OOOOHHHH~AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!LOL OMG,D! That last pic is hilarious!
All your blooms are beautiful! Your nanner is doing great too!
You're a terrific brug mommy! :)

Theresa

No @#$%^ my friend. WOW you got it going on girl!! oh man the reply will be a NOVEL ha ha ha

WHAT kind of Hibiscus is THAT in the 1st pic? Have only seen seperated pedals on the star hibiscus so far.

Are you kidding...that Iochroma is from seeds? how LONG ?

you know what sucks about ALL those pictures? It takes a while to scroll up and down to answer to each picture I want to leave my 5 cents worth ha ha ha Of course EACH picture and plant is awesome...But I try to keep it down to ONE novel lol

Just look at that PURPLE on the Dat!! Did you cut back the calyx?

the ROS in white is GREAT! Do you ever get seeds Daniella? I have the purple one and sure would not mind having a white one too :-) Oh no I am hitting on folks today for seeds :-( Sorry I guess I have a bad day today.

WOW is all I can say to the mass growing of the Rudbackia!! and I really really love it that you put the names to the pictures in the album :-)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh looks like nap time for Swiper ..CUTE!!

Man I do love your Hardy Hibiscus'!!!! One prettier then the other!

Did you grow most from seeds or buy them ? The shots from the pink tropical Hibiscus are just awesome. What a great eye you got!

Of course the angels are just that...angels and I love them and so nice to see yours are spreading their wings so beautifully :-)

Some pictures you take turn out to be super and funny like the last one and did you PLAN on it turning it out like that? Probably not right?

Daniella thank you..I for one did not groar lol. I LOVE seeing your gorgeous garden with all those awesome plants, ponds...but no boots lol

Lucy

OMG I am so sorry!! I forgot to mention in my original post that that Dwarf Cavendish is from Theresa!! I think I have it in the title in my PB, but I cant believe I forgot to tell you all! She sent me a pup, and as you all can see, mostly I wanted you to see Theresa, how well he's doing. I wanted to put him inground, but I didnt know ehere I could fit him! lmao!
Thanks Theresa :)

Lucy, yes I get seeds every year from my ROS's. I will save you some white ones!
OK in response to your novella..lol..
The hib in the 1st pic..no clue, lol. I can tell you it's a hardy Hib, and was started from seed last spring, given to me by my mom's neighbor. None of them bloomed last year, but they are just starting up now, they are all over 5' tall, the one is almost 6' I think, and loaded with buds.
3rd row 3rd pic is another Hardy hib from that same batch of hardy mixed hib seeds.

The Iochroma I started from seed Theresa shared with me..I started the seeds in Feb I think? hold on I have to look in my book..yes in Feb 09. It's almost 6' not including the pot. I wish it would bloom already!!

No, I did not cut back the calyx on that purple dat, and thank you for reminding me..I have to go out and see if its open yet for a pic..lol..I went out b4 w/the camera, and wouldnt ya know I got to the middle of the yard and said "Why the hell am I out here??" Went back inside, lol.

That Rudbeckia is Out Of Control!! lol, but I love the sea of yellow. A storm flattened half of it, or it would really be something to look at.

The pink tropical hibs I bought at Lowe's. They were on clearance for $9. When I saw the colors, I had to have them. Those white streaks, and that beautiful bright pink..it had to be mine. lol

Thank you Lucy, O and no, we didnt plan on that last pic coming out like that. DD was playing around and had that thing on her face, her head with me taking all sorts of pix, it was hysterical. Then she stuck it on me and took a pic, when we loaded it on the comp we were crackin up when we saw DS's shirt there.

I'll work on that 'boots' pic for ya! lol!

Did I answer everything?? lol

So Daniella I wonder if the seeds from hardy hibiscus' or any others...do not come true to the parent....especially when pollinated by nature? Oh talking about pollinating. I was watching this big bumble bee on the purple hibiscus this morning. You know how they have the long loaded pollen stem right. Well it had pollen all over the legs and body that it had a hard time taking off and had to land on some leaves in between blooms roflmao

WOW that is AWESOME that the Iochroma grew that fast from seed!! I wonder if anybody knows how long it takes them to bloom from seed?

lol yes I am a very satisfied Gardener now lol

Lucy

Great pics! That dat looks really dark. I really like the 3rd shot first row of Str & Crm.

Love them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last one is my very fav !! Too cute !!

Hey! I really enjoy your flowers! :)
Keep those pictures comeing,there
all so pretty!
Susan

Lucy, I also get plenty of seeds from neighbor's White ROS. If you would like some additional seeds let me know. I have a 10" volunteer on my side of the fence, right now, I could dig up and send you if you'ld like.

