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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 18, 2024 9:15:45 GMT
Plenty of colour there bjd. Your Dahlias are well ahead of mine.
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Post by bjd on Jun 18, 2024 9:19:22 GMT
The colour of these gladioli are not as shown on the package  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 18, 2024 10:06:49 GMT
Really like the Stokesia.
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Post by bjd on Jun 18, 2024 10:42:11 GMT
Me too. It's bluer than on the picture.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 18, 2024 13:31:36 GMT
Just stunning Bjd! I can see them even better now that I have had Eye surgery!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 18, 2024 15:09:48 GMT
Wow ~ gorgeous blooming array. Your dahlias are out of this world!
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2024 16:03:10 GMT
Pretty flower portraits, bjd. I’ve given up on planting anything at the house, since the deer regard everything I plant as a salad bar. But these chives have naturalized in my whiskey barrel planter and the deer don’t eat them. I think the flowers are pretty, but I also snip a few leaves onto baked potatoes with sour cream, too. (The broad leaves are from Mock orange shrubs the birds planted in the barrel.)  |
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2024 16:08:31 GMT
The columbines are self-seeding descendants of some I planted years ago. Safe behind a fence.  |
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2024 16:11:45 GMT
And this shrub, I think it’s a Weigela, is one we planted to replace the gorgeous 35-year old Burning Bush that the rabbits girdled.  |
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Post by mich64 on Jun 19, 2024 16:40:19 GMT
Kimby, we have 3 of those bushes as well and they are in full bloom with the most flowers on them ever.
I am going to pass on the information regarding the chives to my sister-in-law, their home is on a deer path and she has given up on planting anything. However, I think she would enjoy the chives for the flowers and the harvest.
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Post by lugg on Jun 19, 2024 19:11:10 GMT
Really gorgeous blooms all.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 19, 2024 21:04:38 GMT
Here’s a wild orchid that sprang up last year. A lady slipper or moccasin flower. It’s back this year, too.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 20, 2024 6:17:41 GMT
I like that Kimby.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 4, 2024 16:43:40 GMT
Good municipal planting  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 4, 2024 16:45:41 GMT
That’s a solar light but I didn’t plant the violas. They just came up.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 4, 2024 18:55:31 GMT
Kimby, I've seen your Lady's Slipper presented among the desirable, exotic orchids at shows here. It's a beauty!
I covet that big ball of Calibrachoas! They're one of my favorites -- all the cheerful beauty of petunias without the sticky icky deadheading.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 5, 2024 1:53:02 GMT
The first Iris has started blooming. It’s called Cimarron Trail. Actually it bloomed while we were back in town. I picked two spent blooms off this stem before taking its picture. But there’s lots more buds to come, and of two other varieties. Like dozens! And then three clumps with no buds at all…  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 5, 2024 7:02:45 GMT
Lovely colours
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 5, 2024 15:15:47 GMT
Wow ~ very dramatic & you're finally getting your iris reward.
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Post by lugg on Jul 5, 2024 20:01:10 GMT
Beautiful blooms , but my fave is that Lady's Slipper , so delicate
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Post by lugg on Jul 5, 2024 20:06:37 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 6, 2024 0:30:10 GMT
Love the colors & delicate markings.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 6, 2024 2:13:55 GMT
The iris gets more beautiful every day.  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 6, 2024 10:58:00 GMT
Australian violet   |
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Post by bjd on Jul 6, 2024 11:30:19 GMT
You finally got your iris, Kimby! Nice colours.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 6, 2024 20:55:12 GMT
There’s 3 open blooms today and 9 more buds. Plus two more clumps with 14 and 18 buds each. I’m over the moon!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 6, 2024 21:17:12 GMT
Pretty little violets, Mick. I never saw that color combination before.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 6, 2024 21:21:34 GMT
I have no idea what those are.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 6, 2024 21:42:45 GMT
Some kind of delphinium/larkspur is my guess.
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Post by bjd on Jul 7, 2024 5:01:04 GMT
Mine too.
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