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Is it ok if I share a few photos of my granny's flowers? I think she's got some really beautiful stuff in her yard! I'm kinda jealous of her flowers...
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Ok, I posted a few photos in the veggie thread, but I think I've shared veggie pics here before too, so I'll put up the ones I just now took. The corn.. some of it, is taller than me already. I'm 5'3".
Here's a view from my deck-
And a different angle, a view from the corner of the yard-
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here are some of my blooms today have a few more but pics came out terrible
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here are 2 more i don't know what they are though
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Hey Pheonix, I have that 1st one there that you're holding & don't know what it is.. Weezie id'd it for me in the mystery section. It's Catchfly. Isn't it purty!?
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oh thats catchfly!!?? it's very purty. thanks for letting me know. i love the color. is that the only color they come in,that you know of??
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yes, hot pink/magenta, along that line of color. i wish i knew what all the wild flowers i have growing are. i cant find the seed packet, that would help a little, but then i wouldn't really know what i was looking at either ah ha ha ha ha
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really the mystery plant thread huh i'll have to go look yeah i know what some are but the rest are killing me just dying to know
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Phoenix and Meg... I was just about to post this picture, when I saw and read your posts about the bright pink flower - I have it too!
And here's my lacecap BLUE hydrangea this year - looks like I'm going to have to fertilize it next year to bring back the blues - it's trying to turn pink this year!
I'm so enjoying everyone's pics - keep up the good work!
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Sold! Lynne, I'm addicted to hydrangeas - though I only have one for now - I think you sold me on the lacecap. Is there a specific name of it, or are all lacecaps...well, just called lacecaps? And how old is yours there? It's gorgeous!
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I think mine was just called blue lacecap hydrangea - I got it on a 1/2 off sale about 6 years ago or so, and even then it was $16. I do keep it cut back so it fits in the small garden it's growing in.
I'll try to find the tag tomorrow for you. My tags are scattered in the garage, so I'm not sure if I actually will be able to, but I'll look.
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p&p lacecap BLUE hydrangea WOW WHAT A GORGEOUS PLANT i'm going to see if i can find one. all the plants look phenominal everyone!!!! i'm jealous
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Everyone's flowers are so pretty. Meg yours are always beautiful don't know how you do it. Phoenix no matter what those wildflowers are called they are beautiful. You all make me jealous mainly that blue Hydrangea will look for one here to send to my sister she love them. Mine this year are my first but not my last. Have a friend has some blue Hydrangia's don't know if they are the same or not but he promised me a cutting this fall.Thornius if those flowers look like that with the naked (hope I can use this word)eye I would love to have some . Would make everyone setup and take notice. Jimmy
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Hi Sheri - the bluish purple flower on the left side of the picture is campanula persificola - I got it at a plant swamp this past spring - it's a winner! I cannot for the life of me remember what the other purple flower is in that picture!
Stargazer lilies are gorgeous! I used to have some, but it seems that they didn't come back this year - or the deer got to them too much last year and they didn't return. Can't wait to see Cricket's pictures of them!
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Hi Sheri and Lynne,
I will post photos of this years stargazers when they bloom but meanwhile here is photo of last year's:
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Those are super!!! Do they just appear to be so much larger than most or are they super duper ones?
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Mornin TK...I have been meaning to ask you if you have a place (or would even want some) Lambs ear? I have bookoos and would be happy to send you some. I love it and it is pretty maintence free (my kind of plant!) Let me know!
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lol Lambs ear. Did you read where I thought I had bought some but actually had a different plant? That was so funny. Can I ask a few questions first?
You know I have pretty much clay rather than good amended soil do you think it would survive that? And then there is the water thing. I have to hand carry it out to the garden from my upstairs apartment so they don't get a lot of water. I still can't figure out if I have sun or shade back there. That sounds dumb doesn't it. I mean how hard could it be to figure out? But everytime I think I know I walk out there and it is different. The building shades it in the morning and the shadow of the maple moves in the afternoon so I guess it's partial shade pretty much everywhere except where I put the hosta and peonies of course.
The hosta I finally got moved but I'm afraid to move the peonies. I so don't want to lose those. But then that is another topic isn't it?
And then I don't understand so good. These are seeds? I have a list down in seed exchange. Is there something down there that is of interest? And I guess I need to add the other seeds that Phoenix sent me that were originally for hinda. Since I can't send them and Phoenix did not wish me to send them back.
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I have no clue what this plant is...but this is the 2nd time it is blooming!
This isn't really blooming....haha...there are our "asparagus trees" as Stephen calls them. The asparagus is in seed right now.
Glads in front of the pump...haven't bloomed yet, nor do I think they ever will.
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Another daylily...this one is like a triple bloom!!! This mass of daylilies always gives me multiple blooms! Last year, they were all double, but this one is triple!! Anyone ever have this??? ...or do I have my species of flower wrong?
