Daniella I know you are SO waiting for Brug blooms. But my gosh just look WHAT is all blooming for you! How beautiful. I fell in love with that pink rose instantly. That is a terrific shot! Do you mind if I use it as a desktop background. It is PERFECT .

I bought some KMOTGG seeds a few weeks ago. I can not wait to grow this one.

Also love the EE in the barrel...great idea and that way I can put it in the middle of the yard. I found out that they do not like it when they touch anything. Let alone the house wall.

thanks and you wait and....ok you ARE waiting lol...and see. Your angels WILL make you feel like you are in heaven. If the time is right. Daniella it was and is still a strange year for our poor brug babies!

Lucy

Daniella everything looks great. I didn't know you had so many dats. Is that EE in water? Or soil and water? I am gonna have to get some EEs to try next year, I really like the black ones. I hope you get to see some brug blooms before frost! For me, most of the ones that were bought as plants from SS bloomed early, but the ones I grew from cuttings took longer, some just getting ready to flush now. Plus the broadmite problem didn't help..... had I known what broadmites were earlier, I could have taken care of the problem earlier and maybe had blooms earlier. Any buds on Chantilly Lace or Emerald Frost?
Shawn

By any chance, would you be in a position to send me some of the double purple and double yellow dat seeds? My 2 1/2 yr. old son loves the smell of the dats. He calls them "Froop loops", relating the smell to Fruit Loops. I'd gladly compensate you for the cost incurred.

I love those fall colors. I actually remembered to cut my mums back this season. I usually forget. Do you treat your roses with fungicides? They look so nice. I just can't grow them. I didn't realize that KMOTGG had a scent. I'll have to go check it out. I love the passies. I can't believe how many different color and shape blooms came from that cross. There's at least 5 I've seen with significant differences.

Beautiful pics Daniella. Everything looks great!

Thanks GG, I don't mind at all if you use that pic for your background :). Yeah, I put them too close in the corner this year, and they wound up pushing up against the chain link fence there, next year I will put them somewhere else. But def in the barrel again.

Thanks Shawn, the EE is in half composted manure, half household compost, mixed real good, and topped with about 2" of sand. The barrel has no holes in it, so the soil stays pretty moist. I only had to water on the hottest days. But the roots on that thing are monsters, man. They are pushing out of the cracks in the slats towards the top. There were a few spaces at the top 3" of the barrel, and I had sealed them up with silicone, but the roots are just pushing right through. I dread taking that out of there.

Gram, I don't have any seeds yet, but I do have pods. I plan on bringing the plants in if a frost comes and keep em going till the pods ripen. So if you can wait, I will write it down, & I will let you know when they are ready.

Thanks Karyn, no I don't use any fungicides on the roses, the only thing I had to use on them was soapy water for the aphids. Japanese beetles were out of control on them this year for about a month, but then they subsided. Never have I had them SO bad. Think this was just a bad bug year all around.
As for the passies, I noticed that the flowers are a lil dif on each vine, some are a tad lighter in color than others, but for the most part they pretty much all are darker now than their first blooms. Some blooms have dif height to them as well. Hard to tell which vine is which tough, because they are all so inter-twangled..yeah its a word, I just made it up, lol.

Thanks Kristy :)

Question...can I have the dats go dormant like brugs? I'm thinking about trying that since I will most likely be bringing them in to get the pods anyway..I may as well just throw em with the brugs..anyone do this or know about it? I am thinking if I do this, and it works I may have earlier blooms on them next year.

Wow, Daniella, Jersey doesn't seem so crappy (your word) now! Everything is so beautiful. I really love that first Dahlia. I never knew what a Dahlia was, until I started seeing some pics, on this forum. I have lived around the corner from Dahlia St., in Palm Beach Gardens, for 14 years, and always wondered! Now I am in wonder! It also amazes me that you are worried about the first frost, and still have so many beautiful flowers in bloom. I'll never believe you again, when you say "crappy Jersey".

Bob

Daniella, beautiful pictures. The dalias are very nice. The EE is huge. Are they not hardy in your zone ?

All your blooms are so pretty Daniella. Hate that you are having to worry about frost already. Hopefully it will hold off for awhile so you can see your brug bloom.

Thanks Bob, it IS crappy, I promise!!lmao!
My dahlias last year were much better, but I lost them all over the winter. This year I will try to leave them inground, mulched well. I would rather have them die out there then in my house. Someone has told me a better way to store them indoors, so I might try it with a couple, like my Tahiti Sunrise and that first NOID dahlia posted here. That one is over 6' right now. Most arent blooming as they really took a beating with the tropical storms that came up this way.

Thanks Edna, I don't think the EE is. I think the zone is 7b and up. If I had it inground I would try and just mulch it really well, but I know there is no way it would make it in the barrel. There is no way in heck I am trying to move that barrel, lol.

Thanks Deb, we had a couple nights already in the 40's and it made me panic a bit. For the last week or so nights have been in the 50's, but..ya never know. Weather has been freaky this year. I am hoping it will be like last year where everything will still be good outside till the end of November. cross your fingers for me..I need brug blooms!!

Daniella~You have done a really nice job with all your plants.Your EE is huge!!!Dats are looking good too.Hope the frost holds out for a bit longer so your brugs will bloom.

Rigo

Very nice Daniella, daturas tend to slow down when the temps. get cooler. Glad to see yours are still blooming.

WOW!!! So many different things blooming...Beautiful colors... I love the Rose!!!
Kylie

Daniella

Have you been holding out on us?? Wow! Beautiful! I have to say I love them all! lol! Especially the orange Dahlia! He looks so majestic! The 'dats' look great! Don't you love them?? Passies & morning glories?? I'm jealous! :) Everything looks great!! Thank you for sharing with us!

Mike

Daniella, I put my triple yellow datura in the garage with the brugs last year and basically ignored it. Gave it a smalla amount of water occasionally and it did fine. Didn't help it bloom much sooner though but it had babies come up in the pot so I got more plants that way. Good luck on the Brug blooms. I am finally getting some if the bugs will stop eating them.

thanks guys!

Kristy, I will try that then, I feel better about doing it knowing you have already done it successfully. Thanks :)

Thanks Mike..no I havent been holding out, lol. Been a crappy year for the plants, all around. Dahlias do their best in fall. Mine are trying to come back from their beatings they took. Gotta love those dats! Sent u an email earlier today.

All very pretty Dianiella! Your EE's are huge -- what a lovely, tropical site!

All of your flowers are wonderful, you certianly have a green thumb!!!!

Mary

thanks El & Mary :) I wish it was a more tropical site. Still alot of work left here. I am really basically still starting out. Only been working on the yard for a few years, and with a tight budget to work with, its slow going..a little more each year..by time I get it to how I want it we'll probably be ready to move, lol.

Love the rose! look like some type of cabage rose, and the dalia are so pretty. My elephant ear never got that big, what do you feed them?

oh Hong I love the rose too. Looks OH SO pretty as my desktop picture.
Daniella perfect shot. smack right in the middle of the screen :-) You see this perfect rose. With such a beautiful color.
Just thought I tell you that I start my day with YOU in mind lol

Lucy

Thanks HOng, I havent fed the EE regularly as I should have, actually not at all. It is planted in half composted manure, and half household compost, topped off with sand.

Thank you GG :) O if you could only smell that rose! You have to put it right up to your nose to get the scent, but its really nice. Then again, I think something is wrong with my sniffer, I have to get closer than most people it seems. So maybe to others the scent is stronger..o, does it matter? lol.
It still has a great scent :)