RED in the garden
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prairiemoon2 z6b MA
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rosecanadian
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Comments (0)I was pleased to find 3 nice red tomatoes today on a 4 foot high caged Stupice plant. Each tomato was about 1.5 inches in diameter which is what I think should be expected from that variety. This is exactly day 52, The plants were grown in a two year 50/50 mix of top soil and leafgro compost supplemented this year with a bit of composted cow manure. No fertilizer of herbicides. Weather conditions have been perfect except the need to water. Early girl still green fruits. The other varieties (13)are fruiting well also. The peppers are big and green but none changing to colors yet. The beans are ok with Smeraldo having rust issues due to overhead watering I suspect. Sprayed with a Bacillus Subtilis spray. The sugar peas did poorly this year. Lots of snap and snow peas. Okra is at 2 feet with a few pods each. Eggplant doing ok despite serious flea beetle damage. Onions are crowded by weeds. Need to be less lazy. Asparagus is 7 feet high. Cucumbers are sweet and non-bitter and coming in nicely despite some deer damage to the end growth. Picked last cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower (fremont)and they did ok. Corn (Honey Select) has managed to survive the deer so far. Now 3 - 4 feet high. No ears or tassels yet. Some with side shoots. Not surewhat to do about the side shoots? Would enjoy hearing how others in the mid-Atlantic are doing. Scott Owings Mills, MD...See MoreRed, White Old Garden Roses, etc.
Comments (13)Some of the most beautiful red hybrid perpetuals that do well in my area include Francois Premier, Henry Nevard, and Comtesse O'Gorman. I bought them all from Eurodesert when it was closing. All were performing wonderfully in the desert where that nursery was located and all have done well in my inland empire garden which while still hot, is much less so than where Eurodesert was. All these reds are of a cooler hue (with bluish tones). All three are very fragrant and repeat. Comtesse O'Gorman has a lower, more spreading habit than the other two, and she will tip root if given the chance. Francoise Premier grows in a small to moderate sized vase shape. Both of these have flowers packed with petals. Henry Nevard tends to grow in a vase shape and is a stouter more "beefy" plant. Flowers don't have quite as many petals as the others but they are more cup shaped (versus the others being flatter). I remember when shopping for red hp's in Cliff Orent's garden, that he said to me that others told him Henry Nevard was a dog for them, however it had performed well for him. I bought it and have been pleased. None of the above three have disease in my garden where pressure for rust and mildew are high. However, blackspot is a seldom-seen malady here, with a only a few varieties I've had over the years being afflicted, so I don't know how they would do in an area where blackspot is a problem. For white ones maybe Frau Karl Drushki (although not fragrant) or Karl Forster? For pale pink my favorite is the alba Felicite Parmentier. For sheer beauty of flower and fabulous perfume she has few peers, however she is only a once bloomer. Another that I think is gorgeous is the new import to the US, Siwa. She is a dog rose hybrid. Flowers look very similar to FP and possibly just as fragrant. Mine is a recent introduction to my garden so I don't know about rebloom yet. Foliage is lovely however, and the plant seems to tolerate shade (as does Felicite). Absolutely clean foliage. Vigorous growth (mature size not know yet). Souvenir de la Malmaison is also a beautiful rose, although it doesn't seem to perform quite as well as the other two in my garden. Melissa Here is a link that might be useful: Siwa on Help Me Find...See Morered worms in garden before planting
Comments (1)I started building flower/veg beds in Nampa about 7 years ago using the lasagna method. No rototilling at all; just grass clippings, leaves, compost. Now my clay soil is black, easy to dig, and full of worms who have somehow found my garden. Never needed to add them. I think if you just add lots of organic matter to your soil, the worms will come....See MoreRed faced... Garden Treasure, Garden Party
Comments (4)I make videos of the garden and announce the name of each hosta. Then, when I watch the video I find that I make mistakes like calling Earth Angel Blue Angel. It happens to the best of us. gesila...See More
Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoMartagon lilies are so wonderful Carol and hardy in Alaska too.
