Becky's MGs Part 4

This thread is a continuation from here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/987922/

Plum Tie-dye. (A repeat photo to start this thread.)

This message was edited May 20, 2009 11:28 PM

Can u believe that raikou is still giving me blooms? I came home late tonight to a fading bloom again ... becky, I took these pictures for you tonight at a home I am going to be caring for while they are on vacation in jamaica.. I pleaded with them to take me, but I got the watering job instead.. we are trading seeds for mg seeds, I have to get her to growing mgs and jmgs since she has such a pretty perfect place.. her gardens she has had put in look as pristine and pretty as yours.. but they live in a really new house . in a new area with a lake for their back yard view..
pic 1 clematis she has no clue its name

pic 2

pic 3 whole clematis garden south side of house

I told her she needed to move this one it is behind too many trees

here is the area that last one is u can't see it.. I am supposed to identify the small trees behind the river birchs for her..

back to mgs.. here is my mg pot from dgr's you, joseph, bluespiral and liz... editied because I have a problem with spelling joespeh since I am married to one LOL

This message was edited May 20, 2009 10:46 PM

Debra - Those are beautiful! Mine are still young vines. Next year should be a good year for mine. One of the popular places to order Clematis is http://www.silverstarvinery.com/contact.asp. I always read about this place on the Clematis Forum. Though I haven't had the good fortune to buy one from them yet. There are two more Clematis that I really want: Florida Sieboldii and Crystal Fountain ''Evipo038' . The first one that you posted looks a little like Bees Jubilee. Not sure about the white one.

How awesome that your Raikou JMG is still blooming by late afternoon! Now that is what I call a near perfect JMG!!! LOL!

One more of Pink Porcelain. I consider this a cottage garden bloom color! :-)

Your friend has a beautiful yard. Mine is nowhere near that well kept! LOL! I have a mish-mash of everything. You can never have enough plants... or baby ducks! LOL!

Becky you should keep one duck~ free fertilizer and all that~ lol! here is my daylily (strawberrry candy) from this morning. NO M.G.s this am... :(
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awww darren thats a purty one.. Becky can send me some ducks, I have a cage big enough.. just cooked some wild duck last weekend.. yummy.. ( I lived on a farm, we raised chickens ducks geese and rabbits for food) here are a few temporary hanging baskets of some grow outs

nice! Debra ~what's the dark red vine in the back opn the left basket?
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Darren: that is an I.Batata "blackie" there is also some lavender moon vine , some of my seeds from last year, and the tomatoes I am growing in a basket, thse are called sweet cherry..

love those sweet little tomatoes...!! you grow them indoors?~! The Batata vine is pretty !!! Is it easy to find on the shopping sites?
Wow
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Darren! If you want anything just tell me! really, I thought we were going to trade something anyway?? ws it cross vine or something like that? I have some I.Batatas left over, let me know.. and tomatoe plants out the kazoo LOL, lets see, also some other cool things you would like.. I started my tomatoes inside this winter, u know i love growing things in the winter..

Darren - Your daylily is beautiful! Love the colors of that one! I have a slew of them growing from seeds I received, but will have to wait 3 years to see the true colors on the blooms. :-( I'm so impatient ...

Debra - I took the ducks to the Feed and Farm Supply Store. Owner's wife fell in love with them. She said that she doesn't sell any of her animals for food. Only as pets or ornamental animals. The Roen ducks were breed for beauty, not as a food source. Apparently, they don't have a lot of meat on them. They also don't fly much. They were breed for swimming and waddling about as ornamental birds by folks with ponds/lakes. She was so excited to get them and couldn't get over how tame they are. They would eat out of my hand as well as the young students hands. I miss them. But they were just getting too big for the space I had for them. I hope they all go to good homes. If I had lots of land with a pond, I'd have kept them all! LOL! My dad's family were farmers. I am sure I have that in my blood. I love gardening, animals, and everything about nature. I could easily go to live on a farm. I wouldn't miss shopping malls or big cities at all. I'm a country girl at heart! :-)

I love your I.Batata "blackie". I just gotta find some of those to grow, too! I am fast becoming a potatoe growing fan! :-)

I wanted to start a veggie garden this year, but that would require a new raised bed to be built. Funds are not allowing that at this time ... maybe later! I need more raised beds in my backyard and veggies were the next plants I wanted to try! :-) I have also seen those hanging baskets for tomatoes and cukes. I am thinking that is another way to go. And have you seen the big sacks you can grow potatoes in? Another - gotta try ... some day idea! :-) See ... I'm definitely a farm girl! :-) I could raise cows, goats, chickens, ducks, horses ... and rabbits, too! I just couldn't eat them! I'd be a vegetarian farmer and have these animals as pets! LOL! I get too attached to animals to slaughter them ...

