Garden Photos of '09.....#23

I look forward to seeing your pics of it, Mona.

Karen

nice pics karen things are busting out there!!

wow... you guys are on a roll... love the baby goldfinch Deb

NFD... that Centauria is pretty cool... never saw that before... god would I crack up seeing you walk around the yard with a dust buster... LOL... sounds good though

you guys got me so excited that I planted Baptisia this year!!!

'White weed' is canadian mayflower--wild flower, not a weed at all. Sometimes known as wild lily of the valley.

Thanks folks!

Lovely pics everyone!

Karen, you're definitely on a roll!

Jen... the pics of Wall-e and the little girl are adorable!!

Hi Shelly
Nice pix of Baptisia Twilight Prairy Blus.
Its new in my garden as of April, I'm glad to see the real color, just as I had hoped for.
I also have hosta Tokudama, Very slow to establish and then Ive moved it 3 times, so who knows.

Thanks Bill, Allison, Jo Anne and Shelly.

Iris, I think it could be argued that all weeds are wildflowers when you really think about it. One person's weed is another persons wildflower. I happen to like and encourage some weeds that pop up here and there. If they pop up in a good spot I let them grow, if not, then they're gone. I especially like common mullien. There is also another weed that's a member of the mink family. Don't know what it is, but I had a massive specimen last year that I allowed to stay, and I just loved it. It's back again this year. It gets tiny lavender flowers and pinchy things around the flowers.

Allison, if your baptisia isn't blooming this year, just have patience. I usually buy them in bloom, cause if you don't know how old it is, it could take some time to get to blooming age.

That centauria I have had for years, in fact my mother planted it who knows when. It gets very little attention and always does well.

Karen

I have that wild lily of the valley popping up all over my garden....it is quite pretty, but I can't believe how much it spreads. I kind of wish it would stop spreading now!

you need a border patrol - or is that control

The funny part is that I've gone to great lengths to control my non wild lily of the valley...now this! It's not toxic, I hope? I just worry that if it's toxic like the other LOTV, one of my dogs will eat it, since they eat everything else in the yard. I guess that Canadian mayflower grows by seed instead of runners like LOTV.

ge, that tokudama has been veeeeeery slow for me, which is why I am so excited about it this year. I moved mine a few times, and I think that's why. I plan on never moving it again!

Here are todays Iris
DD's pink noid

Wow - so many great photos, Karen! Love baptisia.

Beautiful iris, Mona.

Enchanted One Shreiners 2008

Noticed Geranium Rozanne blooming already. Will bloom until frost! Great plant.

Jen, the photo of Wall-E & child should be on a calendar page---loved those shots. Noreaster & Karen---thanks for the ID, & IrisMa thanks for the Wabash ID---I do remember buying one! Jo Ann---love that pink iris, & Jumper, your MTB are lovely. Karen---what's your rhodie called? Here is a rather flashy Dutch iris I got as a freebie.

I think this is Batik...

And the blue someone else posted---very saturated!

A very old variety of rhodie---we took a cutting from the farmhouse we used to live in.....

And finally the astrantia that caught my eye yesterday.....

Robindog,
That yellow and blue iris is awesome, love the color on the astrantia.

Jo Ann... the "enchanted one" is just that!
Robin... I second Jen's thoughts!

NFD not to sound nasty or anything ... but if I can wait 4 years for a hellebore to bloom... a couple is nothing...

:)

love that pink noid GE!!

that's a pretty rodie Robin

well maybe good news I posted the pretty blue iris ... in the iris fourm... think they might have found it

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/42614

better shot of the painted daisy

i know this one... can still sort of read the tag... have to put a label on it... disco music

a pitiful soggy can can red.. from co-op

finally my lupines!!!

lovin little henry Victor!!

my 1st poppy bud!!!

even my goldfish plant is showing off

Ohhh... Pretty Allison. I think that you may have solved another one of my NOID iris ID's. I think that maybe 80% of my iris are Noid's because I bought them at farmers market's under names like "white with yellow falls." Anyhow I think that I have a match to your "can can red" I'll have to post a pic of it in a little bit. I'ts one of my favorites too!

very cool!... I put good tags on the new ones... and adding photos in my journal as they bloom... for when the tag bites it with the snow on the slopes

That's a great idea! I'm not quite there in the organization of my irises yet. I'm happy to find the names and get a tag on them. I'm glad you're still online too because I'm just now getting pics onto my computer from the other day. i have a pic or two of my possible can can iris in there... you can see if it looks like yours!

this is the one of mine that looks very similar to yours.

I like this pic of it better.

can you beat this for a true blue?

a close up of it. A little grainy though.

bailed on you last night... sorry... but yes that does look the same ... then again I am not a good judge the blue iris that I gave Weese looked the same as another one to me

Good Morning RC ,Onewish
Shelly Thats one beautiful Chocolate Iris, so many shades might even be coffee w/ cream.

good morning!

ok so the other blue is Caribbean Dream

goofy me even had a plantfiles picture...must have been before the tag washed away

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/156932/

edit -- here is what I have so far
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/onewish1/12185/
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/onewish1/12219/


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