A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming fine # 10 Spring/summer/fall 2013

I thin k it's a trumpet flower bush

Beautiful I need one.
I don't have a bush just lilys like that
Trumpet lily it is

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

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?

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---

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,,

wow Diane--how beautiful !!!

question: Is the blue crown passion flower hard to grow ???

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,,

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...

ok I may try it this year then, thanks for the information---and OH!! is it in the ground or in a pot...

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 !!!

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....

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 cCarol
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

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,

Thanks for the information, Diane---I think a pot is the way for me to go----

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.

Beautiful Carol,, a Birthday present from nature

Very pretty, yellow is so cheerful.

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?

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!

Thanks maybe I posted before??

Can you post a picture of what the plant looks like - the leaves, etc?

Heres the story.
It is covered with poppys leaves.. All I can see is a stem. Rain beat it up last nite.

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?

Small flower, like about 50 cent piece......
Camera does wonders for the flower.LOL

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.

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!

those are sooooooo pretty!

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

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.

The Dollar store, huh ?? I guess I am going to have to begin paying more attention...

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

of course it isn't !!!

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.

Below is my White Swan Echinacea:


My last photo for the day is a Green Envy Echinacea.

very nice collection carol.
Keep going your doing well.

b

nice Carol,,

Mine has already bloomed too,, usually not til august here.