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Post by bjd on May 8, 2011 18:07:16 GMT
Tinypic let me upload one, after saying uploading several failed.
Yes, the two shades of pink are peonies. I took closeups of some, but will see what I can do to upload.
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Post by bjd on May 8, 2011 18:24:41 GMT
Tinypic is working again. Peonies Irises
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Post by bjd on May 8, 2011 18:27:41 GMT
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Post by bjd on May 8, 2011 18:30:26 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2011 12:47:45 GMT
Those paeony colours are stunning!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 9, 2011 15:14:42 GMT
Okay, I am going to admit to absolute envy at these pictures, Bjd!
The individual plants are outstanding, but the mix of foliage and of flowers, the health of everything, and the excellent photography -- whew! The last picture alone sums up all of that, but the climbing rose or the gaillardia in amongst the cypress vine(?) nigella(?) are just super garden pictures.
That second peony is a total knock-out, and I adore that last little bunch of roses, sporting a little bee. But it's the iris pic that just about brings me to my knees.
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2011 16:00:25 GMT
Thankyou, Bixa. Those nigella keep reseeding and I keep pulling them out. Many have gone from blue to white.
However, this is the time of year that the garden looks nice, despite our recent lack of rain and lots of wind -- I had to re-attach that climbing rose the other day after it came loose and fell on the ground because of the wind. Another few weeks, and the roses will have finished blooming and it will be too hot for anything other than the gaillarda.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2011 12:39:44 GMT
Pelargonium tricolor. This is a difficult Pelargonium to find and it's almost impossible to take cuttings. I go this from Kew but there is only one UK nursery selling it at £10 a plant. If I could crack the cuttings I could make a fortune....
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Post by bixaorellana on May 11, 2011 16:26:04 GMT
Bjd, Spring in your garden would be enough to last most people all year! Do you get rain in the summers? I would think that Salvia in the last picture would keep on blooming until frost. Do you keep pots of geraniums & other toughies around for color during the hot months?
That's an amazing plant, Mick, & I can well imagine you'd make your fortune if you could make it affordable available. Why is it so difficult about cuttings -- few nodes, rots easily, etc.?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 11, 2011 16:30:25 GMT
Bjd, Spring in your garden would be enough to last most people all year! Do you get rain in the summers? I would think that Salvia in the last picture would keep on blooming until frost. Do you keep pots of geraniums & other toughies around for color during the hot months? That's an amazing plant, Mick, & I can well imagine you'd make your fortune if you could make it affordable available. Why is it so difficult about cuttings -- few nodes, rots easily, etc.? I wish I knew. It just doesn't want to put any roots out. Kew's propagators have rooted a few but I haven't cracked it yet. I shall try again of course.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2011 2:54:51 GMT
The jícama vine is starting to get flowers ~ Not a symbol, real statice! ;D
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Post by mich64 on May 18, 2011 3:20:07 GMT
I am envious Bixa! Lovely flowers/plants. Cheers, Mich
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Post by mickthecactus on May 18, 2011 7:45:37 GMT
Lovely pictures Bixa.
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Post by bjd on May 18, 2011 8:04:22 GMT
Sorry, Bixa. I hadn't seen your question about summer colour. I have given up on geraniums. In the past few years they have been attacked by a kind of moth that drills holes in the stems. I put some dipladenia in pots, as well as lantana --- I managed to keep both over the winter. And the gaillarda last all summer and fall until late in the year.
I also have some dahlias, but given the lack of rain this year, they haven't even started growing for the most part.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 18, 2011 16:59:52 GMT
ooooooooooooooh....pretty ;D your stattice is very pretty dearie.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 19, 2011 12:32:59 GMT
First yellow Petunia in one of the hanging baskets -
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Post by bixaorellana on May 19, 2011 20:53:30 GMT
Thanks, all!
Uck, Bjd. I never heard of that moth. How awful to have such a dependable, colorful mainstay snatched away from you. Do you have room in your yard for crape myrtle. Apparently they're common in the south of France and bloom hard in the hot months. Of course, the water situation would have to factored in there, as well.
Ooo ~~ love yellow, love petunias!
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Post by bjd on May 20, 2011 15:54:00 GMT
I had to look to see what crape myrtle is. Well, yes -- it grows well around here and since it's one of the few things that bloom well in the summer, I planted two a couple of years ago. They are still tiny though.
I haven't often seen yellow petunias. Is that the kind that hang down?
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Post by rikita on May 21, 2011 19:31:45 GMT
ah one of my geraniums is starting to flower.
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Post by rikita on May 21, 2011 19:36:05 GMT
here is one of them from a few years ago (though the one flowering now is the other one, the pink one, this red one still needs a bit)
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Post by bixaorellana on May 22, 2011 0:56:18 GMT
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. COOL picture, Rikita!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 24, 2011 15:20:07 GMT
Beautiful shot Rikita....what a gorgeous colour!
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Post by Kimby on May 27, 2011 3:14:46 GMT
Here's a white Catharanthus which hitchhiked in on another plant That (@835 on page 28) looks like a white periwinkle to me, is it?
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2011 5:07:37 GMT
It is a white periwinkle, Kimby. I couldn't remember if "periwinkle" was the universal common name or not, so went with the botanical name.
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Post by Kimby on May 27, 2011 7:23:56 GMT
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Post by Kimby on May 27, 2011 7:28:00 GMT
And here's a few of the first wildflowers to bloom in my yard: Sagebrush buttercup Nodding yellow bell (Fritilaria) Pasqueflower (maybe this should be in the What's in Bud? thread) Trillium
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Post by bixaorellana on May 27, 2011 15:43:54 GMT
So lovely, Kimby. That saturated Spring green of the grass is balm for the eyes, too. Where is the iris garden? They are all deeply desirable.
All of the wildflowers are darling, but I think I would fall over with joy to have a wild fritillary.
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Post by bjd on May 27, 2011 17:45:29 GMT
Are those some kind of dwarf irises, Kimby?
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Post by mich64 on May 27, 2011 19:38:11 GMT
hey bjd, I was thinking the exact same thing about the iris. They are beautiful though. Cheers, Mich
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 27, 2011 20:11:52 GMT
I do love the little yellow fritillaria....aw....
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