Someone gave me 4 o'clock seeds several years ago. Really struggled to get a few going, can't remember why. They form tubers, but never survived winter inside the shed. Yet ever since, They simply appear in odd places, like in the blue spruce pot. Nature is such a better gardener than I am. #gardening@gardening
This started as 3 plug size plants this spring. It's clearly something we are going to have to keep watching so that it doesn't take over. It is just starting to come into bloom. The flowers are just starting and should be more impressive soon.
Today for you I have joyous lilies, lychnis, phlox buddleia, rhubarb, Brussels sprouts and more. It's a long shot of the garden because I always love when other gardeners share these.
I think I have a problem. I have too many trees and plants and don't know what to do with them all. I have room for about 5% of what I have started here. #gardening#plants#Bloomscrolling@plants
@lishaberzins apologies if someone else mentioned this already, but i think more people use #gardening than #gardens. also, there's a lovely group called @plants that a lot of people post to. i hope that helps!
I’ve been too overwhelmed for #gardening or yard work this year. Some volunteer beans took over one bed, and some tulip poplar branches fell on the beans this past week. Anyone know what type of #caterpillar this is? @gardening
Morning glory Grandpa Otts: this electric beauty surprises me every morning as its trumpets open at different places on the vine. I managed to keep the slugs off (garlic spray!) when they were babies, so now about a dozen plants are climbing through the August garden. Each flower opens for just one day. But what a day.
This year I found out that although the plants will die away during the winter, their seeds are frost hardy (at least down to −6°C). So come the spring and I will sow a lot of morning glories at the foot of a long ivy covered wall in my garden, in the hope that the glories will use the ivy as kind of a live trellis support and make the ivy more colourful during the summer. And if this works, I hope the seeds will germinate the year after and perpetuate the cycle.
Morning. Once the dogs are on the move, I'll be taking my excess used compost to the community gardens to dump. Nearly done deconstructing my own garden. Only the blackberries to go & they're still providing brekky thus the delay. Should know by the end of the week which house we move into - the cracker box with a garage or the spacious house with a gate to the woods. Guess which one I want. #gardening@gardening
The Perennial houses were alphabetical! All sorts of interesting plants. This photo shows a section with several different Jacob's Ladder. #garden#gardening @gardening
Between some of the greenhouses are long, long tables with more plants. Pictures include one that was half succulents and half sedums and another that was daylilies.
In addition to the phenomenal sales areas, there are also a couple display gardens. One in full sun and one in shade. Both are intensely gardened and well worth the time to browse around. #garden#gardening#bloomscrolling @gardening
Some photos taken about a week ago out in the garden. There is a lot of yellow right now. The really tall ones are Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum) and Cutleaf coneflower 'Herbstsonne' (Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne'). I'm not sure on the shorter Rudbeckia- might be 'fuldiga'. The #Polinators love all of them. #garden#gardening#bloomscrolling#florespondence@gardening
I saw a post yesterday about how wild & woolly the Russian sage was in that area. Here's my slender little flower stem. This little guy survived last year's drought, -4 degree winter temps, & a very dry spring. I've very happy with it. #gardening@gardening
My favorite international grocery store has a bed full of these. I collected a couple seed pods no one was going to miss, planted them in the fall by the street where it gets no water or fert. Then two different utilities companies tore up the ground twice in winter. Just one plant came up.
I usually grab the plant by the stem and shake as much soil back into the pot as I can. The plant and its dirty root ball go in the compost. I use fresh compost and a bit of perlite instead of more potting soil to top up what the pot has lost.