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I can't remember where Lynne posted her pretty honeysuckle. This is the only type we have around here. Plain. It smells good but is very invasive.





this is my solid yellow lantana. I've been looking around since Diane posted her multicolored and mostly see solids here. My mother has a multi. The multi is much prettier.

double petaled lily

Beautiful!!!

I think I weed too much, i'd have pulled that second one up for a weed

Very nice Sheri and Diane!

Sheri - I posted a picture of the multicolored lantana recently. I went out and bought 2 more of them. While I was there I did see the same color that you have, and also a pale purple one, but these multi-colored ones were so much brighter to go with all my bright orange flowers. I will take another picture of them if this rain ever goes away!

Diane - I've never seen a lily like that one - it's sooooooo pretty!

Lynne, are your lantanas annuals? this is the 3rd year for that one.

Belinda, don't pull up the lantana!!!. we've probably weeded out more beautiful flowers than we know.

Diane, that is a beautiful color.

I have to make myself not weed so much I keep telling my self..."you planted that...don't pull it up" okay so I talk to myself too.... . Who else is out there besides the dogs

Crepe myrtle and neighbor's canna's , the fence is 10 foot see the canna's are just as tall as the fence/

I'm soooooooo envious - I want a crepe myrtle!!! Even bought small ones twice but they just don't like it here. And WOW those cannas are incredible!!!


Sheri - the lantanas are annuals here unfortuntely. I tried overwintering some indoors a few times but each time they got spider mites really badly.

that's a beautiful picture Diane.

Crepe Myrtles can sure tolerate the heat. My daughter has them at her other house here in GA and it is so hot and hardly ever rains and they bloom anyway.

the cone flowers have bloomed.







and the cosmos

and I always think of Cindy Roscoe when I see a zinnia

I FINALYY have flowers to share!!!!
This is a gaillardia-I think Oranges & Lemons---it came back from last years' plantings.--it certainly looks different, but there you are---if you remember my Yellow Goblin's second flowering was burgundy in color last year.
There are more plants next to this one. They are either the Yellow Goblin or the Burgundy--I'll let you know when they flower.

Next is: Stoke's Aster "Honeysuckle Purple

Here is my Bea Balm--Petite Delight

And here I have a surprise.
Where my Firecracker plant was last year, I now have what I assume to be a lilac Spoon Soprano Osteospermum. yep I know--no spooning going on. After the first flowering of this plant, last year, it reverted to what you see here. It was about 1 foot to the right of its current spot in placement last year so it is likely the Spoon Osteo.

Sheri - such pretty flowers! I'm going to have to enjoy all of everyone's coneflowers this year - the multitude of baby woodchucks this year has eatent every single flower stem on every single coneflower plant - and I have many!!!

Carol - not sure if that is oranges and lemons - the color is right but mine don't have that dark rim around the center like that?

Your asters and monarda are such pretty colors, and I love your osteospermums! I have some seedlings growing from seeds I both planted last fall and early this spring, but they are taking forever to get to a size where they might actually bloom someday!

Sheri: I was remiss in mentiing your beautiful flowers, that you had posted. I was so happy with my own little news. Please forgive my rudeness. I truely enjoyed looking at them.




Lynne---I will tell you something else---the O & L did't have the fluted edge either did it?? I think my favorite nursery (where my gaillardia's came from) did some "gardening" of thier own. The only other thing it could be is my Burgundy colored yellow goblin from last year.--I guess, though, it could have gotten cross polinated all on nature's own so to speak. Thank you for your kind words.

Oh Lynne, that's so aggravating. I'm sorry you can't figure out how to get rid of those things.

No problem Carol Jean. You should be excited about your blossoms, especially the Stoke's Aster "Honeysuckle Purple. That is my fav.

Carol - my oranges and lemons from last year did NOT have the fluted petals, but the ones I bought very early this spring all did - I thought I had also bought the wrong thing - but now they look just like the ones from last year. I wonder if the first few blooms are just different for some odd reason?

Well Lynne--since you have said that, I guess it is possible. and since that is how mine have gone it is looking like it is that way indeed.

I had posted about the great deal I got on some Pentas at the new Lowes here a few weeks ago. Well, now that the plants are on their second round of flowerheads, all of a sudden a pale pink one appeared amongst the deeper pink plants. Anyone know what might have caused that? It is definitely not another plant mixed in - there is only 2 trunk to this plant!

I am sure I have no idea, Lynne----but then if my yellow goblin can bloom Burgundy anything is possible----and anyway I think it is very pretty

oh I DO have an idea--if it was a graffiti Mix it could do that.
The one I bought is white but it has 1 deep red head.

the same thing has happened with my nigella. It started out blue and now some of them are pink.

the cone flowers are really attracting the bees this year.

daylillies by the barn

I like seeing Big groups of lily's Sheri It makes a nice statement! Very Nice group you have there!

As I am finally getting some of my flowers to bloom, I thought I would share them

First is my Arizona Sun Gaillardia--and nope I have no idea what the white rope looking thing is..


"Sunburst Burgundy Silk" Gaillardia


Blooming Patriot Hosta

Beautiful flowers Carol

beautiful colors.

and I've been watering every day as Diane said and these petunias are hanging in pretty good.




I think is 1 red leaf on the lorepedlum is so cool.

I love those White Patunia's They really POP! Nice picture to get creative with

Sheri, those are some great flowers---and you did very well at taking the photos too!! Congratulations

This is supposed to be the Green Envy Echinacea I am looking into other varieties.
Below is 2 photos of the same plant. the first one was taken after say 2 or 3 days of these 3 buds blooming



This photo taken yesterday, of the 3rd bloom in the above photo was taken after say 1 day of the bud blooming.

I wanted to show this Gaillardia flower again. It came back from last year. This is another flower from the same plant that I posted earlier. (on 6-23-09) This flower does not have the fluted petals like the first flower did.
It is more true to the usual Oranges & Lemons Gaillardia, which it is?
I am not positive as the plant that has come back next to it has not flowered yet- You see last year I was not to "bright" in my plant placement. I put the "Yellow Goblin" right next to the Oranges & Lemons plant.

VERY nice, Carol. Yes, that does look like Oranges and lemons! Lucky you!

pretty flowers.

Lynne, Sheri--thanks I am a very happy lady indeed

Don was taking some pictures of the pond for me yesterday and he also took these.

Prickly pear cactus in bloom


zinnia - I love those little yellow stars in the center!

very beautiful pictures Lynne. Don has a good eye.
and you certainly have taken good care of your plants.

I love the zinnias too. They remind me of Cindy.