Show Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - July 2015 Part II
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moliep
8 years agoSteve, that's a wonderful Asclepias/Fritilarry photograph. Every post of yours seems to remind me of something I should put in my gardens, this time the Asclepias. Plus, your daylily photos motivated me to go out and take some photos of mine that are in bloom.
H. Malaysian Monarch, an absolute favorite because it's so striking and prolific . A few years ago I gave a friend seven extra plants and the clumps filled up the bed of his truck.
H. Victorian Lace was a "freebie" from Maryotts, I think. It was touted as a "white" but the orange tones are very strong.
H. Raspberry Winter is also vigorous and has been spread around our yard.
One of my newest is "Indian Giver", purchased (Along with "Light the Way") from Bloomingfields Farm here in CT. That's a great place for organically grown daylilies.
And finally, this is "Canadian Border Patrol", which is actually more maroon than red.
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Comments (50)On this muggy day it is much nicer to be in your gardens instead of mine! Love all the photos. My planters are looking ratty but I know it's because I haven't kept up with fertilizing. There are annuals planted every year by Blackwater Nursery folks at the junction of Rt 3/4 in Boscawen and it all looks gorgeous. 603, the yellow squash and red kuri look beautiful! nhbabs, that field must be well fertilized. I think that's the tallest corn I've ever seen. I have noticed the small birds seem to be flocking in our yard and going after seeds. I want to cut off the pink tall phlox in the circle bed because it's not supposed to be there, only white, so I don't want any pink seedlings. Of course, now that I'm thinking about it ... maybe the white phlox will have pink seedlings because the pink pollinated it. Rats, didn't think of that before. The pink phlox I planted is about 50 yards away. Usually I have some red peppers by now, at least the Italian kind but nada so far although pepper production has been great. I think cool nights have been a problem. The ones doing best are in the high tunnel with the sides rolled up. With just the plastic roof and back wall (front has a double door that is left open all season) it gets over 100 on a sunny day. Never got any green beans planted except for the ones that didn't germinated (seed too old or maybe not enough water) but the yellow wax were great. Plenty of beets and carrots to pull. Yanked out a cluster of shallots. Planted Moose's Tubers storage potato sampler this year and had a very nice meal of Peter Wilcox/Blue Gold. I did fingerlings last year but only grew one variety this year. A red skinned variety did very well in the high tunnel for some extra early potatoes but I just did two 3' rows. Need more veggie space next year so have added length to a couple of beds, just another three feet using the lasagna method of piling up grass cuttings, old pea vines, kitchen scraps, etc. We don't use a rototiller. Put three mums in planters this week. Alas, fall is coming....See MoreShow Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - July 2015
Comments (27)Beautiful gardens and flower specimens on this thread! Lovely variety. Some 15 years ago, I began creating individual gardens and borders of ornamental trees and shrubs. After reading books about 'gardening as one ages' -authors Sydney Eddison and Isabel Zucker, e.g. - I was even more convinced to follow their sage advice and am glad I did. In that process, while crouching under large rhododendrons one sunny day, I decided I wanted a place/space where I could go and sit and be enveloped by the nature of the plants and trees I planted. So I built 'The Philosophy Garden' and can now sit inside its embracing quiet. In a few more years and faithful use of the deer repellent, it should have more height, more depth of cover. Without planning, on the 4th of July, it bloomed red, white and blue hydrangea blossoms. Cityline Paris - there are 3 in this 40' x40' garden. The Deutzia Chardonnay Pearls is spent in front On a side border of flowering shrubs, in front of the Autumn Wine Ninebark (dark leaves) is a Harlequin Glorybower, Clerodendrum trichotomum, planted last fall. It has a bud on every stem after spending its first winter under 3-4 feet of snow. Out front in my hellstrip garden for bees, bugs, butterflies, and birds, the lilies are blooming and mostly leaning toward the South. Other than an amethyst lily that comes later, all the lilies are nameless, welcomed guests that I've picked up along the years. This year the milkweed has happily spread, but no Monarch yet. And the guests... Bumble on Walker's Low Catmint. Jane - who, thanks to T2D, now wants calycanthus 'Hartlage Wine'. :)...See MoreShow us Your Gardens - A photo thread - October 2015
