HELENIUMS - I’m really enjoying their colorful blooms
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Two feet of snow outside, but I'm enjoying a rose blooming :)
Comments (7)I love it! I grew up in Buffalo, NY and your view looks alot like mine did...anything blooming through that mess of snow brightens a day! Really nice color on that bloom...maybe someone can ID it? I have a tiny Rouletti plant in my greenhouse that hasn't stopped blooming yet either. Its the only one doing it, and it always surprises me when everything else is pretty much dorment :) Tammy...See MoreHelenium - Sneezeweed long blooming?
Comments (4)It is hard to give exact times for when they bloom since a) it can change depending on the year and b) I didn't date my pics as well as I thought I did this year, LOL! Anyway, the longest blooming Helenium for me has to be 'Mardi Gras'. That plant is amazing!! It starts up early summer (July) and keeps going until the hottest part of summer here when it takes a break. Then it will start back up for a second blooming end of summer early fall. My other Helenium (Coppeilia and Zimbelstern) start end of summer and go until about mid to late Oct. Haven't noticed any butterflies, though the bees seem to like em'. Hope this has helped you some Christie ;-) CMK...See MoreI'm blooming! I'm blooming!
Comments (11)Well, it is increasing fast and I am pleased to see a bloom this year. The bloom is now rain soaked, but we need the rain and I got to see and photograph Miss Annie before the showers came. Maybe she will rebloom this year and improve. Thanks for you comments. Jessica, I think it would be neat for you to have a family garden. Dot, tell me more about Mighty Plant Messenger Gold. Ann Ann...See MoreSome of the things I'm enjoying ...
Comments (11)Thank you J.D. and Carrie! Carrie, leaf roller caterpillars certainly are a problem with modern cannas. The leaf rollers I have become skipper butterflies (in some parts of the country the cats on cannas become moths) so I don't like to kill them, but I don't like them messing up the looks of the cannas either. The species cannas are resistant to them, but the flowers are small. However the hummingbirds really like them :-) I didn't have many leaf rollers on any of the cannas this year. There just haven't been that many butterfies of any kind due to the drought so it wasn't a good year to test out varieties, but I think the variety pictured above is a resistant type and if so it will make a good foliage plant. I love the dark red stems and veins. As for the modern big flowered varieties as soon as I see young caterpillars I move them to a 'catch plant' that is out of sight so the cats can live to make butterflies. They are plain little brown guys, but I like to see them 'skipping' around. You could also mist the foliage regularly with B.T.which as you probably know is a bacteria that is specific to caterpillars and not a poison. If it weren't for the caterpillar problem I'd have more cannas than I do. There are so many wonderful varieties that have beautiful exotic looking flowers....See Moreecholane
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