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Sep 1, 2016 8:35 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Common Mullein...

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I could be wrong...
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"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 12:00 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Amazed at how 'floriferous' my little Johnny-Jump-Up is and how long it has been flowering! Will sure have to grow a lot more of these...in the back, away from deer....

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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 3:58 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
The Linaria purpurea again, but now the Echium vulgare / Viper's Bugloss from Mike's seeds have added their lovely blue to the mix...

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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 5:00 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Bookworm Charter ATP Member Region: California Hummingbirder Orchids Plant Identifier
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Beautiful, Sherry! Your garden is coming in very nicely now. Mine is looking awful in it's late summer doldrums.
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Sep 2, 2016 5:43 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
It IS filling in and I'm very pleased with it. It's hard to go wrong with the weather here, perfect climate for growing and I have water, this makes my life a good place to be in right now....I brought a few plants with me, had a bunch given to me from my friend, bex, have done a LOT of seed sowing, continuing with that...out adding in more young seedlings today. I do wish I could come up with the cash to do an arbor thing over the front window and over the front border entry...thinking I'll trade antique lamps for lumber....LOL...

It won't be long before we won't be seeing the house next door, or the street or house across the street...things are growing fast for privacy...

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"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 5:47 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Bookworm Charter ATP Member Region: California Hummingbirder Orchids Plant Identifier
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What is it that you want to plant on these arbors?
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Sep 2, 2016 6:31 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Well, I'm thinking a very narrow arbor over that living room window and though Zuzu is in the background screaming "NO!"...I'm thinking akebia...I have 3...also have a Blue Moon wisteria but don't think want that color out there. After I've managed to get these two done, I'd like to continue the same naroow type of arbor across the rest of the front of the house..it would be set back slightly due to the offset of the living room / porch/ door. The front of the house is too blnak, too exposed and yet it really is nice to get sun coming in there with this kind of climate. I've been undecided...

I'm very lucky in that a lot of stuff that I decide I need, I ask Bex if she has it and quite often, either she or her Uncle Ben has it...
I could be wrong...
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"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 7:05 PM CST
Name: Dee Moore
Arroyo Grande, CA (Zone 9a)
Seller of Garden Stuff Seed Starter Garden Art Butterflies Annuals Cactus and Succulents
Greenhouse Container Gardener Region: California Winter Sowing Garden Photography I helped beta test the first seed swap
Think about "Horse Panels" for arbor material. They are made from galvanized HEAVY wire and you can either just bend it into a arch (about door height) and stake them down or you can use with a wood frame. I bought mine at a local feed store. Here is a site where you can see what I'm talking about.
http://3gshayandgrain.com/gate...

I love the grasses, very nice.
Dee
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Sep 2, 2016 8:28 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
There are places where I could use the panels, but not at the front of the house. I need something that will also look good if / when bare. I know what I want to do, just too lazy to dig through the pics to find it. Perhaps I can get my son to put my pics in order....LOL...and now Jer is busy working on other projects anyway...time and money, always one or the other....

Yeah, I've been pretty hung up on garsses the last few years and I have a whole bunch more to put out...LOL...
I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 2, 2016 8:57 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Like this....

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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 9, 2016 12:07 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Oh, those glorious Naked Ladies! They can be found adorning and brightening even the most unexpected and / or neglected of spots...

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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 9, 2016 12:10 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
This really surprised me...Kahili Ginger !!! There just isn't that much really good gardening done around here, sadly, and I usually notice this place only for their stand of Shasta Daisies...and suddenly yesterday I saw the Kahilis...wow...didn't even know they would grow in our climate here....

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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 10, 2016 8:57 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
The largest hydrangea I've ever seen...too bad it's one of the Blah ones. I've been keeping an eye on it for a couple of years now...house unlived in.

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"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 11, 2016 8:37 AM CST
Name: Mike
Long Beach, Ca.
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Charter ATP Member Roses Hummingbirder Farmer Daylilies
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That hydrangea is gargantuan !
It never ceases to amaze me how something like that can thrive on neglect.

Are those echium from the seeds I sent you eons ago ? lol
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Sep 11, 2016 9:21 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Yes, Mike.....the echium seeds from you will live on forever...LOL..the Linaria purpurea 'Canon Went' that I grow?...all came from one 4" pot bought from Chris Wotruba at her nusery, Perennial Adventure in Mt. Helix about 20-25 years ago....seeds are just such miraculous things. I did a lot of stuff from seed this year and got a late start with the echium vulgare, still have some very small ones to get in the ground...they wintered over the first winter here, the second winter knocked them out, so I'm glad to see that the ones I got in the ground already are flowering so I will make sure to still keep seed going. You just can't believe how fast things grow here...stick them in the ground, and Bam!...they shoot right up. Seeds from them have already been sent to my friend, Toni, who's moved up here to Coos Bay from Fallbrook...
I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 17, 2016 2:23 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
Princess Flower....seen in Brookings today....

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I could be wrong...
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"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 17, 2016 3:59 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Bookworm Charter ATP Member Region: California Hummingbirder Orchids Plant Identifier
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
Beautiful!!!
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Sep 22, 2016 11:58 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Sherry
Northern California
Sunset Zone 17
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Region: Pacific Northwest Seed Starter Region: California Plant Identifier
More Naked Ladies......

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More Princess Flower.......



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I could be wrong...
and.....
"maybe I should have kept my mouth shut....."
The Urge for Seeds is Strong in This One.....
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Sep 22, 2016 2:49 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
Bookworm Charter ATP Member Region: California Hummingbirder Orchids Plant Identifier
Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
I like both, but have room for neither.
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Sep 30, 2016 12:51 PM CST
Name: Carol Roberts
Huntington Beach, CA (Zone 10b)
Sunset 24
Annuals Container Gardener Dog Lover Foliage Fan
I've always liked the naked ladies. You get to actually see the blooms instead of all that green stuff getting in the way. Its that belladonna part that stops me from having them. I never know when doofus dog is going to take a bite out of a plant.
Can't complain too loud about how the ball bounces when I'm the one who dropped it.
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