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I love the flowers everyone has. Those hosta were very big. I may have to move mine around again if they decide to do that.
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Meg - those reddish flowers look like a coreopsis, though I don't know which variety...
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I like the blue flowers meg. Don't know what they are but I like them.
Cindy is that your tropicanna cannas that bloomed on the right side? I love the picture you have of it as a baby in "water gardens". I was wondering what color the flower would be. When I get rich I'm going to see if I can buy some of those tubers(?).
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wow beautiful pics!! they are sooooo pretty! ok since I haven't really shown any pics of anything in bloom around here I'll show ya'll some pics of some wildflowers growing! I didn't grow them but nature did :-)
wild daisies :-)
queen anne's lace
I have no clue what this is but it was pretty so I took a pic of it
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I really like those "I don't knows" They are really pretty.
And I finally have a contribution lol.
This is the canna that is half burgandy and half green split right down the middle lol. I don't think it will flower this year. The nastrum really crowded it. But next year maybe.
Here are the rest of the cannas.
And the Glads FINALLY!!! Horrible picture I know but at least I got a picture.
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That is a really cool plant. Is anyone collecting seeds from it? Will it grow in zone 7? Hum going to have to look up some information. I guess my self control lessons didn't work. I'm back at it again. I just can't resist the flowers.
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Sheri, I just started gardening this March so I missed it last year. But I've been doing my best to catch up in a hurry lol. Your batchlor buttons look like they are almost violet is that right?
Look at you go Meg. That cucumber looks big enough to eat to me. And your wildflower bed looks really sweet just like you.
I like the kitty bed idea. Maybe I better make up a flower stake that says "Kitty Bed" that would be cute. Even if I don't have a kitty. Everyone would be wondering about what kind of flower was going to come up there. lol.
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thanks so much for identifying my mystery flower rue!! and tk I'm gonna take a little walk tomorrow and see if it's seeding and if it is I'll get some seeds for you and anyone else that wants some! it's sooo pretty I'm gonna grow it too! thanks again rue! meg beautiful wildflowers! could ya keep me in mind if you get any seeds from the bachelor buttons? I am sure I'll have something that may interest you for them if you wanna do a trade :-) and that cucumber looks dilish!!
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Sheri, I did plant everything you see there, well, except for the morning glories.. I can't get rid of them.. they are everywhere in my yard! They are the wild ones, that seem to pop up from underground, everywhere! Oh, and the queen anne's lace is wild too. And of course, some grass & other normalish weeds that I can't get rid of. But yea, the wildflower patch, I did. It was just a can of "bird & butterfly" wildflower seed mix from walmart. I think it was maybe $5-$6. My friend got it for me for my birthday, since she knew I loved flowers, and thought I'd like them. I them! It seemed to take forever for them to come up.. I planted sometime in April, and really didn't get a good show till June. Well, sometime in may, I had a white field there, of alyssum. That was first to bloom. And these should come back next year, mostly from self reseeding, but I think there are supposed to be a few perennials mixed in there as well.
MissJamie, I would collect ya seeds, but I've not been paying close enough attention to the individual flowers to know which is which when they go to seed. There's so many different wildflowers in the bunch, I could end up picking ya poppies & tickseed! But, I do still have a LOT of blooms of the bachelor buttons, so if I find an opportunity, I'll keep ya in mind.
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Thanks for the links Miss Jamie. I don't think I would try it as a medicine but it is interesting reading. They sure do get tall don't they. I didn't realize that from the pictures lol. But then I never expect a flower to get 7 feet tall. I guess because I wasn't around any like that when I was growing up lol.
If you find some seeds I would love some. I have some stuff in the seed exchange if you want to trade.
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oh it's ok meg don't worry about it :-) I have a wildflower mix too just was to lazy to plant them lol! I planted a little bit of it and they're coming up but they are seedlings right now though...I don't even think they'll flower this year because I was to late :-( oh well :-) tk I'll try to get some seeds from it :-) they are pretty tall...I couldn't believe they could get up to 7 FEET!!
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I have a yellow cannas woohoo. Picture me doing the happy rubber chicken dance. As soon as I get dressed I'll get down there and get a picture. Woohoo la-la-la-di-dah.
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Wow...everybodies pics are so pretty! Makes me want to go around and walk through everyones gardens
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ewe...Miss Jamie, I want some of those seeds! I hate to post pics because every body's gardens are so pretty and mine are just "thrown" together!
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Tammy try standing alittle further away your photo looks like your focus was for a distance of about 10 ft. and a little higher up also need more sun from the side to help make bloom stand out. It is real pretty know your proud of it. I am proud for you. Jimmy
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I planted them in a 3 foot high planter had no idea they would end up being that tall lol. I'll know next year. lol It is a good picture of my a/c unit though lol.
