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| Here's a look at what's bloomin'at my house.
Alice dupont mandaville:
begonia and lobelias
ferns and lacecap hydrangea
dahlia w/butterfly
lacecap hydrangea
Pink calla
I love this lily
another lily
duranta and lilies
yellow hibiscus
petunias
Sunflower
ivy geranium
tillandsia
butterfly bush and b'fly
another lily
Guess that's about it for today,don't want to hog the board.
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Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by frogview00 NC7 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 16:44
| The photo of the petunias is spectacular! You should have cards made! Great photos!! |
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- Posted by gardenweed_z6a 5b/6a N CT (My Page) on Sat, Jul 23, 11 at 18:09
| LOVE the tillandsia!! That lacecap hydrangea is so pretty it looks good enough to eat. You have such healthy, gorgeous flowers--thanks for sharing the eye candy! |
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| My favorites are the lacecups and ferns, If I made pictures of my flowers they would all show wilting and/or brown leaves. I water unceasingly, but the |
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| Love the photos. What kind of butterfly is that? |
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 11 at 2:50
| Bev, the first butterfly is a Western swallowtail and the second is a Mourning Cloak. Mourning Cloaks will land on your hands if you hold them out. My very favorite butterfly. Thanks for the photos, Kathi! Oh- I think the purple flower is a type of solanum, not a duranta. Renee |
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| Kathi, thanks for sharing your photos. I'm so surprised that daylilies and hydrangeas are blooming now for you. They're blooming here in Z5 so I guess I figured they would be long gone in Z9. I see so many intereting views in the background of your photos. Could you share some wider views of your garden with us? |
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- Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 11 at 9:34
| Lovely! We have almost no butterflies this year. I assume it has to do with the drought. Last year I had a lot of Mourning cloak larve on my sunflowwers. Kathy |
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| Everything is so pretty! I love the dahlias! Well, actually, I love them all! Thanks for sharing those amazing pics! |
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- Posted by mao_tse_mom z5 Oh (maozamom@hotmail.com) on Sun, Jul 24, 11 at 12:42
| Hog away. I love your pictures, especially the hibiscus. |
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| You made my day with that shot of the hot pink lacecap Hydrangea in my favorite color. That would be a perfect screen saver! Hubby bought me a Twist & Shout for my August birthday last summer and it's blooming, but nothing like your full bush. |
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- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 11 at 13:23
| LOVELY!!! :ove the lacecap too, I just have poor luck growing hydrangea. I am envious of the size of your peaches! Mine are smaller than a golf ball...so I don't think they are going to amount to much this year, but the tree is looking good as it has no leaf curl. |
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- Posted by kathi_mdgd 9 S.Ca (My Page) on Sun, Jul 24, 11 at 16:40
| Thanks ladies,i love sharing my pictures with all of you,and as you can tell i love my flowers as well. Thymetodig-My hydrangeas and lilies are going like gangbusters right now.They got a late start because of all the rain we had this year,it was a good rainy season though,it seemed to clean up the soil and make everything grow real well. Renee,thanks for naming the b'fly,i would have had to go look it up,also for naming the Solanum,i don't know why i can't remember that name!! I have 2 of those now as dh broke a piece off by accident,and he just stuck it in a pot and it took root.So it's all good. Corrine,i have lace caps in shades of pinks and purples both.My neighbor used to work in the fields and he gave me most of those in 1 gallon pots several years ago.I do have one mop hydrangea that my son gave me for mothers day when he was 13 and he's gonna be 52 in a couple of months,and it's still doing good. Calamity,the peaches were soooooooo good this year and we beat the birds to most of them, now we are enjoying the nectarines,and they are as big as navel oranges.The yellow plums are ripening up and should be ready for eating real soon. Kathi |
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