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Posted by skybird z5, Denver, CO (My Page) on Sun, Nov 15, 09 at 1:38
| Hi all,
Well it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas outside, and it’s been a long time since anybody’s posted any flower questions or picture threads (except for Bonnie’s BRIGHT cosmos on the "trouble" thread) around here, so I’m gonna post a bunch of flower pictures! I just feel like flowers right now!
Here’s a cool one to start with! It’s Campanula persicifolia, peachleaf bellflower. This stuff has semi-evergreen foliage and in spring of ‘08 it was looking pretty ratty so I cut it all down (you all know about my propensity for cutting things down!) Well, apparently I cut it down at EXACTLY the "right" time—and it never bloomed in ‘08! This year, even tho the foliage looked ratty, I just left it like that, and let the new foliage grow out over the ratty looking stuff, and this is what I got:
When I don’t mess with it too much, it really is spectacular—and it even does well in my not-really-enough sun!
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’ on May 5th! Might I be thinking SPRING here?
Some of my many Dianthus barbatus, Sweet Williams
Some of the Aquilegia chrysantha growing down the side of my deck. I finally got enough of them this year that I could actually smell them up on the deck a few times this year!
Last year for the hollyhocks! When the weather gets nice enough again, they’re out of here so I have a place to put the daylilies and iris I got at the Fall Swap!
‘Becky’ Shasta daisy—which bloomed pretty well even tho I dug and divided it just before the Spring Swap this year.
A new little Lewisia I got this year!
Zauschneria californica I got at the Spring Swap last year—‘08! In another year this stuff is gonna be spreading all over the place and I’ll be giving it away at the swaps!
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’, dwarf balloon flower. I think I actually bought this one—and it’s finally starting to look pretty good!
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ I got at the ‘07 Fall Swap. It took a while, but this stuff is starting to spread a lot, and I’ll have a few small ones at the ‘10 Spring Swap!
A new, summer blooming hardy cyclamen I got last year. Can’t remember the species right now!
Some of the many lavender seedlings that come up in the front flower bed each year — Lavandula angustifolia, English Lavender.
And one more! Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Disco Belle Pink’
Ok! Just one more! It IS almost spring, isn’t it?
Crocus chrysanthus, species crocus — February 25, 2009
OK! Who else has some flower pictures around here?
We (I!) need flowers right now!
Skybird |
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RE: We need some flowers around here!
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| As usual, everything looks great! I almost passed out (well, not really) and thought "no way, no fair!" until I realized they were not recent pictures. hee hee, is it snowing out your way? J. |
RE: We need some flowers around here!
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Well they’re all from 2009, girl! Let’s see! This is from October 3rd. Is that recent enough. And I bet it’s still blooming under the snow! I can’t believe how this stuff just keeps blooming, and blooming, and blooming. Even the 19 degree nite didn’t seem to phase it! It’s Campanula rotundifolia, Bluebells of Scotland. I got it from somebody at one of the swaps, but I’m not sure who!
I didn’t get a whole lot of snow here in Thornton. It might have been 6-8", but it’s a little bit hard to judge because the ground was so warm that it kept melting from the bottom as it was adding up on the top! It had pretty much stopped by midnite last nite and never really got going again. How much did you get out in Nederland? Skybird |
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| We didn't get that much either but I'd say at least eight inches. The only things that continue to bloom for me are the pansies! They could go on forever I think. thanks to winter, I'm back to sewing obsessively. I hope you're having fun too! J. |
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I thought for a minute you meant "office flowers". We all ways need them, especially on cold snow days. About 10 inches here was a nice snow, but they can keep the cold. Its not Colorado unless the sun is shining.
KennyP |
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- Posted by gjcore 5 Aurora Co. (My Page) on
Thu, Nov 19, 09 at 19:58
| I don't have any pictures to post right now but a few mums are still hanging on and a couple English Daisies are still flowering. I planted couple dozen winter hardy pansies yesterday. Indoors I have johnny jump ups that are flowering. I probably started them too early indoors but they'll probably be okay if I move them to bigger pots until springtime. |
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| Hi guys, I was just looking for some pretty flower pictures—besides my own, all of which I’ve already seen. They don’t need to be ones that are blooming right now. Just something pretty to give my psyche a boost! Or how about a pretty sunset, or a forest, or a tundra scene....... 
Need something pretty right now,
Skybird |
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| I wanted to post a few pictures to this thread, but I think everyone's seen all of mine before! Well ... maybe just a couple, LOL! Zinnia 'Highlight'
 Nicotiana 'Domino Lime Green'
 I know I've posted this one before, but I just love it!
Rudbeckia 'Irish Eyes' with Achillea 'Walter Funke'
 For those of you that like something a little less bright, it's Achillea 'Anthea' with Delosperma kelaidis 'Mesa Verde'
 ... and one more Salpiglossis 'Royale Chocolate'
 I didn't take as many late summer/early fall pictures this year, so I just don't have anything new to share. Bonnie |
RE: We need some flowers around here!
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- Posted by skybird z5, Denver, CO (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 23, 09 at 18:55
| Wow! They’re beautiful, Bonnie! I really needed that! Thank you! I had pretty much given up on this thread! I love the Rudbeckia/Achillea one too. Great composition and color! And, wow, is your Mesa Verde ever bigger and better than mine! I’ve been planning to do it, but now I REALLY need to get mine—which in heavy clay with not enough sun—moved to a new place where it can take off like yours. And your annuals are great too—both the flowers and the pictures! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Skybird |
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- Posted by jnfr z5b CO (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 25, 09 at 20:11
| I had some nice flowers before the hail storms. I'm not fond of trumpetvine generally because it's so invasive, but it's awfully pretty when in bloom. 
And looking at this photo reminds me that we had tons of ladybugs this year, which was wonderful. I did love my squash blossoms. They're tasty too. 
And here's a Showy Milkweed. They grow wild all around the edges of the yard. 
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- Posted by skybird z5, Denver, CO (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 25, 09 at 21:22
| Thank you, Jennifer. They’re all great! I love the ladybugs! And I like trumpet vine too, and wish I had an extra acre to put one in. Do you get hummingbirds on yours? Great lite showing off the pretty squash blossom, and that’s a wonderful closeup of the butterfly weed. Have you ever noticed either butterflies or the larvae on them? Thank you for helping to brighten my day,
Skybird |
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- Posted by jnfr z5b CO (My Page) on
Wed, Dec 2, 09 at 22:05
| I haven't seen many butterflies around, a swallowtail now and then but they don't stay. Same with the hummers - I hear them, but they zip right through. Our back yard is on a busy street, and I haven't had the cash to make a more protected space of it. I will eventually, though! We get lots of finches, some chickadees, flickers and even downy woodpeckers occasionally. Lots of stuff passes through to Standley Lake, but I need more seclusion, I think, to get many species to hang around. |
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