Best/ worse/ ? did you learn today #53 visit with friends...

No Betty that is Veronica.

wow, pretty, think I might have some as well, I've never gone to smell them though..must do..

night/night everyone, pray that angels watch over you allllll....

betty, hope your feeling better, buttttttt what is the name of that devine blue flower???
just took my breath away!! wait till judy see's that!

Betty,

The Pee Gee Hydrangea Is very pretty. It blooms later in the summer and has oblong flower clusters. When the weather starts 'turning", they start turning a pretty mauve near the tips. The blooms las a long time.

Some people train the Pee Gee into a tree shape. When they get more mature and are in a tree shape, they are spectacular!

I think some sun is nice for them, but you do not need full afternoon sun.

Bev--dahhhling....you STILL are not giving us names of your flowers in your photos......:o(

Gita

:Liz,

Betty's "divine blue flower" is a Balloon Flower. They come in white too. They are called that because before the bloom opens, the bud is in a puffy, round "balloon". In Betty's picture, see that small, white, round thing on the lower right? That is a bud. When it opens--it just turns into a bell shape. Makes a lot of seed too--if you don't remove the spent blooms.

The fancy- schmancy name for it is "Platycodon". I have both. Not very well established yet.

Always happy to help-----IF I can...

Betty--I did not find the Pee Gee in PF. Odd! it is NOT all that unusual a plant.

I was playing guessing game with the fowers for a while but will give them to you now. The last two pic are Veronica. There Gita you got me going again. LOL HUGS BEV this is a cosmos

Try looking in pf's under Hydrangea paniculata. That's the species for a Pee Gee Hydrangea. I have 'Chantilly Lace' and 'Tardiva' except one died and I don't know which is which. Both are/were Pee Gee's.
edit to add link:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49366/

This message was edited Jul 28, 2008 10:07 PM

GUYS I GOT A JOB, NOT THE JOB I WAS TRAINING FOR BUT IT IS IN FACT AT NASA LIKE I TOLD YOU I WANTED TO WORK AT. SO WE WILL SEE WHERE THIS TAKES ME, IT IS A JOB THAT STARTS OUT FULL TIME AND WEENS BACK AFTER A MONTH OR SO, THEN I WILL WORK LESS HOURS. IT IS A JOB COACH FOR HANDICAPPED OR MENTALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE, FOR THE JANITORIAL JOBS AT NASA.

WISH ME LUCK AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH YOU GUYS, SO PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON BIG THINGS IN YOUR LIVES OR SEND ME DMAILS SO I WON'T BE OUT OF THE LOOP ALL TOGETHER. ESPECIALLY IF YOU NEED A PRAYER SENT UP FOR YOU.

I LOVE YOU GUYS AND YOU HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME SINCE THE LAST 2 YEARS ON DG. YOU HAVE MADE MY GARDEN FLORISH TOO, ESPECIALLY LIZ.

Congratulations! I'm so proud for you! You will be an inspiration to those you coach. Doors open for those who knock....Hugs!

Thanks Deb. Appreciate it more than you know.

So glad for you and good luck with that new job. Am sure you will be good at it. Blessings and HUGS BEV

OMG just passing through this morning, lazy....had broken sleep most of the night, that could be the reason...oh Dawn, I think that is the perfect job for you as you've so much compassion..give you the opportunity to "SHINE" congrats...when do you start?

Everyone else, must run, talk when I reach the city...
Sun is shinning through the basement window onto computer screen so must be a perfect day out there...

I'm off (and running)...won't have time to pick up shrubs this morning..lol

morning all,

whoo hoo dawn... congrads !!! can hear your excitement, when do you start?
this will be good for you, are you off on the weekends?
will let you know in dmails ((hugs))

gita, thanks for the name will do some research on this and see if i can grow it in my area

betty, i saw the string in chicago i had it but i put it back figured i could get it here in the bay area at my michaels and i was thinking how fun to incorporate laura's knitted braclett into this to just havent figured out the decreased part yet i'll run it by my boss today see what she comes up with. so lol how many beads did you purchase?

ruby, sounds yummy,thanks for the ingrediants

gilli, are you all relaxed back at home, bet you have a million things to catch up on.

judy, you made the boss laugh! we were just sniviling about where the load was? and you texed me if we got it yet lol and no we still haven't hope it is today! well i didnt catch the place on fire it was a mild wind not to bad and i had a small fire and had about 6
marsmallows to :)

hello to everyone else have to get ready so yap at ya later on
have a wonderful day

Morning!

Just a quick catchup for now. Lovely lovely flower pictures! Just makes my day looking at all of them. Will be hard to decide what to buy.

Dawn hurrah on the job! that is a big step! Enjoy yourself. Did you say when you start?

Liz you have a good day at work. I have truck day off. So am happy about that. Those marshmallows sound great. Haven't had them in years.

I hear rumbles so will get this sent and be back later.

OH Dawn,

Yay, So happy you found something you have been training for!!

Best wishes in all. Thanks be to answered prayers.

Woohoo...be thinking about you all day.

Good Morning everyone, woosh, I am on the run too...got to start early
Business picked up!! So will be dancing around the tables, packing up stuff and


OH my gosh....Adored all of the flowers can almost smell the lovely fragrances.

Betty, hope you are more comfortable today.

Have a good day will check in on break.

Smiles and keep cool everyone.

Oh..Yippee a good week! Been waiting on a package, yippee it came in the mail yesterday!!!

Congratulations Dawn! I wish you all the best with your new job and i hope it turns into something full time and permanant for you!!

Betty, how are you feeling? Please take care of yourself!

Been lurking the past few days, looking at all the beautiful flowers! Things are kinda of slow right now. We've thankfully had rain the past couple of days so I haven't had to spend hours watering! I am getting GOBS of veggies from my garden: cucumbers, yellow squash, eggplants and tomatoes! I've been bringing them into work for my guys and they are eating them up! The main bulk of my tomatoes has yet to ripen so I know I will be loaded with TONS in the next couple of weeks! Wish you guys lived around here so I could share! I also have a wide variety of gourds growing. I don't remember the names of all of them but once I get a good selection, I'll post some pics. A lot of them look like the gourds that are in fall displays. I had NO idea they actually grew with different colors! I guess I thought some little elf was spray painting them before they hit the stores!! I know....duh!

I have 2 more classes (this week and next) then I will be done with the plant portion of my classes. I don't think I am going to go any further - I just don't think I'm interested enough in landscaping to continue on with the graphics part. Instead, I am considering becoming a consultant for Tastefully Simple. Have any of you been to one of their parties? I love their food and think it would be fun to eat and have parties and earn a little extra money! We'll see....

Well, the puppies are 5 weeks old (yesterday) and should be getting their first set of shots soon. Then they can go outside and play in the grass! I think I told y'all that we will be getting our girl Labor Day weekend so a little less then 5 weeks left......

Back to work. I'll chat w/ y'all later!
J

Guess it's time to move us over..some have difficulties loading...

So here we go, into a lovely new sitting room, just waiting for flowers to decorate the side tables...

Am sure it won't take long.....

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