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Blooming Fine 2009 #5 #280683 May 17th, 2009 at 04:05 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #280685 May 17th, 2009 at 04:09 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #280686 May 17th, 2009 at 04:13 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC this little plant has been in this pot for 4 years. It comes back every year rain or drought.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #280783 May 18th, 2009 at 02:38 PM Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 545 Victoria, Australia stevie_g stevie_g Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 545 Victoria, Australia Your garden is looking sensational, Sheri! Thanks for sharing the photos. Eternity

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 stevie_g #280863 May 18th, 2009 at 08:42 PM Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,621 The emerald city chermoni Ballard Beaver! chermoni Ballard Beaver! Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,621 The emerald city I especially like those orange lilies, but all of your garden is beautiful! Plant smiles, grow giggles, harvest love.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 stevie_g #280880 May 19th, 2009 at 03:55 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas Originally Posted by stevie_g Your garden is looking sensational, Sheri! Thanks for sharing the photos. yes it is! "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #280988 May 19th, 2009 at 06:29 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas First Zinnia this year First datura Mystery is,, Penstemon bearded tongue huskier red,, Now that it has bloomed it was a lot easier to look up correct name "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #280998 May 19th, 2009 at 07:28 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Pretty flowers!!! I beat you in the Zinnias!! That's your first bloom?? I have six blooming!!! Yay!!! "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #281002 May 19th, 2009 at 07:37 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas I more happy for your 6 blooming in your apt then My 1 in the garden "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #281004 May 19th, 2009 at 07:48 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #281032 May 20th, 2009 at 04:47 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC That is amazing Shirley. My zinnias are barely up. You must get the exact amount of sunlight.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #281056 May 20th, 2009 at 06:35 AM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri Here is what is blooming in my flower beds so far--well there is the weeds-- Here is my Anemone Annebella---it is supposed to be RED--- flowers-5-14-09001.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/> Below is my Evening Primrose---while it is pretty, I think most of it will get removed---it is far too invasive for where I was silly enough to plant it last year--- Last edited by JunieGirl; May 20th, 2009 at 06:38 AM. ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 JunieGirl #281106 May 20th, 2009 at 02:40 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Anemone Annebella that's one of those things that it's fun to say.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #281108 May 20th, 2009 at 02:42 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Diane, why is that called huskier red? It looks white.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #281133 May 20th, 2009 at 07:45 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas Sheri I think maybe because the stem it blooms from is a deep deep red,, I really don't know that's a guess "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #281201 May 21st, 2009 at 01:24 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC pretty whatever the reason. gardenias smell good

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #281204 May 21st, 2009 at 01:28 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri very pretty, Sheri---- ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 JunieGirl #281260 May 21st, 2009 at 07:09 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 31,597 NY plants 'n pots Purl One plants 'n pots Purl One Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 31,597 NY Very nice, Sheri! I wish I could grow gardenias outdoors - they smell soooooooo good! They always get spider mites indoors, so I haven't had any for a couple of years now. Here is my clematis today - lots more blooms than previous years.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 plants 'n pots #281399 May 22nd, 2009 at 01:45 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC is it really that color? Gorgeous.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282184 May 27th, 2009 at 02:24 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC this has always been a white azalea. this is the bloom on the butterfly bush that Cindy sent years ago.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282193 May 27th, 2009 at 02:40 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA What a beautiful color of flower on the butterfly bush!! And what, pray tell, is a pink flower doing on a white azalea bush?! "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #282205 May 27th, 2009 at 03:23 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC I don't know Shirley. At first I thought it had blown in from somewhere but nope, it's growing there.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282207 May 27th, 2009 at 03:26 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA I never knew before that a plant could do that. But it's great! "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #282255 May 27th, 2009 at 07:42 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas Beautiful clematis Lynne! I guess I'm going to have to get me an azalea plant Sheri those are gorgeous ! "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #282290 May 28th, 2009 at 04:08 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas early morning canna I let this grow from bird seed,, Just to see what I would get,, I have several of these growing around the feeders and surrounding areas, I've pulled several as well,, Fox glove from cedar Hill,, It didn't get very tall at all But it Bloomed! "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #282293 May 28th, 2009 at 04:13 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas continued from above peaches and cream dbl bloom begonia "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #282415 May 28th, 2009 at 06:02 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Originally Posted by angelblossom Beautiful clematis Lynne! I guess I'm going to have to get me an azalea plant Sheri those are gorgeous ! Diane, I think they're pretty when they're blooming but after that they're sort of ugly. If they weren't so hardy I wouldn't plant one and some of them were already here so I left them.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282416 May 28th, 2009 at 06:03 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC I love foxglove. And I've never seen such a beautiful begonia.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282424 May 28th, 2009 at 07:01 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 31,597 NY plants 'n pots Purl One plants 'n pots Purl One Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 31,597 NY Gorgeous Diane!

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 plants 'n pots #282440 May 28th, 2009 at 08:00 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri Originally Posted by plants 'n pots Gorgeous Diane! what can I say other than "Lynne is right"!!!!! ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 JunieGirl #282460 May 29th, 2009 at 04:45 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend angelblossom A Gnome's Best Friend Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 30,001 Arlington,Texas Thanks Friends,, Here is a very very close up of a Jewels of Opar. The blooms are so tiny But when grown in a mass it looks awesome,, They are just starting to bloom! TK sent me these seeds 4 years ago,, and they just keep coming back! "Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #282469 May 29th, 2009 at 05:24 AM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA That is so pretty.....well named as they do look like little jewels!! "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #282471 May 29th, 2009 at 05:25 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC I can't see it. No posting while I'm at work.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 angelblossom #282472 May 29th, 2009 at 05:26 AM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Shirley4 Giggles Shirley4 Giggles Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 26,932 Rocky Mount, VA Diane, you got an awesome close up on that one flower on your begonia! That whole plant looks like a bouquet of roses!!! I wish the really true color of that peach would show in photos....it is such a beautiful peach!! And I was so glad that Canna opened the morning I left!!! "I Love Virginia!"

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Shirley4 #282473 May 29th, 2009 at 05:28 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC now shirley, you're just rubbing it in.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282558 May 29th, 2009 at 01:08 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC this lilly is gigantic this year. I guess cutting down some trees opened it up to the sun. I don't like it this big and I don't much like the color either. love the shastas pink azalea

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282559 May 29th, 2009 at 01:09 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Diane the Jewels of Opar is so dainty. If you ever get seeds.... But that begonia is the prettiest thing ever.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282560 May 29th, 2009 at 01:10 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC Bestofour Patriot Bestofour Patriot Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 19,244 Likes: 33 Monroe, NC is this a Mexican sunflower? I've got a whole row in the strawberry patch.

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 Bestofour #282647 May 29th, 2009 at 05:25 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri JunieGirl Frogger JunieGirl Frogger Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 48,011 Likes: 38 Southern Missouri Very pretty flowers ladies.... Sheri: I love the color of your gigantic lily--but yes it is rather large and then I love the Azalea too!!!-- Diane, that IS a delicate looking flower----and I love the color as well :wink: ________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! .....

Re: Blooming Fine 2009 #5 JunieGirl #283672 May 31st, 2009 at 07:17 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,761 Merced,California emdeGardener2 emdeGardener2 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,761 Merced,California I have some Hollyhocks blooming.I wish I could take a picture, but I can't find my camera. Waiting for fall...