I know they're still out there... here's a Canna still in the race against time
October...blooms?
Great claypa, a new thread to post my 'October' blooms! I was really pathetic this summer and didn't take many pictures but I made up for it this past weekend - are you ready? LOL
I HAVE to post this one first. This is the Brugmansia (maybe Peaches n Cream?) that I mentioned on another thread. A friend sent us a cutting 3-4 years ago and this is the very first bloom!!! There are a half dozen or so more buds waiting to open and if we can avoid frosts for another week or so we should get more!
I have to post this one, although it probably belongs on the "OOPS" thread! These Coleus were planted a few weeks after the others in the photos above. I have absolutely no idea what happened to them - they never grew! Can you even see them? LOL They're actually flowering but they never got any taller than 6", which is what they were when I planted them!
Looking across to the Gazebo, the Plectranthus planted in the container has exploded in the last month. If I could have taken the picture a month ago, you would have seen all the beautiful blue Lobelias in bloom plus you would have seen Blackie (potato vine) completely covering the edges of the container and creeping down into the Lobelias. I was so disappointed to come out one morning several weeks ago and find totally bare stems on Blackie - the groundhog had eaten every single one of the leaves :(
A closer view of the Plectranthus. I had one planted here last year that I absolutely loved the almost electric blooms of. Although this isn't the same variety it's close enough and just as vigorous. I have gold foliage Hostas planted in this container but the Plectranthus has basically swallowed them!
Planted to the right of Loropetalum is Rostrinucula dependens http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/86141/, flowers just beginning to show their 'whiskers'. The flowers are so late that with early frosts some years we don't get to see it bloom.
We've had this Salvia (I think it's 'Hot Lips'?) for years but it was in area where it didn't have enough sun. Earlier in the summer I yanked it, was going to toss it and then just stuck it in the ground until I decided what to do with it. I've decided I need to find a good spot for it because I forgot how pretty the flowers were :)
Rcn,
Thank you for your beautiful bloom pictures! So pretty.....
The pink Brug you posted, however, is NOT a Peaches and Cream. I have one of them. Grew HUGE this summer!
Pink Brugs are so many---and I am not a Brug expert, so I do not know which one you have. I have had these pinks: Rosamond--ForeverMohr--and my most reliable bloomer--Rose Souvelons.
P & C has variegated foliage and the blooms are not pink at all. They open milky-white, then change to a more cream color and then start "blushing" with a peach tint. Just before they fade all together--they have turned a nice peach color. Fragrance is quite sweet.
Here is my P&C Brug this Summer.....The yardstick is for size comparison. I wintere this over in a dormant state last Winter in my dark, cool basement. It was nowhere this big then--don't know what i will do with it this year????? (took cuttings today---would like to find a taker for the big plant itself.....)
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