Comments (31)MolieP, we store winter squash in the coldest part of our basement in the area where my husband has a basement level garage. The basement gets heat from a wood furnace so it's kind of tricky. This year he graciously suggested putting up some wooden shelves we already had instead of putting them in wooden crates under his workbench. But, since the shelves were close together, he cut the stems down to 1/2". I was appalled. Hope that doesn't make them spoil. We had another Delicata last night which was so sweet he asked if I had added sugar or maple syrup. I might have seen bluebirds yesterday. Perhaps they are the winter ones. Yeegads, I am fussing about a couple of chipmunks. Thyme, sorry you are overrun. I saw a lovely hawk, possibly a marsh hawk, making low circles around the yard yesterday. I've read about putting used cat litter in woodchuck holes. I might try that next year with the chipmunk holes. Damage this year is not as bad as last. The repellant spray I bought might have worked a little....See MoreShow Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - July 2016
Comments (30)Hi Defrost. You can pick up the nasturtium seeds that have dropped in the fall, but mostly I pick them off the plants after they have formed and are ready to drop off. This requires letting the blossoms go to seed, as opposed to picking off dead blooms to keep them neat. I bring the seeds indoors and dry them on paper towels. Usually I let them dry for several months, which is probably overkill, and then I store them in paper envelopes until spring. Nasturtiums are one of the few annuals that I do not start in pots indoors, but just plant directly in the ground on the last day of May. I'm in zone 4 (although I think sometimes our climate is closer to zone 3) so if they grow for me here, I'm sure they would germinate planted directly in the ground for you, probably planted earlier. If memory serves, you are in MA or CT? Much warmer than here. My mom grew them one summer (Boston area) when I was a kid, and my job was to water them! They captured my imagination then, and I still like them now, many years later! This photo shows a clump of seeds about half formed in the center of the picture. They grow in clumps of 3. I hope this is helpful. Also I neglected to mention, pinkmauisunset, how much I love your gladioli! How do you manage to keep yours upright? I finally have mine corralled between a wall and a fence to keep them from falling over, and I shall see how well that works.. It is a pain to have to bring the corms indoors for the winter, but the show they put on in summer is worth it! Also Molie, I am so taken with your Canadian border patrol daylilies. The name and how well it fits is the biggest draw! I tried to find some to buy but with no luck. Apparently new daylily strains are fleeting and become obsolete in a few years. Therefore I shall just enjoy photos of yours!...See Morediggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years agodiggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years agoOkay, I decided to get in on the photos! My phone is 11 years old and doesn't take photos, and my digital camera is on the fritz, so I never seem to contribute photos to these threads! So I grabbed my daughter's phone and ran out to take some photos. My garden is such a mess that while stuff is in bloom, not much is photo-worthy, lol. Oh well. Let's start with the daylilies:
I bought this as H. Love Those Eyes, but I think it was mislabelled. Either way, this fall it will move from its pot on the driveway into the red/yellow/orange bed.
This is a yellow whose name escapes me....
And here is the stand of heliposis... Summer Nights? ... that it is in front of
I really love this heliopsis. Long blooming and tall, hardy and hearty and maintenance free, and one of the staples of my in-progess red/yellow/orange bed.
This is one of my favorite dayliles, but again I can't recall the name. It really is more of a salmon color - quite pink here, and blooming with my phlox Blue Paradise below, which is looking very dark purple here.
Hydrangea Prezioso, later stages of bloom, from dear old George. Pay no attention to the spent feverfew in front, or the spent digitalis in back. I'll get to them eventually! Huh, and I just noticed some QAL smack in the middle - didn't see that when I was outside, lol!
Playcodon Astra Blue - sorry poor quality - taken in full sun but one of the few things that is in bloom and looks good, lol!
plain old echinacea. Nothing special, but I'm loving the way this year my coneflowers have that drooping form, much more so this year than ever before. Not sure why but enjoying it!
I really should take some photos of the gardens I care for. Those are much nicer than mine! After all, they can afford to pay someone to take care of them! ;)
Dee
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years agomoliep
8 years agoDee, when my Indian Giver spreads, I'll have to bring you some at a plant swap! Meanwhile, I just checked online and it's $16.00 at Bloomingfields Farm, not too far away in Sherman, CT. BF supplies extensive daylily reference/information on their website. You have some great plants...that first H. you listed is so striking, and I also love the unnamed pink, especially with the Blue Paradise.
The Malaysian Monarch is just starting to bloom ... the clumps get huge and because the flowers are 5" across and have bright yellow centers, this daylily really stands out in the garden.
I also love Echinacea. Mine are just starting to open. Here's one against the fence.
Dee, I know what you mean about having difficulty photographing things (I really envy Steve's work). My Sea Holly, Eryngium 'Big Blue' has just opened. It's so difficult to photograph and really show the blue of the stems, so I took a picture from the top.
