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| In love with your blue delphiniums... those are so awesome. For some reason I don't have much luck with them where I am. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Wed, Jul 24, 13 at 11:59
| Juju, your pics and the flowers of course are wonderful! Cannas and Gladiolus: |
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- Posted by trovesoftrilliums 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 24, 13 at 12:42
| What are the blue flowers, fourth picture? So adorable! Lovely photos all around. |
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| The blue flowers are Hepaticas - actually spring flowering ephemerals, as are the Disporum flavum in picture 2. |
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| Gorgeous plants. Everything looks wonderfully lush. |
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| What on earth is the first pic! Looks great |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Thu, Jul 25, 13 at 2:24
| Very pretty! You have a nice variety! |
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| The first picture is a Chrysanthemum. |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Fri, Jul 26, 13 at 22:01
| (Above) nice blooms. From our garden, July 22:
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Fri, Jul 26, 13 at 22:08
| Another: |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Fri, Jul 26, 13 at 22:16
| Last: Can't seem to upload more than one picture at a time. |
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| That hepatica picture is stunning jujujojo. Do you know which specific variety is the one shown? So nice 'Sunny'. (Can I see a "Culver's Root" in your second picture?) |
This post was edited by rouge21 on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 5:28
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 8:13
| Thanks, Rouge. Yes. |
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| Wonderful photos...Thanks
Above are Veronica, Russian Sage,Ribbon Grass , Knockout Rose,Rudbeckia
Crocosmia |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sat, Jul 27, 13 at 19:28
| Pretty, pretty! Love those borders, Sunny! And you're right, you can do one pic per post with the in-house facility, not at all uncommon to do it the way you did. If you use an outside photo-hosting site, you can put multiple pics in 1 post that way. Check out the hummingbird DH caught visiting butterfly bush (Buddleia.) |
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 Vitex "Shoal Creek", Rudbeckia "Little Suzy", Silene "Prairie Fire", Echinaceas, hostas. |
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| crunchpa, is that veronica 'purplelicious'? It certainly is an eye catcher. purpleinopp, I'm very imprssed by that pic! I've never managed to get a picture of a hummer. eric, that silene is beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen that plant here. |
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| a2zmom ...I do not have a name for the Veronica but I enjoy the color and long bloom. It divides easy and has given me no issues. If anyone can ID it please do. |
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| Crunchpa, I have a strong, strong suspicion that your veronica is just a Lythrum salicaria(at least it looks exactly like it on this picture). A close-up picture is necessary to tell. |
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I had wondered about it. It was previously Id'd on this website as Veronica. Clarification would be helpful. 
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| FYI....I have never had any seedlings from this plant. They have been 3ft tall. In a couple spots they were not very vigorous and seemed non aggressive everywhere. |
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| It does seem to be a Lythrum cultivar. I grabbed a division from a friends yard sometime ago. It was a professionally designed yard so I assume this may be Mordens Pink. Yes? |
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- Posted by trovesoftrilliums 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 28, 13 at 13:04
| Crunch, does your crocosmia over winter in ground? Eric, perfect picture of perennials along a curved path. Love it! Sunny, is that helenium a particularly early flowering variety? Off to grumble about how the deer eat everything in my sunny border. |
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| Yes the Crocosmia does over winter and has spread nicely in a few years. This is the best it has looked. The soil is sandy-ish, being next to Lake Erie. Lots of snow in winter. I over winter Calla with no problem. I get better performance than if I lifted them. White Calla. |
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| Crunchpa, it is definitely Lythrum salicaria. It is selfsterile and NEVER makes seedlings if alone (it needs another clone to "make sex" with). It does not spread by runners as it is a clumper. My plant is more than 30 years old and never a single seedling. |
This post was edited by wieslaw59 on Sun, Jul 28, 13 at 13:55
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| Cruchpa, it really is a pretty plant. It's probably also on the banned list in your state, even though it's a sterile cultivar. |
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| a2zmom, it's the whole species that is selfsterile, not only this cultivar. Whatever plant you take, it cannot make babies with itself. Wonderful. JFTR. |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Sun, Jul 28, 13 at 17:44
| Interesting and lovely pictures, All, and thanks for comments. Lythrum, as Wieslaw says. I do use several Lythrum salicaria cultivars, 'Morden Pink' and 'Rosy Gem' (latter in one of my pictures above) and L. anceps (Japanese form), all carefully. I have had 'Rosy Gem' lose it's self-incompatability and produce seedlings, in one situation, but only once in 15 years. I removed and destroyed all of it from that location. Yes, Trove, it's actually called 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'. |
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- Posted by wagonwheel 5a IA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 28, 13 at 21:05
| So many beautiful pictures. This is one of my 6 garden areas. Just in its prime on July 20th when we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary at our farm. Conditions were completely different than last year with all of our rain this year. |
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| wagonwheel, that's a great grouping. Lots of color which I love. |
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- Posted by Bumblebeez z7b Seneca SC (My Page) on Sun, Jul 28, 13 at 22:49
| Everything is so gorgeous. I am now equally aware that all my day lilies look like cr*p. Must spray for rust next year. |
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- Posted by SunnyBorders 5A (My Page) on Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 6:40
| Lovely, Wagonwheel. |
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