Patti in the 2nd collage-please Lucy
Garden Photos of '09.....#22
It's good that you spread the wealth around, so to speak, but let me know if you don't find them, Patti, as I also have Purple Basil started and Tall White Zinnia seeds.
^_^
Looks like Hosta elegans?? That would be my guess. (Of course, sum and substance would be my second)
Best fix I heard for a bee sting is to avoid getting stung by one. (You can thank Great-Uncle Joe for that one)
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Way-to-go Great uncle Joe. :)
He said that way they don't hurt at all!!
OK I'll look up Elegans .
Why cant this be simple?
I had better not suggest 'Big Mama' (which is "extra" large) or 'Blue Mammoth' then, eh?
I'm loving your pics, Patti
Evie, don't feel bad I'm in the same boat as you, hardly anything blooming.
Love the wood duck(so cool looking) and grosbeak.
Great Uncle Joe, sounds like a riot.
You use meat tenderizer on jellyfish stings too.
I just checked elegans and I doubt that is what this is.
I'm leaving the others out of it.
Well maybe Big Momma
Can it tenderize meat??^_^
Actually never tried...marinating works best.
Yes it can, made with some kind of tropical fruit stuff.
I like to use the scientific terms.lol
the sentry in my pond
That is one awesome pic, Bill.
thx jen - would have been better if i could sneak down there for the picture
BEAUTIFUL photo, Bill!! That looks like a painting!
Quoting:
some people worry about what color blooms are open next to each other
Hey, Allison, who does that??? ^_^
I'm downright anal about it.
Has nothing to do with the weather...it's all in the planning. My side shade garden has reds and yellows, one of the bee balms came up too pink so I had to move it, now I'm on the lookout for more of a true red.
Don't know where to begin with all the great shots---Bill's wood ducks, grosbeak, & blue heron, Allison's waxwings feeding each other---Shelley's blue poppy----awesome, all the irises ---those are my favs, Patti's collages were so nice, & Jo Ann---your garden already looks different from last year's. Here is Ruby Meidelland---bought it budded at nursery.
And an iris I like...
You're tempting me to come and play with your mind, Jen. Plant some 'wrong' flowers! Same with weeds in Patti's or Bill's garden.
Great shot Bill - nice reflection.
lol...Stay AWAY!!!
jen, I know what you mean. I have a red bed that has morphed into a pink mauve burgundy bed because so many things that are billed as red really are not. Now I'm hunting down all the true red and orange reds to move to the new "really red this time" bed.
lol, drives ya crazy doesn't it???
But of course it's a good excuse to buy more plants.
Spray paint!
Wow - looks like it's time for a new thread already! Give me a second.
Okay, I know there's a new thread, but I figured I would post my replies to the postings on this thread here, then I will post more pics from yesterday on the new thread. So here I go.....
Thanks Bill, Victor, Shelly, Patti, Jo Anne and Anita. BTW, Anita, the pond was a lot easier to do than you would think. I did it myself with a kit I paid about $50 for at Walmart about 4 years ago. The hardest part was digging out a big stump that was right in the hole where I wanted the pond to be. I had to take an axe to it.
Bill, nice shot of the grosbeak and wood duck. Also the heron. That one would be nice on the reflections thread. You wouldn't want to see him there if you had Koi!
Patti, I love all the stuff that's going on in your gardens. I especially like the iris. So pretty! I want more myself. I need to find out which varieties do well in my area. I have some the bloom prolifically year after year, and others, though spectacular looking, do well some years and then just do nothing other years. I want to get more of the kinds that bloom well every year.
Patti, you mentioned you don't know how we all do that, meaning posting photos one-by-one. Doesn't it take just as long to take a number of photos, make them into a collage, and then post them? I would think so.
Nutsforeverything! LOL! Patti, too funny! I do love hostas and wants more, but my collection is small in comparison to my daylily collection, which is over 900 named varieties, not to mention all the ones my mother produced from her own seedling crosses. I'm am trying to sell off a lot of the seedlings, which are quite mature at this point. I need to make room for other daylilies that I want to add to my collection for my hybridizing program. I'll be getting rid of a lot of nice ones that just don't fit into my program. I'm planning on breeding for anything unusual. I'm partial to spiders and unusual forms, as well as stuff with heavy veining and stippling. Also the newest sensation, bearding (a.k.a. feathering, cresting).
Jo Anne, to answer your question as to what is considered mid-season, it depends on where you live. You're in the same zone as I am, so I would say mid-July would be mid-season. Not all DL's are mid-season. I have 2 varieties blooming now. Those are considered very early, though. Then the early ones bloom in mid-June to early July. The mid-season ones bloom mid-July. Then the lates start late July to August. Then the very lates are Sept. and Oct. I have oriental poppies starting to bloom here now. Only the very early DL's are blooming at the same time. All my very earlies are either yellow or orange. Would like to get other colors that bloom very early to early. The majority of my DL's bloom mid-season, though I have a number that bloom into August that are considered mid/late season bloomers.
Willie when I saw the pics of your seedlings I got a mental whiff of the greenhouse and potting soil. I love that smell!
Karen
Thanks Karen. I should have noticed my 2year old DL's are not blooming and the poppies are about to start.