HTOP, I have a question, If we live in the 8, or 9 zones, does that mean the zones above that mean that anything in the 7 zone and down, will survive? Thanks, Krispi
Fall Blooms & Color, Part 2
Krispi, if you mean winter hardiness, I believe so.
I remember seeing a map that was a scale of the number of days over 90 (or 95) and plants were rated on their heat tolerance as well as their tolerance to cold. Anyone else seen it? I can't remember what it was called.....
Kale is good for fall thru winter>
Found it...it is called the heat zone map. http://www.ahs.org/pdfs/05_heat_map.pdf
Take a look and tell me what you think.
Fall to spring for Marguerite Daisy here in FL>
Klondike Cosmos ( Cosmos sulphureus) are a butterfly magnet ...
Klondike Cosmos ( Cosmos sulphureus) front view and back view ablaze in morning sunlight
Klondike Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) blooms "holdimg hands"; left bloom backlit by morning sunlight
Backside of Klondike Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus) bloom
Backside of a Klondike Cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus)bloom backlit by bright morning sunlight on a clear fall day
Josephine, that flower bed is picture perfect. That's always what I have in mind when I plant stuff, but somehow it never turns out that way!
Dale and htop -- Jeez! Gorgeous!
Don't the flowers of this winecup rose look like poppies against the angelonia?
These are the same flowers but from the side with miniature crepe myrtle with fall colors in the background. My best mini-crepe was run-over by someone turning around in my driveway. So frustrating!
Very pretty winecup! Aren't the fall bloom colors more intense!
Yes, usually. Today is really weird though. Pretty Lady faded to pure white. I've never seen it do that before. Eugene de Barharnais always blooms purple even when the flowers are small in the summer and it bloomed bright red today. Very weird.
Eugene in red, but still pretty and with great fragrance. This time of year, the roses really hold their scent for a long time.
I wonder if that is the effect of the moisture received in the hurricane.
So that's why they say the color has "washed out!"
LOL ~ might be. I was thinking of the high salt content in the rain. I read a bit about that and wondered it when the plant drew that moisture it would affect it differently.
That is so interesting. I hadn't heard about the salt content in the rain but it would make sense. During the last two months, we've had perfect rose weather and yet the flushes of blooms that I expected really haven't happened, and the roses that have bloomed haven't been as large as I expected in this weather either. hmmmm...
red lantana
Copper Canyon daisies