diggerdee zone 6 CT
2 years agoYes, I'm still waiting for those predatory wasps to make their way to CT! They appear to be a slow-moving bunch lol. PM2 I think it might be a Stargazer lily, but can't quite remember off the top of my head. I cropped out some of the ratty foliage but unfortunately (or maybe in this case, fortunately, lol!) the focus seems to be more on the agastache in the background
And here is an even worse photo of a whole stem of these in a vase - sorry it's so dark but you can see the beautiful form. ...well, you can kinda see it lol
:)Dee
prairiemoon2 z6b MA
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agodiggerdee zone 6 CT
2 years agorosecanadian
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoSheila - yes, those lilies are really lovely!! And...hardy to Alaska?? Oh my goodness!!
Dee - what a cool picture of your lilies in a vase!
Prairiemoon - maybe I should try a lily again! :)
L Clark - your HfH rose is perfection!! I love those dark blooms!
Lasting Love, accessorized with a pair of glasses.
Same rose later in the same month.
Maltese Cross
L Clark (zone 4 WY)
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agorosecanadian
2 years agoL Clark (zone 4 WY)
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sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 years agoWilliam Shakespeare 2000
Passiflora Ruby Glow
Castor bean pods
Lil red playhouse..for baby goat kids
Caterpillars
Epiphyllum
Double Rangoon Creeper
Munstead Wood
Don Juan
Red Cockscomb :)
Feiy (PNWZ8b/9a)
2 years agorosecanadian
2 years agoprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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BlueberryBundtcake - 6a/5b MA
2 years ago
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
2 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years agosultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 years agoI forget which variety of caterpillar they are but they can live on the giant pipevine whereas most pipevine cats, cannot.
Here is my giant pipevine they live on..they seem to mostly eat the flowers.
This is next to a 5 gallon home depot bucket lol. The flowers are huge!
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 years agoPrairiewood, I got the Munstead Wood from the David Austin website. Its very thorny but had a nice wafting fragrance. It is grafted.
Kristine, me too! Here's another baby goat pic with red lol.
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
2 years agoBlueberryBundtcake - 6a/5b MA
2 years ago
rosecanadian
2 years agoL Clark (zone 4 WY)
2 years agorosecanadian
2 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
2 years agoAesculus x carnea 'O'Neill Red'
btw.. thats a copper beach behind.. dont know if it should be in a red or purple color post.. lol ...
and this does stay a rather nice smallish tree .. in my MI ... though mine has a huge trunk wound on it ... that im sure reduces vigor ..
and gorgeous chestnuts in late fall ... of which i dont think i have a pic .. there is something about the color and design of the chestnuts that really intrigues me ...
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=horse+chestnuts&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
never got many ... and never ate one in my life ... not a MI thing ... but i did often pot them and leaves them out over winter.. often got a few to sprout... but ALWAYS lost track of them.. and would find the pot dead a year or so later ... and BTW ... never did find out it they would come true from seed with the deep red color ... dont recall if my tree was grafted or not ...
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seasiderooftop
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI don't have any red plants in my garden, but I did find this little guy on one of my roses last summer:
Maltese soldier bug (Spilostethus pandurus)prairiemoon2 z6b MA
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agorosecanadian
2 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet
last yearTradescant, Heathcliff, and Chianti!
oursteelers 8B PNW
last yearI usually don’t have red in the garden but today I have this peony!
Port Royale
rosecanadian
last yearKristine LeGault 8a pnw
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sweet_betsy No AL Z7
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clematis rebecca
lobelia cardinalis
indian pink
nandina berries
pulsatilla
daylilies
dianthus
texas star hibiscus
salvia hot lips
Red - love it!Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearsweet_betsy No AL Z7
last yearlast modified: last yearKristine, it is still only about 3 years old so not very large yet. Its bloom time is just dependent on the number of blooms that it manages to have--more each year so far. I have been pleased with it but this is my third Rebecca. I couldn't get the other contenders to survive so I kept trying. You know we always want those things that are hard to have. It is most beautiful.
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearKristine LeGault 8a pnw
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Gypsy soul
Hot Cocoa
Munstead wood
Papa Meiland
linaria_gw