Pictures of my yard from the past week (pic heavy)

14 years ago

Here's some pics I've taken in the yard over the past week...everything is WSed except for the Lillies and the Hellebores. The Snow-In-Summer is from last year, the Snapdragon survived the winter, the Malva reseeds every year with a vengeance. The Lovage (the tall monster plant) was Wsed three years ago and meant to be a companion plant to tomatoes (but I can't get a tomato plant near it!)

(Of course, I had to include two of the cats...One of them, Mufasa, has camped out in front of the Quaking Grass to give it a taste)

--Things are a little mangy in the yard, but I'm afraid to really trim or anything until I know the Monarchs have hatched.

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medontdo
14 years ago
very pretty!!! and how did ya ws them pretty specioso cattioso's?? would that be the correct term?? LOL they are just adorable!! i just love your flower beds!! ~Medo
carrie630
14 years ago
Oh linda - your garden looks so fantastic and I am so glad you threw in the pictures of your adorable, lovable cats...

My malva is ridden with holes from the Jap Beetles so it was a pleasure to look at yours. Was that a reseed? I found that my reseeds were so much bigger than those I planted out.

I love all of your pictures and everything looks wonderful and healthy - your petunias are outstanding.

Take care -

Carrie
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Well, that rabbit or his/her relatives did not behave. They hit the gazania plants again, just as they where full of buds. Seems that gazania is #1 on the list of rabbit food in the flower beds. Now the chipmunks and groundhogs are not particular, the first thing the find goes down the throat. BUT They do not like marigolds, and will not go near plants that have marigolds beside them or around them. So next years plan is 100's of marigold plants used as an edging all around the beds, sort of like a fence of marigolds. At least it's worth a try to keep the 4 legged critters away. Angie, Paula, I should have plenty of seeds of the easter egg plant. In the fall the white easter eggs start to turn yellow and when they are bright, bright yellow, they are ripe. Then I pick them off, but them in half, then each half in quarters and let them dry to get the seeds for next year. The fun look is that you have various colors on the plant as the "eggs" start to ripen ranging from pure white to starting to turn yellow to bright bright yellow. Oh, when you feel the "egg" it feels like a real egg as well, feels like an eggshell on the outside. The irony, to me, is it starts out looking like a real white egg, feels like a real white egg and when ripe, turns to the the color of the bright yellow yolk of a real egg. I've seen various information on them with google searches that say they are just ornamental and that they can be eaten. I've just decided to leave it as a conversation piece of plant growing in pots in the garden, since I haven't been able to get a clear answer as to whether they are safe to eat. Paula, I should have plenty of seeds from the cosmos candy stripe for trade, the seeds are just beginning to ripen now. Will be posting in mid Sept for trades Mnswgal, i planted the zinnia "Old Mexico" in HOS of about 10 seedlings at a time. All the seeds where from a burpee commercial pack of zinnia old mexico seeds purchased at K-mart. They had all their seeds from the time they came in to the store through the late spring at 40% off. Did get several packets of seeds there of burpee and martha stewart brand. Anyways, they where all sown at the same time in 3 different containers and believe it or not, they bloomed with 3 different types of blooms. the one above and these 2 blooms this big clump of old mexico that is blooming as it it supposed to look except for one bloom if you look carefully on the right of the pick, there is an old paler flower in the middle of the clump and this bloom of a clump that bloomed totally different from what it was supposed to also, but I do like this one as well and the entire clump is like this The dwarf balloon flower grows about 8 inches tall. I'll have tons of seeds of them once the pods ripen, but it takes forever for them to do so. At least another month before I have ripe seeds for trades, but will have them Thanks Karen Fran
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Jane - I did buy WESTBOURNE LITTLE LAMB on the Lily Auction last year. The hybridizer, Mary Jane Meadows, goes by the username Bubbles. She lives in Tennessee and is the sister of hybridizer Wes Kirby (famous for Red Volunteer and Orange Vols). I also bought her Westbourne Wild Rose Petals. Unfortunately, I can't give you a true picture of WLL's performance. We are in a severe drought here in Tennessee, and none of my daylilies are performing up to par this year. WLL only had a few buds and the rabbits ate several. When established, it's supposed to have 30 buds and 6-way branching. The petal color is actually a pale yellow that fades to white in the hot sun. I love the bloom, and I hope it performs better next year. Here's WESTBOURNE WILD ROSE PETALS You can her other daylilies at http://www.westbournedaylilies.com/index.htm Debra
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Thank you, everyone, for your nice comments. Jadie-Berry Smoothie is a more intense pink in spring and Georgia Plum is truly plum. GP is also pretty small in size. Both glow in the garden and are worth having, IMHO. GP packs quite a whollop of color into its little size. They both age differently (color wise) as well. Berry smoothie gets almost a grape color to it with very veiny leaves. DGregory-Ophir is quite a show stopper in the spring, but unfortunately it does go green in the summer. Still an attractive hosta, though and well worth growing. Mine is young yet. I've seen pics of mature ones and it's pretty amazing when it grows up. Dark Star is definitely worth growing. It's truly beautiful, which is why (I think) a lot of people have it. It gets darker in color later in the season, hence the name. Mocc-I think your boat with hostas idea sounds awesome! It could be such a focal point. Make sure to post pics if you actually decide to do it. I'd love to see how it turns out.
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Thank you everyone. So the truth be told: that butterfly wouldn't sit in a spot lighting it properly, always shaded on one side, so I set my focus on the plant and just kept snapping, hoping to catch him in the right light. I got lucky on this one! Darren
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vera_eastern_wa
14 years ago
So pretty!! I like that Digitalis :)

