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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 1, 2018 5:06:30 GMT
Looks like the dog is providing important phosphates to promote blooming!
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 1, 2018 5:59:06 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 1, 2018 10:16:33 GMT
That's pretty glorious. It almost makes up for the winters.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 1, 2018 21:16:54 GMT
Oh yes -- glorious indeed, Patrick! Those deep pink flowers look like miniature azaleas and the blue star-like flowers below them are the blue all gardeners yearn for. Your back-lit butterfly is wonderful, and I'm swooning over the millefleur tapestry with fritillaries(?).
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 2, 2018 5:06:05 GMT
Oh yes -- glorious indeed, Patrick! Those deep pink flowers look like miniature azaleas and the blue star-like flowers below them are the blue all gardeners yearn for. Your back-lit butterfly is wonderful, and I'm swooning over the millefleur tapestry with fritillaries(?). There's a lot of them I don't know, and there are lots of miniature versions of common plants I know from home (forget-me-nots, buttercups and so on) - but those I do know, Those are indeed a small azalea, known there as "Alpine roses", with geraniums in the same pictures, and the tiny deep blue ones in the picture below are lesser gentians. The ones that look a bit like fritillaries are bladder campion. When you see the slopes and fields full of wildflowers and grasses like that you can see why the cattle are roaming up over 1500m, and so healthy-looking (and why the farmers will be mowing near-vertical slopes to get as much hay in as possible).
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 2, 2018 7:06:27 GMT
They are really lovely. Thanks Patrick!
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Post by amboseli on Jul 3, 2018 13:51:49 GMT
Now in full bloom platycodon grandiflorus
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 3, 2018 14:51:42 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 3, 2018 16:37:03 GMT
Platycodon is also called the balloon flower. And it’s very impressive.
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Post by amboseli on Jul 3, 2018 18:27:19 GMT
We have the balloon flowers in blue and white. They are perennials and very easy to grow. I don't know how many years they will last, but we've had them for at least four years and they bloom more abundant year after year. They die completely (nothing is left on the soil) in the fall and they come back in late spring. In their first stage they are like small balloons. After a few days they unfold. Et voilà. These are the balloons of the white one.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 3, 2018 20:18:35 GMT
I'm relieved that they finally unfold. I was worrying about pollination.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2018 15:03:55 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 5, 2018 21:09:18 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 11, 2018 11:57:00 GMT
Hosta - Yucca I think this is in the Chrysanthemum family -
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 23, 2018 15:45:38 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 25, 2018 20:41:31 GMT
My indoor hibiscus is remaining incredibly frisky. It has already produced at least ten blossoms with at least just as many on the way. I think it understands that I want to cut it back severely, but it knows that I won't touch it as long as it is still blooming.
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Post by amboseli on Jul 25, 2018 21:13:24 GMT
My indoor Medinilla Magnifica Flamenco (not much blooming in the garden right now)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 25, 2018 21:51:09 GMT
Your garden is gorgeous, Cheery!
Kerouac, I am stunned at how well plants do for you and in less than optimum conditions, too. That hibiscus is perfect.
That's a beautiful plant, Amboseli. Is it for low light?
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Post by amboseli on Jul 26, 2018 15:55:52 GMT
It needs a bright place but no direct sunshine in the summer.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 1, 2018 10:07:29 GMT
Gladiolus -
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Post by bjd on Aug 1, 2018 12:32:32 GMT
Nice colour, Mick. I have some white ones but they were about to bloom when I left and today I returned to see that they are finished, wilted and lying on the ground.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 27, 2018 12:12:12 GMT
Anemones - Kniphophia viridiflora -
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 1, 2018 9:54:43 GMT
I love this Dahlia because no two flowers are ever alike -
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 1, 2018 12:40:13 GMT
How disorderly! Mick, your garden is really looking great. It's only a couple of years old, isn't it?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 17, 2018 11:54:50 GMT
Months later, my hibiscus is still blooming and there are more buds on the way. Is this atonement for its 5-year blossom strike? However, I am still not satisfied because all of the flowers just want to look out the window and never at me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 24, 2018 4:51:00 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 24, 2018 5:13:13 GMT
Nice! What is it?
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 24, 2018 5:25:11 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 19, 2018 16:57:18 GMT
Pineapple Sage -
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 19, 2018 17:04:47 GMT
I couldn't wait to click to see what is in bloom in late December. I was afraid it was going to be some of those cactus sissy plants coddled in a greenhouse.
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