Here, Winters temperature ranges from 45*F to 90*F

Dwarf Dahlia "Garden Pride" from Benary Seeds, Germany

Dahlia "Holland Festival" and an unknown burgundy colored variety

Gladiolus

Pansies Super Majestic Giants F1 Hybrids

Impatiens

Silvia

@ above: thanks everyone... :) well the initial 4 pics are Dwarf Dahlia "Garden Pride" from Benary Seeds, Germany.. the next two pics after them are Dinner plates one is HOLLAND FESTIVAL the other burgundy one is an unknown variety... Dahlias bloom excellent in our winters... however in summers they should be dug and planted in a container in semi shade location.... by the end of summers i.e. in September you can take cuttings and enjoy the blooms in winters again...:)

I will be posting more pics of my garden in future..

Cheers

Izhar

These are great pictures! Thanks for sharing your garden with us.

Kate

This season I have planted the following plants in my garden:

1. Dwarf Dahlia "Garden Pride"
2. Pansy Super Majestic Mix
3. Double Petunia Mix
4. Petunia grandiflora "Falcon Red"
5. Shirley Poppies Mix.
6. Aster "Princess Giant Red"

and following seedlings from local nursery:

1. Salvia splendens "Tall Red"
2. Salvia splendens "Dwarf White"
3. Salvia splendens "Dwarf Burgundy"
4. Impatiens "Salmon F1"
5. Impatiens "Orange star"
6. Dinner plate Dahlia cuttings.... 7 plants
7. Chrysanthemums Yellow and White flower.... 10 plants
8. Nastritium Trailing Giants mix

My Salvia splendens bed:

as on 28th December 2009

the dwarf white ones bloomed profusely, but the street children here continuously picked their flowers... :(

Salvia as on 3rd February 2010:

Now check out the white ones... every single bloom spike is picked up by the street children... :( same happened for the striking red tall ones.... the dwarfs are about 6 inches and tall ones are 3 feet in average height..

Anna

I was a bit busy, had a final presentation on Strategic Management...

any ways,thank you so much for appreciation... it is quiet easy and not time consuming to have a garden with some flowers...

I will stepwise write what I did with my garden:

1) When we shifted to this house by end of Aug '09, it was a total mess, a junkyard.. lots of trash in it and fruit trees with lots of bugs and spiders.. so me and my father cleaned the whole area and cut down all the diseased vegetation.

2)There were lots of bugs in the soil, so we left it untouched for two days for the birds to have a meal...:)

3) next came tilling, we tilled the whole flower bed by hand (only upper six inches of soil, where most feeder roots of annual flowers grow)

4) along with tilling we applied 1 lb per square foot (approx.) well rotted dairy manure, and tilled the whole bed mixing the whole stuff in the soil.

5) this whole tilling process took us a whole month, cuz I come from job daily at 7:00 pm and from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm i had the time to do these things, of course you need to have the passion.. ;)

6) now it was Oct '09, we started watering our garden daily so the weeds would sprout and we could pluck them up, in the meanwhile i ordered seeds from another city of Pakistan that is Lahore. (they use to sell seeds from Benary Seeds, Germany and Sakata Seeds, Japan)

7) On 28th of Oct '09, I sowed following seeds, directly into the bed :
1. Dwarf Dahlia "Garden Pride"
2. Pansy Super Majestic Mix
3. Double Petunia Mix
4. Petunia grandiflora "Falcon Red"
5. Shirley Poppies Mix.
6. Aster "Princess Giant Red"

Its interesting that my garden receives only 2 hours maximum direct sunlight in morning, rest of the day is shade. I was worried whether the plants would bloom or not.

7) After a month i.e. on 30th Nov '09, I replanted all the seedling into their designated areas.

8) In mid of Dec '09, with the help of a big screw-driver, i inserted NPK (17-17-17) 7-8 granules near every seedling.

9) since then its just watering and pruning of dying branches and leaves.

10) now i am planing to apply more well rotted manure by the end of April '10, when i will planting the summer annuals and bulbs.

With such low light duration, the plant become leggy and week, have to compromise on it... cant demolish the infront building...lol

Cheers

Izhar

Very nice flowers, I like the set up to keep them contained. If you get heirloom seed, you can save the seeds and don't have to get seeds again.

Here is borage in my garden, last time that I bought seed was in Phoenix, 10 years ago. It reseeds itself in my garden.

And veggies are pretty and as a bonus you can eat them. :o)

Cabbage

Silvia

Large Dahlia flowerbud.. :)

Silvia, I've never seen such blue cabbages! LOvely.

Anna

another angle of Pansies and petunia, double petunias have lots of flower buds now:

Dwarf Dahlia "Garden Pride" from Benary seeds:

I find I go to your post every time I come to GW. Your flowers are so colorful and perfect. All our gardens are mostly brown and bare with the recent cold. I find yours cheery and it warms my heart and gives me hope mine will be pretty again. Please keep posting so we can feel cheery and hopeful when we see your successs. I had never heard of chinese aster. It sure is beautiful.

Anna

some more pics of my fall planted garden... the scourging heat of 113 degrees will soon be baking them anyways..

most of the Pansies have already gone.. :(

Shirley Poppies:

Double Petunias:

Red and White Dahlia:

By the start of April, i shall be planting Zinnias, Portulacas, Sunflower (Red, Orange & lime), Cosmos, Tuberoses, Callas, Agapanthus, Celosia, Vinca.. etc etc... will share them in a different thread...

Cheers~

Izhar

Cheers~

Izhar