Oh, gosh, I have lusted in my heart from the Hardy Plant Society website. You lucky thing, you.
August Blooms part two, into Sept possibly
Lady Yes, The Monster Coleus (LOL) should reseed. I usually don't collect seeds from it I just leave them for the birds to eat and the next year I always have plenty of it growing again. Although it's not what I think of as a true perennial more of a reseeding annual. I love the idea of planting it with coleus. I only ever have a pot of coleus but after seeing a picture of them growing in someones garden I decided that I would plant some in the ground next year.
Stormyla, I haven't bought any plants since the beginning of July and I'm just dying to go and get some soon. I'll be checking out the Hardy Plant Society's Web page.
Well, my out of town company is coming back today, they have been up visiting a few other relatives for a couple of days. I'm going to go read Sallyg's article (Stormyla you might find it very interesting) and then get ready for the relative invasion. LOL
New Water Lotus pictures.
Thanks, Holly. Sally's article is great and timely. I have a few that need dividing this month.
What a great article Sally! I think I have a close cousin to your bi-colored lily in the article. I liked the bit of history you injected into the piece.
I seen Jill is going to do an article on saving basil seeds, can't wait for that one. Sally, I think you sent me some of her Italian Basil seeds from the swap last spring. I have really enjoyed using it in salads. Smells soooo good.
Here is a purple/pink button mum that is starting to open. More purple looking in the real world!
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Hi LadyG, Critter's article on saving basil seeds came out on the 20th, here is the link for it :)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1553/
Gita, I usually don't harvest the MG seeds for the little blue wild one, they self sow all over the place. The heavenly blue, on the other hand, I've never tried from harvested seed and as far as I can tell, it doesn't seem to self sow. I haven't been growing that one too long though ~ this is the second year.
Thanks Wind, don't know how I missed it.
Wind, I had some odd heights on the Casa Blancas too. The ones planted in my large bed are all over 4'. The ones in my side tree line are just under 3'. I'm pretty sure that I planted them all at the same time. It may have something to do with nutrients. The soil in my big bed is constantly being enriched. The tree line tends to get a little neglected.
ladyg- thank you ever so much. What beautiful geometry in the mum.
I've been wanting to share this flower; today I had a model to help show off. This big bee was in there for a half hour, honest, even tho it was plenty warm at the time. I think the bee was 'high' on passion nectar.
and these Berlanderia (sp)? hae interesting structure. This is developing bud. The whole little plant is spindly/ straggly, probably needs more sun. has had a lot of flowers though.
oops--tee hee- well the cat was on the keyboard.
I always see sleepy / dopey bees on flowers. So much for being "busy as a bee". Here's a leatherwing beetle flying away from the camera. I love these Caryopteris flowers.
cool pic! never seen an exposed leatherwing --well they were too quick...
Yeah, he was too quick and blurry for a bugfiles pic, but I got his cousin. Here's an assassin bug:
Do you all--like--KNOW the names of the insects and then say...."OH! I better get my camera!!!".........OR--do you see an interesting insect and take the picture and then say..."Hmmmm....I wonder what THIS one is called???"....
Just wondering.....
I'm more inclined to get the camera if I don't know what it is. I knew the beetle's name and was pretty sure what genus the assassin bug is in, but I'm trying to get good pics of wasps and I was out there anyway. I usually don't bother with very common critters that already have a bunch of pics in bugfiles, unless it's a really good picture. I took one of an eastern tiger swallowtail that came out well and it turned out there were no pictures of the entire underside of one in BF, so I added it.
I'll take a picture of just about every moth, then ID them later. I can usually tell what family it's in but moth taxonomy is so arbitrary and confusing and is probably going to be entirely re-done soon.
Sorry, off-topic (no bloom on this one!) but ths bugger (poisonous) just about destroyed a small blueberry plant.
Wow, that's a cool looking bug, Claypa. Do you know what it is?
It's a Saddleback Caterpillar Moth...larva. They sting!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1485/
http://bugguide.net/node/view/507
No bugs, just N.Y. Ironweed, although it does have some neat looking treehoppers on it:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/5191/
He sure is one to avoid, Claypa! Did you plant that Ironweed? I have something wild growing in my garden that looks very similar, but the buds haven't opened yet.
Yesterday at The Hardy Plant sale, there was a vendor specializing in Native plants. Over half of them were things I keep weeding out. She kept telling me how well all of these things reseeded! The wild ageratum were very pretty, but she scared me away with tales of it's hardiness..
Yes, from seeds. It took a couple tries, but I'm really happy with it, just as purple as can be. Any fall or late summer blooming plants are ok by me, any asters, goldenrods, hardy mums, etc. Lots of New England aster seedlings about a foot high, but I don't know if they'll bloom this year.
I wonder what ageratum they were talking about? I saw some nice white ageratina / eupatorium rugosum blooming last week.
You gotta tell us about these plant sales BEFORE they happen!!
Only one more daylily left to bloom besides this Sandra Elizabeth, except stragggling rebloomers like Little Wine Cup
Sorry Claypa, I didn't think of it because so few DGers in our area post here. But maybe I should, because there are many more who lurk. My friend is an officer of the Daylily Society of Delval. They have 2 big sales every year, I'll post dates. I didn't stay for the auction, but heard the collectors items went for $100s. The Daylily ladies made very sure to give me early, mid and late bloomers. They also picked "the best" clumps for me, and they didn't even know my friend was their former president! When she showed up, they then gave me a small box of "freebies", so I can get my young neighbor started!
The wild ageratum was pretty. It was almost 3' tall, had lovely pale chartreuse foliage and small cornflower blue blooms.
Here's a rose(pic from Wed) I got from my neighbor, he thought it was dead, I had it in the pot for at least a month before I was able to plant it.
Here it is today
from my wildflower garden
Beautiful Jen. Thanks for sharing. I bought my first Rose this year. It is just a miniature one that caught my eye in a grocery store during one my trips this summer. It is about the same color pink as yours.
Ruby
Ruby,
Just FYI-----
Sometimes those Mini-Roses they sell in stores do well--sometimes they do not.
I think the reason is that they might have been on a truck from somewhere for a week, in a plastic or paper sleeve, have not had proper light or watering, etc. I have seen many of them yellow out and die withing a week of receiving them in the store (talking about HD when I "owned" the Greenhouse).
If it is a healthy, robust mini-Rose, put it outside in bright light--not necessarily full sun right away. Treat it as you would any rose...same care..pruning, fertilizing...spraying....
You can plant it in a pot (for now) and keep it outside on a deck--or plant it in a bed. If it is healthy--it should make it year to year....
Gita
Hedychium 'Tai Pink Profusion'
Yellow Datura
Miami Rose Plumeria inflo
Miami Rose w/CG Brug
Staphie type bloom...cant' read the tag....ugh
Prettyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
Thanks Gita - the rose seems to be holding its own. I have had it about two months I suppose and it has bloomed a couple of times. It is in a pot. I am not sure if I will plant in the ground or not. It may surprise us all and live.
Ruby
Ruby,
We ARE a tenacious bunch, aren't we---and so should be the flowers we plant and nurture....
G.
My Red Skin Dahlia that I grew from seed opened today, This might be the only plant out of three that will bloom, Penny decided to make a short-cut around the pond where the others were growing so they took a beating.
Here is where it is growing.
Again, some more pretty blooms.
Ruby
Aster Frikartii just seemed to pop into bloom overnight.
Galliardia Goblin still going strong.
Couple of cold nights probably made those Asters pop.