That Splish Splash is beautiful.

Kiwi in bloom (male), geranium and clematis

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Rina

This post was edited by rina_ on Fri, Jan 30, 15 at 13:54

Catkin,
I am in zone 5 and have yellow loosestrife in my garden. It gets a little crazy with total sun exposure here, mine had sort of fleshy roots. I moved mine out of the sun because they were taking over. I started growing them in the shade. The shade did not affect the flowering here and the foliage looked better also. In the shade they also dont spread as easily. You can see them in the shade in the upper right hand corner of the picture.

Sherry

Baptisia - it is huge, when I stand nearby, it is reaching up to my chest:
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Lupin:
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Early summer:
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Phloxes:
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Perennial bed:
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I love all your picture guys. They are so optimistic, warm and colorful - especially when it is snowing outside (like right now)

gazania, Milkweed and Lobelia - do they overwinter for you?
I tried growing them, but they seem to be annuals in my zone 5 - they never come up in spring

Green, what gorgeous pictures. Everything looks so healthy and happy. Is that Salvia East Friesland in your early summer pic? I have EF in several places and love it. And the phlox is to die for.

Milkweed and Lobelia do overwinter for me, but the Lobelia seem short lived. I get about 3 summers out of it, but it is never as robust as I would like. The Milkweed I have that does best is Asclepia Incarnata, the pink variety. It does better in wetter conditions than the orange Asclepia Tuberosa.

I see a few garden accessories in some of these wonderful pictures. Our cat is a fixture out in our garden.

(He liked that "Walker's Low" so much that it is now plant heaven).

rouge - another attractive orange and purple combination :-)

green

Beautiful flowers, beds, color combinations.

gazania

Love the milkweed. The last photo (pink) is A. Incarnata, right? Georgeous. Did you grow it from seed?

Here is 'gooseneck' loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides) - should be contained since it spreads.

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Rina

Rina, yes the pink is incarnate. I started it from nursery plants. It reseeds itself quite well with no help from me. Easily controlled, not invasive at all. I move the seedlings to where I want them.

another attractive orange and purple combination :-)

You are a clever one aren't you 'woody' :)?

I love your perennial borders, gazania and green_go. How do do you get the flowers in the border to bloom at the same time?

Sherry, what a beautiful space you have there. Can I ask what type of tree is grown close to the bench?

rouge, I agree that your lavender and orange combo is perfect! your cat is too cute! Does he sit there every time you let him out?

This is my first attempt to post pictures, so please bear with me. I bought this hydrangea through the mail as a Forever and Forever red sensation. It is my favorite as it bloomed all summer and the last bloom was opening up at frost time. The bird bath picture has un-named orange day lily,easter lily, laura phlox and balloon flower among others.
The third is a mixture of perennial verbena, phlox, white obedient plant, liatris,vanilla strawberry hydrangea with a few annuals.

photo #2

photo # 3

Spillway into the koi pool.

You clearly have a beautiful property 'wayne'.

(What is that purple flower which is the border in your third picture?)

So pretty!

To clarify, those buildings were from a garden tour last Summer.

Sherry thanks for the scoop on the Loosetrife!

Uh.....not sure!

Love this color!

Crazy sky pic

fresh foliage

Siberian Iris with gold Spirea

Ferns, Hosta, Myrrhis odorata

Aruncus dioicus

No ID hardy Geranium with Campanula persicifolia (Peach Leaf Bellflower)

Campanula lactiflora (Milky Bellflower) 'Loddon Anna' one my faves!

rouge
The border plant is perennial verbena. A friend gave it to me. It was just a single plant for her and she gave me a section of it. It was in a mulched bed and it never spread for her. For me it has spread quite rapidly. Some would not like it for that reason, but it is easy to control and I really like the color. It blooms for quite a long time and re-blooms if sheared back. One of my favorite plants.

Late afternoon camera effects with sunlight during a particularly hot summer.

Cenizo (Barometer Bush) blooming in midsummer after a rain.

Contrasting textures.

This post was edited by TexasRanger10 on Mon, Feb 2, 15 at 12:53

Standing Cypress

Sunset shot from the courtyard

Pink grasses

O. Fragili potato cactus in rock garden

Love the curly tips on this SW native, its one slow grower. Baby Nolina microcarpa that still has as a long way to go as far as filling in but its coming along.

Love seeing those pictures TR et al.

(Who would have thought that a couple of the longest threads would happen in what for most of us is the off season. There was an August into September 83 post thread titled "Phlox Paniculata").

This post was edited by rouge21 on Mon, Feb 2, 15 at 16:09

Tex, your sunset pic is awesome and I'm in love with your pink grass.

Annette

aftermidnight, thank you, my husband has shot lots of sky photos from that corner, its proved to be a good subject. Here is one of my favorites. In actuality, I'm just trying to make this thread lo-o-o-onger because this isn't a garden shot.

Tex that sunset shot is nothing short of incredible! Thanks for sharing!

Yum!

Fuchsia 'Bonanza'

NOID sedum growing over rocks by the pond

Becky Shasta daisy,Blue Hills salvia and orange lilies

This is at my daughters house. Going up the front walk.

hydrangeas

What a a great set of 100+ posts but it is now hard to appreciate as GW will not break up long threads into multiple pages and so for me it takes too long to load and scroll through.

catkin _ You cleary started a thread that is being thoroughly enjoyed by all. Maybe after Rouges comment it is time for part 2 lol!
Your no ID Geranium looks like sanguineum var. striatum
junco1102 - Your Sedum is kamtschaticum. One of my favorites. Here is mine for comparison.

Many don't like daylilies...

Blue & white (not sure about geranium, clump gifted to me without name)

This thread is getting long and difficult for some to load and view so I'll start "Random Garden Photos Part Two"