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I got my first blanket flower comeback from last year,, Blanketflower Gaillardia and the Dianthus is fully loaded
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VERY cool, Diane! I actually have 1 crocus in bloom that the animals didn't find. Funny thing is, I don't remember planting any crocuses!
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my snow crocus have all bloomed already and now my Daffodils are blooming--YAY me !!!!
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My lemon swirl lantana is coming back just breaking ground but definitely coming back,, I'm so glad of that and other plants I planted mid summer did fair then I THOUGHT had died off due to the drought and heat,,but the roots managed to be okay have come back as well. Here is my first purple pinchushion flower of the year,, tomato soup cone flowervoltage yellow osteospermum I'm not removing the leaves from the fall until it stays above 50 degrees at night consistently.
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with the rain we've had and cooler temps last years plants are really blooming good now,, Lavender and salvia
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Wow Diane - you have so much color already! Everything look so good! So glad so many plants came back for you this year, but then you've always had that special green thumb!
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thanks Lynne,, jackmandii is showing out today
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Beautiful, Diane----it makes me wish that my spring/summer would hurry up & get here.----so far all that has come back for me has been green leaves...I do have some wild violets that I brought with me from the farm though...I'll try to get a picture.
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Wow Diane No matter where you go, beauty follows you .. Colors an flowers an just everything is so set in correctly. Thanks for sharing . dodge
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I have a few daffy's blooming...
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I love yellow! Your plants are looking great. Gets me excited to get out there and take pictures.
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Here is my wild (cultivated) violets..... the spindly green at the front are what is left of my crocus, and in the back is of course the leaves of my daffs
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Very pretty...my crocus are just poking out of the ground.
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love your violets Carol,, and Sunny I'm so glad your getting to see flowers finally these are poppy seeds from Dodge ,, they bloomed this weekend!
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Looks great Diane! I have tried many times to grow poppies from seeds to no avail. Jealous here!
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PNP give my your addy an try my seeds.....I just throw them on top of the soil an they work pretty good. Carol do you desire any of my seeds........Remember we share an care on here. dodge
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Carol do you desire any of my seeds........Remember we share an care on here. dodge That would be wonderful, Barb, I have never grown Poppies..that sounds like fun. I must say though I do not think I have anything to send you in trade. It seems, I am really poor at harvesting seeds in the fall. I do have some "Golden Creeping Jenny" aka: "Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'" growing in my rocked area that has to be moved, I could send you some of that. I keep it in a pot & it comes back every year--it is 3 or 4 years old now let me know---
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I planted those seeds before it got cold,, and it rained off and on after that,, next thing I knew they were growing, didn't take long it seems.. I just barely covered them with soil. I will be saving some seeds as well. BTW Lynne,, I've tried them before but they never did anything,, Dodge's seeds must love Tx soil,, cuz grow they did,
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Carol No need to swap. I just want to see if you can grow them. I have oodles of the seeds, K I think I have the addy. barb
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Let me know if you need it again, barb--& Thanks !
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Dodge - that's very sweet of you to offer. Not to offend, but I don't grow red flowers - it's just something I don't care for really. Would you have seeds of another color poppy? For a few years, I would get seeds from a friend who lives on the beach in NY - we have always missed her blooms, but always seem to be there when the seed pods are right for picking. Am I supposed to be putting the seeds out in the fall so they get the cold winter? Just wondering because Diane said she put hers out before the cold. I had bought a few packets of blue poppy seeds one year and again, nothing happened. I would love blue ones if you have, Dodge, as Diane mentioned in the other thread. Also, what kind of exposure do you grow them in? Sun? Partial shade? Shade?
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Sorry I have no blues Planted some an they didn't grow. I so them in sun or shade. I don't separate my seeds usually in poppy, But have pkt of California yellows if you desire. Usually spring an all year till frost I just plant them
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picture of a duck in the pouring rain. Just thought it was a cool picture.
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Ginger, Colt, and Ginger's back yard Darbi, Aubry, me, and O'Charley's front parking lot
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Beautiful, The flowers AND your Family,, Love the new Bird bath,,
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Gosh did the girls grow fast. SO cute. ANd the flowers your right on it this time..Perfect. Hope the girls love flowers too Thanks for the view bali
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I love that bird bath too but the birds won't come near it. I've even put a water wiggler in it but the birds nor the cats will drink out of it.
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Very nice family AND flowers, Sheri !!
