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Sorry gang,
I do not have the ability to make a link from Blooming Fine #6 to Blooming Fine #7

Barb:
Like I said, this is the first time in 29 years that my Sedum has bloomed.
---I have no idea why it decided to bloom now--but hey I am glad I got to see it bloom.
Have faith, perhpas one day yours too will bloom.

Below is a picture of my Varigated Liriope.
I have 2--one on each side on my bird feeder, which is in the middle of my flower bed.
It is finally blooming now.


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there ya go Carol :wink:


Your Varigated Liriope Is beautiful! I don't think I've seen the variagated before!

here's a bee on my sedum

I was trying to get a picture of the green bug on this white zinnia but he kept running away.

this is my little richard obelia that has always been white. Now, for some reason, it has a tinge of pink.

thanks to Diane's advice to water and prune daily these petunias I put out at the beginning of the season are hanging in.

Carol, your liriope is gorgeous!!! I also have 2 small variegated ones - one on each side of the waterfall but they are not in bloom yet.

Sheri - your petunias look so healthy - I never manage to have good ones after a couple of weeks - they get so leggy and awful looking here - good job! Your sedum flowers are nice too - mine are not blooming yet.

my petunias always did that too Lynne until I took Diane's advice.

They looks awesome Sheri YIPEEEEEEEEE!,, I like you sedum bloom color and bee and the white Zinnia and the green bug,, maybe the PH is different in your soil this year for the Obelia??

Thanks for the link and thanks for the compliment, Diane. I too love the Varigated Liriope

A few years ago when Rod & I were on vacation in Kentucky, we saw many varigated Liriope at the distillery we visited. The moment I got home & began looking around until I found some of the varigated ones---they are wonderful--for sure!!!

We call liriope monkey grass. I don't know why. It is pretty when it blooms. We use it as edgings.

the cool and wet start to summer didn't help much. my cannas aren't nearly as tall as they were last year :*(



the ones in front i started from seed. the ones at the back (the blooming one included) were from rhizomes

Beautiful, Kenny. So green and lovely.

Sheri: yep I have heard it called that before too. I have also seen in called lily Turf---and sometimes the name is all run together--(lilyturf)---any way you call it, it sure is nice.

and if I didnt say, I love hoe your petunias are looking--VERY nice indeed.

Kenny if that is water deprived I cant tell i t--your cannas are beautiful!!!

JunieGirl....your Variegated Liriope looks great, I have the same thing lining the sidewalk to the front door, there are 10 plants blooming right now and I didn't know what it was until I seen your picture. So Thank You!

You are so welcome!!!

Canna indica (grown from seed)

Red canna (grown from seed)

pretty pretty pretty~

Beautiful, Kenny!

Did you start the seeds indoor last winter?

I started the seeds the week of Easter. I've read they only take three months in the ground to bloom down south, but though I wouldn't see any with the cool start to summer we had.

They look great Kenny.. Now will they multiply? I think the first ones are just like mine.. The tub is full.. i pitch it in the warm basement in winter.
They were bigger this time. But the japanese beetle take a toll on that ..
b

Kenny you do such awesome work in your garden--imagine what kind of work you will do in 4 years time-----

I cannot wait to see....

I agree.....

Last canna pics promise ;)

Morning Glory



Cosmo



Sedum

Chinese Lantern



Hyacinth Bean



Malva

Rugosa rose 'Theresa Bugnet'



rose 'Cyclamen'

Sneezeweed



Butterfly Bush 'White Profusion'

Black eyed Susan and a little suprise!

Excellent Kenny.
My 2 roses commit suicide.
Small red stripie lived.

b

That bes with the snail is an awesome picture, Kenny!

great pictures Kenny. The snail is so cute. Too bad they do so much damage.

Kenny, your chinese lanterns are pretty. I had a few volunteer in the garden one year but they didn't turn orange. Are yours invasive?

the lanterns are REALLY invasive here. there are different types of physalis; they all (to my knowledge) have puffy seedpods, but only the 'alkekengi' species have pods that turn bright orange.

If I remember correctly mine stayed green then turned brown as they died. They are pretty plants. Did you plant them or did they show up?

I've seen similar looking 'lanterns' at the supermarket that were yellowish/brown in little plastic strawberry containers for sale. Not that palatable to me, but to each their own. Being in the nightshade family, I wouldn't try them without knowing the exact species.

I planted them knowing they would be invasive. My aunt does a lot of flower arranging and uses a lot of the dried lanterns (which also helps ensure I don't get tons of seedlings). Even without the seedlings, the roots do a good enough job spreading lol

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