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Salsacharley September 11, 2018 11:52 AM

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Here's an orchid I got over a year ago and I finally got it to bloom again.

Here's a backyard bed overrun by salvia and marigolds but I'm not complaining.

Karla September 25, 2018 03:52 AM

Pretty

greenthumbomaha September 29, 2018 11:09 AM

All Time Favorite Flower
 
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I have to admit I was not a big fan of annuals until I started reading the market garden , and now this thread. When I was master gardening, we would go to a nursery and buy very expensive showy plants that were tropical and watch them die 3 months later. Times change, and so did the crew. Now the natives are being used.

I did, with some shame, dig up a few lantanas and keep them indoors for some cheer during the winter. The other crew members started bringing their pots.

So, I revisited my seed stash of saved flower seeds from previous mmmm swaps and moved them up in priority. Not easy when you have around 500 vegetable seedlings to care for.

I am wondering what I am growing, and the seeds were most likely shared via Tormato from someone active in this thread. They were in the worst soil in tiny trays, crammed into this small pot. They took forever to take off, but when they did it was non stop flowering all summer. The wind blew the pot over and half the branches snapped off, they rooted very easily. I have been able to save a few seeds from the remaining branches. I saw a hummer checking out the blooms yesterday morning and earlier in the week but I don't remember the time of day.

In comparison, the Victoria Blue Salvia plant that I purchased for 10 cents when a nursery was closing up in June has also taken off, but no seeds and no interest from the hummer.

Photos to follow. I carried it inside to get a better photo. In addition to the identity, the identity, I would also like to know if this might do well indoors in a sunny window this winter. Many thanks to the gardener that shared this beautiful flower!!!

- Lisa

MissS September 29, 2018 08:57 PM

The red and the peach are salvia coccinea. This annual reseeds readily and is easy to grow if surface sown. Hummers do like it. It does okay indoors. It has self sown into a few of my indoor pots and is fine in bright light or a sunny window.

greenthumbomaha October 5, 2018 07:56 PM

Hello Patti,



I moved the plant inside because of the expected deluge so it can get more sun without falling over. Kind of an abrupt change in light levels but the weather is miserable, even for humans!



My summer ended abruptly the night before last when a cold front dropped the temp from 90 to 41. I had just finished picking off off the seed pods (mostly blown empty) and went in for a drink and a hummer came by and was exploring the very last few blooms left on the plant. Not much else is in bloom in my garden for them (bees and monarchs were flocking to the marigolds and zinnias).



Yes, I have a surprise stem coming up in the mint pot. It is huge and very pink, and as it was a single the hummer was interested in visiting it last before flying straight up and away.



I hope there was still some nectar left in those blossoms. It seems the hummers know which blossom they visited and do not return for seconds. A little bit of extended summer cheer as the cold season rolls in.


- Lisa

GoDawgs October 6, 2018 11:51 AM

I have some pass-along plants from a friend. She didn't know what they were because the person she got them from didn't know. :) They're just starting to bloom.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/TmwMLzk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/n0GSJjV.jpg[/IMG]

I'm guessing they're some kind of aster, perhaps because of the time of year they're blooming. I've not grown asters before. This patch started as a very small clump in fall '16 that my sister grew off in a 3 gallon pot for a year. They then filled that pot so this spring she divided and planted them out.

If they're asters, should I have cut them back sometime during the summer to keep them from getting so leggy and gangly? Or is that the nature of the beast? :dizzy:

Rajun Gardener October 10, 2018 12:39 PM

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I have a Ginger plant starting to bloom.

MissMoustache October 11, 2018 12:10 PM

[QUOTE=GoDawgs;716416]I have some pass-along plants from a friend. She didn't know what they were because the person she got them from didn't know. :) They're just starting to bloom.

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/TmwMLzk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/n0GSJjV.jpg[/IMG]

I'm guessing they're some kind of aster, perhaps because of the time of year they're blooming. I've not grown asters before. This patch started as a very small clump in fall '16 that my sister grew off in a 3 gallon pot for a year. They then filled that pot so this spring she divided and planted them out.

If they're asters, should I have cut them back sometime during the summer to keep them from getting so leggy and gangly? Or is that the nature of the beast? :dizzy:[/QUOTE]

Looks like asters to me.

