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4 o'clocks are blooming




and the phlox

pretty pretty pretty~

after much envying you guys, i finally have some blossom to share :)

yellow noid lily

Hemerocallis 'Summer Wine'

beautiful Lilies, Kenny.

Sheri- very lovely Zinnia. is that from the "white garden"?
pretty 4 o'clocks & phlox too!!!

Like the colors of your lily's Kenny Congrats!

Sheri

Quite neat all 3 ..........


kenny late but never.. Awesome colors also.. That is cool of both of you..

Very nice lilies Kenny.
Pretty flowers Sheri!

Her is a new to me zinnia -
the red areas actually turn to a very nice dark magenta color as the flower ages.

new to me too and so pretty. Love it.

me three

This is the FIrst lily to come to my yard.
My late sister from Ohio brought it in an I said I dont like lilys.. She was shocked .
NOw look at me ..Lilys are my middle name..LOL

Ps .......My neice named her 2 week old baby ......girl lily..
THe neice name is Lacey...LOL
cute huh?

http://www.pizap.com/gallery_displa....com70.53979359334334731248482522236.jpg

This is a much later bloomer .. Now in full bloom and fragrant..

b

can't see the picture Dodge

nice shot dodge.

dodge, what is the flower next to the brug?

Jiffy

That is my tree lily.

Is a tree now .LOL

wow! just got to that picture. beautiful!

Thanks Jiffy,

It is real thick leaves also.

b

Very pretty! Great shot too!

First let me say the flower I am going to post is called "Suprise lily" around here. they are bulbs. Does anyone know the "real" name??


here is a close-up

I think these are lycoris, Carol. But could be amaryllis, aka naked ladies.

These were NOT taken at night-------

Pink Double Delight Echinacea

Coconut Lime Echinacea---many are bloomed now--

Green Envy Echinacea

Thanks Tina--I do not think they are amaryllis--but I wll look up the "lycoris"-

well I am I looked up both and I really think that is is the Amaryllis belladonna-----thanks so much, Tina for the help!!!

beautiful. Love the pink double.

Thanks much, Sheri.

Beautiful Lilys Carol!

I'm soooo happy for you Carol that your dp delights and CClimes are blooming beautifully!

Finally a cleome has Bloomed from seeds from Lynne

so pretty Diane. Is it late for them because mine haven't bloomed yet either and they usually fill my garden by now.

Soooooo pretty Carol and Diane!

My cleome got a late start because I moved the plants that grew from scattered seeds from last year about 2 weeks ago. They are now blooming nicely what with all the daily rain we've been having!

Some of my plants do not like this rain though and the leaves are starting to blacken. We have torrential rain and thunderstorms today, had it also on Wed, as well as some rain almost every day since the beginning of July!

Diane that is a beautiful Cleome. So nice of Lynne to send you the seeds.

Lynne: So sorry about the constant rain.---Look on the bright side--at least yo uare not having to water---

last year I added a Yellow Goblin Gaillardia to my flower bed. it had many beautiful ALL yellow blooms. When they faded and the new blooms came on they were ALL Burgundy!!!!--So naturally I was excited to see what this plant would flower as this year.
Below you can see for yourself.

It looks a bit like the Gaillardia Bijou but is as tall as the yellow goblin-----although there is a Gaillardia Goblin that looks just like this as well, but I can only find the dwarf form of it.

There is always something to keep one on their toes, huh???

I *finally* have some more pics! the weather's been soooo bizarre this year

Here's the far end of my bed. The brugs are at the end of the wood plank. I had no space to bring them in last year so I have to take cuttings. But this year, since I'm moving into a single dorm, I can hopefully dig and bring the whole plant inside instead of taking cuttings. They were almost 6' tall last year when I came back from my french trip (Aug 8 or so). The cannas in the foreground I started from seed, and the ones along the fence I started from rhizome. Not much of a difference eh?



seed grown cannas

The Arum italicum blooms are long gone and have now been replaced with berries



Low growing sedum bought last year



Mini white rose bought this year

Calendula (reseeded from last year)



Calendula (wintersowed this winter) There is actually a lighter 'ring' on the petals around the center (which I think is considerably darker than any other calendula I've seen). I raelly like this one!



My failed attempt at taking a 'busy bee' picture. I'll try again next time...there always seems to be a bee on the agastache!

Small clump of Siberian Motherwort that I wintersowed this past winter. It's blooming in its first year. This plant is used a lot in Chinese herbology and medicine. It's Chinese name directly transliterates into the 'herb that benefits mothers.' Ironically, it isn't supposed to be used during the pregnancy.



Closeup (I finally figured out the macro setting on the camera!)

I look forward to seeing these every year. Though they're technically considered a weed, I've never been more successful growing orchids! These 'are invasive' in the sense that their roots are at least, from what I was told, 4' in the ground (I dug down to 2' trying to transplant them but gave up) and they pop up in the lawn (not a concern since I do all the mowing in the back and side, and I just mow around them). They're called helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)

wow kenny! that all looks so nice. you've been a busy bee yourself

Holy smokes Kenny,
Your a great success on flowers as well as camera work.
Now tell us how to Macro..

You did great.

dodge

WOW--Kenny, I agree you sure have been buay!!!
You have some great flowers/plants and thanks for all the informaion as well--I enjoyed seeing & reading about all of them...Thanks

Awesome Job Kenny!


Clematis are starting to re=bloom again,,

Diane - I am so envious - I wish my clematis would bloom a second round each summer - I've never gotten another flush from my 2 plants!