Whats blooming part 5

Wow Katie nice pictures. Must haves from those are 'Harliquin', Ayesha', Imperial Banner' and the cyclamen. That branch with two blooms looks just like the one start I gave you.

Patricia - I thought you said the cutting you sent me was going to be white. Am I remembering that correctly?

It's doing well, but stll in the "nursery" with my other cuttings. I want them to get a little bigger before I put them in the ground and the slugs know they're there . . .

Yes Pixydish they are well established. Could be pruning, I had to prune one of them heavily last year, had to do repair on the sprinkler system behind it. I expected that one to do poorly this year, but not the others. Can't remember if they were starting to bud when we had that late freeze. Our tomatoes are doing awful this year too. According to a report they had on the news the other night......they're confused, because of the weather. LOL

Love ALL the hydrangeas! Melissa ~ The 'Ami Pasquier' and 'Glowing Embers' you gave me this year are blooming. Don't think I'll be able to have enough of those. Saw 'Blaumeise,' an oak leaf, and 'Pinky Winky' at Sunny Farms. Might have to get them all! My climbing hydrangea 'Firefly,' is still living in the pot, but growing. The 3 'Endless Summer' planted last summer are doing great, even with fairly hard pruning over the winter and in spite of a bumper crop of earwigs this year!

All in all, I think a fairly good first year ~

Considering it looked like this when we started in January!

Gaillardia 'Fanfare'

The last of the Oriental 'NOIDs'

And Passiflora 'caerulea' finally is blooming.

Sally,, the late freeze could definitely be your culprit. Many a hydrangea bloom has been ruined due to a late freeze. Other than that, most people lack blooms either because of pruning or because the shrub doesn't get enough sun.
Now, I made an error on the Jogasaki. It's worse than I thought. I don't even know where I planted it. The one that didn't bloom (probably due to not enough light) is actually 'Izu no hana'. I remember that I moved Jogasaki because it was going to be way too big for the place I had it planted. Now, if I could just locate it. I generally label all of my hydrangeas and that one is no exception. I'm sure I'll find it but it does make me feel just a bit crazy.

Outta, that garden area looks fabulous!! Especially as it's the first season! You did so well! Lots of 'high fives' and slaps on the back for you.

Here is a photo of one of my oldest lacecaps. NOID. I love the leaves from the new oakleaf hydrangea I put in called 'Little Honey'. Love that color combo!

White Hydrangea

Blue Aneome de Caens. Love these. They are so photogenic!

No kidding. That is a fantastic picture!

Sunflower getting ready to bloom

Dahlia Plantus Unknownus...love that term redchic01 !!

Pink rose .".Pinkus Rosa Plantus Unknownus"

lol, thanks. And you know, it fits that dahlia and rose Really well!

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It fits many things unlabeled in my garden. Sounds so much better
than NOID! LOL!

Bull Frog resting his chin on a Hostas Plantus Unknownus.

Wonder photos of our summer beauties. Thank you. I am going to take a nap because I have had 2 days of racing sailboats and am very sore and tired. I shall have dreams of NOIDS when I sleep

No white katie, it was lavendar, pink, and blue lacecap.

Awesome, Patricia. I'm happy to hear that. I saw the one you posted and I'm looking forward to this baby growing up.

Melissa - I'll keep Jogasaki safe, in case we need to make another . . . I've seen several blue/blue lacecaps around. I've been pressed for time, otherwise I'd stop, knock on the door, and ask if I could take a cutting or two. Yes, I'm very forward in that way. :-)

Sheri - good to hear from you. Your garden looks fabulous - so much has changed in the front. I love the contrast between before and after.

Bea - as usual, your photographs are stunning. You could sell those, I'm sure.

Rest up, Steve. Glad you had some he-man fun (and returned home safely).

Hey Outta, NICE.
But Hey If you are in the area. I need my book back. need it for some IDs. Thanks.
Bea, love the frog, What is the Dahilla? need a bigger pics. could it be 'Duet' Such a small frame you gave?

Wow!! Lots of good pictures. I'm going to have to find room for some more things next year.

Pixydish.....Hydrangea has bloomed good before, so I don't think it's the light. I'll just hope it was the freeze and it'll be fine next year.

Bea....wonderful Dahlia and a gorgeous frog! All of mine are the little itty bitty kind. Small but noisy.

Lovely lovely photos everyone - Outta, what a transformation, my word girl you get Queen of the Gardens conferred on you! Well well done, you are going to get Tills-status soon for being the newly graduated authority on creating new spaces.

B - I love your photos, but there is something about that sunflower that I find absolutely touching - it is like seeing small children waking up. I think I have to give that my current all time favourite status.

I'm wondering about Sofer and all of his he-man outings, and thinking perhaps we need to revise some of the gardening sympathy he received - Wife of Sofer definately has a right to shop til she drops and plant where she wants while her DH goes off doing life threatening hormonally challenged outings. Soferwife, I grant you license to plant anything anywhere at anytime! I temporarily resume my crown and stamp my approval!! Dig dig dig. Crown off.