What is name of no.6 and no. 15?
lblack61
Original Author
14 years ago
Medo,
"specioso cattioso's" That's cute :-) They follow me whenever I'm outside. It seems like sometimes they actually pose for me outside when I have the camera with me, so I can't help but include pictures of them too.

Carrie,
Yes, those are reseeds. In the Spring I am always pulling them up from everywhere, even in the lawn, several feet away from the garden bed. With this warm weather, I'm thinking its any day now before the Japanese Beetles hit here. I kinda let the Malva go wild just because I know they'll stay mostly on it and away from other plants. I also think some Monarch larvae may be hiding behind some of them, so I haven't trimmed them down. (I wish they'd reseed at the BACK of the bed! :-)

Vera,
#6 is Aremenian Basket Flower and #15 is some kind of Penstemon (I think). I have to look at last year's WSing list and figure out for sure what it is.
The Foxglove...I'm surprised that this is its third year and it isn't very tall...but at least the blooms are healthy...I want much more in my yard. Sowed more, but the dear cats keep digging so that I'm not sure where the ones I WSed this year are.

--If anyone wants Lovage seeds, I think you can tell, I'll have plenty. They are nice to grind up and cook with as well as cooking with the leaves and stalks.

Linda
vera_eastern_wa
14 years ago
Thanks Linda! That Armenian Basket Flower is just too awesome.

YES I have been looking for Lovage Seeds...these were one of which I was looking for in trades last fall :)

My email is la_raspberry@yahoo.com. I don't have any trades as of just yet, but it can be arranged :O
aliska12000
14 years ago
Beautiful flowers. Some of them I do not recognize. I'm not even gonna ask how you keep the weeds down in all that.
northerner_on
14 years ago
What lovely pictures Linda. The Basket Flower is certainly a head-turner!! Like you, the cats do a number in my garden and have left only one foxglove, so I hope it blooms soon. Yours is lovely. Everything in your garden looks so lush and lovely. What is the little pink globe third from the last among the poppies? That is lovely.
vera_eastern_wa
14 years ago
Ahhh just read about your Armenian Basket Flower AKA Bighead Knapweed.
Centaurea macrocephala belongs in the same genera that Bachlor's Button are.
Seems this one too has the potential to be come invasive just like it's cousin BB's and all the other Knapweeds...many of which are noxious weeds right here in Eastern Wa. BB's hasn't yet made it to the noxious weed list but is under consideration. Think I'll pass on this one, but it sure is interesting to look at :)

OH and looky what I just found....that settles it!

