FIRST FLOWERS OF LATE SUMMER 2015

No, I did not.....and as I mentioned--I remember planting the seeds
to this one in spring and then wondering what the h... it was growing up.
The leaves were different from any petunia i have ever seen....even as a seedling.
I did seed my very blue Petunias--so the comparison was very obvious...

My memory is very "hole-ey"---besides--I don't pay much attention ti things.

This oddball does have very pretty blooms, though. Just yesterday--there were
2 beautiful, pink blooms on one of these. I have these in 4 or 5 different places--
Looks like I seeded one cell-pack of these--simple.
Haven't noticed any seed pods on these...

Here are some early pictures of this petunia (In July).

--just the foliage and some first blooms. Odd--two different colors

The PITA pyracantha hedge paying off
same
Red sprite - Issai Beautyberry - Red sprite
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

gorgeous berries Jeff!

Physostegia virginiana coming into it's own
NOID plant from Donner at the spring swap. It's doing so well but I have no clue what it is.

Wow, that NOID plant from Donner is gorgeous ! Not some type of Coleus ? Whatever it is... very cool !

it is some kind of coleus. Did you know Coleus is now officially Plectranthus scutellaroides, isn't that fun...

I think I'll have to add coleus to my annual repertoire next year for sure.

Edited to say that whatever this thing is, it kept up with a barren strawberry as far as needing 0 supplemental water this season. That's saying a lot since I planted it during a drought and we had another drought in August.

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Pretty sure that is Inky Fingers Coleus. Great plant.

Not quite a flower but we had two ripe figs on the fig tree yesterday. They were just delicious. There are a lot of figs wondering how many will ripen before fall.

Do figs wonder? lol

ROFLOL, Fig.....[will I ever grow up]

Ha ha, couldn't resist. I bet they were good. I had my first taste of a fig at Jill's house one time.

Ric--How old id your Fig tree?

Mine is now on it's 3rd year. Maybe next year i will see a couple of figs??

G.

Ours is a Chicago Hardy that we picked up from Critter last Fall. Earlier this spring I hadn't thought it was viable but it came back a bit late and I was surprised at how fast it has grown and very surprised that we had figs that ripened in time for us to eat them.

The only thing that I miss about living in Hagerstown was the little persimmon tree on my property the previous owners planted. I had never seen a persimmon tree before, had to ask around my office what the heck this fruit was... little tree was only about 10 feet tall but it would produce a couple dozen persimmons every year.

Sorry... the fig tree talk reminded me of it. Now, back to the discussion on figs. Thank you.

I love persimmons! And it's almost persimmon season!

My parents' fig tree has died to the ground the past two years but it still blooms and fruits. It's still a baby (maybe 3-4 years old) and only about 4 feet tall, so it's kind of funny to see all those figs on such a tiny tree. I have no idea what cultivar it is.

Yes, that plant is an 'Inkey Fingers' Coleus.

I had cuttings of it in cups of water inside a newspaper plastic bags at the swap.
Each cup had 3 big cuttings.

You missed it!!! It is very prolific but also quite pretty. Love the little inky palm prints
on the leaves.

Donner has half her garden covered in it....did you not see it?

G.

Beauty berries looking great.

Noid brug finally blooming!

I love goldenrod.

Dahlia.

Lady in Red aster struggling after transplanting.

Volunteer vinca flowers from the ones I grew from seed last year.

Noid dahlia.

Volunteer hardy begonias.

SS--
Picture #5 in your 1st set is NOT Lady in Red Salvia!

This is "Lady in Red"......

http://www.leftfieldfarm.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Salvia-Lady-in-Red.jpg

Gita

G, SSG's picture #5 is a Lady in Red ASTER not SALVIA. So many of the different plants have the same cultivar name. I recognize the Lady in Red ASTER because I was recently looking at the asters that NC sells, and that one caught my eye.

OH! OK! Sorry...... G.

I think the aster may actually be Lady in Black.

I got several from the group buy last year but none are doing all that well.

He he he. Too funny.

Aster, Salvia, Lady in Red, Lady in Black, yada yada yada. You can't believe how much I am l laughing right now. I actually have tears rolling down my face.

Terri--

I have seeds from "Lady-in-Red Salvia. They are easy to grow from seed in spring--
and also self-seed so you will have them next year.
I have one beautiful one up and blooming right now. it self-seeded...

I was yanking them out last summer--as I had thought they would be a nice border plant--
but they grew to about 2' tall and were too big for borders.
About this time--last year--I was yanking them all up.
I think they would look the best in Middle-of the -Beds. They ARE pretty

Gita

Your pics are very nice SSG. I love the fall collection :-)

Your pics are very nice SSG. I love the fall collection :-)

Gita, I sprinkled your 'Lady In Red' seeds about the garden a few days ago. Looking forward to seeing them sprout next year. Thanks again.

very pretty ssg, we haven't had pictures posted for a while now.
The Brug I got from donner bloomed again yay! the same kind Maya that finally regrew (saved over winter) has yet to bloom. I sunk it in the garden within it's perforated pot, I'm afraid when we had enough rain, I wasn't putting enough water right into the POT for it to be happy. But then, the two pink brugs that I planted in my front garden have yet to bloom. Just some odd things this year despite good spring rain.

Sally--

My 2 brugs were very late blooming too. Hence--this may be the only "flush" this year.
Usually, there are at least three flushes.

The Maya was also suffering (all summer) from yukky, yellowing leaves.
I sprayed it a lot with different things--it slowed it down--but they are yellowing a lot again.
The Dr. Seuss did not have this leaf problem to any great extent. Some...

I suppose I will be cutting it back in mid-=October and only rooting a few of each.
Not much interest any more....
Speak up if you DO want these next year. Gita

Would you try to root a Dr Seuss for me, please? I have two cuttings of Maya already in pots.

lots of early fall bloomers here, with a particular splash made by the different asters...

(1) Aster Lady in Black
(2) Aster Bluebird
(3) Aster Henry III
(4) Asters Purple Dome and October Skies, and Pentas
(5) Beautyberry and Solidago caesia

very colorful. Did you get Solidago caesia from greenthumb?

Thanks. Sally! I believe the S. caesia is from a north Creek group buy.

ok- GT gave me a seedling Solidago two years ago, that species seems stuck in my head for it...

I think I recall getting some Solidago petiolaris seeds from GT a couple years ago.



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Sally--
I am sure i will root more than a couple Dr. Seuss cuttings. How can I not?

It has grown a lot this summer--so there will be lots of woody stems to cut.

Anyone else? How about the of the Maya Brug? Anyone really interested???

Please LMK. Gita

1---Dr. Seuss

2--Maya

That Dr Seuss Brug is awesome, Gita. I will try it only if you have enough cuttings to go around to all that want them because I doubt it would survive thru one of our nasty winters here. They're rated for zone 7, I'm in 6b here.