Plucky Purcell

Yeah, those pictures are probably a month old or so...I just noticed the thread yesterday.
Columbines huh? Good to know because I know dick about flowers..

bryansm

yep its columbine if the flower is hanging upside down (face pointing down) we got em planted all over the university arboretum.

buzz you got any other cool plants layin around?

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buzzmobile

As a matter of fact... I do. I'll get some more pictures in another day or two.

Now I know what columbines look like.

buzzmobile

I wandered around our place this morning after Ette left to do some work at the office. Here's what is blooming these days.

OK, starting at the top from left to right we have:
Wild petunias growing out of our bricks on the front porch. When we first moved here we were given two hanging baskets of white and lavender petunias that evidently seeded themselves. They come back every year.

A lace cap hydrangea called Annabelle.

More lace cap contrasted with the traditional ball shaped hydrangea called Nikko Blue.

Stella d'Oro daylily.

Buddleia, but I don't remember the cultivar.

Knockout roses.

Strawberry flower.

Pomegranate flower and then a picture of the developing fruit.

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buzzmobile

From top to bottom we have:

A terrestrial orchid called "Lady Tresses". There are hundreds that pop up randomly in our field every year about this time. They're a few weeks early this year.

Spider wort growing near the burn pile.

A sunflower bud forming.

Honeysuckle growing along the edge of the woods.

A whole bunch of patty pan squash flowers.

A dahlia bud. This is the first time we have grown dahlias.

Pecan babies. Looks like we are in for a decent crop this year. They'll be dropping sometime in late Oct-early Nov.

Baby muscadine grapes. They usually ripen around Labor Day.

Granny Smith apple blossoms.

That's all for this installment. Enjoy your Sunday.

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Plucky Purcell

mmm...LOVE pomegranates!
Pretty Petunias as well

Plucky Purcell

So I noticed these were blooming the other day, for a while now actually now that I think about it. I don't know what any of them are though.



This guy was just hanging out on the same flower this afternoon.

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buzzmobile

Here are this week's flowers.
Dahlia

Volunteer Zinnia in front bed

First sunflower of the year- another volunteer

Volunteer zinnia at burn pile

Magnolia soulangiana rubrum- It's very confused with its bloom cycle. These bloom in late winter here.

50 Rep points for the first one to ID the last pictured flower.

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Treadwell

Some of these beautiful flowers bring a question to mind..

Anyone know from experience what the seasonal tolerances of Lotus flowers are?

I think they are awesome looking.

Those and orchids are a personal favorite (other than MJ`s flowers )

I just dont know what the extremes they can handle are if any. Ive only grown them indoors under those walmart type shelf lamps.

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buzzmobile

Lotus flowers are practically bulletproof as long as you have some water on hand to grow them. They can grow in a wide range of pH and they are hardy down -36F. We grew them in a pond in SW Florida.

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