A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming fine # 10 Spring/summer/fall 2013

I got my first blanket flower comeback from last year,,
Blanketflower Gaillardia


and the Dianthus is fully loaded

VERY cool, Diane!

I actually have 1 crocus in bloom that the animals didn't find. Funny thing is, I don't remember planting any crocuses!

my snow crocus have all bloomed already and now my Daffodils are blooming--YAY me !!!!

So pretty....

My lemon swirl lantana is coming back just breaking ground but definitely coming back,, I'm so glad of that and other plants I planted mid summer did fair then I THOUGHT had died off due to the drought and heat,,but the roots managed to be okay have come back as well.

Here is my first purple pinchushion flower of the year,,


tomato soup cone flower

voltage yellow osteospermum


I'm not removing the leaves from the fall until it stays above 50 degrees at night consistently.

very beautiful Dianna.

with the rain we've had and cooler temps last years plants are really blooming good now,,


Lavender and salvia

Wow Diane - you have so much color already! Everything look so good! So glad so many plants came back for you this year, but then you've always had that special green thumb!

thanks Lynne,,
jackmandii is showing out today

Beautiful, Diane----it makes me wish that my spring/summer would hurry up & get here.----so far all that has come back for me has been green leaves...I do have some wild violets that I brought with me from the farm though...I'll try to get a picture.

Wow Diane
No matter where you go, beauty follows you .. Colors an flowers an just everything is so set in correctly.
Thanks for sharing .

dodge

I have a few daffy's blooming...

I love yellow! Your plants are looking great. Gets me excited to get out there and take pictures.

Here is my wild (cultivated) violets.....

the spindly green at the front are what is left of my crocus, and in the back is of course the leaves of my daffs

Very pretty...my crocus are just poking out of the ground.

love your violets Carol,, and Sunny I'm so glad your getting to see flowers finally

these are poppy seeds from Dodge ,, they bloomed this weekend!

Beautiful, Diane !!

Looks great Diane! I have tried many times to grow poppies from seeds to no avail. Jealous here!

PNP
give my your addy an try my seeds.....I just throw them on top of the soil an they work pretty good.

Carol do you desire any of my seeds........Remember we share an care on here.
dodge

That would be wonderful, Barb, I have never grown Poppies..that sounds like fun. I must say though I do not think I have anything to send you in trade.
It seems, I am really poor at harvesting seeds in the fall.

I do have some "Golden Creeping Jenny" aka: "Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'" growing in my rocked area that has to be moved, I could send you some of that. I keep it in a pot & it comes back every year--it is 3 or 4 years old now

let me know---

I planted those seeds before it got cold,, and it rained off and on after that,, next thing I knew they were growing, didn't take long it seems.. I just barely covered them with soil. I will be saving some seeds as well.
BTW Lynne,, I've tried them before but they never did anything,, Dodge's seeds must love Tx soil,, cuz grow they did,

Carol
No need to swap.
I just want to see if you can grow them.
I have oodles of the seeds,
K

I think I have the addy.
barb

Let me know if you need it again, barb--& Thanks !

Dodge - that's very sweet of you to offer. Not to offend, but I don't grow red flowers - it's just something I don't care for really. Would you have seeds of another color poppy?

For a few years, I would get seeds from a friend who lives on the beach in NY - we have always missed her blooms, but always seem to be there when the seed pods are right for picking. Am I supposed to be putting the seeds out in the fall so they get the cold winter? Just wondering because Diane said she put hers out before the cold.

I had bought a few packets of blue poppy seeds one year and again, nothing happened. I would love blue ones if you have, Dodge, as Diane mentioned in the other thread.

Also, what kind of exposure do you grow them in? Sun? Partial shade? Shade?

Sorry I have no blues
Planted some an they didn't grow.
I so them in sun or shade.

I don't separate my seeds usually in poppy,
But have pkt of California yellows if you desire.
Usually spring an all year till frost I just plant them

knock out rose

new bird bath




new arbor

picture of a duck in the pouring rain. Just thought it was a cool picture.

Ginger, Colt, and Ginger's back yard





Darbi, Aubry, me, and O'Charley's front parking lot

Beautiful, The flowers AND your Family,, Love the new Bird bath,,

Gosh did the girls grow fast. SO cute.
ANd the flowers your right on it this time..Perfect.
Hope the girls love flowers too

Thanks for the view
bali

I love that bird bath too but the birds won't come near it. I've even put a water wiggler in it but the birds nor the cats will drink out of it.

Very nice family AND flowers, Sheri !!

maybe as it gets warmer the need for the water for both birds and cats will draw them in

Love the pics Sheri..

I have never thought about palm trees blooming

Wow Suzy
I never thought so either
The flowers are what?
Bright indeed.
Take photos of texas greenhouse displays for us to see.
Bet flowers are huge there

red one is olander not sure what the yellow/orange is