Ticks wouldn't bother me so much if they didn't carry these horrible deadly diseases!
Anyway, just beautiufl, Tamara and Karen! I got coleus for the first time this year, also and on the deck it is the last one standing of the annuals. Tough little buggers!

Tamara do you have a basement? One with an especially bright light coming through? Stick the mandevilla pot and all downthere and water it oh maybe 2 x's a month from November thru Feb. Then repot cut back the disgusting foliage. Root prune if need be, give it some fertilizer, (MG is always a good bet) a bright sunny window with tlc and you will have a beautiful mandevilla next year too.

Did mine survive? Did 3 years in a row. This year I forgot it downstairs and the darn thing is vining up a string Ed had hanging for whatever reason. No blooms but its alive.....................

Dwarf Dazzle Crape Myrtle, Hibiscus, Black & Blue Salvia.

I love that crepe myrtle. I love all crepe myrtles!

Karen

OH Karen I forgot to say your gardens are beautiful,your coleus are really nice .i dont have really any good space to over winter anything..But im gonna figure something out....I only spent 10.00bucks on the 2 huge mandes...thanks for the advice All

Thank you, Tamara.

Karen

hollyhock fiesta time


dahlia


spider lily:

Nicole, that is one beautiful Hollyhock and pretty garden!

Very pretty!

Karen

Janice, it is a low growing Hollyhock, only about 2 ft tall, with the oak-shaped-leaves. I bought the plant from Lowe's cause I love the flowers. I have collected seeds from it. Hope they will germinate next year.

I love it too Lili,I had a double peach I still have red Love those short ones..I have a ton of Black currant gearing up for next year,but they are ten feet tall ...I swear...

Dahalia before I hacked it down had powdery mildew,but its regrowing ,maybe it will bloom again before frost

I had some black Hollyhock last year, "The Watchman", and they are so pretty! It really does look black, but when you look closely it's like a velvety, dark purple, burgandy kind of flower. It would look great against a light backdrop. I didn't realize it when I planted them at the mailbox. They did not come back this year though, so I will have to plant them again.

Does Black Current shows up black looking? The Black Current Swirl is very pretty!

Here is a picture of "The Watchman" from last year:

Beautiful, Nicole. Thank you.

Oh, Tamara, The Watchman only got about 5 feet tall, but I had some pink ones this year and they got up to about 8 ft tall. It went into my rose bushes in my arbor.

I need to get my pictures uploaded so I can share too....... I'm so lazy lately.

Raining to beat the band here this morning.

4 inch diam MGs

asian jasmine:


white butterfly ginger:


passionfruit:

Magical Mystery Tour passionfruit.

Nice, very very nice...................

nice shots Janice and Nicole,love the photo shopped passion fruit..cool





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