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I love that bird bath too but the birds won't come near it. I've even put a water wiggler in it but the birds nor the cats will drink out of it. maybe as it gets warmer the need for the water for both birds and cats will draw them in
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I have never thought about palm trees blooming
I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once. -Jennifer Unlimited- Yard Update -April 2012
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Wow Suzy I never thought so either The flowers are what? Bright indeed. Take photos of texas greenhouse displays for us to see. Bet flowers are huge there
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red one is olander not sure what the yellow/orange is
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I thin k it's a trumpet flower bush
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Beautiful I need one. I don't have a bush just lilys like that Trumpet lily it is
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Lemon Swirl Lantana didn't think it would come back, but it did Carol and Lynne made an appearance today,, I combined the prickly pear cactus I got from both in a huge pot,, gotta keep my friends together,, I have named this LC for both of them
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Diane - I just love your LC! What a great idea and cute name! It looks so very healthy. Mine are first starting to stand up and some have tiny beginnings of buds. It got a lot of damage this year with all the snow we had plus the hurricane last October. Suzydaze - MUST have that orange flower!!! It is gorgeous! I do all yellow and orange flowers around my pond and that one is sooooo nice! I will try to google orange flowers - do you know if this is an annual or perennial?
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Gee, I have never had a flower named after me before. I am impressed... and I just went to look at my PP-----I am shocked---it was SO thick last year I took a bunch out--well THIS year all I have is one big old plant---so I guess soon I will go out, cut off the new pieces & plant them around the other old thick big one---
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Look at LC Now,, blue crown passion flower has been blooming but the blooms are on top of the garden arch and I can't reach them, finally one bloomed lower that I could get a picture of,,
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wow Diane--how beautiful !!! question: Is the blue crown passion flower hard to grow ???
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no, it isn't hard to grow,, it just takes a while for it to get established, it seems to not mind cold weather,, well at least tx cold weather,, this year it's gotten thicker,, I've had it now 3 years,,
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Barb--this is not the best picture, but in the upper right (shorter) is the Babies Tears Moss---then in the lower left is Scotch Moss (taller with white tiny flowers)--They get full afternoon sun which is not the best I guess, but it does get a lot of water as it is right below the water faucet, so it seems to do well there...
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no, it isn't hard to grow,, it just takes a while for it to get established, it seems to not mind cold weather,, well at least tx cold weather,, this year it's gotten thicker,, I've had it now 3 years,, ok I may try it this year then, thanks for the information---and OH!! is it in the ground or in a pot...
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Barb do you recognize this bunch of Varigated Curly Hostas ??? arent they doing well ???--the black you see is bird droppings from my feeders above your Hostas. Sheri, here is some Bachelor Buttons--from seed that you sent me..this is really from self seeding---I just put them in one place now they are in 3 different areas.--and look some are actually BLUE !!!
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This is Red Cloud Spiderwort. My oldest DD gave this to me one year for Mother's Day. This is my Minature Butterfly Bush....called Buzz Blue Violet The tallest it is supposed to get is 4 ft tall but every winter the new growth dies back & we start all over again--oh well--perhaps one day... and this concludes Carol's Show & tell for the day....
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Diane Beautiful.....Passi is so sweet. Carol Oh I think I know the moss Baby tears THe other is a shorter type See I have something short an it is here for years an unbeatable .. will need to show it . Thanks c Carol The Hosta is gorgous.. You sure gave it a nice home there..It can be divided an make many more ......They are also shade lovers . I use mine everywhere. arol.. Made me laugh below the faucet.LOL
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Carol I have my Passion flower in the ground,, I believe when Lynne had one it was in a pot due to the harsher winters in NY and would probably be the same in Ill. When I see them at the nurserys they are always in a 2 or 3 gallon pot to sell, with recommendations to leave in a pot,, But since I'm in tx and have less severe winters I put mine in the ground, even tho it may snow and hard freezes once in a while the leaves always stayed green,
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Thanks for the information, Diane---I think a pot is the way for me to go----
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New "Blooms": This is my "Amber Wheels" Gaillardia Below is my "Coreopsis" and last but not least, a very poor photo of my "Arizona Sun" Gaillardia.
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Very pretty, yellow is so cheerful.
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WOW Carol - wonderful plants! When I grew a passion flower, it started out as a 6 inch cutting that I got at a plant swap up in Connecticut with barey any roots. I rooted it longer, and then potted it up in a very large pot. I put it on my front porch for about 3 summers until it finally gave out. It had all morning direct hot sun and then afternoon shade in summer, and had to be brought inside for winter where it was by my basement sliding doors that get late afternoon sun. It got very long and leggy, and try as I might, I couldn't root cuttings except for one that I had sent to Diane. I bought a small spiderwort plant like yours a month ago, but put it in a pot by the pond. It's not doing much at all - a few flowers here and there. I put it in a pot because I read that it can get invasive. Now I just read that they slow down in the heat of summer. Hmmm might have to rethink where it is - it's in a prime real estate area! My Arizona Sun Gaillardia is also blooming now. The mother plants haven't grown back this year, but I do have a few seedlings in the areas where they were. The interesting thing is that the flowers are a bit different on 2 plants that are right next to each other. Your hosta looks terrific! Mine were totally eaten 2 nights ago by the #$%@ deer!!! I am SO FED UP!!! Of course I :ding: your blue bachelors buttons - such a pretty color! Do they bloom all summer?
