Dicentra spectabilis- one of many, all very young still.

I am so jealous of your delphiniums. I have killed a few trying to get the hang of them - they are so stunning!

Jenn thank you. They are stunning and I’ve been pleasantly surprised they have done so well. Especially considering they are planted (first Pic) in my dry (near thirsty Maple) sloped bed. So don’t give up! I planted some companions for them last fall...I’m excited to see how they turn out this year.

The second pic is in a back bed. 8 were planted and I believe six survived. I am hoping those all come back!

oops! Lost some daisy pics above : /

Delphinium

Daphne

Jeez Louise! I forgot the picture!

Daylilies

Dianthus carnation

These have since been moved and are now struggling to survive :(

Trying again to post a couple delphiniums.

I’m jealous of the delphiniums too, just haven’t done well here, pretty much expensive, fussy annuals. Hmm..... daylilies, I was waiting for hemerocallis, lol! Will post photos here and in the H category. I have an abundance of daylilies.

A few more

UGH! I wish my like button worked!!!! Sherry your daylilies look great!

oursteelers, north, pretty delphiniums!

GardenHo, I couldn't get the Carnation Dianthus to last more than a couple of seasons. Yours look good here.

sherry, your daylilies didn't get hurt by the hail. Nice big plants with lots of flowers!

Dianthus

Dianthus 'Neon Star'

Dianthus Sweet William

Dicentra spectabilis/ Lamprocapnos

Digitalis (Foxglove)

Doronicum orientale (Leopardbane)

Wow gorgeous pics you guys!! Keep em coming!

Dianthus chinensis (some mutation of 'Velvet and Lace')

Dahlia 'BlueBird'

terrible picture of Digitalis purpurpea, that was supposed to remind me how much I like silver, burgundy and white together. Isn't the bachelor's button really obvious? NOT!

Did we wear out the ‘like’ button? It won’t work for me now either. It was working earlier in the alphabet. So annoying!

It just worked for me.

It works for me too but on the Hosta Forum people were also having troubles. We are doing the Alphabet there also.

For those of you interested Sherry is doing the Alphabet on the Daylily Forum. It is fantastic as are her plants. What a great bunch of pics here!

Harold do you know the name of the purple one? I’m always on the hunt for true purple!

Peren, I love seeing all of your garden. So beautiful!

Sure. It is Glory to His Name. I had not heard of it, but was so glad it was sent as a substitute on an order last year.

To oursteelers: they are from

https://smokeysgardens.com

Aww thanks oursteelers, ditto love the Delphinium with the Lupin. Great Daylilies too.

For our Steelers, good purple daylilies :

Sherry

Laurie, I love your dicentra, don’t have any harder to find varieties here, love the luxuriant and Formosa. What is your secret for delphiniums, yours are lovely.

Sherry

Thank you Sherry! I really like formosa but it has a short bloom time, Luxuriant on the other hand blooms all summer long. It starts blooming super early, as in April (unless I am still buried under snow) and continues until we get a cold snap in fall. If it warms up again it will start to bloom again. I cannot say enough good things about it. If you see it available snap it up. I can picture it in your garden!

Delphinium are heavy feeders so I give them plenty of compost at planting time and then ideally a top up of compost every year. I say ideally because I do not usually get to it. Even in ideal conditions they only live about 5 years. I planted some fresh ones in the fall. I don't want to be without them, especially the Sky Blue.

The D. grandiflorum is very short lived but scattering the seed every year insures always having them and they take up so little room. The chipmunks have discovered the seedpods in the last couple of years and eaten them before they were ripe. Cute, nasty little things they are.

Thanks, Sherry! Those are gorgeous! And you‘ve found those daylilies to be a true purple, not sneakily turning maroon?

Yes, true purple. May I suggest you look for daylilies somewhere other than Smokey’s. They send small fans. Oakes daylilies sends big healthy fans and there are other daylily grower nurseries that sell on line with good reputations. The daylily forum people will have some suggestions if you go and ask there. Oakes would probably carry Bela Lugosi and Laura Harwood. One more good purple, Indian Giver, it should be easy to find.

I’ve purchased them from Schreiners before. Would you recommend them?

Personally, I don’t know about them. If you have had good luck with them in The past, why not order again. I’m in northern Illinois and order from Oak Hill daylilies in central Illinois most of the time. I don’t order from southern hybridizers because of possible tenderness issues., especially with some of the newly bred daylilies. You could probably order from any area of the country and have no problems.

Sherry

So I posted quickly thinking dicentra was my only "d" but I forgot all the biennials and tender perennials:

I know I am missing some dahlia pics. Went a bit nuts with them last year.

I almost missed the D's!..wonderful and colorful pics everyone..some dicentra pics..

Sherry, those purple daylilies are incredible! I‘d seen Bella Lugosi, but not the other two.

Jenn, your dahlias are lovely! I especially like Clare de Lune and Pineland Princess.

These little six pack dianthus are going strong on their third year. They must like where they’re at. Others I’ve planted haven’t been half as successful.

Forgot the name on this one. It’s a nice, tidy clump of silver the rest of the year, though, and fills in a tough spot for me.

Dicentra spectabilis. I know I have a luxuriant around here somewhere, but it got overgrown and has been fading away into nothingness. Seeing the pictures in this thread makes me think I need to resurrect it.