The other thread was getting long.
My sunflower is one of the multi- branching type and has over 40 open faces today.
Fall- What do you have blooming?
Since these are on my neighbors side of our garden... I'm assuming it's a Zinnia ... possibly a "dwarf" ?
very cute though.
Don'tcha love the sunflowers when they're in bloom? Here's one of mine.
The Common Asters are starting to bloom.
This is the Morning Glory 'Yellow Trumpet' (Ipomoea hederifolia Lutea) from Diane's Seeds. I love it! Small flowers
What's late summer without Black-Eyed Susans?
And, I'll throw in some Zinnias for good measure!
PrSue .... are those Zinnias Purple and white, or is it just the way the sun is hitting them?
very purrrrdddy flowers!!
Ha! I didn't even realize that! Actually, they're hot pink/magenta, and yes, it is the sun.
My Salvias are up and running after a brief hiatus.... coneflowers and Rubdeckias are only barely going after a big performance. I put in Zinnias really really late, don't think I'll get anything off of them before frost (sniff).
Portulaca - man, you just can't beat these for blooming their heads off, can you?
New (for me) plant - Autumn Joy sedum, in between a sweet 'tater vine and smoke bush.
Ooops - new program - sorry! Just tilt your head to the left, ha...
Tammy, nice portulacas! I love them because they're bright and tough. I let them self-sow everywhere.
Here's one of my Penstemon 'Scarlet' that I winter sowed this year. Can't wait until next year when it really blooms!
Not a great picture, but finally the Salvia 'Coral Nymph' that I got from Illoquin started to bloom! I winter sowed these, also.
PrSue -- oh heck.... ihave those in my garden too!!
when i saw them last week - i was asking myself what the heck they were.
now that i see the name, I'm sure i got mine from Suzy too. I WS'ed sooooo much stuff this year, half i which i have no idea what they are, as i lost my spreadsheet [have to re-do it]
they are cute, aren't they?
Terese
I don't have a picture , but my ageratum is really pretty.. It reseeds itself..
I was just thinking "wow no ones posting their new blooms" and found you all here : )
Can you believe my tithonia just started? Some one else was talking about collecting their seeds already!
A new one for me hardy ageratum : )
My new clara curtis from bluestone.
Moy Grande
Lord Baltimore
Sedum Autumn Joy
Sunset Hyssop
Meredith, Is that Moy Grande a hardy hibiscus.?.. I can't tell.. It's beautiful!
That Hyssop is beatiful. I want to try some next year. They like dry sun, right?
Thank you guys and yes and yes : )
The little tea roses are loving the resent rain
First year for the pink lobelia.
I wondered why the insects were not all over the Garlic chives and took a closer look .
A nice pink mum I received from Suzy (Illoquin) this spring.
Meredeth, how old is your Sunset Hyssop?
i grew mine by seed this year and they are quite tiny still, though they did bloom.
I can't wait til mine are as gorgeous as yours.
Terese
tcs, lol they are only 2 - I grew them from seed last year. So yours should look like mine next year. I found that the spots that I had three planted in a triangle close together look the best (my spacing measurements are usually as long as my spade, including the handle or two spades or half my spade, lol - I think these were half my spade apart in a triangle.) It makes them look shrub like. : )
Gus - I love your mantis!!!
My roses are all blooming more now that we had our end of summer rains. Most of my plants bloom all year but oxalis blooms all spring, dies back for the summer and comes back in the fall. It will be here until Nov when we usually get our first freeze.
The rains in August always bring out millions of native sunflowers all over our state. This is a shot of my back yard. I cut the hollyhocks back to the ground in July when they are very tall and done blooming. They are all coming back now, about 3 feet tall and some starting to bloom again. There are also some zinnias in this shot and some of the wild sunflowers.
I wish we had time in our growing season for hollyhocks to come back!
This is a shot of the wild sunflowers out along the back of our property.
cactuspatch, what an incredible view - right in your backyard? WOW!
cactuspatch,
so neat to see what's going on in another zone..
and ditto on the beautiful view.
Oh, I looked at the picture several times already. Just can't get over the view. I can imagine waking up to that in the morning, having a cup of coffee. Or seeing the sun set in the early evening. How did you find such a place? Have you lived in NM all your life?
Oh cactus patch that's a beautiful photo! It reminds me of the time I visited someone in Durango, CO and she had me fly in to the Albuquerque airport. She suggested it so I could enjoy the ride, and I did it is so beautiful out there. It's amazing New England is even in the same country, I felt like I was on another planet, never having seen a place like that before! : )