A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming Fine #18......

Cindy, how tall is that columbine?

Oh, I just love 'Bonnet' and 'Frilly' Columbines...I have a few they are so pretty.

4 feet? Wow and I thought mine was tall for reaching 2 feet. They must have large blooms then?

such beautiful columbine. Thank you so much for sharing the pictures.

Gorgeous!!

How much sun do they get? I would love to have some of those in my yard but short of putting them in the middle of my backyard, the only spots I have left are partly to totally shady.

I've never seen a columbine that tall. They're gorgeous.

Below are some pictures of the new plants I found today. I went to the greatest garden center ever!!!--Not only were the flowers fantastic,-- the owners, and their staff were wonderful. Over-all a fantastic experience.

Lynne--I so think you would love this place. They even had water plants.

below is a Golden Goblin--Gaillardia--Can you believe I bought it over the fanfare or the burgandy?? well I did!!!

below is my Eryngium--Sea Holly--the Sapphire Blue--well I hope it is anyway--we shall see when it blooms



and here is my maracas---(Brazilian Fireworks) I just liked the looks of this plants leaves--and I needed one to go in a small pot that i will place on my front steps



I so hope it all comes out looking nice---All of this should get planted on saturday. :wink:

Just a note--I have just found out that the maracas-brazilian fireworks-can be used as a houseplant--In the fall I guess I will be taking it in to live---

OMG Cindy - those have to be the most gorgeous flowers on the planet!!!
What's the name of that rhody???????

Carol - those plants look so nice and healthy! I do like the looks of that Goblin - haven't seen an all yellow one around here. Hmmmmmm - maybe I'll need to go back to that perennial nursery tomorrow - haven't been there in 2 weeks!

Can't wait to see the blue of the sea holly - I hope it is a true blue for you. I am pretty disappointed in my blue-eyed grass - it's flowering very nicely now, but the flowers are BRIGHT PURPLE!!!!!!! Not what I was looking for at all - hmmmmm!

hmmm, Cindy is wondering "is it as sharp as scissors?"

Great plants Carol~can't wait to see your flower bed.

Great pic Cindy.

took some pics this morning after I worked out in the beds.
here's a couple that were'nt blooming last time I posted on this thread.

don't know the name of this one, but it grows great here.



jeruselum cherry

Sweet potato plant I think.. Looks like mine.

Watch Jeru. Cherry Is poisonous........I read.

sweet potato plant sounds familiar. i'm sure that is what it is. thanks.
when I first spotted the J.Cherry growing down one of our trails. I dug one up and brought it up to the house to transplant. I didn't know what it was, just thught it was pretty. a neighbor was over and grabbed a handful of what he called 'tomato peppers', and popped them into his mouth. my husband said his laborers at work eats them too when they see 'em. I just stood there dumbfounded. I figured if we had a native edible 'tomato pepper' growing I'd have heard of them before. looked it up, and yep they are poisonious. well, 'considered' poisonious...you have to eat a 5 gal bucket of them in one sitting to even throw up. but why eat it at all??

To each his own......I dont take chances...

Exbury Azalea 'Ilam Ming' (deciduous)

The Columbines in The Fairy Garden get full sun from about 10 AM until 4-5 PM but we have many of them in Hummingbird House that don't grow as tall because they are in light shade all day.

OOOOPS - sorry I thought it was a rhododendrun - it's still gorgeous!!!

Azaleas ARE Rhododendrons....

So very glad to hear that your columbines get so much sun---I wanted to put some in my new bed--but it gets full sun all afternoon--so I was hesitant.--Now I think I will give it a 'go' thanks---

"can't hurt to try right???"

I didn't know that but since they are not sold here...I'll use that as my excuse

That is interesting, Bill - I can see that they are in the same family, but here they are refered to as different plants. Nonetheless... it is gorgeous!

Here are some new plants I bought yesterday at Lowes.
I actually found a new blue plant - Blue Daze - evolvulus nuttallianus -
it's a small trailing one, so I put it in a hanging pot.


And some lantana


And here is my BLUE-eyed grass in full bloom that is not BLUE, but PURPLE!!!

very pretty flowers Lynne--as a matter of fact I saw some lantanas today just that color----

and I love your "purple-eyed" grass----it is very lovely.


I am needing some white and blue flowers to plant--we shall see----

Wow, that blue-eyed grass is a wildflower here...it's everywhere.

Gorgous .i love the lantanas and grass.

b

Here's a lily that I bought in a box in a close-out store last year - the color is a bit better than last year when it was more of a murky brown - YECH! It's not quite as red as it looks in the picture but I couldn't get the real color.

It's the first lily to bloom here and I think it's very early for them here this year.


Some columbine - I bought it right after the incident at Columbine - I had to do SOMETHING to remember all those who were lost on that tragic day.

They are both nice I think..........
Yes early.Mine arent near bloom yet.

Are they called daylily?

Thanks Dodge. Yes they are daylilies, and really not supposed to be blooming so early here. Though I do think a lot of flowers are blooming ahead of schedule this year.

my LIGHT BLUE clematis for one..It is gorgous.

Sis gave me it 2 years ago. Hers died , mine lived.
Thanks for sharing.....

Lynne, I think we have the same lily...



It has finally stopped raining and the sun is peeking out so I am off to snap a few pics of what's blooming here so I can post some in the morning.

Can't wait to see your pictures, Tamara!

I have another day lily that blooms a bit more salmon colored too.

Well, photobucket is taking 8 minutes to upload each pic tonight....dial-up bites.

Here's two that has uploaded so far~

Snowflake Candytuft is just starting to bloom
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Old fashioned bleeding hearts are starting up as well
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Tamara , they are so lovely...All them hearts in a row. Candytuft is so cute too.
glad you finally got more flowers.
:ding:
Thanks for sharing.

Here's the last two for the night...

My pink tulips..which are supposed to be red
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and my astilbes...I know they are not blooming but the copper colour of their foilage is prettier than the flower
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Tamara I LOVE bleeding hearts Just wish I could grow them here,, I sure enjoy seeing your and Loz's!

Tamara

Love the tulips and astibile...........what color does the copper one bloom?
They are one of my prides also. I have 9 of them along my Carriage house. Someone sent me 6 last year, and the buggers are growing.. I like the foilage also....

Thanks for showing us.

Is it to hot to grow them there?

The copper one bloomed bright red the first year, then I planted pink ones near it and now it blooms pink as well but a darker shade than the rest. I'm thinking of moving a piece of it to see if it's just a cross-pollination thing happening.

Here's the poor phlox being taken over by the goutweed...not being able to weed this spring is gonna make for more hard work this fall. I'm gonna have to dig it all up to seperate it
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and here's a close up for Diane of the bleeding hearts
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Tamara--I love the pictuires of your flowers---I esp love the bleeding hearts.

Thanks Carol, seems strange how our spring is just starting here...daffodils are still blooming

well that is ok---they are so pretty---that they can bloom whenever, right???