is the problem or not. In doing some reading, I read that the stems should be black, but these stems are not black. But the buds and the blooms are definitely wilting.

The roots are nice and cool, being stuck way down in about 4" of mulch, and the stems and branches have wound around the host honeysuckle bush very nicely. And the soil is certainlky moist enough from all the rains we have been having the past six weeks or so. So, I honestly do not know what the problem might be.

I think I will go outside long enough to take a couple of photos of my poor Pistachio clem. Perhaps if I post them here, someone will recognize what ails my clem.

Dyane-your due on my daughter's 2nd b-day. Happy b-day to your #1.
Patti-I love your gardens.
I have to keep reminding myself that I have all new gardens and mine won't look full and lush for awhile yet.

My Holly Hock that are bienniel and not supposed to flower till next year.

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They were supposed to be different colors and poof all freaking pink or maroon.