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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2012 15:54:14 GMT
That's a glorious photo, Casimira. And a hard one to get, too! Those petals look so silky, but they're insidiously reflective. I have the piles of overly glary pictures to prove it. Yes ~~ I know what you mean about the scent! Last night it rained & the soft pervasiveness of that aroma almost had me hyperventilating in order to draw more in. I stuck the camera out the window to get the lovely bells in the rain: Here are the other angel pics I said I'd post. This one is from May '08. This one is from May 25, this year:
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2012 16:40:09 GMT
OMG, I'm reeling from the glory of these photos. And from imagining the heavenly scent! Thanks, bixa and casi, for so amply satisfying my requests!
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Post by mich64 on Jun 11, 2012 3:02:31 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 11, 2012 3:48:11 GMT
Gad, that's all so beautiful, Mich. All your irises are wonderful, but that first, very dark one is exceptional.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 11, 2012 3:59:58 GMT
Thank you very much Bixa! The flower looks like velvet, I was so pleased with them this year.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 11, 2012 4:02:44 GMT
Another...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2012 10:38:33 GMT
They are indeed stunning and yes, voluptuous. I believe they bloom on a lunar cycle, or so I've been told. Hibiscus coccineus, Texas Star Hibiscus, Scarlet Rose Mallow The leaves of this plant bear a very strong resemblance to marijuana and have caught the attention of more than one DEA agent when seen from above and growing in great profusion.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 4, 2012 11:44:48 GMT
The hibiscus is lovely....want one.... About 3 months ago we were being told that we should grow drought tolerant plants, the aquifers and reservoirs were dangerously low and hosepipe bans were introduced pretty much everywhere.... It has rained steadily eversince....sigh...we've had a little sunshine...but not as much as we gardeners want to grow healthy plants...slugs and snails are having a lovely time...sigh... I've been stuck in work when it was sunny and now that I have a few days off we've had storms, with hail and heavy rain. Today it's drizzling...oh joy. A few plants have struggled into flower...but we seem to be about a month behind with some plants... a nice little cactus dahlia trifolium rubens agyranthemums salvia patens marigold 'Indian Prince' cosmos astrantia
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Post by tod2 on Jul 4, 2012 12:40:51 GMT
O Cheery, what beauties! You inspire me to really do some serious planting this coming spring. Well, I bit before that i suppose. I never know quite when to put seeds in. Plantlings are easy because the nursery has them all ready ;D I brought back lots of seeds from our recent UK trip. Most are the scatter-where-you-may type with poppies, and other spring flowers. We visited some lovely little gardens that are not tourist attractions - even went to one near Patrick London's place at Mudchute. With the Tour de France taking my attention I may wait till it's over so I can post the photos in a short time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2012 13:41:22 GMT
Tod's first 4 words were exactly what I was going to post. Jeez. Gorgeous. I don't know several of those but would love to get to know. While I am not a huge tagetes (marigold)enthusiast per say,but, that 'Indian Prince' is a stunner. Did you grow it from seed Cheery? I'm going to check out trifolium and see if it will do here. I have the salvia patens and adore it and all salvias.... . In the meantime, my first Moonflower of the season is going to unfurl it's sensuous self tonight. I was late putting them in, but, they grew fervently.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 4, 2012 14:26:24 GMT
Casimira - We want a photo PLEASE!!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 4, 2012 15:15:42 GMT
Fabulous photos of that Texas Star, a plant I really miss.
And Cheery ~~ ooooooooo! Did you grow all of those from seed? Wonderful, wonderful selection.
I believe marigold 'Indian Prince' is a Calendula -- the original "marigold", rather than a Tagetes, right?
You always show plants I don't know at all, like the Trifolium, for instance.
And Casimira, please show the moonflower!
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Post by bjd on Jul 4, 2012 16:18:02 GMT
Beautiful photos, Cheery. None of my dahlias are anywhere near blooming. Nothing much is blooming right now in fact. I went on holiday when the garden was at its nicest (peonies, roses) and now things are getting dry or over their first bloom.
I don't like marigolds either (although this year I was forced to plant a couple that were given to me), but yours is completely different. Indeed, it looks like calendula -- I imagine it beside some pale mauve flowers.