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Great pictures, Jenn! I've never seen an ice plant in a hanging basket before - what a great idea! I had mine in the ground and it hardly grew at all, and definitely did not come back the following year.
I've also never seen a triple lily before - wow!
Here's my lacecap hydrangea a few days later - you can see that the colors are coming out a bit more now. I found the tag and it is:
Blue bird lacecap hydrangea I definitely need to add some aluminum to the soil next year to bring back the blues.
Here is some nice bright yellow coreopsis to brighten up this dismal, cloudy, and cool day here today:
And... some pink spirea that brightens up a corner of my backyard:
I'll post a few more in the next post so it doesn't slow down your computers.
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Here are some new blooms that came out today.
So...its possible for a triple bloom then??? What cuases it? Is it just that specific color? Because I have another grouping of that same plant a far corner of the bed and it blooms the same way!
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My first attempt at growing monarda - got it in a swap this past spring:
When we were in Puerto Rico last summer we saw many Chenille plants growing bush sized there - the flowers are so soft and furry! I was lucky enough to find a small one here at a local farm a few weeks ago:
Here is a corner of my front porch. We just pulled out some awful evergreen bushes that the deer eat every year, and moved the hosta forward a little bit. It looks so much better without those bushes, I feel like I can breathe again!
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WOW WOW WOW! Jenn I think your hosta is a sum & substance - my favorite! They get HUGE! Oh, and the first picture, yellow flowers - could that be a trumpet vine? And, those lilies are way cool with a triple bloom - never saw such a thing! You get some kinda mutant flowers there or what? I want some!
Lynne thanks so much for getting the name of that hydrangea - moved right up to the TOP of my wishlist - it's gorgeous! Do you have it in sun/part/shade? And I looooooooove that chenille plant! I've never seen anything like it...I'll have to look out for one - do they come in different colors too?
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Mary, I'm going to have to look up a trumpet vine to see if that what it is....its not a vine tho....more like a massive amount of those clover-looking things with yellow flowers on them. BTW~~ I posted some pics for you in the pond section.
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Already visited your pond...walked back over to the yellow flowers LOL! We have a bunch of clover with yellow flowers like that...can't really tell how big yours is. Ours grows about 6" off the ground. MY SIL showed me if you pick the yellow flowers and eat them, they're kinda sweet tasting. Though I'm not recommending you chomp yours to see if it's the same stuff LOL!
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Jenn, could your mystery yellow flowers be buttercups?
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Not sure what Jenn's yellow flower is, but it is definitely not trumpet vine - mine should be in bloom any day now and I'll try and post a pic.
Mary ~ my hydrangea grows in full day sun - even though it is recommended not to do that, I've never had a problem with it in the 6 or so years that I've had it.
As far as I know, the chenille plant only comes in red... but then again, I've never seen one in another color, so they might exist...
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Mary posted everything I wanted to say before I got here lol. I love all the new pictures. Thank you so much for spliting up the pictures. My computer goes into that out of virtual memory message and then won't talk to me for ages when it gets overloaded. I just bought seeds for several rather large house plants. Don't know exactly how I'm going to handle that but at least I have time to try and figure it out. I even found seeds for a miniature coffee plant that is suppose to supply a generous harvest is spite of it's small size 3 feet. In my tiny apartment this is going to be very funny lol.
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LOL TK I think I need a coffee plant too - or 10. Wonder how many beans you'd get from one tree? Hmmm I'd probably need a few hundred
Lynne, thanks - I think it's gorgeous, and want to get more hydrangeas - have always loved them...but am lacking shade areas for them, so I'm also glad to hear it's doing so well in full sun. You mean you have a trumpet vine TOO? Gawsh girl, I envy your garden! We had one last year that I could swear opened in the fall, but can't remember for sure. Someone told us it was rare or something, I dunno...but I'll be watching for it this fall I can guarantee you that!
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I will post a couple pictures of the mysterious yellow flower up in the mystery flower section.
Mary, here are some pictures of my really big hostas. The second picture is of my "beanbag chair" hosta....that's what I call it b/c its soo big. The rule on the hostas is 18 inches long.
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Great hostas, Jenn! Do you not have deer where you live, that you can grow them so well? Mine are doing ok for now (did you see mine in my last picture above?), but as soon as the deer notice the flower stalks they will all be gone, as well as most of the foliage.
Here are some more "in the pink" flowers of today. This is dragon's blood sedum - I think I would have named it something nicer, but what can you do?
Hen and chicks flower stalk - after it's done flowering the mother hen plant dies off - what a shame!
Cleome - gotta love this plant, even though it does smell like a skunk and has a very thorny stem!!! But... that's also why the deer and woodchucks leave it alone!
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