This message was edited May 23, 2009 11:44 AM

Becky, sending yo some I. Batatas,, you and Darren both.. so don't go out buying any.. will mail out to you both onn wenesday when I get back to work.. how are your "gold fingers" I sent you? I also have some "ace of Spades" and Pink tricolours..

Debra - OH COOL! I would love to try an I. batatas. Love the dark color of those leaves! THANK YOU!

Okay ... which plant was "Gold Fingers"? "Ace of Spades" and Pink tri-color??? I'm hopelessly lost ... Clue me in! LOL!

I've got company, but have a moment right now to post some more photos. This rain has done wonders for my garden beds! It's simply beautiful out there with everything blooming!

Here is my red rose bush pot with pink Mums growing in the pot, too, right next to the picket fence where one of the Blue Star blooms is peeking through. Love all the contrasting colors in this photo!

Rain Lily blooming after rain showers. :-) :-) :-)

Spanish Flag blooms! Love these vines!!!

Spanish Flag bloom close-up!

Beautiful Keiryu bloom. Seed from Eliz (evr)! What a stunner! Blooms and leaves rate superior in my humble opinion!!! Thanks, Eliz!

This is one of Antoinette's crosses. Ya might just take a glance at it and move on ... but let me tell you ... it blooms a LOT, the flowers are larger, and it jumps out at me from the green foliage. A labeled this beauty - Picotee Pink NOT x Fuji no Sora.

White Kikyou. This one blooms every day! Just love it!! I need to plant a pot of these. It would look beautiful with the dark green foliage and the nice white blooms!

Daylilies. Can't remember the name. ACK! Too many plants now to remember the cultivar unless I have it written down somewhere. I am cross pollinating the daylilies now too. :-) I love daylilies!!

NOID daylily grown from seed. Not it's true bloom colors until year 3. This is it's second year. Love the ruffled petals. I am cross pollinating this one with the above one. :-)

LYK cross. Boy! Is this cultivar throwing some really neat crosses. No two vines have been alike. Love it!!

Cashmere blooms. So pretty. Bees were all over this one earlier!

The Cashmere bush is in a small pot! Doesn't seem to mind. This bush is highly invasive (runners) in my zone. I have to keep this bad boy contained. But I really love it! I need to pot it up into a larger pot. :-)

Tipsy pots with an array of MGs growing in them. I love how this turned out! I will be planting more in them later, too! :-)

One of 5 blooms on Diluted Fuji no Muraski. I am not seeing any seed pods forming! Grrrr ... I want more seeds of this one!!!!

Another bloom of Keiryu! I love this one a LOT!!!

Butterfly garden area. Cowpen Daisies! A favorite of the butterflies and bees! :-)

All my Queen Anne's Lace plants have flopped over from the rain. LOL!

Pink Porcelain Blizzard! My beautiful baby! I love this vine!!! I am so glad that I was able to collect a few seeds from it when I grew it last seaon. It did not want to be pollinated. Thank goodness my persistence paid off! :-)

Hanafubuki from Arlene. :-)

This is the corner next to my house that is taking forever to fill in.

I posted the above photo of the corner of the garden to show you the size of the Red Flare Caladiums I am growing there. This is their second year. Got these tubers/bulbs on sale (half price) at Wally World when they were clearancing all their Spring plants over a year ago. Look at the size of these leaves! OMG! I had no idea that they would get this big!!! I love the color and pattern on them. Caladiums seem to love the Florida climate. :-)

And here is the flower of that Caladium. It is loaded with pollen, but I have no idea where to pollinate this flower at. Anyone know? It would be cool to do some crossing with Caladiums. I'm becoming the paint brush garden fairy! LOL!