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More garden flowers while waiting for daylilies

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

last year

We are beginning to see scapes but we are still a couple of weeks away from seeing many flowers. Here are some other garden flowers to while away the time.

We don't grow many roses anymore, but we had such success with growing one in a pot last summer Bob got a couple more. This is an old hybrid tea called Caribia. The flower does not last long.

This is the old garden rose Rose de Rescht. It has a wonderful scent, but the bush is very prone to mildew.

I like dahlias. Here is one of my favorites.

Here are some dianthus. I lost all of the dianthus out of the mini bed and need to replant them. These are in a different bed. I really enjoy seeing these every year.

I don't have names for most of these iris. We bought these from a guy calling himself the 'Iris King' at the local herb fair. I am sure he knew the names, but he sold a single blooming iris (no names) out of a bucket of water. He was quite a hit at the fair, but hasn't been there the last couple of years. We heard he found out he had to have a nursery license and he didn't want to go to the trouble to get one.

This one is darker than the picture shows. It is huge on tall strong stems. Several of ours tend to fall over, but this one went through a horrid storm this morning and is standing tall

This one is much smaller than the previous one.

This one is called 'Dolce' and it is a dwarf iris.

That's all for me.

Nancy

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shive
last year
You have lots of pretty Spring blooms. All three of your irises are beauties. My irises are just about done - one more bud to open on Yaquina Blue. The Kousa dogwood is about the only other thing blooming here today.

Debra
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last year
When I was into roses I grew only one OGR (Old Garden Rose) and it was Rose De Rescht. Finally succumbed to crown gall, but it took years and years of abuse from our climate up until then. Tough old gal. She never had PM (powdery mildew) here, and her scent was good, but wasn't as good as the famous old red HT Chrysler Imperial.......That blue Iris is a stand out, and that mauvy purple one is pretty too. Any fragrance on your Iris? Some of them can have a lovely perfume..........I envy you your Dahlias. One more time I bought one this spring, only to have our heat and humidity work it's number on it already. The color of the flower is now a faded out blah, the blooms have shrunk and the leaves are showing signs of decay. I read there are a few Dahlias for the south, but I haven't run into one yet. You would think I'd learn...............Maryl
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Jean, I have Maggie, but don't have Evelyn. My new ones are Chaucer, Ferndale's Red China, Mutabalis and Grandmother's Hat. I also have an own-root Wild blue Yonder and an extra Don Juan climber since I bought a replacement for the vole ravaged one, and was able to save the original. Marg, what or who is wicked willie? I dearly love foxgloves too. Rainbow High is a tall bearded. Mid America Gadens has it. Thanks you Nancy. Always a silver lining, and the cool spring hs been really good for the roses. I've been on a fairly consistent routine maintenance for them too, which helps. Rainbow High looks just like the photo...as if it has been photo-shopped in the garden. And as I said above, I love foxgloves. Hope to have them in every slightly shady place. Thank you linda. Like I said, the cool, wet, spring hs done wonders for them. kay
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Thank you! I am hoping the raised beds will keep grass from creeping in. And it also hides the hedge stumps! The iris are acually going-they have been running amok and needed thinned so I peeled some off the outside of the clump and potted them for now. And the plant in the middle of the bed is Solomon's Seal. It gets little bell-like flowers in the spring. I'd like to get ahold of some varigated Solomon Seal, but found this at a plant sale in May and was happy to get it.
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Thanks Kay. I just recalled what it's name is.....but Huldine is a nice try, although smaller in bloom size. I went to the Garden Crossings website (which is where I purchased it years ago) and saw they still sell it. The name is 'Candida'. (Sometimes just seeing the name brings my memory back from the dead....lol). It and Huldine look similiar but Candida has much larger blooms at 9 inches across. I know it is hard to tell from my photo that they are that large. What I love about this one is that it blooms twice.....once in May into June and then again in late summer.
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Oh, I forgot to apologize for having my gardening trolley in the first pic (on the left with the grey container on it - I forgot to move it), but then I thought that I should talk about it. It is like a children's wagon, except much bigger, and it fits the grey container (which my DH keeps full of his wonderful home made compost), my tool basket, any larger tools or food or other stuff I might be using, etc. etc. It moves VERY easily on its wheels, and the parts of it work so well - even I can "double park" it! If anyone is interested, I will try and take a real pic of it. Jackie
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
last year
Love the dahlia, have never tried them here. Pretty iris too!……I’m waiting for my few to start blooming. I sm happy to hear you are seeing scapes, maybe i will start seeing a few soon.

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Brad KY 6b
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Beautiful blooms Nancy. I too love dahlias. A friend was going to give me some nice ones but upon research, discovered they are related to ragweed and can cause the same allergies. SIGH.

Your dark iris is a beautiful color! I like the left dianthus and the reddish iris as well.

Brad
lilykate7a
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Pretty blooms!!! I love dahlias too but, as Maryl said, unable to grow them. Love the roses and that blue iris is stunning!!

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