Laurie, I like the sunflower shot as well. I took some photo's of rudbeckia in their " sleepy mode" earlier this summer and they are some of my favorite photo's as well. Very sweet!.
If I can , earlier this spring you advised me about my first crop of asparagus. I have had the ferns growing all summer. Can you advise when I should cut these back or should they dry with first frost?

Canna Unknownus

BeaH - I let mine turn yellow before cutting them down - If I don't do that I find that they just start putting up new shoots.

Hope that helps.

Thanks Laurie.. that is what I will do. Hopefully this spring I will be able to harvest lots of asparagus!

Found some great looking thin ones at the market. Will have some tonight!

Okay, I'll go out on a limb here and risk everyone's ire. Just don't kill the messenger. I love the frog photo, too. Very cute frog. But very invasive species up here. They are competing with the native treefrogs and guess who is coming out the loser? Bullfrogs can eat anything they can fit into their mouths, and they have very large mouths. And almost no predators here. If you have them, you will eventually kiss your tree frogs goodbye. And they don't stay in one place. They travel. Sorry, I didn't want to do it, but I had to. Don't take my word for it:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/ECOCOMM.NSF/B724CA698F6054798825705700693650/52CF90301EF287AA88257416005F8108?OpenDocument

http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:lmd8Y7eaQQIJ:community.statesmanjournal.com/tools/pdf/pdfarticle.php%3Fartid%3D801130321+bullfrogs+pacific+northwest&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=12&gl=us&client=firefox-a


And now, back to our previously scheduled forum:
Tills, another beautiful dahlia for you!

Laurie, I knew you'd come around. Soferdig's wife stays home and tends the proverbial home fires while he is out he-manning and increasing his testosterone by kayaking the lovely waters of Alaska and seeing incredible sights. I'd say she has a license to shop and plant. (yes, Yes, I know he's a good husband and all of that stuff. The adoration is completely obvious on his part and well-deserved, i am sure.:)

But think of it - Tarzan, zany man rushing round trees to no apparent purpose. Jane, well educated English totty news reporter (when that still meant a rather respectable profession - ooops) stayed at home and sowed vegetables and harvested bananas. They relocate to England, where Tarzan turns out to be Lord Graystroke - she runs estate and shops til she drops while he still swings from trees. Eventually she inherits everything, and misses him terribly (tears at corner of eyes), so never marries again. Happily every after.

Slightly edited version.

Lord Graystroke - love that. :-)

pixy.. I am aware of the problems associated with Bullfrogs. It explains why my tree frogs were few and far between this year.
I can't control who (frogs) visit my ponds. My Mom was raised eating frog legs back in Oaklahoma. She keeps saying she will catch a few when she visits next time. Yuck!
So far they have left the Koi alone and live peacefully together!
They have helped with the slugs and bug's around here so I can't complain. Still miss the tree frogs..had zillions when I first moved here. :(

A visitor from August last summer

Sorry, you're absolutely right - Lord Greystoke - apologies to Edgar.

So true, Beahive. You really have no control over who visits your pond (unless they lay eggs, which you could control). I only posted because I'd hate to see someone go out and deliberately introduce them to an area. I see them for sale on websites that offer tadpoles. They will ship to anywhere so it's up to the buyer to know. Glad they leave your koi alone, and you probably will not have to face an overpopulation of fish in your pond.

So, does this mean that we must now begin calling Sofer 'my lord'? (a la old England, not the Christian church, you understand).

I like Greystroke better . . .

LOL!

Not going there. LOL

Eeeek. That is SO not what I meant.

Oooooooaaaaaaaooooooh! Thump! Darn those trees. I rather liked the transition from 'Tarzan' to 'Greystroke the legend of Tarzan'. The reality of that story is Tarzan would never have transitioned from lightly clothed animal skins to the top hat and wool suit he had to wear in England. Also Jane would have become boring all dressed up in the Victorian England clothing. Like me he would transition back to the wild that he knew so well.
I like the bullfrogs eat what ever will fit in my mouth. And I do not like the tree frog shrill all night long. Growing up in Michigan the bull frog is much more pleasant. "Ribit" vs "ScreeeeeeeeeeeeeeM".
I have chosen to garden and share a playfull day with my DW in her play kayaks rather than to sell a bunch of guns at the gun show this weekend. I love my hunny bunny.

I'm not sure what type of frog we have. They live in the run off pond behind our house and sometimes in my pots. But I love to hear them at night, they put me to sleep! A little hard to hear anything else when you're outside though. LOL

Sofer, you are Hi-Larious!! So true about boring Jane. She would never have been able to keep Tarzan in line. Nor should she. Hope you and the honey bunny had a terrific day!
My DH and I had the best evening ever last night and it didn't even include the garden. Out on Commencement Bay on a lovely evening, light wind, cruising spinnaker up and the music playing. Dinner on the boat. Plenty of peace and quiet, sort of just drifting along watching the world go by. Sigh. It's just so darned pleasant. We could have danced, but I fear the boat is a tad too small for it.

Okay, when I start posting things like that, it means it's time for bed. Ta ta to all.