I cut back my asters about midsummers day (mid June) Same time as hardy mums for a more compact mounded look. Blooms will be later though.

MissMoustache October 11, 2018 12:22 PM

[QUOTE=greenthumbomaha;715809]I have to admit I was not a big fan of annuals until I started reading the market garden , and now this thread. When I was master gardening, we would go to a nursery and buy very expensive showy plants that were tropical and watch them die 3 months later. Times change, and so did the crew. Now the natives are being used.

I did, with some shame, dig up a few lantanas and keep them indoors for some cheer during the winter. The other crew members started bringing their pots.

So, I revisited my seed stash of saved flower seeds from previous mmmm swaps and moved them up in priority. Not easy when you have around 500 vegetable seedlings to care for.

I am wondering what I am growing, and the seeds were most likely shared via Tormato from someone active in this thread. They were in the worst soil in tiny trays, crammed into this small pot. They took forever to take off, but when they did it was non stop flowering all summer. The wind blew the pot over and half the branches snapped off, they rooted very easily. I have been able to save a few seeds from the remaining branches. I saw a hummer checking out the blooms yesterday morning and earlier in the week but I don't remember the time of day.

In comparison, the Victoria Blue Salvia plant that I purchased for 10 cents when a nursery was closing up in June has also taken off, but no seeds and no interest from the hummer.

Photos to follow. I carried it inside to get a better photo. In addition to the identity, the identity, I would also like to know if this might do well indoors in a sunny window this winter. Many thanks to the gardener that shared this beautiful flower!!!

- Lisa[/QUOTE]

Penstemon 'Firecracker' is a perennial that will give you a similar look to the red salvia.

Pineapple sage is another hummingbird favorite that is a late bloomer. I grow it against a South facing wall because it's not hardy here. That gives me the latest blooms possible. Maybe something to try next year?

MissMoustache October 11, 2018 12:24 PM

SpookyShoe your flowers are absolutely stunning!

SpookyShoe October 15, 2018 04:49 PM

Lovely flowers!
 
I hope we can keep this thread going over the winter. I think a couple of people have greenhouses. Or sunny windows? Happy growing over the next several months!

Donna, zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast

SpookyShoe October 15, 2018 04:54 PM

Thank you, Moustache. I so enjoy seeing the variety of blooms that others have. People who plant something have hope in what the future will bring.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

greenthumbomaha October 15, 2018 09:18 PM

[QUOTE=MissMoustache;716870]Penstemon 'Firecracker' is a perennial that will give you a similar look to the red salvia.

Pineapple sage is another hummingbird favorite that is a late bloomer. I grow it against a South facing wall because it's not hardy here. That gives me the latest blooms possible. Maybe something to try next year?[/QUOTE]




Here in Nebraska we grow Husker Red Penstemon as football is huge here. And it re-seeds prolifically but the blooms last only a week or two. I don't mind free plants, but it can take over a bed in a few years.



One of my favorites... I was able to see lovely blooms on my potted pineapple sage, I think it was year before last year I bought one from Bonnie Plants. In another posting, you can see how this lovely plant was completely taken down by spider mites. It seems to really not like the summer droughts we have, even though I kept it well watered. Bought another at the nursery, attracted spider mites in the backyard instead. I would love to have more hummingbird visits! On the try again list, but from seed and maybe indoors or inground!


- Lisa

greenthumbomaha October 15, 2018 09:25 PM

Very pretty ginger plant. I have to grow it indoors in my climate. It grows really tall, maybe it doesn't get enough light and stretches. I ALWAYS manage to knock it over. Was yours, Rajun, started from the grocery or did you order a fancy one online? How long do the blooms last?


- Lisa

GrowingCoastal October 15, 2018 09:27 PM

[QUOTE=Rajun Gardener;716773]I have a Ginger plant starting to bloom.[/QUOTE]


Lovely!
I once planted some ginger root in a pot in a greenhouse where I was working. It bloomed a pale yellow and had a fabulous scent.

