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#267068 - 03/07/09 02:57 AM
Re: Blue Flowers of 2009
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Frogger
Registered: 10/13/06
Posts: 31960
Loc: Worden, Illinois
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another beautiful flower, Diane----I dont know how you do it, but you sure have a way about you for finding them.  I won't even get to go LOOK for about 9 or 10 weeks yet--- So keep those pictures coming, OK????
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#267884 - 03/11/09 02:02 PM
Re: Blue Flowers of 2009
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Patriot
Registered: 08/10/03
Posts: 15393
Loc: Monroe, NC
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This is a Ground Cover,, But I decided to put it in an old clay pitcher,, it's drought tolerant, and BLUE!!!!!  Lithodora diffusa Grace Ward Short 6" - Plant 15" apart. Zone 6-10. Spreading dark green mat is engulfed in true blue flowers from March to July. Excellent as an edger or in the rock garden. Must have full sun, and not too much water., cut it back after flowering to freshen the foliage.  that's one of the things that make Diane's flowers look so pretty is that she uses unusual containers for plants. I think so anyway.
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#269619 - 03/20/09 01:20 AM
Re: Blue Flowers of 2009
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A Gnome's Best Friend
Registered: 10/02/05
Posts: 28060
Loc: Grandprairie,Texas
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Texas Blue Bonnets Came back from last year and are starting to Bloom  
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#269620 - 03/20/09 01:25 AM
Re: Blue Flowers of 2009
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Patriot
Registered: 08/10/03
Posts: 15393
Loc: Monroe, NC
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#269666 - 03/20/09 01:13 PM
Re: Blue Flowers of 2009
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Purl One
Registered: 11/12/03
Posts: 31328
Loc: Rockland County, NY
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I LOVE that flower Diane! Just did a google search and found this - apparently it's in the lupine family. The original 1901 legislation specifed Lupinus subcarnosus, but was amended in 1971 to include L. texensis and "any other variety of bluebonnet not heretofore recorded" (there are at least four other species of bluebonnet growing in Texas: L. havardii, L. concinnus, L. perennis, and L. plattensis). L. texensis and L. subcarnosus are native to Texas.
Edited by plants 'n pots (03/20/09 01:17 PM)
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