Author Topic: Summer Blossoms 2014 (Read 32222 times)

bayou girl · « **Reply #50 on:** Oct 16, 2014, 10:38:13 PM »

well, all the hanging baskets (the petunias, the begonias, and i have a million bells that is hanging in there but doesn't have a bloom) are $1 discounts from various stores. as you can tell, the begonia is pretty happy. and i don't do anything to it. i will be splitting it before too long so i can share with kate.

i'm going to hope i get a better picture of the bloom on the one i don't know what is. i'd like to identify it. it really does remind me of a miniature bird of paradise. do they have such a thing???

Tina · « **Reply #51 on:** Oct 16, 2014, 11:23:58 PM »

There is a white BOP but I'm not sure about miniature. i'll have to search.

bayou girl · « **Reply #52 on:** Oct 17, 2014, 09:21:16 PM »

please do. this one is close to a bop, even in color (it fades as the bloom ages) but it so small!

today's blooms... all are mine but the red rose. that was at the mexican restaurant tonight.

Tina · « **Reply #53 on:** Oct 17, 2014, 09:38:15 PM »

Very pretty.

bestofour · « **Reply #54 on:** Oct 19, 2014, 09:32:28 PM »

So pretty. My knock out roses are blooming like crazy right now. This has been the strangest season.

bayou girl · « **Reply #55 on:** Oct 20, 2014, 10:05:12 PM »

mine are not knock outs, (as least i don't think so) but they sure are putting on a show. here is the coral colored one (or maybe it's salmon colored?) full bloom with a bud coming behind. i just wish the camera would do the color justice. it isn't pink, red, or orange. it really is coral or salmon.

bestofour · « **Reply #56 on:** Oct 21, 2014, 02:47:04 PM »

I don't think they are knock outs. Knock outs don't have the full petal formation and they're a lot more flimsy.

bayou girl · « **Reply #57 on:** Oct 21, 2014, 04:42:57 PM »

Quote from: bestofour on Oct 21, 2014, 02:47:04 PM

I don't think they are knock outs. Knock outs don't have the full petal formation and they're a lot more flimsy.

not to mention, knock outs are much more expensive

all my roses were clearance from either walmart, lowe's, or home depot. knock outs rarely go on clearance.

bestofour · « **Reply #58 on:** Oct 21, 2014, 07:56:25 PM »

didn't know that Jiffy. Years ago I had tea roses and was always spraying for black spot or some type of bug or mite. When we moved from that house I didn't make another rose garden and didn't have them again until a few years ago when I heard that knock out roses are pretty much problem free. So far they have been but I heard on Make it Grow that they are now having some sort of issue and the only remedy it is to dig them up if they get infected. So far so good with mine.

bayou girl · « **Reply #59 on:** Oct 22, 2014, 10:19:57 PM »

i don't think there is really any such thing as a trouble free plant, except maybe bind weed and briars.

bayou girl · « **Reply #60 on:** Oct 23, 2014, 08:22:35 PM »

speaking of bindweed, even though it is a morning glory plant, it was blooming today at 2 pm

my hibiscus was pretty

as was my rose. these pictures show the color the best of any pics i've taken this season

in full bloom on the same bush as the one above

and i don't know what this volunteer is, but it was in the basket with the million bells

bestofour · « **Reply #61 on:** Oct 24, 2014, 01:35:14 PM »

pretty. the last one sort of looks like a vinca flower.

bestofour · « **Reply #62 on:** Oct 24, 2014, 02:12:51 PM »

does the rose smell as good as it is pretty?

bestofour · « **Reply #63 on:** Oct 24, 2014, 08:20:00 PM »

here's my knockout

Tina · « **Reply #64 on:** Oct 24, 2014, 09:32:47 PM »

So beautiful!

bayou girl · « **Reply #65 on:** Oct 24, 2014, 09:33:09 PM »

that is beautiful sheri. i like that. as for the smell of the rose, i think so, but it is by the dogs run so.... i really need to get it moved.

bestofour · « **Reply #66 on:** Oct 25, 2014, 09:42:41 PM »

I cut the rose bushes back a few weeks ago and they have come out in full bloom. Our azaleas are blooming again, the butterfly bush, zinnias and cosmos are still blooming, it's like spring. I keep wanting to put out pansys but the spring and summer flowers still look great.

Tina · « **Reply #67 on:** Oct 25, 2014, 11:01:23 PM »

That sounds wonderful, Sheri.

bestofour · « **Reply #68 on:** Oct 27, 2014, 06:49:55 PM »

This gardenia was almost dead when my mother gave it to me. Now it's gigantic.

I threw out a few packages of old seeds and they've been beautiful

the butterfly bush is blooming like crazy

bestofour · « **Reply #69 on:** Oct 27, 2014, 06:51:06 PM »

and here is a picture of a bee in my kitchen window box.

Tina · « **Reply #70 on:** Oct 27, 2014, 07:36:08 PM »

good pictures! Pretty flowers.

bestofour · « **Reply #71 on:** Oct 28, 2014, 11:10:01 AM »

I keep thinking I need to plant pansys but I hate to pull up stuff that looks so good. I keep waiting for the cold spell I keep hearing about.

bayou girl · « **Reply #72 on:** Oct 28, 2014, 02:22:35 PM »

looking good... but is the first one, the red one, a gardenia or a begonia?

bestofour · « **Reply #73 on:** Oct 28, 2014, 08:38:11 PM »

it's a gardenia. Mother gave me that during the summer and it was almost dead. I didn't know if it would revive but now it's huge.

bayou girl · « **Reply #74 on:** Oct 30, 2014, 08:37:30 PM »

sheri, this is what the foliage looks like for the hurricane lilies.

tina, what is this? i remember getting it last spring? last year? not even sure when, i just know it was supposed to be there a long time ago...

and today's blooms:
the begonia that won't quit

the million bells that also won't quit

and an unexpected rose

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