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I don't know about your garden, but the only things blooming for me right now are scarce and scattered, making for a sad and sorry overall garden. When you put them all together, though, it brightens your day. Enjoy
Zinnia with moth
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| Pretty! I really must plant some zinnias next year for the butterflies:) Instead of uploading my photos and linking here I'll just share a link to my blog. I haven't checked in here in quite a while~ Hi everyone! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Little Wing Garden
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- Posted by transplanted2scin07 7b upstate SC (My Page) on Tue, Aug 17, 10 at 17:28
| Thanks! The Zinnias have been the champions of drought these past many weeks. I think these might have been State Fair seed, but I don't know for sure. RE your photos, I love the Salvia chamedryoides, very pretty! How do you manage to get such a large bloom on your Euphorbia corolata? Mine are so tiny! |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Wed, Aug 18, 10 at 10:54
| Is that festuca glauca behind the pink and orange zinnias? |
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- Posted by transplanted2scin07 7b upstate SC (My Page) on Thu, Aug 19, 10 at 9:23
| It is indeed Festuca glauca. I just purchased 3 of them this past Spring and I've been very pleased with their performance. I wish I had the variety name in front of me, but I'm not at home as I type this. |
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- Posted by dottie_in_charlotte z7-8 NC (My Page) on Sat, Aug 21, 10 at 14:46
| If you pull the seed stalks it will benefit the festuca so they winter over better. |
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- Posted by tryingtodecorate 7 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 24, 10 at 0:08
| What's blooming right now for me are my butterfly bushes, Russian sage, meadow sage, coreopsis, salvia, abelia, crape myrtles, and lavender is about to bloom. |
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| Your first photo is of a skipper butterfly though which one exactly I can't tell. You can tell it's a butterfly by looking at the antennae; they resemble a matchstick (sort of) and they fly during the day. I grew the cardinal climber this year and it took over a trellis and is trying to swallow the front of my house-one plant! |
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