Finally, tithonia

I'll try to get a pic of them today. It was the true leaves I noticed on these self set plants, trefoil shaped as you said, and looking very similar to giant ragweed, only with velvety soft hairs rather than the course ones on ragweed.

There is a seedling photo in plantfiles
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/228571/

Karen

Oh thanks, k. and gem., the baby leaves in the pic look a little nondescript and no sign of a trefoil effect. Didn't see that plant file pic the first time so thanks very much.

Now must run outside and see if there are any left in the garden (after my mad weeding rampage this past week.)

Raining again. We need some SUN!

Here's one of the volunteer seedlings I found. I think it's Tithonia, sure hope it is, LOL.

Thanks, neal,

That particular one looks like a few I've got here and I thought maybe 'tithonia'. Although I became concerned when I didn't see the three part leaf. I guess we will have to wait and see.

I started a pot of Fiesta Del Sol's but their true leaves haven't quite emerged yet. They are the dwarf ones so I don't know if they have the same leaf as Torch or not.

I bet your garden is going gangbusters these days. Ours is just about ready to 'pop' with lots of color, but not quite yet.

Looks like a good gardening day today! t.

Looks like it Neal.

So many blooms I can't keep up with them! I'm loving this growing season :-)

I remember the Tithonia leaves taking on the trefoil look as the plants became more mature last year. I'm hoping they replace the orange Lily blooms in late summer here where I use salsa colors.

Woo! You've got a fun garden going there, neal!

Thanks, Judy! This is the 3rd year for my gardening here and I'm loving the mature look :-) I've started a thread in the Cottage Gardening forum of garden shots you may enjoy:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1004266/

Very pretty!

Karen

Karen, did you notice the green eyed Rudbeckias? Those are from seed you sent me :-)

Yes, I did notice. Do you like them? They're still my favorite ruds.

Karen

LOVE them! My first successful Ruds, and the green eyes are my favorite!

I'm so glad. They're definitely my favorites, too, especially the doubles. And if you harvest some seeds from them and wintersow those, chances are the offspring might be similar but just a little different. That's how my double ones showed up- just cross pollinated mutants.

Rudbeckias wintersow so well for me, it's one I would never even try indoors.

Karen

I love those rudbeckias too. I think the ones I have are mostly 'Prairie Suns' with a couple of 'Green Eyes' too. I will have to try again to wintersow them. I may have a few home-grown, but most of mine are from the end of season sale tables in the past few years.

I checked into your garden thread and thoroughly loved the photos. I'm going to take some decent pics of our June border and add to the thread tomorrow. (Maybe something more will break into bloom overnight. I hope so, it's too green around here!).

kqcrna, I can't believe how much further ahead your garden is from ours here on this side of town.

I don't know what made the difference, but last year I wintersowed Ruds and they stayed quite small and just produced a couple of blooms the first year, while those I wintersowed this year grew quickly and are big, bushy plants full of buds.