New from the garden today, heavy on the pics

littleonefb

15 years ago

Here are some new pics of the garden beds

Fran

Zinnia bed

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zinnia bed

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zinnia bed

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zinnia big tetra

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zinnia cactus giant pink

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zinnia cactus giant salmon

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zinnia state fair yellow

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Zinnia state fair white

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zinnia state fair

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zinnia thumbelina

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zinnia pinwheel

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zinnia old mexico

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zinnia old mexico, seeds from the same burpee packet of seeds

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liz_h
15 years ago
Great gardens! Interesting that the 2 Old Mexico zinnias are colored so differently.
agirlsgirl
15 years ago
Fran,everything is so pretty,I really like the color of Zinnia Big Tetra,I never knew there were so many Zinnia,I wonder how many years it would take to collect them all?...lol..
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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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Big blue near bird bath POWDER BLUE, it hasn't many leaves but it exploded in height this year.. Absolute last plant that came up this year..thought it was a goner.. The 5th down closeup is Abiqua Moonbeam.. The three white centered are Great Expectations.. this year the medium green color in them just never showed off like it did last year... I did get a new eye on nearly every plant though. I really do like my garden setup, although I admit when i see some of the rolling hilly timber gardens, a bit of jealousy does arise ! Mainly i wanted to have a thick roll of color down the edges of the yard... like someone squeezed a giant tube of bright plant colored paints into a waist high wall ! :)
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Thanks again everyone... Some of you I responded to in the other post...and some here.. C/angel..I know the cartoon character you mean..and I laughed because that was definitely the case here! jeanne..luvs...wish you were there...wish you were there!! Glad you liked it all.. Shee..thanks for the compliment...I've seen your pic..and I feel 'You' are the adorable one!! Punk...glad I didn't let you down. I know what you mean about buying it then think about it later...I try to do that..but this time around...I think I was so overwhelmed...I got 'Stupid' !! :( As far as putting it all away... I really had to work hard at it today...finding places to squeeze things in. I'll have to go back to rearrange and change where they went.. that's the hardest part...and it's getting harder. Gosh, I feel one day when I'm gone, they're gonna say.. This was one 'Sick' lady...with all these dishes!! jane
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I just can't get over the amount of hostas you have, Esther! Your Rainforest Sunrise is really splendid and the Rose is beautiful with all the hues of peach and pink. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into your garden. :-)
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littleonefb
Original Author
15 years ago
Angie, I have no idea, but I can start you off with mixed seed colors from all the ones I have.

Liz, it is interesting about the 2 colors of old mexico isn't it. Am saving seeds separately from both of them. Will be interesting to see what next years blooms will be.

Fran
andrea81
15 years ago
I love your zinnia's Fran. Wish I could get mine to do that well. Maybe next year...

Andrea
kqcrna
15 years ago
Beautiful, Fran. You can never have too many zinnias.

Karen
strouper2
15 years ago
Very very nice Fran. My Zinnias are one of the few bright parts of my yard this year too. I didn't realize that they got so big because last year I bought a couple from Lowes and they didn't get anywhere near that size. Wow the butterflies just love them too. Do yours usually come back or do you have to put new ones in every year?
friesfan1
15 years ago
Fran,
I love your zinnia beds! I didn't plant any this year
and I am mad at myself for that.

I esp. love the Zinnia Old Mexico! I have to get those
for next year!

Mary
z 5b KS
littleonefb
Original Author
15 years ago
Should have seeds from all the zinnias for trades next month

Strouper2, zinnias are an annual for me. I get very reseeds from any of my plants as I heavily mulch with bark mulch to keep the weeds down and moisture in the beds.

We have a permanent stage 2 water ban in my town, water every other day and if we get caught on the wrong day watering, it's a heafty $100 fine. So I do everything to keep the moisture in the ground for my plants.

I wouldn't be surprised though, if i didn't have a heavy mulch, that at least a few of the zinnia seeds would self sow.

Fran

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