Reds and Pinks part III

More reds and pinks...

Salvia coccinea 'Forest Fire', self-seeded from last year

Some hybrid aster from the om deepo

Glad 'Summer Rose' from 4paws' co-op. Lots of these.

Winter sown zinnias - guess I better go dead head some more

The old 'Autumn Joy' Sedum

Amaranthus caudatus - some of these got five feet high and flopped over in a storm. Probably twenty pounds worth for the compost bin

Excellent - love the salvia, claypa.
:-)

This 'Blue Princess' Holly is the first to redden this year

That salvia was like four plugs from the nursery up the street last year, and they got about four feet high. I panicked when I read they would reseed a lot and yanked a bunch of seedlings - I don't know if these are the same plants or not

a winter sown Echinacea. I guess they're pink? Sometimes I think they're lavender or something. I just don't know anymore.... haha

Compost volunteer tomatoes. This vine was eight feet wide by six or so, ran all through a bunch of flowers. I yanked out most of it. The day I first noticed it there were almost a hundred tomatoes on it. At least a thousand when I had had enough of it. They're really good 'maters though, little tiny pear looking things.

Of course the tomato I planted in a pot on the porch didn't do anything special... that's the way it goes, I guess.
Okay, last one. Took a while to find... not from today, but it's red and pink. I love this place:

things are pretty in 'SEPA'

Thanks. That last one's Anne Arundel County MD. There's nothing quite like that here. It's nice here too, just different.

My, Claypa... what Delicious planties you have!

Ok...went back to do another McD's drive-by...with macro filter

Here's #2

#3 - this one looks like #2 but w/o the double set of petals

Cool pics, Chantell!

Chantell, have you ruled out Mexican Sunflower? Those pic's look very similar to mine, except mine are Orange with yellow centers...

Yours looks similar, but not quite the same... http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/97/

The center of zinnias look a lot like that

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/159528/

Ah, yes, Claypa.

I think my zinnias look different. I'll have to pay closer attention.

chantell ~ nice photos!

begonia rex
took in a b. rex and a dragon wing b. for the winter

I think begonias are really great because the blooms and, (in some plants like this rex) the leaves, have a beautiful sparkle dust to them :)

Ohhhh, nap....that looks like a Fairy's garden!! Complete with pixie dust!!

Wrighte - I'm excited - I rec'd Mexican Sunflower seeds in a trade just recently...yipee

Claypa - there were 2 different blooms...

believe it or not this lantana finally just started blooming thanks to our extended warm weather! it is so warm and dry, dry, dry!!! great for the late ripening peppers too :)

pineapple sage

this annual just started blooming a few days ago ~ and as usual, the hummers are already gone...they miss this one! It has been so dry around here it didn't get as big and full as it usually gets.

Hello All,
Here are my red zinnias, they are just beautiful.... Love all the pictures..
Susan

'Party Girl' dahlia

'winky' dahlia bud

That Lantana is amazing! Which one is it?

the lantana is a hybrid 'bandana pink '07'

I'm not sure why it took so long to get started blooming ~ it is in full bloom now!

Ouch: I was just researching lantana, and discovered they are very toxic: see onalee's post at http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/578/

wow, never knew that.

lucky in my zone it just dies in the winter and we don't have the invasiveness threat ~ but the toxicity...not sure if I'm going to get it again after reading that. We have other toxic plants around, poinsettas and I can't think of them all now but there are a number of them.

this is the "winky" opened up. It is alot more red than the bud was. The bud was more fushia. Not the greatest picture either. I meant to take a photo of it on the plant and forgot; then inside the flash kept going off and made the red look off color. This is on the floor in a spot of sun :)

Very red :)

very red and so pretty! what is it?

It was in a bouquet - but I assume it is a painted Daisy