what's blooming this week?
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treeskinWe are solidly into daisy season this week, and the daylilies starting. It's my favorite part of summer, warm but not unreasonabbly so, that burst of color before the heat dries everything up until September.
I have three hybrid echinaceas blooming this season. Not that I planted any of those a-purpose. The first to bloom, the first of all my echinaceas to bloom, I think is a cross of E purpurea and E paradoxa.....yellowish rose, thin, reflexing petals, raised disc in the center (like E purpurea), and the foliage is rounder than E paradoxa but still long and narrow.
The other two may be from seeds off of hybrids that someone gave me years ago, hard to say. The first of these opens pale, almost lavender, with a brush-stroke of darker pink down the center of each petal, and it darkens to a light even pink. The foliage is E purpurea, the center of the flowers is green rather than orange, like the white-flowered strains.
The last is the showiest...a rich, saturated rosy orange color, and wide, flat petals. I'm watching this plant closely, because the folks I've shown it to all want cuttings when it's big enough. So far, it's only about 18" tall. I can't say if that'll be it's mature height or not. It'd be cool, but with all the tall daisies in my garden, it's likely to be taller as it gets more mature.
Todays bloomers:
* echinaceas in various shades
* white shastas
* some dayllies, golden yellow, a pale orange, a couple of purples, a dark red one, and one tiny pale gold seedling that's blooming for the first time, "Little Grapette" (dwarf dark purple), "Prarie Blue Eyes" (lavender with a darker eye), "Pardon Me" (scarlet, very showy), and my favorite, an unnamed seedling with a spidery shape and the best fragrance
* oenothera "Sunset", which is red in the bud but golden yellow when open
* purple liatris, with one white one to come in a few days
* lady bells (Adenophora spp), purple
* ballon flower (Platycodon) in blue
* the first of the queen anne's lace
* Verbena bonariensis, which will go all season if I water it
* yarrows in lavender and melony orange and white
* lavender
* some of the thymes
* mountain mints, except for the tall one (and I've several funny, obviously cross-bred plants in these patches too), white and lavender
* Salvia farinacea
* Asiatic lilies, mostly red and gold and white today; there were pinks and pastels last week
* petunias
* the pale pink snaps that The Miss picked out
* annual dianthus in their second flush, white with red centers
* lynchnis "First Blush", which is normal white with a flush of pink at the center, but is just white in this heat, over silvery white foliage
* lamb's ear
* zinnias and marigolds are just getting started
* the perennial sweet pea that D gave me, not fragrant, but much more durable, in a bright pink cheery way
* believe it or not, morning gloires, already, purple and red ones
I am waiting anxiously for a patch of (I think) tiger lilies to bloom. They showed up in a flower bed by surprise, probably came home from work in a pot of recycled soil that I dumped there, and I've been watching them for 5 seasons.
I have three hybrid echinaceas blooming this season. Not that I planted any of those a-purpose. The first to bloom, the first of all my echinaceas to bloom, I think is a cross of E purpurea and E paradoxa.....yellowish rose, thin, reflexing petals, raised disc in the center (like E purpurea), and the foliage is rounder than E paradoxa but still long and narrow.
The other two may be from seeds off of hybrids that someone gave me years ago, hard to say. The first of these opens pale, almost lavender, with a brush-stroke of darker pink down the center of each petal, and it darkens to a light even pink. The foliage is E purpurea, the center of the flowers is green rather than orange, like the white-flowered strains.
The last is the showiest...a rich, saturated rosy orange color, and wide, flat petals. I'm watching this plant closely, because the folks I've shown it to all want cuttings when it's big enough. So far, it's only about 18" tall. I can't say if that'll be it's mature height or not. It'd be cool, but with all the tall daisies in my garden, it's likely to be taller as it gets more mature.
Todays bloomers:
* echinaceas in various shades
* white shastas
* some dayllies, golden yellow, a pale orange, a couple of purples, a dark red one, and one tiny pale gold seedling that's blooming for the first time, "Little Grapette" (dwarf dark purple), "Prarie Blue Eyes" (lavender with a darker eye), "Pardon Me" (scarlet, very showy), and my favorite, an unnamed seedling with a spidery shape and the best fragrance
* oenothera "Sunset", which is red in the bud but golden yellow when open
* purple liatris, with one white one to come in a few days
* lady bells (Adenophora spp), purple
* ballon flower (Platycodon) in blue
* the first of the queen anne's lace
* Verbena bonariensis, which will go all season if I water it
* yarrows in lavender and melony orange and white
* lavender
* some of the thymes
* mountain mints, except for the tall one (and I've several funny, obviously cross-bred plants in these patches too), white and lavender
* Salvia farinacea
* Asiatic lilies, mostly red and gold and white today; there were pinks and pastels last week
* petunias
* the pale pink snaps that The Miss picked out
* annual dianthus in their second flush, white with red centers
* lynchnis "First Blush", which is normal white with a flush of pink at the center, but is just white in this heat, over silvery white foliage
* lamb's ear
* zinnias and marigolds are just getting started
* the perennial sweet pea that D gave me, not fragrant, but much more durable, in a bright pink cheery way
* believe it or not, morning gloires, already, purple and red ones
I am waiting anxiously for a patch of (I think) tiger lilies to bloom. They showed up in a flower bed by surprise, probably came home from work in a pot of recycled soil that I dumped there, and I've been watching them for 5 seasons.
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Date: 2012-06-29 06:45 pm (UTC)Right now the "Big Bloomers" are two Passionflowers, the Native Maypop and a hybrid with it 'Incense" and Ironweed, a Native Perennial that has Deep Purple Flossflowers on 10' Stems!
Most of the Oriental Lilies are done but the Crinums(Southern relatives of the Amaryllis) and Daylilies are just starting their Summer Show. I've eaten most of the Blackberries and Figs already(those that the Squirrels, Possums and Raccoons left;>). Unfortunately, due to the timing of the Spring Rains the Bees didn't do much Pollinating and so it's pretty much "zip" for Pears(European and Asian), Asian Plums, Quince and Avocado....
Cheers,
PAt
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Date: 2012-07-01 09:32 pm (UTC)The ironweed here only gets about 4' tall; there's a bunch of that in my back field. And I just bought a thread-leaf one, same flowers, but with fine, fine foliage. Can't remember the botanical name, and I'm miles from home at the moment.
We grow the same maypop here in Kansas, but it's fussier, we're at the outside edge of it's hardiness. I got a piece last fall from a friend, and I've been babying the poor thing. It's a whole 2' long now. Probably won't fruit this year, maybe next.
You've got a tempting lot of fruit. What kinds of quince are you planting? I'm contemplating fruiting quince trees as a border for a new garden area I want to do.
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Date: 2012-07-02 09:56 am (UTC)Cheers,
Pat