Sharon, your Fiesta Pink-Not-Purple is blooming more than mine, and mine is not so pink! I guess it has a touch more purple in the mix! I love that Morden Canary, too. Definitely on the "Wants List"! :)

Looks great Sharon... Your sedum is farrer ahead than mine..Still only buds on mine stonecrops..
Here's a few blooms for this week..
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Lobelia Cardinalis.. Year 3 and still here..

Great pics Sharon and Kat!

Well I finally picked up my camera yesterday for the first time after I fell. It seems to be working....with some slight differences....but at least its working.

Here are some pics for this week.

Rudbeckia....a little dark because I forgot to use fill flash.
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Perennial baby's breath still going strong.....with iceland poppy blowing in the wind.
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Hollyhock....these poor things have rust this year.
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Citronella lily
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Tiger lilies

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nasturtium
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Dahlia
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Part of the garden...tee hee
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Sierra

Sierra, that last picture looks like a Monet! I think you should be hanging that one on the wall......I know I would.
Sharon, your mums look great. Just wondering how long you've had them, as mine never seem to last more than 2 years?
Everybody still has so much colour in their gardens yet. Mine is really starting to dwindle due to not having any rain yet in August. I've only been watering the newly planted stuff, so anything older isn't blooming like it should.
But, here's what's new this week.

Ligularia 'Desdemona'

Clematis 'Duchess of Albany'

In front is a perennial statice that I've always called Seafoam. It's not German statice, but it dries well too.

Yeeeaaah, I finally have blooms on my 'Tardiva' hydrangea! Every other year the grasshoppers have eaten the buds.
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Laurie

Not many new flowers coming on this week..one orinetal lily from a bag of wal-mart cheap buys a couple years ago
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A tiger lily just opening up
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A couple of the single bi-annual Hollyhocks
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my duchesse asters from last year reseeded themselves...with a slight colour veriation
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One of the purple Daturas has put on a good show this year...it has 12 flowers/buds on it right now
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Ive only had a couple of the yellow daturas bloom so far this summer
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The brachycome has bloomed all summer long..this one is my favorite colour
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---savona---

Very lovely!

Thanks for posting a pic of the Dianthus amurensis, Sharon. I have some seeds to sow for next year (never got them sowed this year). Love the view pics, as well - I always like to see the big picture, how plants are used, etc. Your landscapes look wonderful.

I used to grow Morden Fiesta and found it to be a really robust plant, outlasting any of the other Mordens which eventually died off (yellow, red, white). I made an oops a few years back, dug all the Fiestas to move them, left them on the side of the greenhouse and then forgot about them for a few days - needless to say they didn't care to be left unplanted and forgotten about for so long. In case anyone doesn't know, chrysanthemums root about as easy as a petunia cutting so it's an easy way to multiply your stock.

Way to go on the Lobelia, Kat.

Sierra, I completely agree with Laurie on that last pic - it does look like a Monet. Very nice.

Laurie, your Seafoam is Limonium latifolium. I have some as well and to dry it, I wire it onto a grapevine wreath while it's fresh and pliable and allow it to dry on the wreath - it doesn't get damaged like it does trying to work with it after it dries. German statice and baby's breath works really well this way, too, with some annual statice or sea holly, globe thistle, or strawflowers thrown in for colour, you got yourself wreaths that people pay money for, or at least admire greatly when they're hanging in your house.

Thanks Pudge, I've just made a new name tag for it. Very smart idea about putting it on the wreath while it's green......it's very brittle when dry.

Great pics, everyone. Savona, your brachycome is lovely--I love that color, too. Sharon, I believe the sedum is 'Autumn Joy'. Kat, is your #1 echinacea 'Magnus'? Looks just like my 'Magnus'...

