Blooms...I need blooms....Winter is too long!
Have to have a few just to get by
Front area
Then the bed that has had a lot of changes...right front some of the old ones are moved or gone...even Rose F Kennedy had to move to the front more...to get out of blueberry shade.
You can see where the blueberries had encroached on the flowers, so had to move some and some had to be divided.
Above is some of the back area with Barney and Shake the Mountain blooming well.
And this is a side back bed with Brave World..one of the first named varieties I bought and Shelby in the right foreground...new last year..Tiger Ryver and Primal Scream add their own color.
And the brilliant color of Rocket Blast that bloom and re-blooms.
I would like to see very beginning of the season of the season in the left back are across from iris row.
I want blooms! How about you.
kay
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Comments (10)Wood lady, You enclosed your breezeway. So I assume they aren't getting the temp fluctuations they need. That's likely why they haven't bloomed in combination with not enough light. You can put them outside in an area where they get a couple hours of morning sun (sunrise-11am) or evening sun (5pm until sunset). Protection from rain is critical if where you live gets frequent summer rain. It's not as serious if the rain is infrequent, as long as the rain occurs in the first half of the day (2nd half of the day the plant might not dry out fast enough and could result in rot). Otherwise you'll have to wick waster out of the crown to prevent crown rot. The most ideal scenario is under a porch where it'll get the morning/evening sun but none during the peak hours between 12-4pm. And won't get rained on....See MoreUnmechanical newbie chick needs advice (long)
Comments (9)It's been a while since I read the Skippy site so I went back to see what if anything it said. Sure enough, it had suggestions. See below. Of course a lot depends on the amount of stuff that ends up in the pond and how much filter material you have and how much water is being pumped. Mine often depends on the mood of the local raccoons. No two ponds are ever exactly alike. Remember, this hobby has variables. I have 1,000 gallons in the pond, a 100 gallon Skippy and a 1582 gph pump. I use a separate small pump for a UV light. Sometimes I hook up a floating skimmer which is pretty much a waste of money unless I can figure a way to make it more useful. One of these days I will make the pond bigger because the fish are getting huge. I may just add a couple more Skippys to make a bunch of catch basins for waterfalls. Sandy "Parts list: A Rubbermaid stock tank. -- Old Style -- New Style. They come in sizes 70gals, 100gals, 150gals, and 300gals. (Also available is a 50gal size but we find it too shallow to be used as a filter.) Which one is best for you? Of course the size you will need is dependant on the size of your pond. The bigger the pond the bigger the filter you will need. Makes sense, but, how about a rule of thumb? Let us say this first, these filters really work. We have a few thousand in use at this point and have not had a single failure. That is, every one we have put in is working as expected. Actually, using the S.A.G. approach (Smart As_ Guess) we think the following will work: Updated as we have found these filters to work better than even we expected... 70 gal size filter at least to a 2000 gallon pond size 100 gal size filter at least to a 3000 gallon pond size 150 gal size filter at least to a 4500 gallon pond size If you need a larger filtration system, we now suggest that you build two 150 gallon size filters. Worst case: If you built a filter so small that it did not work for your pond, you could just build another and connect it to the first one and double the capacity of the filtration process. Or, add another in a different area of your pond, doubling the filtering capacity and adding more circulation."...See MoreGarden Weddin June 23, 2007 - Need help now :-) [Long]
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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8 years agoBeautiful pics as always Kay! Here are a few of mine. Marg
This is one of my favorite beds. The 2 yellow ones are my tallest ones.
This is a shot of some of my seedling beds.
My new seedlings, most of which will flower this summer.
Brad KY 6b
8 years agoEnjoying the garden views! I don't generally take many garden views, but here's a couple. Though this isn't everything, it is close to it. It's called lack of space due to a small yard, and I still have younger kids [We have 7 kids, 4 grown, 3 at home ages 10, 14, 16] so I can't possibly take up the whole yard. I do cringe when they throw footballs around, or play badminton or volleyball, but I keep reminding myself the kids are more important than the flowers. Fortunately they usually do this the most in early spring before bloom season.
organic_kitten
8 years agoBrad KY 6b
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Cindy zone 6a
8 years agoSo good to see so many daylilies in the garden settings. I will add a few.
this is an early spring shot, I have over 3,000 daffodils in my gardens. Bowie is sitting on the boardwalk.
This is the road side flower bed. I have a large island bed, along with foundation plantings all around the house.
Another view of the road side. I have one bed dedicated to just pink daylilies.
Cindy zone 6a
8 years agoMore pictures. I lost my ability to write anything.
Daylilies lakeside.
The benches are off the deck, because I was expecting a strong wind storm. I also take down the hanging baskets and flags.
Another spring shot.
organic_kitten
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Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
8 years ago
Love love love the photos and kitty. Give us a break here record snows in the south. You guys need to warm up or theirs no hope for us up here.
By the way I think I now why the lack of color on this screen bothers me so much. The gray wording looks like the trees, shrubs and highway outside at this time of year. The print background looks the sky outside. The white looks like snow. This reminds me of WINTER! yuck
Try for pics here to share as others have done.
Won't let me load more than two at a time.
Patty W. zone 5a Illinois
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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8 years agoPatty W. zone 5a Illinois
8 years agoNancy
8 years agomarricgardens
8 years agoGoing thru all my pictures has given me the opportunity to see what I need to do this spring, hopefully I'll have time to do everything I'd like to do. Don't we all want that? Anyway, here are a few pics I'll leave as they are. Enjoy, marg
Heuchera I think is Frosted Morning, white MG Columbine, nigella and calendula
Magnus and White Swan Echinacea with Russian Sage in the middle
My favorite combo
Goldsturm Rudbeckia with Okie Dokie geranium, marigolds and calendula
Lady's Mantle in front of Queen Josephine clematis
Sweet William with East Freisland Salvia
Couldn't leave off without showing one of my favorite daylilies, Kwanso.
organic_kitten
8 years agoJulia WV (6b)
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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
8 years agoBeautiful garden shots. You all have a more artistic eye at arranging plants than we do. We also don't have the skill to make attractive landscaped beds. We just stick the daylilies in rows. Most of the other plants we grow in the summer are in pots on the patio.
If you look past the weeds, you might see some daylilies in there. This is one of our beds for named cultivars.
Here is a shot of one of the miniature beds--a mixture of diploid and tetraploid varieties.
This is one of the seedling beds. It will be plowed under after the daylilies bloom this summer and we remove any chosen for further evaluation.
This is one of my husband's hedychiums. It is Hedychium rubrum. He grows many gingers and this is one of his favorites.
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