What Blooms Are You Waiting For?

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8 years ago

Seems like so many things have been early, it might be interesting to hear what others are still anticipating!

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green_go (Canada, Ontario, z 5a)
8 years ago
Lavender Mist Meadow Rue

Some of my Orienpet lilies

Late-season Phloxes

New York Asters

Late-blooming day lilies

Hibiscus moscheutos

Hydrangea Limelight and Little Lime

and these is not counting those that will bloom in second wave like catmints, roses and hardy geraniums
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8 years ago
oh great question.... I've been waiting on this Helenium 'Rubinzwerg'... I know it's popular but I've only ever grown 'Moerheim Beauty', and I first saw Rubinzwerg at the RHS Trials here south of London, many years ago, and picked it out straight away as one for the future, but never got it...

..it's just starting, and love the dark colour, upright form, no staking... I've got the usual group of 3 going on here, but next season I want 5...
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Ooh, Robert, would love to find out what you think of 'Scentuous' - it's on my wish list. I love camellias but wish they had more fragrance (suppliers describe it as "delicate fragrance" haha). I've been unable to resist buying any that claim to be scented & have caught a whiff occasionally but it remains elusive. The sasanquas seem to have some scent. Here's the one I'm waiting on: osmanthus fragrans var. thunbergii, planted in 1998! (First thing I planted when we moved in.) It's close to its reported mature height (10'?). I read it "may take a long time to flower" - just great, haha. (Not sure if osmanthus is the plant for you, Robert haha)
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woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
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katob Z6ish, NE Pa
8 years ago
I also have plenty of early mums this year. It's mostly the newer varieties I added last spring so maybe they will just need a good shearing next year to slow them down.

The garden only now seems to be starting full force. I add plenty of dahlias and cannas each year, but the grasses, self sown annuals, hydrangeas, hibiscus and phlox are still to come!
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docmom_gw
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I planted some expensive zinnia seeds with a large central cone, hoping for a broad landing site for butterflies and bumble bees in my pollinator garden. We've had such a cloudy, rainy, cool summer that their growth has been slower than molasses in January. Even now I don't see any buds forming. I just hope they bloom in time for me to save some seed. I know they might not look like the parent plant, but I can pick and choose the characteristics I like.

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