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sounds good to me Carol keep those gaurds busy while I make my escape too bad Cindy doesn't live close,, she could play the air guitar to entertain them as they eat their cake,, Now that would be a great diversion

This is funny! Good luck getting the seeds Diane! I don't think the employees will pay any attention to you at all. They don't around here anyways. We have to search the store to find somebody to help us.

ummmmm cake. I'm going seed collecting.

Sheri

Well I did get some seeds,, But they had already been picked over pretty good, Only one coconut lime and harvest Moon left,, and 5 double pink delights,
I got a fair amont of DP delights and one from each of the other two,, and I placed both those two in one pocket not thinking,, Now I don't know which is c-lime and which is harvest moon I had a pocket full of DP delights,, and loads of large Zinna's * You can see in blooming fine,& single shots in single shot thread,, :wink: *
I also got purslane crossed with moss rose grande' these were awesome but not on sale ... large pink and white 5 petaled blooms,,

So I had a very productive day at Lowes and didn't need my get out of jail free card or a cake after all,,

You've got a criminal mind Dianne.

nooooooooo I don't....

I shorten the story about what happened yesterday, wanna hear it? here is goes,,, The cashier recognized me from the last few Fridays I've gone there,, She had heard me last time fussing out loud to my self about "if the workers here would just dead head these flowers they'd set off a lot more blooms and stop watering at two in the afternoon with the blazing sun on them on top of watering over the plants instead of at the bottom there wouldn't be so much fungus going on,," . and She saw me deadheading and just placing the spent blooms on the table. ANYWAY,,,,,,,,, She asked me are you going to dead head again,,?? I said excuse me ma'am?? she repeated again,, , well I er,,, they need it ya know?,, she said Noooo it's okay there are a 3 ladies that come in and complain about the same thing, and they dead head and take the seeds home with them,, I see them and don't care I now hand them snack sized ziplock bags, as long as they get me some I turn the other way ",, She asked me to get her some Zinna seeds from the plants on the clearance rack,, so I did,, in turn she Gave me a 2 gallon large pink Zinna plant, ,, so it goes to show it's good to have a repore' with a business you frequent and a good sense of humor as you walk in the door, and it's a bonus when you and the employee is on the same page,

and it's a bonus when you and the employee is on the same page,


you've got a point there.

Ya see, you were only helping by deadheading

Yep Sure was,,

OH MY Word-- --I so wish I had of been there Diane-- --and good for you. !!!!

What a surprise to see this white double cone flower growing out of the coconut lime<<!

growing out of a different plant??! How cool is that?! Never know what you might get!

This whole story has been so funn!!!!

I didn't think they would care if you deadheaded the plants!! Good for you!

I know WE would not have cared if you deandheaded the flowers--- Another beautiful picutre of another beautiful flower.---

Bless you for brightening my day, diane.---
*says carol as she stands here*

The Coconut lime and DBL Pink Delight is still giving ,me Blooms,. I do Believe the harvest Moon is done,, It's not dying back but not setting blooms either,,,

What's an echinacea?

Echinacea, commonly called Purple Coneflower, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae.

The flowers in the Post above yours are all In the family of Asteraceae cone flowers, varieties

The name sound familiar...I can't remember from where

Typically One just says Cone flower,, Enchinacea has been mentioned here on the GH many many times,, Do you have any Cone flowers Enrique'?

once again, Diane--they are simply beautiful!!!!

so tell me do you have a really really big yard ot is it just that a large portion of your yard is flowers instead of grass???

