More Flowers . . .

I picked up
some Begonias the other day to put in my front porch containers which are pretty
shaded but do get some early morning sun. I haven't used Begonias there before
but had one in the front flowerbed not far from the porch and it got the same
lighting. I have a Begonia I hold over every year but haven't seen any sign of
life on it yet so . . . I bought
this light pink almost white one with darker pink trim around the edges. For a
long time I couldn't find Begonias that fit my color scheme but now I find more
that come close. Those of you who know me have mentioned spotting a trend with
my flowers. Pink, fuchsia, blue, purple, wine, mauve and the 'cool color' list
goes on. But as you've seen from the beautiful tub of yellow daffodils a friend
gave me and farther down in these pictures I'm trying to expand. Now that the
flowers showing on both roads that go front and side of our property are all
matching I can add some different colors in the middle.

And a darker pink one to go close by in the same area. A small pink Dahlia for a container on my deck in the back - this looks a little
brighter than it really is but you get the idea. Another small pink Dahlia for
the deck. My Hostas are starting to
leap now and getting tall. I noticed they are starting to open up. This Sedum Blue Spruce is
really changing colors and growing like crazy. It almost looks like it's
ready for fall again now. Hope it goes back to blue/green like it's suppose
to. This is Saxifraga London
Pride and I got the pictures switched around. Here you can see the blooms
growing about 4" or more up out of the florettes.

In the picture above (for some reason I can't type above it) you can see the new green growth coming up from the yellower old growth. Huge florettes just popped right out this spring.
See I am getting some yellow incorporated into my gardens and I love this one! Below is
the bloom on the London Pride. Pretty wine color but I believe this one blooms
yellow. Since not much is blooming at
my place yet I couldn't resist taking a picture of my Mother's Daphne. Too bad
it isn't scratch and sniff because it smells wonderful. So far I've killed 3
Daphnes so I don't know if I'll try another one or not. I probably will . .
. Because they are so
beautiful.
This Magnolia
tree of my neighbors was just starting to bloom one day . . . Then just seemed to open right up the next day. This tree
in a bit darker rose color is on my wish list for the back yard.

Fun with Sedums

This is Sedum Cauticolum on each side of what I think is a Sweet Potato Vine 'Blackie' and some Ice Plant in front that hadn't filled in at the time of the photo. Cauticolum looks so much like October Plant I can hardly tell them apart when doing starts because of the beautiful blue green foliage trimmed in pink that they both have. In the background you can see my 'bloomin' stairs' that I planted in Thyme. I have one on each side of the bank for easier access farther up in the back of the yard.

My only 2 tall Sedums so far. Autumn Joy on top and Linda Windsor, my newest. I thought the dark wine colored foliage would be a great contrast with all of the greens around here. The bloom is almost the same color as the foliage.

The 3 planters above have similar plantings in them of Hens and Chicks, Cape Blanco, Tri Color, Vera Jamison, I think some Purple Form, Cauticolum, October Plant Sedums, an Armeria, Viola and Johnny Jump Ups. Another nice green one you can see on the top right I'm not sure about the name. I haven't decided if I will stick them here and there in the flower beds or sell them if I decide to do some markets this summer.

3 old canisters my husband riveted together to put Sedums in. The large one has Purple Form, on the left is Babys Tears and I don't know what the third one is. The picture below shows them in bloom. The yellow bloom sure matched the flower on the canister

Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Fun with Sedums

This is Sedum Cauticolum on each side of what I think is a Sweet Potato Vine 'Blackie' and some Ice Plant in front that hadn't filled in at the time of the photo. Cauticolum looks so much like October Plant I can hardly tell them apart when doing starts because of the beautiful blue green foliage trimmed in pink that they both have. In the background you can see my 'bloomin' stairs' that I planted in Thyme. I have one on each side of the bank for easier access farther up in the back of the yard.


My only 2 tall Sedums so far. Autumn Joy on top and Linda Windsor, my newest. I thought the dark wine colored foliage would be a great contrast with all of the greens around here. The bloom is almost the same color as the foliage.



The 3 planters above have similar plantings in them of Hens and Chicks, Cape Blanco, Tri Color, Vera Jamison, I think some Purple Form, Cauticolum, October Plant Sedums, an Armeria, Viola and Johnny Jump Ups. Another nice green one you can see on the top right I'm not sure about the name. I haven't decided if I will stick them here and there in the flower beds or sell them if I decide to do some markets this summer.


3 old canisters my husband riveted together to put Sedums in. The large one has Purple Form, on the left is Babys Tears and I don't know what the third one is. The picture below shows them in bloom. The yellow bloom sure matched the flower on the canister

Fertilizer Friday . . . Still Blooming

The Dinnerplate Dahlia is still trying to make it but I don't
think it will. It's about 'teacup' size now.
This Dahlia must have had it's Cheerios . . . look how this stem
stretched up above the others.

Red Valerian has got to be the winner of the year for longest
blooming. It's still going strong!

I laid a stem of Baby's Breath on the Snow In Summer. Looks pretty
together, doesn't it?

This is the bright orange Geranium the lady sold me saying it was
pink. It's losing color and looks really pretty now.

I hope my Cleome re seeds. This one is new to me and came up from
seed. I want lots now!

Fertilizer Friday - Flaunt Those Flowers!

Begonias sitting on a stepping stone that my Grandson made for me. More Begonias in my old tool box planter. The Lobelia must be on steroids - it's almost got the Begonias covered up.
Wave Petunias
Wave Petunias
Would you believe my Bleeding Hearts are still blooming? They never do that. Are yours?
Ice Plant going wild now in an old breadbox
The Callas are starting to open
They are so pretty with a matching Hosta
Cardinal Song Columbine is blooming again but looks smaller and different than before.
This is the Columbine I was checking every day waiting to open when the deer wiped it out. It finally bloomed again but no pink bloom with it this time. It's also a lot smaller.
Another Columbine is re blooming. Strange because this one is in the hottest place of all my Columbines. I thought they liked more shade.
Jackmanii starting to bloom up a tree.
Garden Phlox
Asiatic Lily
Phyglius Cape Fuschia Funfare Wine