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Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 1:17
| Hello everyone: Well, the warm weather has finally reached Ontario and I am beginning to see colour in my garden. The following WS babies are blooming: Helianthus, Columbine (McKenna's Giant), Opium Poppy, Coreopsis, Fuschia Rose Campion, White Malva, Pink Malva, Sweet William & Carnations, Maltese Cross, spider Zinnias, Penny Blacks, Petunias; and there are buds on my Angel's Choir Poppy, Shasta Daisies, dwarf Baloon Flower, White Rose Campion, Lychnis Lumina, Marguerite Daisies. Today I also had the first bloom on a carpet rose I grew from a cutting. So it looks like I'll be having quite a riot for Canada Day. What's happening in your garden? Happy Canada Day , everyone!!! |
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RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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It's late August, and with all the rain we've been getting, I have tons of blooming perennials in my garden.
rudbeckia Herbstsonne
coreopsis tripteris
vernonia, several kinds
butterfly bushes, different colours
phlox David, Robert Poore, Shortwood, Miss Wilma, Miss Mary, Andre, Katherine, Snow White, Mrs. Pepper
jewelweed (annual)
rudbeckia triloba
rudbeckia Goldsturm
rudbeckia Viette's Little Suzy
rudbeckia Pot O'Gold
rudbeckia fulgida ssp. deamii
solidago rugosa 'Fireworks'
solidago rigida
aster ptarmicoides
solidago nemoralis
boltonia 'Jim Crockett'
aster divaricata
aster cordifolia
aster macrophylla
aster laevis
helianthus divaricatus
helianthus strumosus
echinacea, various
oriental lilies Stargazer and Casa Blanca
ratabida pinnata
anemone hybrida Pamina, Andrea Atkinson and tomentosa "robustissima"
chelone lyonii
lobelia siphilitica
lobelia cardinalis cultivar 'Compliment Deep Red'
scabiosa ochroleuca
aster Monch
eupatorium perfoliatum
eupatorium purpureum
eupatorium purpureum 'Purple Bush'
eupatorium dubium 'Little Joe'
eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'
eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (hasn't started yet)
hemerocallis Lady Elizabeth
hemerocallis In the Flesh
hemerocallis Boutonniere
hemerocallis Autumn Minaret
hemerocallis May May
aster oblongifolius October Skies
heuchera villosa
heuchera villosa purpurea
heuchera 'Chantilly' For those of you looking for late summer bloom, there's a few to consider. |
RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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Hi Ontnative: What a wonderful collection of perennials you have in your garden!! Must be a riot of colour at this time. Do you have any pics. to post? Also, do you collect seed for trading? If so, I look forward to seeing your trade list on the exchange forum. Very interesting plants.
Northerner. |
RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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| So far, I haven't got into seed collecting and trading. I find it easier to buy my seeds from places like Gardensnorth or the North American Native Plant Society. If one is a member of NANPS, seeds are available quite cheaply in late winter through the Seed Exchange program. This will be my second year trying my hand at winter sowing, after a first attempt last year (Feb/Mar '09). |
Late October blooms in zone 5b
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| They are not from wintersown seeds, but I still have some plants blooming in my garden. These include Physostegia 'Vivid'
several native fall asters incl. laeve and shortii
Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
chrys. 'Hillside/Sheffield'
chrys. 'Mei-Kyo'
chrys. 'Rhumba'
arctanthemum arcticum 'Red Chimo' I grow a lot of native species here, but when it's almost November, I'm really happy to look out my window and see anything blooming, either native or otherwise. It makes winter seem a bit shorter. |
RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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| Hi Ontnative, I don't know how long you have had your Physostogeia but I bought that several years ago and spent many years trying to get rid of it. When it started performing so well, I planted it in several places and it took years, I mean years, to get rid of it. It even grew in places which were under water in spring, and I found it stiking out from under logs, it was a thug. So I hope you are containing yours. It's nice that you have an allium blooming so late. I'm not familiar with that one, but anything with colour at this time of year is welcome. Please look for an e-mail from me. |
RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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| northerner_on, Physostegia 'Vivid' is a very short, richly coloured, pinkish-purple obedient plant that blooms very late, from October into November here. It is much less vigorous that the other common forms, and is only about 15" high. I love it for it's late bloom. |
Here is a link that might be useful: physostegia 'Vivid'
RE: What's blooming in your garden?
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Hi Ontnative, I had a look at 'Vivid' and that colour in a Fall garden would certainly be lovely. I have made a note of it and will look for it.
BTW, I just went out to do a little more 'cleanup' and noticed that a little stand of petunias are still blooming their little heads off!! Everything around them is brown from the hard frosts. I guess they are shielded from the winds by the taller plants around. It was nice to see them. |
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