The 'runty' one is a Starbright..it's supposed to be that way silly.
Whats blooming today? #4
Nice Anita, you really have a good variety of zinnia. I only have the pink one in the top left, but I really like the soft yellow on the bottom right.
This opened today. "Bold Spirit"
This is "Prairie Blossom" a birthday gift from a wonderful DGer. Thank you!!!
this is "Stolen Treasure" new for me this year.
ooh, I really like that "Stolen Treasure"...looks rasberry pink on my monitor, which I love. How tall is that one? I really need to work on getting some better daylilies.
And this is a no-tag-no-name. Very rare daylily, but im blessed, I have alot of these no-named varieties!
That is a super duper photo of that one Celeste.
Yes Celeste - is that 'Stolen Treasure' color accurate?
Noreaster, it is actually listed as a bi-tone and approx. 26-28". I have seen pictures of it as a BT and also solid like mine. I really don't care one way or the other as I too love the raspberry color.
Sorry, we cross posted guys....yes it's really a lovely color.
Check out plant files and then these. 2 pictures of the same flower but are so very different!
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=3681969
http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=2526503
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So much to comment on! Pirll your garden looks gorgeous. Victor, I like that spider DL....
Everyone, great shots. Isn't it a bumber year for gardening? Everything is so big & so green!
Enjoy!
Bumper for weeds too. In that case, bumper equals bummer.
Too true. But, all in all, I like it. I've hardly watered at all too.
No, I've had some extended dry periods where I had to water. I think I may have lost a couple of my new Clematis to insufficient watering.
Pixie - your DL's are beautiful - how many would you say you have?
Don't make me confess......228 but pirl has more!
I think you have me by 2 - the one on the left ;)
But what about dahlia's Al ??? Fess up, how many?
93 here, 12 at work - a few without homes. I traded about 10 last week for a hosta - I don't have any shade room either or I would feel good about it.
228!! Man - you don't go around deadheading do you?
1 Hosta = 10 Dahlias. And a tuber to be named later?
I am getting desperate. My rate this spring was 5 tubers for one hosta. These were plants.
Do you dig up all the tubers and overwinter them, Al?
I do deadhead as much as possible. They bloom at different times anyways, so that helps too. I also have a large amount of lily bulbs, about 50 maybe. And a good amount of other perennials like iris, astilbe, bleeding hearts, hosta, ect...
Unfortunately I overwinter about 80% of what I store. Yes the lifting and storing is work - I can't lie.
Does deadheading DL's really result in more blooms? I'm not yet convinced.
Victor, I have wondered the same thing. I'm very new at all this, but aren't the buds that are there when the daylilies start to bloom pretty much the only ones that you are gonna get that season? So..I can't see what deadheading would do to make more blooms? But, I don't have very many daylilies, and I hate the way the "dead" ones look, so I do it daily.
That's what I thought. The scape has its share of buds for the season and deadheading won't increase that. Any DL experts can correct me on that.
My 2ond favorite hydrangea (after Limelight), this is White Dome, an arborescens variety--like Annabelle. Leaves are really dark green. Very long lasting flowers. Kind of old fashioned looking.
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Oh you guys have been busy.... after a day driving to ME here is what I found blooming...
Sensational - a really great looking rose... a favorite for the mean japanese beattles.... can't blame them... this rose smells really great....
The Alexandra Rose... a great looking rose!!!
Tuscan sun
ok... enough roses.... a magnificent color sunflower... I am so in love with sunflowers!!!!
another one....
aoh I love this daylily!!!!! they are the only ones this color and the entire row of lillies right behing these are red asiatic lilies, and the ones on the left and right are yellow... really interesting...
and of course, good marigold lover can not forget one of my favorite annuals....
wonderful Kassia - Take a picture of the bed. I would love to see it.
Kassia, The Alexandra Rose is a very unique and beautiful rose!! Your sunflowers are amazing too, no need to tell you how I feel about daylilies!!
How many cultivars do you have pixie?