DP, I'd love some. Does anyone know the date of the Fall RU yet?
weegy, I'll dmail you.
It's been really busy, and I wish I had time before now to post photos, but I didn't. : (
Love the way your gardens are shaping up.
Right now, I've got this in bloom. Bower vine.
WIB,
SW
I do have some cannas that were just planted this year poking up leaves. I have leaves on Dad's Pride of Barbados, and way too many weeds. I was really surprised to find this geranium still alive.
WIB,
SW
OK SW!
DP, love that variegated osteoporum! I have several different ones in a range of colors.
This is the first bloom on my Aquilegia vulgaris 'Leprechaun Gold' today. I'll include the foliage in the next post for it's the reason I bought it, that sweet bloom is an added bonus.
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Leprechaun Gold' foliage
I have that one too---got it at Annie's last fall and it's SO cute!
It's a good looking plant! Really happy with it.
love those leaves !
Sometimes I think it's a good thing you live so far away. I love those variegated leaves on your Aquilegia vulgaris. Variegated leaves are so interesting.
WIB,
SW
Sue that's beautiful.
SW the fall RU is in October sometime. I don't know the date or if there is a date set yet. I imagine KaperC would know.
The date for the RU is still up in the air.
I know, but I'm hoping for the second saturday in October. I hate having to give up beach time. I guess it would just be a day trip, so you never know.
Thanks KC,
WIB,
SW
This rhodie moved here from Sacramento in an open trailer a couple of years ago, and I wasn't sure she was going to survive the trip. She seems to have gotten over the trauma....LOL!
Glad she did! What a beauty!
Got this iris at the mini-RU. Boy was I surprised. Thanks Kanita of the luscious lemon bars!
WIB,
SW
Cornus florida was in it's prime last week, and leafing out this week.
closeup of the blooms
Went to see my Mom this morning, she's only 5 minutes away. She had a new poppy and iris I wanted to photograph.
Papaver 'Sugar Plum' is from Annie's Annuals, stands at about 5 ft tall.
I gave her a piece of my newly acquired bearded iris 'Rustler' and hers is blooming first.
GREAT iris, Sue. !
It's in my colors! really looking forward to seeing mine too now!
My new Helianthemum 'Cheviot' opened up this morning, sweet little thing.
ima, your Rhody looks great - is it in full sun?
Sugar Plum is gorgeous, Sue !
Ima...that Rhodie is sensational. I can't believe they'll grow up where you are. Not too hot in the summer for them ? Evidently not !
Sue, I lusted over that poppy from Annie's at the nursery, but I've never had much luck with poppies, so I didn't take a chance. But that iris is to die! I'll have to see if I can find that one...assuming I can find room to stuff another iris in my "meadow garden" bed...LOL!
The rhody is in shade all day in the corner of my courtyard. In the morning there's bright light, but no sun in her spot. JD, I was also sceptical that she would make it here, but I figured if she lived through Sacramento's heat (also in full shade), she would survive ours! And since she was a freebie from a friend, it was certainly worth taking a chance. She's kinda leggy, so as soon as she's done blooming it'll be time for a trim!
The color of that Rhodie goes great with the stucco color.
What's the variegated plant in the blue pot in front of it ?
Daphne aureo-marginata----a youngster I picked up in January. Can't wait for it to bloom one of these days and perfume the whole area!
What a pretty little corner, Ima! Lovely.
Lindia
Thank you! I like it, too. There's a camellia there that came from the same friend, and lost every single leaf on the journey from Sacramento. Eventually one of the branches gave it up, but the remaining two are now covered with pink buds! I've never seen it bloom, so I'm pretty stoked!
BTW, here's a photo of my climbing Cecile Brunner in her glory. She's wound around a former nectarine tree that didn't make it. I suggested her for your arch in another thread, and I still think she would be a nice addition to your English Garden.....somewhere!
I love all the blooms that everyone has been posting and thought I'd share a couple of mine.
My white Lilac is starting to come around.
This Forsythia is just about finished blooming.
This Oregon Grape Holly is a very easy care shrub with leaves that turn red during the winter.
This rose was a cutting from my parent's garden years ago and it's still a beauty. Sorry, I don't know its name.
I rooted some of that once, years ago from a piece that was in a florist arrangement. It grew to about 15 feet and never got one bloom on it.
Not cold enough here, I guess.
Nice photos !
Another of the same rose.
My cistus purpurea is evidently VERY happy.
Here's a close-up
Here's clematis Durandii blooming now.
I just did a garden thread in the Rose Forum.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/979118/
DP your moth is a "hummingbird moth" which was once a Sphinx catapillar AKA tomato worm. Ain't metamorphosis something. The moths are great fun to watch until you think that they are just looking for a place to lay eggs to make more sphinx worms...
Calif_Sue, I love your interplantings in message Post #6437788.
Weegy, way up at the top you labeled some pink Oxalis "coleus". And asked for corrections. AKA "shamrock". A bit of a weed, but not as bad as its yellow cousin.
~'spin!~
Thanks spin...I truly meant to label it oxalis and not coleus. You are right. Forgive this old brain and I'm sure glad someone is correcting it!!
I knew it was just a slip of the keystroke, Weeg!
