Sally,
Just FYI--The Cardinal Climber twists tightly around any support but is not as "wild-growing" as a MG.
The seeds look just the same though--in those papery, round little balls. It's fun, but time consuming, gathering them and unwinding the dead vines takes patience in the Fall.
LOL... I grew one up the shepherd's hook for the hummingbird feeder last year, and it was pretty wild, although not quite as rampant as the cypress vine (similar but with very finely dissected foliage) that I grew the previous year!
I'd like to try growing one of those for my parents house. Could someone save me some seeds please?
Holly--I have plenty!
I could mail them to you any time! Let me know.......
More than anything--I like the leaves best! Very decorative.
G.
OK- I am pretty sure I have the cardinal climber, so thanks Jill, Gita or whoever must have given me those. They're on my garden fence which needs a LOT of dressing up, with some sticks for extra growing space. Today I see they're up over the sticks and headed for the hills!!
I am just getting to the swap plant that my DH shoved in the pot with my jasmine while I was away helping my daughter.
Can someone tell me what it is?
Looks like one of Jill's basils. Where is Critter?
That does look like basil... one of the Thai types, possibly 'Blue Spice' or 'Thai Siam Queen'. You'll know when it blooms... Blue Spice is supposed to have spikes of blue-violet blooms, and SQ has big clusters of purple blooms.
It's doing great! I lost a bunch of basils when we were in NC... still have my little patch of Italian basil, though! :-)
It's Miata's birthday today! Don't forget to click on the MAG forum and find her thread. :-)
Thanks Jill. Everyone's plants are doing well. They're still in their pots but they're happy! I never really did get caught up :(
This plant in my pot doesn't seem to have the stems of a basil. It's more like some kind of a bush with really tough branches. Basil has a different kind of stem that is softer and can be pinched off easily. I guess I need to wait to see what happens in the future.
I'll post a picture again at a later date.
Could it be Lantana? tho mine has already bloomed quite small.
the lantana that I brought has a glossy leaf.... (small one on the right)... can that be a short bushy monarda?
if it's monarda, I think it will have square stems (mint family), right?
yeah I think so
I'll show you the blooms if it ever does. It still seems like some kind of a perennial bush to me.
Roses, did you get a white butterfly bush from me? Should be bigger than that by now if you did.
I still have a couple from the swap that I don't know what they are. When I have time, I'll pst photos.
Many of my plants never made and got all mixed up when my DH tried to help with the planting because I was called away for some time to help my daughter who had emergency back surgery.
I have dozens of things that I don't know the names of and I don't even really know which ones didn't make it or where they were put.
I'm going to have lots of fun on the "ID this plant" forum when I have the time to send each and every thing that's blooming.
RRR--
I for one do not really care about official "names"......I just love flowers that catch my eye.
I realize that when swapping seeds or plants that names are important to the more serious gardeners---but to me--a Petunia or a Salvia or a Hosta or a Lily is just THAT. I do not need to know the Horticultural name of anything.....with a few exceptions.....
Actually, when people say that they have a whatever...whatever (using the horticultural names)---i have NO idea what they are talking about!
I realize i am in the minority on DG with this opinion, but it is OK by me!
Gita
You're a wise ol' owl Gita and a gal after my own heart!! (Words from the olden days when I was young).
Actually Gita, I feel a bit that way but have tried to get names for swapping. It makes it so much nicer to be able to tell someone the name of the plant. But I'm not always sure I have it right anyway. LOL
R_R_R, I have had very good luck with my swap plants, didn't loose very many of them. But some are still in my driveway in pots, I have a nice little grass garden growing in pots, as they were for a project Ric wanted to do and some of the others were for around the gazebo which also got put on hold. They are growing well I will need to get them in the ground before fall. Actually I have decided to dig a temp bed down one side of the Veggie Garden and may just decide to keep it. I have been thinking how pretty a strip garden along one side would look and I have some very nice sun loving plants to put there. Then as we work on the back yard I can divide them and move some of them back there.
Holly--
You also "inherited" a bunch of plants that some people just left behind. NOT a nice responsibility---and NOT a nice thing for people to do.