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Everyone has such great pictures of their flowers ....I just love looking at them---nice pics Sheri, Mary, and Tammy....
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oh your canna is gorgeous Tammy! My pink miniature snapdragons went nuts while I was gone and burst into bloom again! They are gorgeous! They are copying yours! We'll get some seeds for you yet!
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I'm glad your getting more blooms. Do you have it in a shady spot or a sunny spot, I forgot? I didn't mean to rhyme but what the hey? It's bad that in order for me to get pics you have to be without the camera. I so wish I could see pictures of the snapdragon. If you get some seeds that would be great. I'm looking for the white and a cream one too that are suppose to be available. Hope I find them next spring early.
Well have a good day and don't work to hard tomorrow.
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more of blue bird lacecap hydrangea as it continues to flower
not flowers, but banana peppers - so bright and cheery!
my first birdhouse gourd starting to take shape - isn't it sweet?
Aren't we having fun this summer sharing our flower children?!?
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I love your little gourd that is so cute. I hope you've been paying strict attention to Mike57's posts lol j/k.
He does so great with those. Oh and the breathing mask thing when you work on making them a birdhouse. That's important.
Gee you don't think I'm counting your chickens before they are hatched do you? lol.
And your banana peppers, are they the hot ones or are they sort of mild? I don't know anything about peppers.
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Hi TK - I did read Mike's post about the gourds - that's what prompted me to go out and check mine out this morning! And, thanks for the reminder about the masks - I only hope that my gourds get large enough to decorate!!!
This picture is for Mary - who suggested that Jenn's picture might be trumpet vine - it wasn't... but here is a picture of my yellow trumpet vine in bloom finally. I can't seem to get a good shot, even though the sun moved off it in this one - it still came out too bright...
and, some gazania by the pond today...
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Tk - forgot to answer your question about the banana peppers -
They are sweet peppers! I can't handle any of the spicey ones, and the one time I grew jalapenos for my husband and son, they were sooooooooooooooooooo spicey that even they couldn't eat them. I couldn't give them away - no one would take them, even my friends who declare that they can eat anything!
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Lynne I'm just falling more and more in love with that hydrangea. And thanks for posting the trumpet vine pic - I love those too LOL What don't I love? I saw some in the OKC botanical garden that were jut like yours - but they were a bright yellow. Just gorgeous. I need a trumpet vine LOL
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I may have to look into the sweet peppers. Your growing them outside right? That might be something to do next year. Hum more seeds. Even I'm beginning to realize that my wants are over running my ability to do. But it all sounds so good.
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You can grow the peppers indoors too and overwinter them there. I have all kinds of hots and sweets growing and will bring several into the basement for the winter and an extended crop of peppers.
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I don't know about bringing them indoors. It's getting pretty full in here and I still need to find a window planter for the herbs I like to keep over the winter. And then there is the space for starting next years flowers indoors early lol. I may need a bigger apartment. Or at least one with more windows lol.
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I am with you on looking for space. Fortunately we have a basement, I just have to get it well lit and go down there more than once a month.
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Oh one of our members is a whizzzz on indoor lighting. He does the most amazing things. It's expensive though. I thought about it, but once I checked out the prices I had to give it up. To bad it would have made a bunch of stuff possible.
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omg, that cimifuga is absolutely gorgeous!!!! If they can grow in Indiana, I would love some seeds!!!! I will have rhody seeds to trade!
By the way, I see that you are going to Virginia Beach!! If you like great blue crab, you've got to go to a little seafood store/restaurant called The Virginia Beach Seafood Company - about 12 blocks off the beach. Its a little neighborhood place - only seats about 20 people, unless they've expanded lately. They have blue crab that's to die for!!!!! And, it's not a tourist trap - very fun, great people - they love to teach newbies how to eat blue crab!
If you can't find it, walk away from the beach a couple blocks, into the residential area and ask a local person. That's how we discovered it.
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omg, that cimifuga is absolutely gorgeous!!!! If they can grow in Indiana, I would love some seeds!!!! I will have rhody seeds to trade!
By the way, I see that you are going to Virginia Beach!! If you like great blue crab, you've got to go to a little seafood store/restaurant called The Virginia Beach Seafood Company - about 12 blocks off the beach. Its a little neighborhood place - only seats about 20 people, unless they've expanded lately. They have blue crab that's to die for!!!!! And, it's not a tourist trap - very fun, great people - they love to teach newbies how to eat blue crab!
If you can't find it, walk away from the beach a couple blocks, into the residential area and ask a local person. That's how we discovered it.
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Not flowers, but update on my birdhouse gourds and banana peppers...
Hope the peppers stay firm for the week that we'll be away - they are so colorful right now!
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