And continuing the "blue" theme... this is my favorite hydrangea. It was actually a florist plant given to me one year as a hostess gift.
Molie
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8 years ago
So many lovely flowers, so many wonderful gardeners. I feel a little shy adding pictures of my renewed garden (starting over this season, trying to make up for some years of neglect) but here goes!As an ode to Molie's echinacea, some Cheyanne Spirit
My "shady box" planter with Hosta Great Expectations, Lady's mantle, and Hosta Lakeside Paisley Print plus some coleus.
And oddly, sweet peas I had given up on have decided to bloom
Maisiedefrost49
8 years agoI really do have a garden. Last year I got a 6-pack of a wonderful, fragrant cascading alyssum but this year the greenhouse said they only had Proven Winners that performed like that. I might have put 2 in the whiskey barrel which was one too many.
The circle garden's tall phlox are shorter this year but even still, I think I'm going to remove phlox. They are too
tall for a small bed which is in the center of our yard. Vegetable beds are beyond. I added the colorful annuals this year plus the pot of annual dahlias (not blooming yet). Last year my husband edged this bed with pavers which has helped prevent grass and weeds from creeping into the bed.
I decided to fancy up one end of a veggie bed with violas and lemon gem marigolds among the red cabbage and leeks. Left edge of bed just above straw is also some white alyssum. I should edge all the beds with wet newspapers covered with straw or grass clippings but that's a chore that never seems to get done.diggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years ago
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoLove the echinacea, and the foliage combination in the shady box planter, Maisie!
Such beautiful gardens, and all so different - July brings out so many great possibilities. I'm fixated on the variety of daylilies, particularly the spectacular new-fangled ones shown above by Steve and Molie and diggerdee. That said, I'll post some pics of more classic daylilies (since that's all I have in bloom now).
This is the first 'Frans Hals' bloom. I can never wait until the clump gets going before I post.H. 'Frans Hals'
H. 'Joan Senior' is a classic white daylily.
H. 'Pardon Me'
H. 'Rosy Returns'
And the good old H. fulva double, AKA 'double ditch lily'.
The Phlox Protection Zone is beginning to stir with the first Phlox paniculata. I actually haven't seen any woodchucks lately but I'm not taking down the fence. The rose overhead is beginning to go by. Some Sweet Autumn Clematis seedlings are taking over the fence and I'm waiting to see if this was a big mistake letting them do it. I suspect it was and the clematis will overwhelm the fence but I can't resist the idea of the white flowers covering the fence, making it even more impenetrable to the woodchucks.
Claire
diggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years agoClaire, you just reminded me that I recently (sometime last year? the year before?) bought a Franz Hals, and I haven't seen it! Must be lost in the pot ghetto somewhere. I will have to look more closely!
I also had a Pardon Me in the pot ghetto, which I made sure was always next to a Buttered Popcorn - figured I could have combos in the pot ghetto as well as the beds. As a matter of fact, this is where I experimented with combinations, lol. My Pardon Me was much more purple than yours seems to appear.
I absolutely love the double ditch lilies. Of course, I love the plain old ones too. I think there is always a place for them, especially in the the somewhat rural suburbs like where I live - old farmland area, etc.
Here is an intersection by my house, an old country road on the side of a farm, and this picture really does it no justice; should've taken it in the morning, with the sun rising behind it, and with a better camera so the blooms could really be seen. And I should have waited - this was probably a week before they hit full glorious bloom. I am thankful every day that I drive by this in July that I get to live near something this beautiful. The lilies continue off to the left, along the road in front of the farmhouse as well, and down over the crest of the hill of the road you see. You can't see it, but there is an old stone wall behind them. Whoever doesn't like plain old daylilies needs to see something like this to appreciate them! It really is spectacular!
spedigrees z4VT
8 years agoMaisie, I love your Echinacea. Your blooms are so beautiful that I'm tempted to try growing these again. For some reason they never seem to do well in my gardens.
Molie, your daylilies are all so lovely. I get a kick out of your Canadian Border Patrol ! It's so aptly named!
Steve, your photograph of the fritillary butterfly on the butterfly weed and the shot of your gardens through the spray of the sprinkler are prize-winning material. They are really exceptional.
I think your round garden with the phlox is lovely, defrost. I would leave it as is, if it were mine.