I know we are all "gardenholics"--but I sure would not like to be stuck with a bunch of plants I never asked for--or wanted. To me--that is disrespectful. Take whatever you could not give away back with you--do not leave it for the hostess to deal with.......It is like dumping a box of kittens at a shopping center. Geez! have a heart!!!!!!!
OK! i am off my soap box! Gita
Oh no Gita, I had told everyone that my DIL would take whatever was left. They have a bit more than 2 acres of field to fill up. She was thrilled with all the leftovers and my friend that brought the red sedum came back later and took some of the plants she has a hillside she is filling in.
That could be a problem for some but worked very well for me.
Holly, the red sedum and hosta your friend brought have both done very well for me and a friend of mine.
Does anybody recognize or remember planting something in this container for the swap?
Doesn't look familiar Stormyla, but remember I did give you VA Blue bells and they would have been in a larger container and would not be visible right now.
Yes, Holly, I have that container marked. Will they spread much in time?
Not really sure, I see miles of them along the creek banks but the couple in my yard have only been here since last year.
Here are a couple of bloomers. Can't remember who these came from, Sally? They sat in my driveway till a couple of weeks ago. Still wrapped in newspaper and the plastic bag they came in. I kept watering them and checking them finally when they were starting to bloom I dug a hole and stuck them in. They seem real happy.
Holly, I think they are from me. I did the newspaper and plastic bag transport. You got one with the mahogany in the center, some are just plan. Gloriosa Daisy. They will reseed so look for the fussy leaves in the spring when weeding.
Thanks LadyG, They are really pretty, I was looking at the center and thinking how very pretty it was and I just love them. I expect to put some of them in the back yard later when we can work on those beds and maybe down by the garden. In the strip bed I'm planing. My leg is getting better and I have started trying to get the last of the driveway plants in the ground. I am going to try and collect seeds this year and I was thinking that this one will be great for WS.
LadyGardener: You think you are beginning to learn just the tiniest bit, and then boom, back down to the floor you go. I didn't realize until I saw your post that Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' and Gloriosa Daisies aren't the same. I don't know what prompted me to look them up.
But I have no idea which I have. Do you happen to know the difference?
Happy, I don't have any Goldsturm to do a compairing of the two, but There is a difference in the leaves, GD seem to be less vained and more fuzzy, and the stems are thicker on the GD. I also remember that GD has a larger flower.
Hell's Kitchen is on got to go!
I have that taping on the DVR... love it too!!
Happy,
The "Rudbeckia Goldstrum" are perennial/biennial and can be found all over the fields and roadways and anywhere else in and around this area. It is the official flower of the State of Maryland. Height is about 2' max. It makes dark brown seed heads which can be left on thew plant all winter for the birds to feed from. They multiply from seed as well as roots and can "take over" an area.
The flowers are not so large as the "Gloriosa", and they all are uniform---yellow with a brown center.
The Gloriosa daisies are annuals/biennials. They grow a lot taller--3'-4' and have many different coloration in their flowers. The blooms are, usually, quite a bit larger--maybe 3"-4". Even the petals can be yellow with brown in them or some other kinds of patterning. And yes--the stems are a lot fatter. A nice annual color for backs of beds and not invasive at all....just self-seed somewhat.
Colors are usually yellows with brown patterning.
Both like full sun.
Hope this helps---Gita
These are typical Rudbeckia Goldstrum--the perennial kind.
This clump is only in it's third year from a seedling start of a couple of plants....
Lovely--long-lasting--and all that!
The state flower of Maryland is Rudbeckia hirta. 'Goldsturm' (sturm = storm) is a cultivar of Rudbeckia fulgida
R. hirta
Kat and I gave away some Gloriosa Daisies "Double Gold" at the swap. They should look like this (Burpee image).
Clay--thanks for the correction......They still look almost the same to me, though! Except that the petals do not droop down--as in my picture.......I always thought it was "Goldstrum"....I had forgotten the "Hirta" part......
Thanks....:o( Gita
Yes, they're very confusing! I guess gloriosa daisies are R. hirta.
I'm curious to know what any of these coleus cultivar names are, especially the two trailing ones to the left. I know the larger orangey one is 'Sedona' from ladygardener, and I think the trailing ones came from miatablu or critter at critter's swap last fall. ?
I know the one is chocolate drop... don't know the other
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