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luvsgrtdanes

Aug 2, 2014 6:16 AM CST

Name: Ronnie (Veronica)
Southeastern PA (Zone 6b)
Count your blessings, be grateful

Great shots Dirt

I like that flame flower, looks like it's related to portulaca. I think I will look for seeds for next year.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

| @luvsgrtdanes | Post #671788 (1)

flaflwrgrl

Aug 2, 2014 11:50 AM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

I put the fame flower in my list. thanks Dirt! Those are the kind of things I need for here. Near desert conditions with sun, sun, & more sun.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #672035 (2)

TennesseeDave

Aug 3, 2014 1:34 PM CST

Name: Dave
Dayton, TN (Zone 7a)
Blessed beyond all merit.

Clearwing moth around the Lantana and a bumblebee in the coneflower

| @TennesseeDave | Post #672803 (3)

lovemyhouse

Aug 3, 2014 1:43 PM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

Love them.

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #672808 (4)

Catmint20906

Aug 3, 2014 1:44 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

Great photos, Dave!

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #672811 (5)

flaflwrgrl

Aug 3, 2014 5:42 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

I see you have some leaf variegation on that lantana Dave. Very cool! Not to mention the photos are very nice.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #672995 (6)

foraygardengirl

Aug 4, 2014 11:42 AM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Great photos, Dave!

:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

| @foraygardengirl | Post #673435 (7)

foraygardengirl

Aug 4, 2014 4:53 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

I finally caught the neighborhood bees sleeping in my Black Adder agastache. I counted 11 of them that I could see - they curl up way at the very bottom underside of the flower stalks. Only a few photos turned out - in the last shot there are actually two bees, one on the far side of the flower. The one of the bottom looks like it may fall off!

:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

| @foraygardengirl | Post #673715 (8)

lovemyhouse

Aug 4, 2014 5:00 PM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #673721 (9)

Catmint20906

Aug 4, 2014 5:14 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

beautiful photos! I can just hear the bees: 'nom nom nom'

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #673728 (10)

foraygardengirl

Aug 4, 2014 5:18 PM CST

Name: Jeanie
Minnesota (Zone 4a)
Replace your lawn with a garden!

Do bees snore? I was thinking of: "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
Old gardeners never die. They are just pruned and repotted.

| @foraygardengirl | Post #673731 (11)

flaflwrgrl

Aug 4, 2014 5:42 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #673750 (12)

Catmint20906

Aug 8, 2014 4:03 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

3 bees enjoying my Basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum × basilicum) 'African Blue'

African Blue Basil (Ocimum 'African Blue')
Uploaded by Catmint20906

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #676495 (13)

lovemyhouse

Aug 8, 2014 5:42 PM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

Nice.

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #676564 (14)

Catmint20906

Aug 9, 2014 12:26 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

Saw these guys this morning enjoying mountain mints and salvia at a local garden:

Short-Toothed Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
Uploaded by Catmint20906

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #676949 (15)

lovemyhouse

Aug 9, 2014 1:32 PM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #676999 (16)

dirtdorphins

Aug 9, 2014 2:05 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

Very nice Catmint!
?mountain mints? What is that?

| @dirtdorphins | Post #677018 (17)

Catmint20906

Aug 9, 2014 2:22 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

hi, Dirtdorphins. This was Pycnanthemum muticum, but there are other Pycnanthemum varieties. They are natives that grow pretty well in the Midatlantic, and the pollinators adore them!

They're in the mint family, probably most closely related to Monarda.

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #677034 (18)

dirtdorphins

Aug 9, 2014 3:17 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

very cool

We have a lot of things folks call mountain this or that out here in the Rockies but none of those!
I had some 'weeds' in the midwest that could have been Pycnanthemum though

| @dirtdorphins | Post #677070 (19)

Catmint20906

Aug 10, 2014 9:02 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

I was able to get a photo today of a visitor on my fennel bloom:

Florence Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum)
Uploaded by Catmint20906

Anyone know which insect it is?

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #678152 (20)

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