No it's Not that Big really this house I believe the land size is a lot and 1/2 what ever that means I read it on the deed.. The entire east side border and west side Border is Where all the flowers are . When I step out of the back door to the right I cleared a 10X10 ft sq area laid white rock down and created a sitting area ,, over the last 4 yrs it has transitioned into a rock garden/ fairy garden,/ sitting area with 2 sitting benches in it and the arbor gate,, and more and more flowers are getting planted in it , but there is still grass to mow,, IF I had my way I would only have flat smooth pebbled walking paths and NO grass to mow at all,, I would have the entire back yard in flowers and plants, sitting areas bird baths etc I'd LOVE to have a little pond ,, But,,,,,,,,, sadly I can't have my way, , so I settle on filling in the around the perimeter,,

here is one view standing on the east side of patio looking west

standing on same side of patio looking south

this is the east side along the fence looking south

and this is the rock garden a couple of years ago,, I don't think I have any current pictures of every angle But at least you have an idea, yes??

thank you for all yor time and trouble, Diane.

You have done a very good job. and what have in flowers is very nice.

Thanks for showing me. and I have no idea what the size of a "lot" is.
mine is a but less than 1/2 acre. 154 ft by 134 ft or some such.
..again here too, it is jsut what the deed says.

I would love to have landscaped areas along the house on the other 3 sides (back is pretty much done as I'd like) and then do some 'gardening' in them, but nope--not gonna happen here either.

Diane, I like your yard. It's so neat. I would love to have an arbor like yours. Right now my entire yard is knee deep in leaves. Don't know why I'm surprised - it happens every year.

Looking again do you have TWO gazing balls?

Thanks Carol and Sheri,, I have about 5 gazing balls in all some are just nestled in the flowers on the ground,, Just never bought the stands for them

I'm putting gazing balls on my Christmas list for sure because I love that you have many. My daughters think they're tacky and have refused to buy me one even though I always tell them that's what I want. I only have 1 silver one that I bought myself. I've got a new plan. I'm going to tell Darbi, my grand daughter, because she will aggravate her mother until she buys me one. That's how I got my solid yellow unbrella.

Oh Sheri Gazing balls comes in sooooo many designs and colors now,, The choice is soooooo wide from Moziac to Pictures on them to solid, stripes , swirls, solor, multi splashes and the stand for them are the same From Collums to wrought Iron,, I am actually using a very very cheap candle holder turn Upside down using the base as a holder of the Earth looking Gazing ball,, and I have use terra cotta pots as a holder,, and when placed in the right area it really places a compliment to your areas,, I'm always moving mine around,, they are never at the same spot, well except for the orange and Yellow one,, I like where it is now,, and will probably keep it there,,, But a Blue one will stand out against orange or yellow flowers,, Use them in contrast color to your flowers or plants and it will "Pop" with color in that area, I'm a big fan of them,, Walmart carries them all year,, well at least they do here!

I want to make my wildflower garden more like your sitting area. I don't have any furniture out there now but I do have a trellis of sorts. I've planted gourd vines on it once but this year they didn't come up, because of the drought, so it's bare. I didn't want to plant jasmine on it because of the bees but I would like to have something that will remain everygreen. I've not done anything much with that area because Johnny keeps talking about putting in a pool but it hasn't happened so I'm going for it. I'm going to put a few gazing balls out there. It's a big area.

I bet some of the Bleeding heart Vine will look good on the trellis,, I could start you a piece of it if you want me too, and Walmart and Target have those arches like I have in the Picture above,, The legs of it is even small enough to slip thru the Bottom hole of terracotta pots then fill with soil and plant something in a four of them it will help secure the arch IF I had been thinking I would have done that when I placed the first arch in, a Bench Idea is two large Terra cotta Pots turned up side down with a Wide board sat on top That would make a cool looking wildflower area bench ,, or even Large heavy plastic pots turned upside down for the same purpose,,

I don't have any cone flowers I thnk.

emde: I think between all of us we could fix that issue if you would like

Will they grow in zone 9?

I do not know--I defer to Diane.....

yep they will!

Probably for the length they grow here spring thru fall,, sometimes don't even die back all the way!

Can they be grown from seeds?

most certainly!!!~

I have a few from this year, and some from last year as well...........Purple coneflower (which is actually pink)

Oh Absolutely easily,, They would do great For you I'm sure!

this is my sort of arbor

Is that home-made, Sheri?? Did Johnny make it?/

MY Rodney could make me one like that!!!

(But where would I put it???)