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Please name this Artistic flower I found in my bed.. Look at it for a moment to see what art work it created, thanks dodge
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OMG I just saw this flower yesterday and I cannot remember if it was in a nursery or online when I got home! It is so pretty, Dodge! I will have to do an online search now!
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Thanks maybe I posted before??
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Can you post a picture of what the plant looks like - the leaves, etc?
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Heres the story. It is covered with poppys leaves.. All I can see is a stem. Rain beat it up last nite.
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So sorry about the rain - we are getting it here too. As a matter of fact, it's almost dark as night here and it's almost 2p.m. How large is the flower?
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Small flower, like about 50 cent piece...... Camera does wonders for the flower.LOL
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Lynne, The Bachelor Buttons bloom in spring-Summer-& Fall. So the answer to your question is yes. But I will need tyo keep up with the deadheading. Lynne, I also LOVE your Arizona Sun--it is beautiful. I so hope that I have not waited too long to go get my Passion flower, Diane---I have just "the" pot... I had intended on going flower shopping today--but I had things to do for my MIL so I took the time that was left & I got a pedicure.
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Please name this Artistic flower I found in my bed.. Look at it for a moment to see what art work it created, thanks dodge EUREKA - I FOUND IT!!! This has been bothering me all day, since Dodge posted this picture. I just found it online, doing a search for yellow centered flowers, of all things!!! It is SPRAXIS. Here is a link to the page I found it on: spraxis Well... apparently in a further search, it is really spelled SPARAXIS. No wonder I was having a hard time finding it for sale online! It's in the same family as Freesia and Gladiola. Ok, the more I read about it, the more frustrated I get - Dodge - is this perennial for you? I have just read that it's only perennial in zones 9-11!
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those are sooooooo pretty!
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Thanks all I found them at the dollar store in the fall. Probably 1.00 An they sure are late this year. All the flowers are late in my area.. Like mom nature shifted . Bulbs of course
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WOW Dodge - great find! So you found corms in the dollar store? I've never seen them in mind. Funny that you say they are late this year - everything here is so early this year - my hydrangeas are coming into bloom and usually they don't until August. My sedum autumn joy are also about to bloom - another late season flower. Some of my smaller ornamental grasses have already bloomed - again, usually do not until late summer.
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The Dollar store, huh ?? I guess I am going to have to begin paying more attention...
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They are cuties there.LOL
Lots of things are very slow here. Veggie garden is a scream except for tomatoes, beets First time ever that onions weren't cooperating for me.
Grass is never late.LOL
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of course it isn't !!!
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Here is my latest offerings: Below is my Pink Double Delight Echinacea---notice the one that is not tru to form ??? Below is a photo of my Stoke's Aster--called Honeysong Purple. not a real close photo sorry: Please notice the Volunteer Sunflower at the front. Tangerine Dream Echinacea: More next post.
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Below is my White Swan Echinacea: My last photo for the day is a Green Envy Echinacea.
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very nice collection carol. Keep going your doing well.
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nice Carol,,
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My sedum autumn joy are also about to bloom - another late season flower. Mine has already bloomed too,, usually not til august here.
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Diane - I guess I won't have to worry about when they bloom this year - the deer had already eaten most of them 1/2 way down, therefore eating off all the buds!!! There are 2 that still have them - though I shouldn't say that out loud - they'll probably be gone tomorrow!
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Ohhhhh NO Lynne soo sorry
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Some blooms this time are many late others roo early.
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My sedum autumn joy are also about to bloom - another late season flower. mine from you , Lynne, is doing well big & healthy but is not even starting to bud yet--
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Carol I enjoyed seeing your cone flowers,, Mine just never came up from the seeds, when I buy more they just don't make it. I had the double pink delights, the coconut lime, and the harvest moon ones, at the other house, they just wont grow for me here,, maybe one bloom and that's it so glad you have them I could see again,
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I don't know how I missed those pretty flowers, Carol - so nice!!!