Here is a link that might be useful: Noxiuos Weed Control Board~WA
kqcrna
14 years ago
Very pretty, Linda. That lovage is huge? How tall is it?

Karen
tiffy_z5_6_can
14 years ago
Linda,

Lovin' it!! I see the pixies visited your foxgloves too.:O)

So, you winter sowed the Lidularia? Nice. I tried to ws my Rocket this past winter but never got anything. Yours has really nice leaves. Well done!
lblack61
Original Author
14 years ago
Aliska,
I really should've posted what everything was underneath the pictures. I'm a bad girl. I'll do better next time. (I've been rushing around the house, running errands, going to appointments, and doing housework all week like a maniac, while trying to get some painting done in between).

Northerner,
That is Lychnis chalcedonia (Maltese Cross "Dusky Salmon). It's getting even more globes on it now (but the rain has been torential all morning so I doubt if I'll get another picture of it).

Vera,
"Bighead Knapweed"? That sounds like me when I wake up in the morning! lol.
I had some of this in my yard one year and don't know how it got here, and it never came back. So I bought seeds for it to plant, but it's in a sunnier part of the yard. I want it for butterflies, flower arrangements, and drying-- but that statement in that link about "taproot" is kinda scary. Maybe the winters here will keep "Bighead" under control.

Karen,
The Lovage has to be at least 8 feet. This is the largest its ever been. I'm trying to figure out how I was ever supposed to grow tomatoes near it???? It has a wonderful flavor though. Tastes like celery, but stronger, and kind of peppery. --The sure way to keep something under conrol is to eat it!

Tiffy,
Uh oh...here's where I pay for not knowing plant names and not posting captions...which plant is Lidularia?

-- I just went through and labeled all of this year's pictures...

Here is a link that might be useful: Slide show...with captions!
terrene
14 years ago
Very pretty flowers! And I love your kitties. I am big fan of cats...and was also wondering how you happened to WS them! ;)

I agree that it would be helpful if people would remember to put labels on their photos in their threads.
vera_eastern_wa
14 years ago
OMG...((grin)) I'm feelin' ya LOL!

As for winters I'm doubting it! Here in Eastern WA it is a Class A Noxious weed...which means of highest importance for eradication. Did you read the line that talked about how it was in one plot and then expanded to 10 acres??

Here is a link that might be useful: Class A Noxious Weeds
tiffy_z5_6_can
14 years ago
I spelled it wrong Linda. That's what I get for not proofreading my writings. (Me bad!!) It's Ligularia and it looks like the Othello one. It is in Photo # 10 up above. The nice leaves next to the pretty lily. So, did you winter sow it?
drippy
14 years ago
Beautiful, Linda!
PVick
14 years ago
Lovely, Linda!

That basket flower is quite pretty and interesting looking; hellebores are awful pretty too! ;o)

I do have one complaint, though - where's my shade garden? LOL!

PV
rosepedal
14 years ago
Linda,

Beutiful, The zebrina Malva is wonderful. I have commercial seeds I havent started. Now I will....... That poppy I am drooling over.... Excuse me while I wipe my chin off...... Fabulous pictures.... Barb in cold WI
lblack61
Original Author
14 years ago
Vera,
You're scaring me! :-) "Big Head" is definitely going to be cut for flowers or the point before it goes to seed...most definitely...and then, it's getting watched real closely for signs of "bully-ism".

Tiffy,
The big leafed plant with the purple edge is Coral Bells Purple Palace (at least I'm 90 % sure it is). I did WS Ligularia "Othello" last year, planted it out in the fall, but I don't see it at all this year. I'm not sure if it survived. I did two other types of Ligularia this year, one was "clivorum" rather than "dentata". That one has a little sprout and I'm nursing it carefully (and afraid to transplant it yet. I probably should just go for it and put it out-- but out of all the seeds in the packets for the two different varieties, I only have one seedling.)

