Sedum "Autumn Joy".
Laurel
Garden Photos - Part 36
Pretty, Laurel! So that's what a maypop looks like! I'm glad to see one! Are those wild sunflowers a heliopsis? That grasshopper looks like the kind that used to terrorize me when I was a kid. They seemed as big as I was and they'd leap on you mercilessly. Ugh. Still haven't gotten over it! LOL
Gosh, Louise, I didn't know you'd never seen a maypop. There are many tropical, non-hardy types that you might like to consider for FL, but mine are hardy. I'd be glad to send you root cuttings. Here is a photo of the fruit. My maypops are the 'incarnata' variety. Some folks turn their nose up at these because they are wild and not exotic cultivars. I ate one today and it was delish!
The sunflowers are helianthus and there are lots of regional varieties. They just do their own thing. I wake up in the morning and look out the window to the view. Too much to do to have high maintenance plants.
L
ok Laurel you have to give me the low down on how to do a root cutting.... that is something I have no clue about
great pictures/gardens everyone! Too much for me to catch up on at the moment. But, I will later today I hope.
Pixie, what is that lovely corally pink dahlia that you posted up above?
I finally have some pics from my yard again. Ignore the weeds, they are a glitch in the photoshop program.
fuschia
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an ajuga changing colors, I'm going to have to look up the variety name.
close up of the leaf
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ok, last one for the while.
Wonderful pics, red! You certainly understand the benefits of good lighting. Great to wake up to these.
RC that first pic is my favorite - very pretty.
Good morning. Yes, I agree, RC's photos always have that artistic touch.
Allison, this year maypops popped up where we tilled and broke up roots in the spring. So, I dug roots early that had white shoots coming off them and potted them up. The roots go down about 6"-8" and then travel horizontally like wisteria or trumpet vine. The shoots were easy to grow. Meanwhile, I tried to germinate seed with no luck. Then I read here at DG that people give up and dump the seed in the compost to find it germinate a year or two later.
Laurel
Great shots, Shelly.
New thread:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/902954/
How early were you up for those shots, Shelly? Looks like great early AM sun. Love the petunia and purple fuchsia.
Shelly, weeds - glitch lol
great shots.
jan