A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming Fine #11 Summer/ Fall 2013

We are needing to see more blooms here!
I'm pulling this over from the Plumeria thread in plants and flowers,,



Here is Jimmy's Dbl Purple Datura,,

beautiful shots, Diane....

it reminds me of the Datura seeds you sent me back in the day---I must have a black thumb--they didn't even come up

Nicey

I have Buds on my dble purple,, I hope to get lots of seeds maybe you can try again Carol!

well that would be great--but only if you have the seeds to spare---
I could/should begin to look for seeds & plants this next spring

I have one bloom primarily white, the other bloom primarily yellow from the same inflow,, there is a third bud about to open, wonder what it will be??

Maybe whities.......

Pretty thanks for the photos

here are some of my latest blooms:

Here are my Surprise lillies:



Minature Butterfly Bush:



Tangerine Dream Echinacea:

What are the names of the surprise lilys? None in bloom now .. Must be a late one?

When I clicked on this post of yours Carol. My Virus Protector came on an said it took off something.. Don't know if it was your end or gardeners end?

Do you have protection ? Mine is Avg.. free

very pretty Carol!

Love that Echinacea

OH MY Diane, that is beautiful !!!!

Very nice.

I have something like that but single..
forgotten the names.

So pretty...

sorry this is so late, Barb--I should really read ALL of a post.

the Surprise lily has several names: Surprise lily, Magic lily, Naked Lady
or (Lycoris squamigera) if you prefer. They belong to the amaryllis family. It is a fall blooming flower and it has no seed pods. You plant bulbs to grow them.

sorry about the notice to your computer. My DH got upset with the cost of my Norton antivirus & so my SIL installed "Microsoft security essentials", which is free. I do not really care for it, and in my opinion it is just a bit better than nothing. But I will say my OS has it's own set of security and it seems to be watching rather closely so I do not really know what to tell you. I hope everything is ok.

My other SIL was supposed to give me a antivirus that he uses at his work supposoedly somewhat like Norton--it is free to him and he is allowed to share--but I have yet to see that happen yet.

Carol save me seeds...all 3 .. Naked lily is to be a moles exterminator???
Are they all 3 hardy?

b

no, you misunderstand, barb--it is one plant with 3 different names.

I have no idea about being a mole exterminator. BUt hwe had Moles galore at the farm & they did not eat these lilies, so there is that.

There do not produce seeds, but it is time for me to dig them up to divide the bulbs and I can send you some. I would be happy to do that.

LOL


I tried
Oh goody.. I just read that on here.. Do you dig them up an store inside for winter?

Any thing to rid of them animals.
I am stuffing holes with bubble gum. SOme ond said worked

No I do not do that--but every so many years one needs to dig them up & divide them, & as luck would have it this is the year----

have you tried dropping castor beans down the holes? or better yet planting castor beans...they are pretty plants & will keep moles away from an area--I always grew them on thne front of my veggie garden. Try that next year--if nothing else, they are pretty. AND as a bonus, they make lots of seeds for dropping down holes...

Planted them once but worrid of the poison leafs an kids.

well yes there is that about the castor bean plants---
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I will let you know when I have the bulbs in the mail..

Lynne : here is the Hoya cuttings that you have sent me. Look how well it is doing:



Here is the hoya start that Dodge sent me. It is doing really well also. I rotated it in my photobucket, but it didnt turn.. :


Here is a combination of the cactus cuttings that Barb & Lynne sent to me...I combined them, to make a fuller pot..In the beginnings there were just a few small cuttings from each of them:

Good work Carol

Keep going.

Dodge: Look at how well the Oxalis that you sent to me is doing:

Wonderful Carol..

So nice to see my stuff again.. Hey , the Charmed Wine Oxalis , prefers shade for sure.
It does get robust later. Did it bloom for you?

Carol - your plants look VERY healthy!!! Interesting how my hoya looks like it has splashes on the leaves, while Dodge's looks more like dots. Both look great, as do the cacti!

Very nice...

Thanks, Ladies...

Barb--yes it has bloomed---several times..pale pink flowers--very delicate looking to my notion.

Lynne---Yes it is fun to see the differences of the 2 Hoya's--now if "they" would just bloom for me.

I used to have an oxalis. I put it outside and it gave up the ghost. Love them.


Love the little faces on pansies.



The gerbers are hanging in through the cold and the snow.



still have lots of leaves



I started this geranium from a dead stalk with no roots. Just stuck it in the dirt and now it's blooming. It's made it through the cold and snow too.

Beautiful

I'm surprised about that geranium. I just didn't want to clean out that pot so I stuck a stick that looked totally dead into the soil and left it. I never dreamed it would grow and bloom.

yes VERY nice---and this time of year too !! That makes them that much more special.

It snowed here last Monday and it was 25 degrees Tuesday. I thought for sure everything would be frozen.

Barb--sorry I messed up & did not get them dug up---if I get a warm day I will get you some--and if not that I will dig them in early spring & send some bulbs to you, OK ???

Sure thanks Carol..

b