Thanks Laurie and Pudge.....I'm glad you like it. I don't get to use that technique very often....but it works well in the garden. :-)

Sierra

WOW, such breath-taking blooms EVERYONE! I especially love the rudbeckia's! So bright and cheerful. I think I have some rudbeckia (Autumn Sun???) that should bloom next year I guess. I can't wait now! LOL I love the chrysanthemums too! Very pretty.

Why do these threads cause me to add to my Wish List all the time?? LOL Let me see, I'll be adding dutchess asters... brachycome... rose of sharon... etc! LOL

This week I've had some new stuff open up. It's been quite exciting because I didn't expect to see much considering the weather we are seeing!

Ang

*** not sure why everything went centered and my comment under the belamcanda chinensis disappeared and I can't seem to be able to fix it! ***

Maybe my Morden Fiesta is not what its supposed be, maybe the tag got mixed up and I got Morden Candy instead. Laurie, my Morden Canary is in its second year and the Fiesta is in its first. I didnÂt want to hear that they donÂt last too long. LOL

Kat, IÂm going to have to try again with the Lobelia cardinalis next year, I think IÂve found the perfect spot for it, right under the water faucet where the hose drips ;)

Savona, did you get a new camera, your pics are so precise nowadays. Love the Brachycome!

Elvis, IÂm not quite sure if this one is ÂAutumn JoyÂ, my other ÂAJÂs in the garden have not yet turned red, they also have thicker leaves, more stockier than this one. This one has smaller leaves, more upright, red stems?

Crazy, love your white twirly Aster!

Sierra ,cool Monet masterpiece, how much do you think you can get on Ebay! LOL

Sharon

My sister-in-law had a sedum looking similar to the one in Sharon's picture. She told me it was "Autumn Joy", but it looks quite different from my Autumn Joys. My Autum Joy sedum are much stockier and the flower is just barely starting to turn color. I don't remember my sil's sedum having the red stems, though. Maybe I will check the Bluestone Perennial site, they usually have a nice variety of sedum.

My garden's losing steam... boo...my roses are in their fall flush and look great except their foliage is too awful to photograph :(

I see everyone else's gardens are still going strong! Looking good everyone!

Ang, is your cobaea a "cobaea scandens"? I tried to grow that one year and it produced masses of really gorgeous foliage but no flowers. I might even grow it again just for the leaves. Is that first orange pic your Belamcanda Chinensis from last week? It's so pretty!

Sierra that last pic is soooo cool, I would hang it on the wall!

My two great successes this week are:
1) My new lupine bloomed! yay! I always wanted lupines! I like the purple too. It's still very small - maybe will be bigger next year.

2) MY FIRST FOXGLOVES ever! I loooove them! Thank you all who advised me which species to look for this spring - this one is Foxy. Someone posted one earlier this month that was white with pink dots - not sure why mine's so pink...

I've got some more pictures to share. the first is a phlox "David"

This is actually 3 half barrels and in there are 3 Datura that are hidden by the tidal wave cherry petunias

My pond that I flooded and killed the fish

My Northern Star Lily

Clematis Polish Spirit

Garden Angels among the Stella D'Oro

My Canna Lily that hasn't even got flower stalk yet

Hi Stanly
Love your pictures!! I have a Polish Spirit clematis but it didn't bloom because I just planted it this year. Nice to see what color the blooms will be.

Your canna will bloom next year if you start it in a warm place in early March. With luck by mid July.

I also have the same white phlox but it had no name when I bought it. Mine is blooming up a storm also right now too. I am going to get some other colors next year.

Cheers Al

In under the wire again! :)

Here is a link that might be useful: The latest pics

I hope the weather holds out for another several weeks. I've got two Cannas and one has a flower stem on it so maybe in a week or so. The Phlox were Canadian Tire specials that I bought for $2.00 each in 1 gallon containers last year. There are also some purple ones and pink ones. Will have to take some pictures of those.

Marciaz3, your flowers are beautiful. I really like the variety you have

Thanks, Stanly! And thanks to everyone here, because seeing your pictures over the past couple of years has caused me to look for and plant all kinds of different things!