Daniella, the purple dat is awesome. Do they only open in the evening as well? Are they fragrant? Prolific bloomers? I also like the strawberries n cream alot and how you post the different phases. Are you into herpetology? My first true passion. From 5 years of age when I would catch green anoles put them in the window and watch them eat the flies that I allowed to enter the house by running in and out all day. My entire childhood studying reptiles and thier captive husbandry requirements. I bought the first reptiles mag, and subscribed to the first 4 years. One day I will have my reptile room but, I have a long way to go.

Daniella,
Your flowers are groaningly beautiful!!!! Is the pink & white stripe flower a 4'oclock? I like it!!! Can't wait to see your purple datura open! Strawberry Cream is very pretty! We love your pictures especially the ones with critters! LOL!!!
Joyce

thanks guys :)

Shawn, that's one of my fav shots too. I had it as my bkgrnd for a few days, then I took that pic of the tropical hib..6th row 3rd pic..and now thats my bkgrnd...for now, lol.

Lucy, as far as seeds coming true from the parent hib..I dont know?

Thanks Edna, I wish I could post the pix of my daughter with the cicada shell, they are funny..but I don't post the kids..ya know there are weirdos out there, and so I dont like to put the kids pix up.

Thanks Susan :)

Brandon, yes they open in the evening, that one didnt open last night, hoping on tonight, the purples are fragrant, but I like the yellows best for the fragrance. None of my yellow seeds took this year. waaahhh!
I LOVE critters of all kinds. Frogs are my fav, but I like everything..even spiders..unless they are on me, lol. I just know what I know, ya know? I don't really get into studying them, just enjoying them. I have basic knowledge, if I dont know something I will look it up. My kids are critter lovers as well. I've always thought it was important for them to get out there in nature, go for adventures and find what we could all find together, go critter hunting, lol..BUT I also have taught them the importance of respecting nature, and not to disturb it..if you move a rock, you put it back..dont touch something if you dont know what it is, yadda yadda yadda.
OK so I admit, we sometimes disturb it by catching a critter and bringing it home to observe it for a bit, but we let them go right back where we got them..except for right now. We have the most adorable Dekay's Brown Snake, a little 4" or so baby. We are breaking the rules this one time and I set up a tank for DD so she can keep him. At first I said, 'you have to let him go after a couple days, right where we got him, you know the rules'. When it came time to let him go, DD was OK with it, tho not happy..but I said 'wait!!! OK we can keep him' She named him 'Shivvery'. We've had them before, I've never had a problem letting a critter go back into the wild, but for some reason, I couldnt let this one go.
Do you have anything right now?

Joyce, thanks :) Yes it is a 4:00.

Beautiful...Beautiful!! You are strutting your STUFF. Your
flowers are so refreshing to look at, Daniella.
Margaret

D,

WOW!!!! Them there sum bootyful flowrz.....I specially love them there 'Musa'...
You gots you a great friendz wit Theresa...LOL..

But seriously, some really good shots in that bunch, lovin' the garden orb spider too...

-Scott

Girl, you got the power!!!

Just fantastic!!

Hey, I got my first 2009 seedling Y!!! I was so relieved I didn't notice the cross!

congrats Brenda!!! SO exciting!!
So, whats the cross?? whats the cross???

Thanks Scott, he's cool isnt he? Yeah, Theresa's my best bud :)

Thanks Margaret..not so refreshing to have to go out and water 3x a day in this heat, lol.. It's 92 already, wonder how high its gonna go today..they said it was only supposed to go to 88, but they have been so wrong all summer, always almost 10 degrees off...whats wrong with these weather people?
A couple more things to do and then me n the kiddies are jumpin in the pool...

thanks guys! :)

BEAUTIFUL as Always D!!!! I love the last shot.... Your kids have the best Mommy!!! she is CRAAAZZZY!!! LOL

Kylie

thanks Momma..lol..I'm postin a lil something for ya in a new thread! hehehe

Beautiful blooms Dani! I love the Strawberry Cream and can't wait for mine to bloom!

Pam

Thanks Pam..I think my fav out of that bunch has to be the NOIDB..I have a few NOID's so they each get a letter, lol..A,B,C etc...
But the NOIDB, such wiiiiide blooms, they've got to be aprox 7-8" wide. They all smell lovely though!

This is the NOIDB last night,

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The leaves in front there are Thalia Dealbata in the pond..big leaves, and that bloom is like 2' behind those leaves, just to kinda give ya an idea on the size..I'd have to get in the pond at night to measure, so I havent, lol. Where I have that one situated it's not easy to get to the blooms.

The Strawberry Cream has smaller blooms than I expected. But smells nice!

