A Few Blooms From the Last Couple Days

shive

last year

I'm in the late part of the season now, and by next week there will only be a few still blooming.

Purple Passion's Promise is blooming later this year. It's shorter than ever before and also has fewer buds.

Purple Passion's Promise and The Blues Project

Seedling August Frost X Winter's Angel had it's biggest teeth of the season today. I also found my first Junebug of the season on another bloom in the clump. The Junebugs are Julybugs again this year.

Part of Seedling Grandma's Smile X Dearest Valentine. It already has 10 fans. It's starting to do a bit of bud building.

Angels Sing Softly

Aunt Patsy is reblooming. You may remember deer ate most of my first buds one it. It's put up two reblooms scapes.

Miss Goldie Gold Digger

Dance Again

Debra

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last year
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Dance Again always appeals to me every year. If I had the room.......I like your seedling August Frost x. Looks so white and refreshing. Nice form..........Great combo shot of the purple and the blue............ Do you still grow your Echinacea? If I didn't get Aster yellows, I sure would. Yours looked so nice in contrast to the daylilies a few years back. ............Maryl
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
last year
I really like the white seedling. I does indeed have some big teeth. Your pink seedling is very pretty too. It sounds like it is increasing well. Bud building is exciting too.

Purple Passion's Promise is really nice. Your clump shot of Dance Again is lovely.

Our place is buzzing with Junebugs. They must be disappointed because there are no peaches for them to eat this year.

Nancy
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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Your seedlings are still looking great! So nice that Aunt Patsy put up some rebloom scapes after the deer did their damage.

Sherry
shive
Original Author
last year
Sherry - Yes, I was so happy about those rebloom scapes on Aunt Patsy.

Nan - I was hoping the Junebugs might disappear after a storm took out my neighbor's peach tree last year. But there are still some buzzing about. Thanks for the comments on the seedlings!

Maryl - My white coneflower disappeared last year, and the red one did not show up this Spring. I have a lot of self-seedling purple coneflowers this year that came from those two. Coneflowers only seem to live two to five years here.

Debra
lilykate7a
last year
That white seedling is special. And of course I like the Grandma's Smile seedling. It is, after all, pink! Dance Again, so pretty in the clump. My Purple Passion's Promise is also late. And I have it planted next to Approaching Storm which is also late. When they are blooming side by side, it is hard to tell them apart. (Again, part of my keen landscaping technique!!!)
Julia WV (6b)
last year
Debra: I'm always amazed by the outcoms of your crosses. All of the pics are lovely and look as if they have had days of cool weather and lots of rain which we know is not the case.

Dearest Valentine has started another scape. Not sure if I would call it a rebloom one but I noticed it last night while live heading. I think it will be around 9 scapes total for this season.

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Nancy 6b
last year
The picture with Purple Passions Promise and the Blues Project grabbed my eye, of course. Love the pink seedling! I thought I heard either Japanese beetles or June bugs buzzing off when I took out a Grape Vine in my blackberries. Never actually saw one, so now I am wondering if it could have been something else. They usually love my blackberries just as they get good and sweet, grr. Not "seen" a single June bug this year. I saw an occasional Japanese beetle around the week of the 4th of July, and suddenly they are gone? Not complaining, but rare I see this few.
shive
Original Author
last year
Nancy - You would go for the photo of the two purples together. I only saw two Japanese beetles this year, and I killed one of them. I hope there weren't a lot more. Maybe they fried in the heat wave.

Julia - I do water the seedlings, so they look much better than my registered daylilies at this point. It sounds like Dearest Valentine is multiplying very well for you!

Kate - It's interesting that Purple Passion's Promise and Approaching Storm look so similar. I guess I don't need Approaching Storm. I'm glad you like my late white seedling.

Debra