Wow, I seriously love everyone's flowers and gardens. These threads always give so much inspiration.

Stanly, your pond is so nice... too bad about the fish though.

Hi Northspruce! Yes my cobaea is "cobaea scandens" which I started up indoors in early April. I will certainly start this earlier next year. But, I am thrilled to have a bud on it! I just checked it a few minutes ago and it IS getting bigger... I MAY post a bloom picture yet!
*** fingers crossed ****

Yes, that first picture of mine is the "belamcanda chinensis" which I just LOVE! It is actually producing more buds. I'm sure glad I tossed those seeds I was giving up on in the garden that day!

Ang

Stanly - I like your clematis...but did the color come though accurately? A nice med-light blue? My 'Polish Spirit' is purple...and the typical small flowered form of a viticella.
Jan

Dentaybow, yes that is exactly what color it is however, I know what you mean. Several years ago, I had another Polish Spirit and I thought it was much the same as the Jackmanii. My daughter bought one from the same store, at the same time but hers is just about to flower so I'll know in the next few days. I think I may have one that has been mislabelled. I'll have to do a search on a clematis website to see if there is another one that is blue like that. What ever it is, it sure is nice.

Hi guys,
Here are some from my garden.
My record keeping has been non existent so while I think that the lilies are "Casa Blanca" and "Stargazer" orientals I cannot guarantee that.
The Morden Sunrise rose has taken on a pinkish blush with the cooler weather and the last one is a phlox.
Click on thumbnails to see full photo.

Ian

Wow, gorgeous Oriental Lilies Al! Are you sure you're not gardening in zone 5! LOL Your plants are always outstanding!

Stanly, your Polish Spirit is awesome too! Wasn't it the late Dr. Skinner that hybridized PS? Or I'm I thinking of another clematis that starts with P. LOL, all the same it sure is the bluest clematis I've ever seen....at first glance I thought it was a ÂHeavenly Blue Morning Glory. LOL I will have to look for this one next year!

NS, Foxy Foxgloves come in a blend of lavender, cream, yellow, pink and magenta, so if you started them from seed or bought them as a Foxy Mix, youÂll never know what youÂll end up till they bloom and out of all the colours, I like the magenta the best. Congratulations on your first Lupin bloom, donÂt forget to let them self seed so that you have a bigger patch next year and the years to come.

Marcia, lovely as ever and your garden too ;)

Sharon

Oh....Sharon..wish you hadn't mentioned Skinner. I had forgotten to add his Clematis à diversifolia 'Blue Boy' to my list. Like I need to add another bush-type clematis! Skinner has a fascinating history as a hybridizer and has introduced so many great garden cultivars.

'Polish Spirit' was raised by Franczak (Finland) in 1984. I did come across one source that says it may be a 'Jackmanii' type. Interesting since the usual and customary thought is that it is a viticella.
Jan

Here is a link that might be useful: Clematis Polish Spirit

Jan, it seems to depend on the cross , as to whether the hybrid variety takes on the "bush-type" characteristics, or the vining character. If you really want a bush-type clematis, the hybrid 'Blue Boy' isn't all that representative of the type - it vines as well as any non-bush-type clematis (judging from ours and from photos). The integrifolia heritage comes across very strongly in the flowers, though, and it is a lovely, late-bloomer...and perhaps easier, IMO, to place since it does twine.

Thanks, Lori, for the info on 'Blue Boy'. I agree the twining could be a plus since it sounds like some of the true bush-types need some sort of support to stay upright.
Jan

Oops, where's the edit button?? I just went out and took a closer look at 'Blue Boy' - I take it back - it really isn't very twining at all! (Didn't realize that DH has evidently been pinning it up diligently through the season...and through every previous season, duh.) Without that support, it looks like it would be a sprawler - the stems are really quite stiff. Sorry, must learn some day to observe carefully before commenting!