PV,
The shade garden is just starting to do it's thing...the white Astilbes are just starting to come out. I figure the shade garden will be ready for a picture in a day or two. I'm thinking of getting some white Stargazer lillies to put there and move the pinkish/orange ones to the patio bed. What do you think?

Drippy and Rosepedal,
Thanks so much for the comments :-) I do like that Malva...it's one of the things I can depend on popping up and giving me something nice to look at while I wait for other things to bloom. I have Mystic Merlin seedlings, but I'm still trying to figure out where to put those. I don't want to put them close to the Zebrina because I had Zebrina before, and it seemed to meld into looking just like the Zebrina the following year. Funny how that happens. (I hope it warms up for you, Barb).

Linda
mnwsgal
14 years ago
Thanks for adding the captions. I enjoyed my tour of your garden.
sheltieche
14 years ago
very nice garden and kitties are gorgeous, I had 3 "garden protectors " and now it is only two, one of my kitties just died, my biggest buddy and healer...
love that verbascum? last picture - if you have seeds to trade pls remember me ;)
highalttransplant
14 years ago
Thanks, Linda for sharing your gardens with us!

Hey on photo #8 it says Blanket flower and Flax. I knew about Vera's Blue Flax, and I bought seeds for a yellow Flax, though I haven't had any germination yet. Anyway, I have never seen a red one before, and that one's a beaut. Where did you find the seeds, or did you buy it as a plant? True reds are so hard to find. I've bought quite a few things labeled as red, that ended up being dark pink or more purple than red. Thanks for any info you may have on that.

I also love that reddish orange Flemish Poppy. It's lovely!

Bonnie
proudgm_03
14 years ago
Beautiful flowers! Love the kitties!
lblack61
Original Author
14 years ago
Linda,
I'll figure out how to collect seeds from the Verbascum and let you know when they're ready. I love it...it's one of my favorites.
So sorry about your loss...my cats really are calming and amusing, our dog as well. I don't know how it will be to be without any of them. They each have their own way about them and they are such a blessing-- which is why I can forgive them when they dig in the garden beds.

Bonnie,
I REALLY like that red Flax. Like you say, I didn't really expect it to be a true red, but it is. So I got the seeds from Swallowtail Gardens (and they are annuals, rather than perennials like the Blue Flax). The blooms are bigger than I expected (which I am pleased about), and they were one of the first things in the yard to bloom-- even beating out the Bachelor Buttons! The red clover is also a true red (and good for the soil). I'll see what I can do about collecting seeds from the flax and keep you in mind.
And I went "Poppy Crazy" this year. I purchased seeds for all different types and Select Seeds had a nice selection, so I went for it. It's nice to have some kind of Poppy blooming all season :-)

Proud,
Me and my kitties say Thank you! :-)

Linda

Here is a link that might be useful: Scarlet Flax Seeds
highalttransplant
14 years ago
Thank you, Linda, for the information! I didn't realize that there was an annual flax, but would love some seed if you decide to save it. I've tried direct sowing, and summer sowing (in a cont.) the perennial yellow flax, but haven't gotten any germination. Maybe it will do better wintersown.

Bonnie
tiffy_z5_6_can
14 years ago
Linda,

I hope you'll be pleasantly surprised... The plant I was refering to is a Ligularia Othello, possibly the one you winter sowed last year. Check out the link. :O)

Here is a link that might be useful: Ligularia Othello
lblack61
Original Author
14 years ago
wow!
Tiffy,
That looks more like my plant than any pictures I see of Coral Bells...
I'm afraid to believe it's true, but I hope it is...I really wanted "Othello" and was so disappointed when I thought I'd lost it.
Thanks for the picture :-)

Linda

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