Things blooming around here

ladylovingdove

14 years ago

Here are some more, enjoy.

Dot

Sacred Ibis

Voila Francois, new here and a beauty

Violet Becomes You

a seedling from last year, that now has my G grandaughters name, Alexandra Paige

Zahadoom

Ellis Powell

Violet Victory

Planet Claire is such a beauty

and last but not least, Texas Painted Eyes

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Comments (17)

jean_ar
14 years ago
WOW!! They are all so beautiful.You certainly have great looking blooms.I think my favorites are VOILA FRANCOIS.My goodness thats a beauty, then I like ELLIS POWELL a lot, too.Very nice.Thanks for the nice show .

Jean
Edward_Kimball
14 years ago
Voila Francois is wonderful. I came very close to buying that one this year. That would have been the first time I bought a new introduction from a hybridizer. Unfortunately my empty bank account had the final say.

Edward
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lalalandwi
14 years ago
Holy smokes! You oughtta warn people before opening up these threads! I feel dizzy, LOL!

Voila Francois looks 10x better than his advertising photo!! He should hire you as their photographer & you could work for free dls...LOL! What a dream job!

This is the 1st time seeing Violet Victory. W/o looking it up, 08 Morss? Love the colors & toothy edge!
MaxBaerHems
14 years ago
ALL of those are Purdy....geeezzzzz Way to go Dot!
tweetypye
14 years ago
Woo Hooo..loving VF..just look at those ruffles!!! You sure have some beauties Dot. I love TPE too, haven't seen that one before.
Thanks for the show.
Jan
newyorkrita
14 years ago
All pretty. Sacred Ibis is my favorite, stunning.
maximus7116
14 years ago
VOILA FRANCOIS is outstanding. I love how the edge isn't just ruffled but is rolled up on itself. Have to go look that one up.
ladylovingdove
Original Author
14 years ago
Well Voila Francois is blooming again with 2 open flowers, ruined by the downpours. Ann and I got this one at about the same time, she loved it and told me she had seen pictures at one of her meetings where Guy Pierce was speaking. She said he had better pics of it than the one on their website. It is very new here, having arrived about a month ago. It immediately sent up a rebloom stalk, they had cut off stalks for shipping. I had to put a rock against it because the flowers were so heavy, it was leaning way over.
I can only imagine how magnificient it will be next year. I saw the first 2 flowers and immediately ran for the camera.
Here are 2 more pictures of it, same 2 flowers.
Lala, yes Morss 08, didn't bloom last year.
OK here they come, the giant pictures of Voila Francois. I see why Francois chose this one to name (he already had one named after him ). Sure wish the downpours this morning hadn't ruined the 2 open flowers this morning, but we needed the rain.

Dot
katlynn719
14 years ago
Dot, What can I say about Voila Francois - WOW! And I love your seedling. Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos.
Kathy
gonegardening
14 years ago
Yours pictures of Voila Francois look as good as it looked in FL! Although...use your imagination...think of thirty or more pots grouped together all blooming...outstanding!

Such pretty pictures! Violet Becomes You seduced me, too...Like that double edge on Ellis Powell and the patterned eye of Texas Painted Eyes.

Always nice to see your pictures.
ladylovingdove
Original Author
14 years ago
Actually I am so impressed with it I'm thinking of ordering more, OMG my bank account.

Dot
farmerbell
14 years ago
I want to second Dot's view of Voila Francois. I certainly don't want to steal her thread but here is VF's first bloom for me on yesterday (poly).

It is truly magnificent!
Ann
nanny56
14 years ago
WOW....I am totally impressed with your seedling Alexandra Paige! I would buy that in a heart beat!!!
ladylovingdove
Original Author
14 years ago
Nanny, thanks for your kind comment on my seedling. My daughter saw the picture and wanted it to be named for her grandaughter, my G grand. I now have 2 fans, up from one last year. It is blooming in a 2 gallon pot and will now go in a five gallon pot. It makes huge fans, I'm just glad it didn't hail last night, we have had huge downpours last night and today, so I am posting a lot of pictures today. I will post my seedlings on another thread, I am busy downloading to Photobucket.
Ann you can steal my thread any time you want, you are such a DEAR friend.

Dot
tarheelbelle
14 years ago
Your photographs are beautiful!! I love every single one of these. Thanks for sharing.
Your seedling is really beautiful - just my colors. :)
Michelle
katladie
14 years ago
Alexandra Paige is drop dead gorgeous.Sacred Ibis, Zahadoom, Planet Claire, and Texas Painted Eyes are awesome. Any of them could live in my garden any day.

Sharon
ladypat1
14 years ago
Absolutely love Voila Francois! I just want to touch it. It looks so soft. UNTIL I remember a thread where people talked about chicken fat! UCK!! Some of you almost ruined beautiful, yellow ruffles for me! :)