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Post by lugg on Jul 4, 2012 19:36:47 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Jul 4, 2012 20:30:12 GMT
Cheery Lugg, spectacular blooms! I love the dahlias and the foxgloves! The colors are so brilliant, lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2012 10:42:13 GMT
Oh Lugg!! I don't know where to begin to exclaim about your blooms and the fabulous pics!! I wish I knew what they all were, I recognize many but there's a couple I don't know. Is that rose a David Austin selection per chance? I wish they fared well better here. That pic of the poppy is amazing. I do know the trumpet vine well. It grows so rampantly here and sends down underground runners so deep that it comes up out of concrete sidewalks!! I'm forever trying to rip it out even though in the right setting it is lovely and a hummingbird and bee magnet. Great pics!! I missed photograghing the moonflower last night good people, but, there's more on the way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 5, 2012 17:50:20 GMT
*picks jaw up off the floor*
Gadzooks, those are glorious pictures, Lugg!
What is that wonderful starburst coming up among the poppies?
I'm in love with the flowers below the foxglove. Is that another variety of the same thing below the honeysuckle?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 5, 2012 18:15:45 GMT
The starburst thing is an allium isn't it Lugg? ;D dunno which one tho...mine are all over now.
Everything was grown from seed apart from the agyranthemums which were so sweet that I had to have them....and yes, the Indian Prince is a calendula...it is planted in the vegetable patch...I grow tagettes in there usually but the weather has been so dreadful that they poor wee things were decimated by hailstones, wet and snails....so I had to pop in something a bit more rhobust.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2012 12:07:55 GMT
Thanks Cheery. Lugg, I need to know what that last rose in your montage series is? The apricot/yellowish one!! Is it a David Austin? I adore it. All over town, the Crape Myrtles are busting out. I'm partial to the white ones in a big way.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 6, 2012 15:53:46 GMT
Craaaaaaaape myrtle!!
*sigh*
One of my absolute favorite trees ~~ fabulous flowers + they drown me in nostalgia.
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Post by bjd on Jul 6, 2012 16:02:54 GMT
I planted two Crape Myrtles but neither of them have ever bloomed yet. We don't have white ones here -- only pink or purple.
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Post by lugg on Jul 6, 2012 18:36:54 GMT
Sorry - re the questions and my not answering sooner. Sometimes I race in and out or spend time reading other posts and forget to check on my own posts .
I've added ( will add ) names on the flowers posted if I know them
Cassie -I was not sure of the name of the rose you specifically asked about ( although I knew it was a Graham David Austin ) so have been out in the garden ( in the pouring rain ;D just for you ) just to look at the label. I had bought and planted the rose so I knew there would be a reminder left on for me in future.
It is a .... "Graham Thomas"
Bixa -Ii am not sure which flower you were asking about if it is the green / white /pink middle I know now that they are astrantia ( courtesy of Cheery )
The Crape Myrtles are beautiful
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2012 20:34:25 GMT
Oh Lugg, no apologies necessary. It happens. There are some questions I've asked on here I'm still waiting for a response to 3 and a half years later.... And if it would ever rain here again, (it;s been 4 weeks since we had any and threatening to today) I would go outside and look for you, you are a dear and your addition to the Port both in here and on board has been so refreshing. I wish I could get as excited about the Crape Myrtles. They are everywhere. BJD, my mother had one planted in NY and it never bloomed for her either. And, there were ones in the vicinity so it's not as though it was a misguided planting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2012 10:46:11 GMT
Crinum Lily Alpinia zerumbet, Shell Ginger
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Post by htmb on Jul 9, 2012 11:37:58 GMT
I love that delicate lily, casimira.
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Post by tod2 on Jul 9, 2012 11:59:11 GMT
Shell ginger always looks so edible
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 9, 2012 15:01:57 GMT
GAD, Casimira!! I was lost in admiration of the spider lily photo, then finally scrolled to yet another dramatic and perfect picture. Gorgeous. (& #2 could be barkcloth!)
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Post by lugg on Jul 10, 2012 6:40:12 GMT
Casi -Beautiful ...both . Does the alpinia smell of ginger / is it a ginger ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2012 10:20:08 GMT
Thank you good people!!
The alpinia does have a slight hint of fragrance akin to ginger, although, it's not the edible ginger we know and love, they are indeed in the same family of rhizome/tubers. I do have some of it growing but the flower is not nearly as sensational. Tumeric is also in that same family.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Jul 11, 2012 20:47:52 GMT
dribbling all over the keyboard....astonishing Casimira....
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