This time of year is so pretty in the gardens. Now that we have finally had some warm sunshine after the cold start to spring, everything is playing catch up. Here are a couple of mine. The orange garden, minus two flowering pots which are temporarily removed to the "marigold protection zone" on my front porch until Japanese beetle season is over. The nasturtiums and orange geraniums are still holding out on me, but they do have a few buds.
My little veggie patch with sunflowers, red romaine, pimento pepper plants, and the makings of sweet pickles, ie dill and cucumber. My compost barrel, started last fall, smells very promising. I shall have to see this fall if I have made enough or if I need to buy a second barrel. I'm new to composting, having always had a ready supply of horse manure in the past, but changing times call for different solutions.
Thyme2dig NH Zone 5
8 years agoLots of great daylilies to put on the list. Raspberry Grin is exquisite! Also love that Indian Giver.
Here is 'Monster' with balloon flower and 'Bobo' hydrangea.
And I'm a big fan of 'Primal Scream'
moliep
8 years agomoliep
8 years agoToo, too hot outside today and the last few days to do anything in the yard. So I'm spending time cleaning up all the flower photos on my computer. Early this morning I went out to take some photos of my daylilies before the sun came out when their coloring is best.
For Dee: H. 'Indian Giver' as it fades and finishes its bloom ... as it goes it shows a more prominent white edging. This is a spectacular variety and I'm curious to see how it does with time.
For NHBabs... here's how 'Light the Way' looks when the sun isn't so bright. It's a glorious white, probably one of the most striking, IMHO.
Not the best shot, but I'm not going back out today to try again! This is H. 'Delia O'Bryan Brown', usually very prominent but this year it's being crowded out by its neighbors.
Stay cool, everyone!
Steve Massachusetts
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSome great daylilies. I love Primal Scream and Light the Way. Canadian Border Patrol is pretty as well.
How about some real Lilies. These Orienpets are perfuming the air all over the garden.
This is Eudoxia.
This next one is Conca D'Or.
More of these will bloom later. The Buddleia are a bit late but starting to come on. This is Butterfly Heaven.
A stand of Russian Sage contrasting with some Coreopsis
And the Knockout Roses are starting to bloom again. This is Pink Double Knockout.
Steve
spedigrees z4VT
8 years agoI just love your photos of the daylilies lining the country road, Diggerdee! I'm a big fan of feral old-fashioned daylilies, and I refuse to call them "ditch lilies!" They seem to thrive and crowd out weeds. They are one of my favorite flowers.
And, Thyme2dig, another primal scream daylily! And here I thought I had the only one! My husband can never think of the name so he calls them "screaming Mimis." LOL No picture can ever do them justice as they are positively fluorescent!
Such a beautiful photo, Molie, of your 'Delia O'Bryan Brown' daylily with the phlox behind it!
Steve, I love the curled petals on your Eudoxia lilies. I envy both your and Claire's "knockout roses." If I lived further south I would have them! They are beautiful.
Here is my "cherry cheeks" daylily blooming right now. Someone posted a photo of one, either on this or on the perennials forum, a while back and I liked it enough to search high and low to finally find one.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years agomoliep
8 years agoSteve Massachusetts
8 years agoSteve Massachusetts
8 years agoA few more lilies and some other stuff.
This is Muscadet, very fragrant.
L. Scheherezade, I tend to like the downward facing Lilies.
Here's the whole group of Eudoxia in bloom.
L. Black Beauty the parent plant of Scheherezade and many other dark red types.
Now for something completely different. This is the first bloom on Hydrangea Limelight.
And a Hosta of course. This is Brother Stefan.
Stevediggerdee zone 6 CT
8 years agoNHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years agoNot my garden, Marie's. T2D and I went down for a garden visit yesterday, and what a beautiful garden it is . . . lots of varied foliage along with oodles of flowers and some unusual plants. There can't be a lot of suburban gardens that I can spend 3 hours in and still not be sure I've seen everything! I love the shaded seating scattered throughout the garden, the luscious shade garden plants, the way the small lawn sets off the beds, and the hardscape.
And the path back to the garden's entry.
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agoclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI'm always amazed that someone in zone 5b, like Steve, has beautiful lilies in bloom when I, in zone 6b, still have fat buds waiting and waiting and waiting.... Ah well, I hope when they finally bloom they'll be almost as nice as Steve's pictures.
Marie's garden is wonderful - so well designed and well-maintained as well. I remember back in June she posted about Huge Weed Job: Encourage Me!
She certainly figured it out!
..............................................................................................................................................My doublefile viburnum is fruiting now. It looks like it has an orange fuzz on all of the branches.
Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' has a mixture of new blooms and fruit.
An old inherited No-ID daylily insinuated itself into a miscanthus.
Phlox 'Miss Lingard' is still blooming.
And the Phlox Protection Zone smells great.
Claire
edit note: I posted these pictures using the photo upload feature, gritting my teeth and trying over and over and over and over (I have a stubborn streak).
Steve Massachusetts
8 years agoMarie's garden is just wow. That's what I want mine to look like.
Took a few more pics today. Yes, more Lilies are open, Claire.
L. Casablanca, classic white.
Phlox paniculata 'David'
L. Corovado
Dahlia Binky
Dahlia 'Crighton Honey'
L. Henryi
L. Rio Negro
Not a Lily. Echinacea Pow Wow Wild Berry with an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
Stevemoliep
8 years agoNhbabs, thanks for the peek into Marie's garden; it certainly is spectacular... so peaceful and tranquil.
Steve, you have so many wonderful plantings, lilies, hydrangeas, of course your hosta plantings and now dahlias! Those are plants I admire but have never grown. Do you dig them up each fall ?
Claire, you phlox protection zone is looking beautiful and healthy. The critters must have avoided them alone this year. I love the look of a row of phlox in different colors.
A few years ago my DH & I visited Boothbay, Maine, where we saw this tiny home along the harbor. It's called the "Little House". Don't you just love those phlox?
Here's a closer view that shows the sign on the gate.
Molie
Marie Tulin
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
corunum z6 CT
8 years agoFirst try, photo uploaded. For years I did not plant grasses thinking that they were too much of a 'modern' look for my yard. Then a certain age hit and that thinking took a dive, so I planted a Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' and Saturday morning the light made it shine. Also planted 'adagio', but he hasn't seen the light yet.
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agoGracillimus is one of my favorite grasses, Jane - the name suits it well. Adagio is a good one too and stays shorter.
Finally, finally, a lily has opened here.
L. 'La Claridad'
It posted on the second try which is a great improvement, but not quite back to normal.
Claire
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agoThis is the Carefree Delight rose which doesn't really get going until late July and is still understated but it always makes me smile.
Rose 'Carefree Delight'
particularly when it pals around with the double ditch lily.
Rose in the background.
Still problems posting photos but at least doable.
Claire
Thyme2dig NH Zone 5
8 years agoMolie, I have a few white daylilies, but 'Light the Way' is really quite stunning. I also love 'Delia O'Brian Brown'.
Steve, I can smell those lilies through the screen! And I'm sneezing! LOL! I really love the look of lilies, but I'm so allergic to them. Tried them for a couple years but just had too many issues. Then the beetles came.......then I really gave up. Will have to continue to enjoy your great photos!
Isn't Marie's garden awesome?! I'm so glad Barb took pics while we were there. One of those gardens that is just so much fun to stroll around and find all the cool stuff planted. Such a wide variety.
Claire, my viburnum was flowering beautifully, until they all started to turn brown, shrivel up and fall off. So no berries for me this year. I was just happy that the shrub appears to be OK. I was a little worried when the flowers were giving it up. I really like that carefree delight rose. Soooo pretty.
Rooguchi clematis has been a blooming powerhouse for weeks. It doesn't show much sign of slowing down yet.
Mohawk viburnum with its beautiful berry display. I love the way they change colors over time. Sorry for the blurry photo. I really need to ditch my point and shoot and go back to my D-SLR. But you get the idea. It's loaded with berries.....and the birds and critters never eat them.
The daylily bed never disappoints.
Delphiniums are now all cut down in cottage area. Hoping for a repeat bloom this fall.
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
8 years agoAnother lily is open now; the old-fashioned tiger lily (L. lancifolium). This self-seeded itself under a bird feeder and who am I to question that?
The Autumn Minaret daylily just opened - its flowers are at eye level so the stalks are probably about five feet tall. I planted it behind some hollies so it's supported there.
And Frans Hals and American Revolution daylilies still bloom, along with a pinwheel that 's more of a winter thing.
Claire
moliep
8 years agoclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
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8 years agoSteve Massachusetts
8 years agoJuly is a great month for garden pictures, as evidenced by all of the above. Here's a few more.
Hemerocallis 'Heavens to Murgatroyd'
The last Lily to bloom is Siberia. It's over 8 feet tall and highly fragrant.
Here's a closer shot of the bloom.
While I was in the white garden, I took this shot of Echinacea 'White Swan'
SteveNHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years agoMarie Tulin
8 years ago
Steve Massachusetts