A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat single flower phots ~ share yours part 3

dO YOU HAVE THE SPOONS IN THE SUN OR SHADE? Mine are pale pink and only a few spoon ......I love yours..

Thanks Dodge,, I have them in morning sun.......... well until about 1 pm............ then dappled shade,,
afternoon full sun here would simply cook them

those spoons are very pretty and interesting flowers. I must put them on my mental list of flowers to look for, for next year! thanks for sharing.

below is a picture of my Arizona Sun---this is one of the most prolific gaillardias I have---it is simply beautiful.--The plant is compact and rounded----I love it!!



next is my Oranges & Lemons gaillardia---I just love this as well.



Last is my burgundy colored "Yellow Goblin"--still pretty though---and it is quite spread out as well.

Oh so very pretty.

I can honestly say this year was the best for my gaillardias, they amazed me to the point that I am going to transplant them to every flower bed.

an unexpected bloom, it is mid day, but this little guy was in the shade, so he thought it was still morning

here are some of my plants

This one is a monkey Tree and this next one is same but you can see the red paw on it

Betty

Your cypress vine is huge.. Very nice..

Show us a close up of the monkey paw.. never seen it before..

Havent seen you for a while either.
:ding:

Can't tell if this is closer are not lol

here is one i started about 2 mos ago,
a baby monkey tree lol
and here is another shot closer

Thanks ,
that is really a cute tree.

It has baby monkeys..........LOL

okay Nice pictures Betty,,


back to single flower Photos,,,,
another volunteer I spotted this morning,,,, I think it's a balloon flower it's growing low to the ground,,

Diane: another beautiful flower---as always

Thanks Carol


These are a sedum/succulants I planted in a clay pitcher that is blooming

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That last sedum......

Can you by any chance send me some babies before frost? Mine died.

wah...

Dodge I just went out to look and there are plenty of babies for you to nurture! I'll add that to your list of things I'm sending you. Btw I rooted up some bleeding heart vine did you want some of that too>? I know you had asked me to save you seeds but rooted start will give you a jump start!

I keep saying I'm going to put sedum in a strawberry jar because it's so pretty but I've never done it. Today will be the day. I'll have to get Johnny to run to Lowe's. Our Lowe's isn't that great though (no window hummer feeder ya know) so I'm not sure I'll get one.

angelblossom.
Sure I will take the plants.Bleeding hearts.

along with the sedum babies.. And cone seeds..

I have give you something too......We will figure out later..

I have to hunt that one..Let me know if he finds one.b

Diane ~ while ALL your pictures are so lovely, I am particularly smitten with your Spoon Fantasy Mums!! What an exquisite flower that is!! Thank you so much for sharing!



Merme

Heyyyy thanks Merme I love that one too,, I'm not a mum grower well I wasn't one,, until now,, ,, I hope to collect seeds and don't know if it comes back or not,, I'm wondering now If I should have put it in the ground??

Sorry for the delay; I'm having trouble with the PC.

I get most of my info about mums from The University of Minnesota as they are world famous for introducing new varieties of mums; the experts, if you will. You can visit their web site, too.

I would think that yours will be fine in the container but as you guess, be quick to collect seeds so they do not get lost.


It is truly a lovely specimen you have there.


Merme

Oh and forgive my idiocy, Diane, I forgot to answer the other things...

Although they are perennial, they are so easy and inexpensive to mass produce, many gardeners prefer to treat them as annuals and so spare themselves the work involved with over-wintering! I do believe I've read from gardeners in your state who pinch them way back for wintering. But I would even consider bringing them indoors or at least a protected spot; that is the advantage of having them in a container.


Merme

YeP I looked at a Minn Site, mannnnnnnn they have some awesome looking mum some of which i would never guess it was a mum,, even cascading ones but one has to train them to cascade but beautiful,,,,, and Yep on the second on,, My neighbor says she just lets her's die back and doesn't even remove the browned leaves or anything,, when it gets cold she just covers pretty good with fallen leaves and starting in March she gradually starts removing leaves when she see new growth starting she then removes all the old from the last fall, she said her look better every year,, , thanks for taking the time to look it up Merme,, and thanks for the advice!

here is a Zinna it's the tall variety came in a package of mixed seeds of a lot of colors I really like the colors in this one,, from orange into pink into yellows to lavender/pink color in the center its pretty and really pops color into the yard,,




This is one I had a little Zanny fun with the Zinna picture

Diane - I LOVE that zinnia too! And that second picture is waaaaaaaaay cool!

The zinnia reminds me of colors in a lantana bloom - going from one color to another to another, you know?

heyyyyyy you're right especially the confetti lantana

pitiful lantana

very pretty. I like the rose against the blue. I try not to grow morning glories anymore. They're gorgeous but they take over my yard no matter what I do. A while back I pulled a bunch up and threw them in the compost pile. So now I've got morning glories growing in the compost pile. We turned it today.

Very nice Diane.

correct

but i like sunset serenade

aLL GORGOUS..
blue is and Pin & background.
Now here are 2 more to gock at.....


My Georgis bleeding heart

Dutchman's pipe in bud




dutchmans pipe >I missed that last year, but plan to catch it this time.

with ole canon.

it looks like the white and red are on the same plant.

Diane---could I plant m y heavenly Blue MG now?? or is it too early.

cause it is now o r try to get someone to do it next spring--which ever you advise

Yes it is..........I found it out after it bloomed.....
Someone in Georgia sent me cuttings, I rooted.
Will hve to come in for winter..........

need to delete and can't

Ibetter do research.. The red was a ball at first.
Photo I seen didnt look like mine today.

you should submit those pictures to a magazine. They're pretty.

Carol,, I always soak mine for a day then plant in early spring,, BUT Because I get sooo many blooms I always have a zillion seeds, random ones come up all the time, I;m always pulling them up But I like them sooooo much I don't mind pulling up the fallen seeds from the summer before,, these bloom well into fall,, and there's no way I could collect all the seeds,, SOOO You can place some now,, and save some for later early next spring,, it's up to you,, :wink:

I can't believe this hosta is blooming this time of year.