No haven't had anything for about 12 years now (since I started working). I am baby sitting a buddy's ball python right now, while he's out of town. I have previously had pretty much anything indigenous to SE GA. Corn snakes, Florida King, eastern diamond back, eastern indigo, gravid garter snake, chicken snake, black racer, scarlet snake, water snake five lined skink, broad headed skink, brown skink, six lined race runner, river kooter, box turtle, mud turtle, snapper, florida soft shell. I think that covers most. and I always let them go when I was done observing them. I've also had Ball python, Northern blue tongue skinks, Tokay and bibrons geckos, etc. When ever i set up my reptile room I want to get a pair of womas (beautiful python from australia) and some new caledonia giant geckos (largest gecko can weigh over a pound), would like to do some tegus outdoors, etc. All captive bred of course. Sorry yall, almost forgot I was in brug forum. Um, I like that bright blue in the 8th row, 3rd pic. haha

rofmao and I thought I was in the wrong forum myself just now ha ha ha ha

Lucy

Daniella,
I really do like your NOIDB too! Very pretty! I like that darker edging & of course pink is a great color!
Joyce

Cool Brandon! You had some great stuff! You ever have an african bullfrog? those things are fugly! They look like lil jabba the hutts, lol. tho they arent so little. My brother had one, that thing was so huge man..so dang fat it couldnt even move..maybe it could but it never did that I saw. Just his head. My brother would hand feed him mice. He was like 12 at the time, who knows maybe in his warped head it was an experiment to see how fat the thing could actually get, lmao.
LOL, skinks..lmao..I had a nightmare once a couple years ago about skinks, GIANT skinks I was trapped in a gorge with a whole like nest of 'em..prob about 40, and they wanted to eat me.. They were so freakishly huge it was like they shoulda been from a Godzilla movie. I have weird dreams. But I cant forget that one for some reason.
If you dont mind me asking, how old are you?

aah, we talk about everything here! lol!

thanks Joyce :)

Naw, never had one but, seen them on nature when i was a kid. They had extremely voracious appetites. That programmed showed them eating ...well all i can remember are a snake and each other. They said if it can fit in thier mouth they will eat it. Your brother is lucky he still has all his fingers :) Haha, you would love the northern blue tongues then. They get to about 28 inches long and probably as big around as your forearm. Second only in size to the solomon island skink which can reach up to 32 inches in length and weigh a couple pounds. I'ld like to have a pair of them as well. They are primarily herbivorous but the blue tongues probably wouldn't pass up a good daniella salad :) I have some strange dreams too. Especially when I'm TDY. 31 years old now how bout you?

Haha, sorry Lucy. I never really talk on here much cause Danielle (DGF) gripes about how much time i spend on here just reading. She says "are you cheating on me again". Pretty sad I have to tell her "I'm just looking at porn" to keep her off my back. haha. I'm out of town right now and doin as much talkin as I can before I get back home :)

Brandon you just do all the talking you want...I even read everything :-)) DGF should be happy you are at this great place instead of porn sites ha ha ha ha

My DH got used to me spending time here...he knows it is my passion...Gardening and sharing it with all of you

Be safe Brandon

Lucy

lol, I hear ya Brandon..I get the same thing, tho not so much anymore..I agree, your gf should be happy you're here, its so innocent here. Is she into plants at all, she should come on!
I just had my 33rd bday a couple weeks ago. I figured you for about 32 cuz of the work thing you mentioned.
I prob wouldnt mind them in real life, but in my dream they were just plain evil. daniella salad, lol. AACCKK!!
All bullfrogs are greedy pigs..my native bullfrog (Frodo) in the pond ate a bird this morning. I'd rather a bird than my fish! Bad enough he ate my baby painted turtle when we first brought the BF home. Treated him for 2 days, then into the pond he went..an hour later..no baby Artie..just a bullfrog with a very big belly.

She was a little but I think I kind of turned her off from plants. Early on I contradicted everything she wanted to do in the yard. She always wanted to put things where they would be most asthetically pleasing and I always wanted to put things where I thought they would thrive. I want to spend all my money on plants and cutting down trees and she wants me to do crazy stuff with it, like fix the house :) I've since seen the er in my ways but recovery has been a slow process. I'm trying to get her back into it. I spend alot of time out in the yard and I would like to be able to enjoy that with her. That's a shame about Artie. I remember when I was a boy, my Grandpa ran over a massive bullfrog with his tractor. As soon as I found it I was obsessed with catching one that big. Every weekend I would spend all day crawling through the 16 inch corogated drain pipe under his driveway but they were way too quick for me. Ah, the good ole days.

Thanks Lucy, I think she's pretty understanding. She just likes to give me hell. I do need to spend a little less time on here though. She has brought it to my attention that because I am a man, I am incapable of multi tasking. If my mind is elsewhere I literally cant hear her. Ladies, go easy on your men in these situations. I swear we cant even help it. Ya'll cant just start up idle conversation. You must first snap us out of our trance :) Apparently, while women are more adept to multi tasking due to evolving to clean house/ hut/ tee pee, taking care of youngins, preparing dinner, men evolved to focus extremely well on one thing, catching dinner. According to some book she read. Makes since