#124255
August 16th, 2005 at 09:13 AM
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Howdy all I thought it would be interesting if we could all share our top performers this summer. May be you tried something for the first time and were impressed with how long it was in bloom, the fragrance it gave off, or the impact the color made in your garden. Which ones will you be sure to plant again next year? The flower I was most impressed with was my cosmic orange cosmos. It may have had something with it being the first to bloom from seed I planted It's a great orange color, with tons of blooms and the flowers just keep on giving, as long as I keep them deadheaded. Here's an early picture That one will definitely be back next year So, what was yours?
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#124256
August 16th, 2005 at 09:57 AM
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My is looking AWESOME.... The bright pink and lime green has been alot of fun..the kids can't keep thier hands off of it...
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#124257
August 16th, 2005 at 10:05 AM
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Looks awesome. My favorite this year was Touch-Me-Nots. I have had as much fun with watching their seed pods grow as I did watching them bloom up the stem. A definite keeper! On another note, I have flowers that look a lot like yours and thought they were Single Orange and Yellow marigolds. Weezie, that is cool. What is it? Lime Green? Okw e need to see that too!
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#124258
August 16th, 2005 at 10:07 AM
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Amaranthus....Love Lies Bleeding..
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#124259
August 16th, 2005 at 10:12 AM
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Ok I get it now. Pink flowers, lime green leaves. I really need some sleep!
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August 16th, 2005 at 10:17 AM
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Hey Triss, my neigbor gave me touch me nots this year...I'd never even heard of them before....had to look them up in my book...pretty neat plants though--and they were free!!!! Cool plant Weezie! And Mary...I love Cosmos....any kind of cosmos...mom has the orange ones...I have the pink and white ones...They are my favorite flower.
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#124261
August 16th, 2005 at 10:20 AM
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Have the pods started popping yet? Once they get to being a bit yellow, touch them CAREFULLY! I have already reseeded my garden without even trying
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#124262
August 16th, 2005 at 10:29 AM
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I haven't checked on them in a while...I'll have to go look tomorrow....does it hurt if they pop? Now I'm scared to touch them....LOL I'll probably have my eye taken out by a seed....My neighbor warned me that they reseed everywhere....I figured that was okay, it's more free plants...LOL
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#124263
August 16th, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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Okay, someone send me a picture of these??? Are they yellow jewel weeds???
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#124264
August 16th, 2005 at 10:34 AM
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#124265
August 16th, 2005 at 10:34 AM
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Amaranthus - that's going in my book for next year. What an awesome contrast of colors in that one! Triss! I didn't get to send your lilac seeds today - the talk of touch me nots reminded me...I'll get them out tomorrow though, promise! Wow marigolds do look a lot like cosmos - I can't even find a difference in them - must be something I'm missing - even the leaves are almost identical. Did you plant yours from seed? Is it possible they were mis-id'd? Loz I got kinda lucky with the cosmos - they were one of the packs I bought before I had any kind of clue about anything So, I guess I should add to the reasons I love em are that they were also reeeeeeeeeeally easy to grow.
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#124266
August 16th, 2005 at 10:38 AM
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FYI Did you know, Cosmos' root along the stem... So, if you start them from seed, and plantthem too deep, it won't hurt them, cause they root all along it *the stem* *Marigold's do this too and some lilies!!!!*
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#124267
August 16th, 2005 at 10:39 AM
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And the Amaranthus is tall, can get up ther, mine is only about 3' tall in those pictures..but can get taller, I stunted mine by not planting them right away...
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#124268
August 16th, 2005 at 10:45 AM
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So, if you start them from seed, and plantthem too deep, it won't hurt them, cause they root all along it *the stem* now I know what saved me! That's really cool to know. You do mean, once they're seedlings, if you plant too deep, right? I thought the amaranthus was a chenille at first (hey, at least I was kinda sorta close) - do they get fuzzy flowers all along the stem, or is it just at the top? It's really pretty. Do they get leggy & have to be staked?
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#124269
August 16th, 2005 at 11:06 AM
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Nope, they have a nice sturdy stem, as long as your dirt can hold them up.. :rolleyes: I had planted mine in freshly sifted dirt mixed with compost, cow manure with old sawdust and leaf mould... and then it rained and rained, soft dirt, soggy and a tall plant don't mix.. I thru a statue or two of some frogs under the stem and everybodies standing up fine now, the roots took hold...
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#124270
August 16th, 2005 at 11:09 AM
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You can see in the above picture, the closest one is big and long, and the one in the farther down the fence is shaped different.. *I had 4 sets of them, they are all tall, and each one has it's own charactoristic.. The long one's now, are drooping, *they're kinda supposed to do that, as the name, love lies bleeding, and it droops, which cause's the plantto want to flower more from the stems...
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#124271
August 16th, 2005 at 06:06 PM
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My gardens didn't fair well this year. The weather was at least a 100*C in the day and about 40-50*C at night. Everything is straggly and ugly. Even the hanging basket has given up and died.
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#124272
August 16th, 2005 at 07:50 PM
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Awwwe, sorry tamara! Ok, I have to say... YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, RIGHT? All the pics I've taken this year, and you want me to choose a favorite?! Are you Ok, hmm.. ya know, my friend gave me a can of seeds from walmart, that was my wildflower patch. It did so much better than I could have hoped for. And it should reseed itself & come back next year! Wooo! All were in the wildflower mix.. and more too.. I had others that bloomed earlier & faded when the other colors came out. It was wonderful! Meg
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#124273
August 16th, 2005 at 10:26 PM
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Weezie, yes it is the same plant. I did not get yellow this year. Will have to find some. Here are mine. Mine bloomed in 3 shades of pink plus white and purple. On the marigold/cosmos, my plant was identified here. My cosmos are on much more ferny tupe of leaves where the marigolds are on leaves that look much like the other marigolds I have planted. Here are my cosmos. See the difference in the leaves? So are my orange ones really marigods or are they cosmos?
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#124274
August 17th, 2005 at 12:29 AM
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Definitely the portulaca. Easy care and blooms the longest. Problem being that they are annuals. The cannas although very late to start are still at it and for a perennial are definitely trying to give the portulaca a run for their money. If the marigolds hadn't gotten wiped out by spider mites they probably would have been in the running too. I really liked the maroon ones. Is anyone detecting a patern here? Yep I like bunches of my flowers and will have them again next year with a little luck.
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#124275
August 17th, 2005 at 04:22 AM
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the pics I've taken this year, and you want me to choose a favorite?! Are you Meg, you have to ask? I love your wildflower patch (sounds personal Sorry.) Did you turn the soil, add compost, kill the grass, or just plunk your seeds down in the spring? I have a spot I want to do that to next spring - just don't know how much work I want to put into it Weezie - (eye fluttering graemlin) if ya get seeds for the love lies bleeding, can ya keep me in mind? Triss, I'm really confused now. I'm sure mine are cosmos, it was a burpee seed package. I'm going to vote and say it's cosmos - may be pop it on the mystery thread again?
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#124276
August 17th, 2005 at 06:22 AM
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I've have to say the daylillies were more beautiful than usual this year.
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#124277
August 17th, 2005 at 07:08 AM
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WOW! Meg
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#124278
August 17th, 2005 at 07:56 AM
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Those are absolutely gorgeous Sheri!!!
Are they doubles???
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#124279
August 17th, 2005 at 08:01 AM
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No. Not doubles. Just old time daylillies. They've been here a long time.
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