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Thanks everyone.. Diane: The only Coneflower that I had "not" come back was the short pink one called "Little Annie" I think the Bachelor Buttons choked it out. ...FYI: I buy mine as plants in the 6 inch pots.... If you remind me early next spring I can send you starts of the Double Delight & the Coconut Lime--those I have here. . I seem to have trouble with the Blanket flowers-- my tall "Burgundy Silk" did not come back nore did my "Oranges & Lemons".
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Beautiful flowers...sorry about the deer Lynne.
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Lovely flowers!! My sister has deer around her house that eat everything in sight. She plants things that are supposedly deer resistant but not to her deer. They eat it all. She can't have a shrub around her house and it looks so bare. She has all sorts of wooded areas where she lives so they're not starving. The deer travel through her yard in large herds and eat the entire time. Diane that's interesting about the cone flowers. They're easy to grow around here just from the crowns of the old flowers. Guess you're weather isn't just right.
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Diane that's interesting about the cone flowers. They're easy to grow around here just from the crowns of the old flowers. Guess you're weather isn't just right. I had plenty of them where I lived before,, it's not the weather, I believe its this old soil here. Although I've amended the soils especially for the cone flowers they still wont grow,, I want to move back to where I was
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mine are ready to bloom..
Storm out so I must go .
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Diane, your flowers are soooo pretty. Don't cry over the ones that won't grow for you.
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Thanks Sheri I don't I shouldn't complain but I really love cone flowers, I'll just enjoy everyone else's
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Here is another photo of my "plains" coreopsis (at least I think that is the name) Coconut Lime Coneflower:
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yep coconut lime, Love those! all your flowers are doing beautifully!
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awe coconut lime is so pretty. Well done carol an diane. Mine are later but are in bud.. My sister disliked cone flowers. Not I
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Beautiful...the only thing I dislike about coneflowers is that here they reseed like crazy. Of course they reseed where you don't want them too
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Here is another photo of my "plains" coreopsis (at least I think that is the name) Coconut Lime Coneflower: Carol save me some coconut lime seeds please.
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Love cone flowers. I think it was Lynne who sent me some heads off some she had years ago that started mine. I know it was Cindy Lou who sent me zinnia seeds that started mine years ago. It seems most of what I have got a start from seeds sent from here. I know dodge and angelblossom have sent me seeds too. I've got it all in a notebook.
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my first Texas Star Hibiscus bloom after purchase and planting, so happy to have this back in my yard again!
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that's BEAUTIFUL Diane.I had seeds started but guess they didn't grow .Love them. Very happy for you.
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Love them all Sheri,, Love the bird with the sunflower ,, that is awesome!
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I 2nd the motion. My computer went bonkers an I could not comment before. Nice sheri. More on birds please.
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My Pink Dinnerplate Hibiscus today...
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WOW IS THAT GORGOUS CINDY. YOU DID WELL THERE.
THANKS FOR SHOWING IT .
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Cindy, that is beautiful !!!
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saw it on Fb,, Nice,, looks like mine that I had on Berkshire. Isn't it nice that they come back year after year
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I hope to get seeds this year. I've always cut the spent blooms off as soon as they start wilting, but this year I'm leaving them in hopes to get some seeds.
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how high do they grow---perhaps you should pick me to perhaps get some seeds--You know,...if you get any, & if you have more seeds than you want for you...
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This one is about 4 feet tall, well taller than that I guess since it is almost as tall as me. You are welcome to some seeds. I will put you on the list.
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You are welcome to some seeds. I will put you on the list.
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I can't see Cindy's picture today. Is it just me or is something going on with the site?
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Its still there...must be you.
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I can't see Cindy's picture today. Is it just me or is something going on with the site? Sheri--I see it here too--but I will say this---on FaceBook I had many blank pictures. When I went back later, some were there then & some were not---try closing out of TGH & then come back in---perhaps that will help you here too. It helped me with FB. Can't hurt to try, right ???
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I read on my home page that facebook is full of Porno I don't do facebook.....Too much gossip
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I read on my home page that facebook is full of Porno Well to each his own, but I have not ever seen any Porno on Facebook, thank goodness. It is how I keep up with my daughters though.
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Maybe they are lying. I never go on anything but seedy placea and one photo foru,.
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I read on my home page that facebook is full of Porno Well to each his own, but I have not ever seen any Porno on Facebook, thank goodness. It is how I keep up with my daughters though. I never see any either,, it's how I keep up with school mates and family and friends that don't garden. the main thing about face book is not clicking on everything and sharing everything. Just talk with people like we do here.
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tep, Diane is right---just as with other things & sites, be careful.
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That's why I am no show with photos on here.
Some one sent me a photo they copied ,I think from face book,one of his cousin in a bikini eat yogurt.
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The picture is back today. Who knows what happens.
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The picture is back today. Who knows what happens. well I am glad it is back !!
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