Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS OF SUMMER 2015, 4 by donnerville

donnerville wrote:
Impressive Shasta, Jeff! Very nice. I like the color of the last Monarda. I grew Monarda years ago when I was still living in Virginia, but got terrible powdery mildew. Do you have this problem?

My garden has gone totally wild this year. It is a mess, although many things are blooming ;-). Here are a few photos taken last week.

1. Annuals, perennials, and wild flowers co-existing very happily :o)
2. Amaryllis 'Blossom Peacock' is blooming again.
3. Brugmansia 'Xena' started to bloom last week.
4. Brugmansia 'Maya' cuttings from Gita last fall. The pic was taken on 4/18 this year.
5. The 'Maya' "cuttings" 2 months later. The pic was taken last week :o). I left a coke can there for size reference, but didn't quite capture the effect. The plants are in 10" pots. They need to be moved to much larger pots now.

Edit to note that the picture upload sequence of the 4th and 5th photos was reversed.







This message was edited Jun 27, 2015 6:39 AM