GrowingCoastal October 15, 2018 09:39 PM

[QUOTE]Pineapple sage is another hummingbird favorite that is a late bloomer. I grow it against a South facing wall because it's not hardy here. That gives me the latest blooms possible. [/QUOTE]
Here too. I've had it go on blooming in pots in a protected spot until the end of December in mild years. Then I bring it into the garage to wait for spring when I can divide it or take cuttings. There are more showy plants but none so long standing as this plain salvia.
The cuphea Vermillionaire is another one that goes on til the end and ends up in the garage, dormant til spring. I have kept one growing under a light out there and it was a large plant 1st thing the next year but now I need the space for........Tomato plants!:lol:

SpookyShoe October 18, 2018 04:12 PM

Blooming today
 
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Hot Pink Shrimp Plant, a Torenia from a summer plant that reseeded, and a young Crown of Thorns.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

SpookyShoe October 18, 2018 04:38 PM

More blooming today
 
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A perennial hibiscus that is my neighbor's plant, but is growing over our fence. He has three plants and they are huge and covered with buds. Next are canna, and lastly ruellia (wild petunias), which reseeds and grows like weeds everywhere.

This morning I repotted three grocery store miniature roses, each of which had four individual plants in their tiny pots. I separated the individual plants and repotted to larger containers. Now I hope for the best....they weren't looking too good.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

Worth1 November 2, 2018 10:53 AM

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This small agave decided to put up a shoot.
It better hurry.
Yucca in the background.
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SpookyShoe November 2, 2018 06:03 PM

Hibiscus still producing
 
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This potted hibiscus is still putting on blooms. It was on the front porch but I moved it because there wasn't room for the Halloween decorations.

Donna

nancyruhl November 3, 2018 02:55 PM

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While cleaning out my gardens for winter here in northern Michigan today, November 3, I found all these flowers to make me smile. Trycytis, Flowering Kale, and Nearly Wild Rose

nancyruhl November 3, 2018 03:01 PM

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And there were more. The first is geranium sanquinium, my all time favorite perennial. Also butterfly bush with rudbeckia "Little Susie" in the background.

SpookyShoe November 3, 2018 07:14 PM

Love the Tricyrtis. I must look into that one for myself.

Donna

GoDawgs November 21, 2018 05:03 PM

Camellia Time
 
The first Camellia sasanquas are blooming! Loaded with buds, too.

'Leslie Ann' shrub and blossom:

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nR3kj4l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/pSA5e6V.jpg[/IMG]


'Stephanie Golden' shrub and blossom:

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/4krhdkk.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/gobBOax.jpg[/IMG]


'Apple Blossom shrub and blossom:

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/u9szRwB.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/t0SAlz5.jpg[/IMG]

SpookyShoe November 29, 2018 04:28 PM

strange color amaryllis
 
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Nice Camellias, Dawg.

5 weeks ago I bought 3 amaryllis bulbs from Wal-Mart (the kind that some stores have to plant for Christmas blooms). The bulbs were labeled Minerva, a red with white stripes emanating from the center. One of the bulbs bloomed yesterday and it's a pale green with a narrow red lining around the petals. Never saw one like this before.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

GoDawgs November 30, 2018 06:51 AM

Pretty! But sure not what you expected, That's the chance we take on bulbs. Having worked in a nursery I know how labels sometimes get mixed up. The only way to avoid getting something other than what you want is to see it in bloom. That works with shrubs but not with bulbs. Were the other two true to type?

SpookyShoe December 4, 2018 03:23 PM

One of the two remaining has bloomed, and it's also a very pale green, with a very thin band of red around the petals. The third one hasn't bloomed yet, but the buds look reddish. I'll wait and see.

Donna

GrowingCoastal December 4, 2018 10:48 PM

Lovely, whether the expected one or not. We get these as bulb in a box for sale around Christmas time, now that is.
Never seen one like yours.

SpookyShoe December 5, 2018 03:13 PM

Shrimp Plant
 
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These look better now than they did in the summer. I also have some with yellow flowers, but they aren't blooming now.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

MissS December 6, 2018 02:20 PM

It is so nice to see that some people still have some plants flowering. It has brightened up this cold day.
Donna the amaryllis bloom that you are showing is "Picotee". A very dainty white and green blossom with red edging. I happen to love this little charmer. The big box stores are notorious for selling mislabeled bulbs. They are also known to sell bulbs with mosaic virus so be on the lookout for that as well.


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