I thought of this thread when I was sorting through my photos. Bet you think I will choose a dahlia to share ^_^ Actually this is one of favorite times every year in my garden: when the garden shed tries to lure the hummers.
To Chase Away The Winter Blues...
There are so many beautiful moments captured in your photos. This is a thread that I will look at again and again. The colour and structure is incredible. Thanks for sharing these.
What wonderful pictures, one and all! Just love them.
Here are some daylilies in my gardens.
Karen
Here's a NOID that's just gorgeous. Wish I knew what it was.
Thunder And Lightning
Piano Man
Arizona daylilies.....
looking through my dg images its hard to image under all the white i see right now there is a green garden. in this case it is a pink jm shirazz.
Very nice! That pink jm shirazz is very unusual! Love it!
Dahlia - have you ever grown dwarf dahlias from seed? I started some down here in Fla. and have just transplanted them into the ground. Do they develop tubers as they grow? (newbie question, for sure!) I have never grown any from seeds before and am wondering if they are "real" dahlias?!
I sure have DonnieBrook and they will develop tubers just like the larger ones.
Dahlia that shed is too cute. Is that honeysuckle? No wonder the hummers are tempted, beautiful.
Great daylilies you two. I didn't think I had that many until going over what was in each bed I discovered there was at least one DL in every one, usually more than one. They do go with everything and are so dependable. You can never have too many.
Bill that pink JM is really something. I am glad you got some gift certs for more. It is astounding to me every year that all that drab dead looking brown can transform back to such a sunny colorful garden. Ain't nature grand.
This is a pic from a couple years ago, some sunny DLs.
I think the day lilys are so cheerful but some years they don't bloom for me :( Yes ngam that is a honeysuckle.
Very nice, Mrsj, and Bill, I love that Shirazz. I may have to get myself one of those. I love you're DL's too, Pat.
Karen
This is my fav annual that re-seeds all by itself.
Very pretty, Pat! What is that?
Dahlia - thanks for the response about the seeded dahlias. Now I'm really excited....the little plants are settling in nicely.....no idea what colors they are; it was a mixed packet of dwarfs.
Louise it is verbena bonariensis, aka verbena on a stick.
There ya go, all better now, LOL. :)
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I love it Pat!
That's the surprise of the mixes DonnieBrooks. You can get some very pretty colour combinations. These are mixed mignons (tubers not seeds though). I like the one that did the one red petal the best.
I LOVE vb. It is scattering around my garden as it wants. I think you meant verbena on a stick. :)
Those yellows and reds are vibrant. Can you believe I have never had dahlias? Seeing everyone's pictures, though, make me want to include them.
I've never had dahlias either, Jan. I like those little yellow and red ones, Dahlianut. I would probably grow ones like that. I don't like having stuff that has to be dug up in the fall, though, as I already have too much to do already.
That Verbena bonariensis is great. I grew it this year, and it was outstanding. Gets very tall, and doesn't need staking.
Karen
After an unusual amount of snow (for us) the rain is visiting again in the Pacific Northwest, and doing a fabulous job of chasing away the snow. Of course, it arrived after I shoveled a large portion of my long driveway.
I never thought I'd say it, but I am quite happy to see pavement...
Wishing you all a very wonderful & prosperous 2009!
Very pretty, Kayte! What kind of flower is that?
Karen
The butterflies love the verbena too and it blooms all summer with no care at all, my kind of plant.
I was going to ask what that pretty yellow flower is too Katye. Very fancy, is it a type of trillium? We are having all sorts of up and down weather here on the east coast too. Hoping for a nice early pleasant spring and wishing you all out there the same.
Mexican Shell Flowers!! I love those! Grew them a few times but forgot to dig up the bulbs one fall and that was the end of them! lol
They come in hot pink, white and yellow as far as I know.
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Thanks for the info Celeste. I figured it was something that liked a warmer location since it was something I was unfamiliar with around here. If I grew them they would get left out too, fall digging is not my thing. Plants that live at my house have to be hardy or re-seed themselves with little help from me. They are cute though.
I did the same Pixie... they were beautiful... but the blooms only last one day... and they shriveled up sometimes in less than a day
pictures from 2007
I like verbena too, but still have not grown it. Pat - you must watch P. Allen Smith - that's his name for them!
I know I have heard that some place and used to watch him before all the re-runs. One of my complaints-no good garden programs any more. I have seen other people online describe them like that too. It is a good descriptive name for them. They are very useful to fill in any bare spots or lull in blooms because the purple color they have blends very well with just about everything. Their height and see through growth habit allow shorter plantings in front or in back to shine too. One of those plants that make ya feel happy when you see them, you should give them a try.
Okay here is another fav. from last season. My fav type of flower, not counting roses, is any daisy like bloom. Specifically of late echinaceas. Here is 'Summer Sky'. There are so many new ones again this year, where will I find room for them all.
Yes, thanks for the info, Celeste. I'm not much for digging stuff in the fall, either. I grew an elephant ear one year, but left it in the ground, and of course the poor thing died.
Yes, Victor, do give them a try, they are great!
Karen
I do not have many Echinaceas yet. Will have to remedy that!
Karen
Yes, I like the see-through quality and the movement.
I have summer Sky echi but I wasnt thrilled with how the color faded after a couple of days and what was left wasnt color at all.
Maybe its because I just planted it this summer.
I'll give it another season.
I think they are like most perennials and take three years to really see how they will grow. They do fade and I think a bit of shade in the afternoon might help a bit, but when they fade to that washed out level cut them down to the base and they will send out more blooms. The late summer/ fall blooms in the cooler night temps makes the color deeper I think. This was the second summer with mine so next year I hope it will be mature, unless I move it which I am thinking about doing.
Great advise. I'll give it another year, it does get afternoon sun.
Great photos everyone - I'm getting antsy for spring already and December's not even over! I didn't take a lot of pics in 2008, but I like this pic of my garden and pond taken from inside the screen porch. The screen gives it a cool fuzzy look - kind of monetish, don't ya think? Ok, that might be stretching it a bit, but I still like it. ;o)
OOOH! I like it too.
Me too!
The yellow flower in several posts back is a Tigridia. The blossoms are short-lived & in the heat, droop like spent Daylily blossoms. But they are pretty cool-looking & come in enough colours to hold my interest.
Was anyone having trouble posting photos yesterday? I tried repeatedly to post a couple, but when you select "preview" to do so, there was no "send" option.
Victor - "see-through & movement" in the same sentence: you are truly the King of Double Entendres...
Today we have an interrupted blue sky, and the snow has been beaten back by the rain.
The lawn is visible, which is a good thing as all the Dogs' poopsickles will be easy to spot for pick-up, instead of step-in.
Gorgeous shot, Kate! Actually, double-entendres are too easy. I prefer the triples!
I look forward to this in a few months.
Love the waterlilies too.
