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| It's droughty weather here in Central Kentucky and my yard is burnt to a crisp.
I broke down and started watering my perennial garden last week because I just couldn't take the sad droopy look of it. My reward has been that I have gotten to spend more time enjoying my blooms than if I'd been indoors avoiding the heat. I'm loving my stargazer lilies--they've never had so many blooms and they look terrific overlapping their neighbor, Annabelle hydrangeas. Another treat for me right now is the phlox I planted last year. Haven't had phlox in my garden for 20 years, so last year I bought a few at the end of the season sales and stuck them next to some deadbeat non-flowering asters. They are blooming bright as can be. And lastly, a small, creamy orange daylily my mother gave me a few years ago. I think it's my favorite daylily. Looks like an orange push-pop in color, and small enough so the leaves aren't an eyesore when the flowering is through. These are my "stars" right now. How about you? |
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| * Oriental lillies * "Pow Wow White" echinacea * "Annabelle" hydrangea * Annuals |
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 30, 12 at 1:04
| Here are my Top 10 Plants in this terrible Summer weather! 1.) Helenium 'Mardi Gras' 2.) Hesperaloe parviflora 'Brakelights' 3.) Delosperma dyeri 4.) Delosperma 'Lavender Ice' 5.) Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee' 6.) Echinacea 'Burgundy Fireworks' 7.) Helenium 'Tiny Dancer' 8.) Yucca 'Color Guard' 9.) Delosperma cooperi 10.) Agastache hybrida 'Acapulco Trio' |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sat, Jun 30, 12 at 13:30
| Corydalis elata. I can smell it clear across the yard. summer hasn't started for us yet, still in the June doldrums. |
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| Delphiniums. It's been cold and rainy here for a rather long time. Bortrytis has made a real 'bloodbath' on Asiatic lilies. |
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- Posted by eclecticcottage 6b wny (My Page) on Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 13:20
| Raspberry sorbet echinacea. |
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| Heliopsis TUSCAN SUN This is a new plant to me. I planted 5 of them as part of a front border in a new garden (alternating with Geranium Havana Blues). They have been in the ground for about 5 weeks in a full sun location and they have been bloom machines since day 1 with no obvious transplant shock. In fact I must be missing something as I don't recall seeing a dead spent flower! These plants require little water and are intended to be much more compact than most any other Heliopsis. |
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| With the exception of a few odd things, most of my non-bulb perennials were planted this spring and many have suffered and even died in the extreme heat and drought we have experienced this summer, in spite of regular waterings with the hose. Therefore, the perennials that most please me at the moment are those that are still alive. That said, these are some of the few things that are performing reasonably well: *True lilies--Orienpets, trumpets and LOs especially Things that are settling in and not doing all that well with the weather conditions include tall phlox, hardy geraniums, penstemons and perovskia. |
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| Echinacea pow wow wildberry. Sedum autumn charm Eryngium big blue |
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| miclino wrote: Eryngium big blue: I am always glad to see another GW member have these plants as part of their garden. Here are a couple of pictures I took today with Big Blue an important member of 2 perennial combos:
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- Posted by socks12345 Zone 9 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 11:04
| The bloodleaf looks spectacular (iresine). Getting so big it had to be cut back. Persian shield (strobilanthes), hosta, begonias are looking good but not full sized yet. Had a new lupine I didn't think would live, but it did! Yay. Got lily bulbs on sale from B&D which have just now sprouted. They need more water than I thought they would. |
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| Sounds like lots of people are having more blooming than I've got here--this drought has really made it hard to believe my garden will ever look lovely again. On the other hand, it has helped me identify some real troopers that will apparently survive armageddon, so at least I have the fun of shopping for more of those :) re: hostas, I've got two planted side by side in one bed that is dry shade. The variegated one is brown-edged and burned-out looking, while the bigger blue one looks better than it does in "good" years. Sometimes things are just nuts. |
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- Posted by capecodder z6 MA (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 9:56
| My daylilies...4 Frances Joiner blooms today...my absolute favorite. I'd say it is peak for daylilies in my garden. Also enjoying the echinaceas, Becky Shastas, New Dawn rose. Worst year ever though for mildew on phlox. I actually have some "holes" in my gardens where I hacked phlox to the ground. It is coming back, we'll see how it does. |
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| Lots blooming. Liking phlox, agastache, coneflowers and limelight hydrangea, among others. |
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| Put me in the "not much" category. Nashville, TN, and the drought is taking a huge toll. But, as someone else said, this is really separating the mice from the men. One huge standout is Milkshake Coneflower. I bought them on sale at Lowe's last year, for a dollar, and they were just this side of crispy. Soaked them in a tub, then kept them well watered until fall. So, so worth it. I have five or six planted in a group, and they are just amazing. Another that is doing pretty well is ornamental oregano Herrenhausen. Blooming right now, planted right next to the street. Haven't watered it at all, and it's still hanging. I've been surprised that the Knockout roses have performed right through this without missing a beat, and without supplemental water. |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 21:30
| One particular new lily, Orania, is just opening. A new butterfly bush that has larger flowers than I expected. Echinacea, Agastache, Heliopsis combo. And 'Julia Child' rose is still blooming pretty well and the foliage looks good too. |
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| Let's see..I think it would be the Double sun-gold rudbeckia that I WS back in 2011 from seeds rec'd in the Wintersowing swap..also my tall garden phlox(NOID)that my church friend gave me back in 2009 or 2010. Snow lady shasta daisies and I cut back the zagreb coreopsis today because they had become so heavy and was leaning sideways. They will come back and bloom again in a few months. My daylilies and liatris. |
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| I didn't break down and water much until just before the big storm last week. Yet most everything is looking pretty good -- except for the plants that the rabbits have been nibbling. The Hot Papaya coneflower has been outstanding. "Tree" lilies also. Gladioli, Liatris, blanketflowers, various monardas, heliopsis,several different coreopsis, several different daylilies (some rebloomers). |
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