Ginny, do you want some Oxblood bulbs in with the Iris I am sending next Spring?

Lovely RJ I did find these today

Very nice Clint, RJ, Debra and Ginny.
A few blooming around here.

May May


Asters coming to life


Blackeyed Stella


"There is a hole in the bucket dear "Henryi" dear Henryi. FF'sE



Henryi

Red October

Balsam

Aster

Aster

Alma Potschke

Aster's galore

Hibiscus 'Jazzberry Jam' was beautiful this morning.

Mike - Beautiful!!! Love the reference to the Hole in the Bucket Dear Henri I remember it well! I am so jealous of your asters - I used to have beautiful asters at previous house but rabbits didn't leave mine alone this year - didn't even get an inch tall and NO blooms

Clint - your Hibiscus absolutely amaze me!!! And you have my favorite colors too

lovemyhouse said:Ginny, do you want some Oxblood bulbs in with the Iris I am sending next Spring?

Please see Treemail

So in the midst of my bloom withdrawal symptoms, and since I can't remember if I already shared this (sorry if I forgot - see Sandbox you know when you're old when forum ) I ordered two Joseph's Coat Climbing Roses, Milkshake Coneflower, and Dazzleberry Sedum, ALL because of recommendations on this site I told you this site is dangerous

Death by Crinum.

My Crinium pedunculatum is so huge - and getting bigger by the day. Who will save me?

But Glen it's so pretty! If you want to send me a plane ticket to Australia to pick it up I'd be happy to take it off your hands

OMG, that is huge. How much bigger will it get?

Deebie they get to 2 to 3 metres tall, with a spread of up to 3 metres. I have had to prune the leaves closest to that path next to the house so I can get through to the back. I have been using a systemic to keep the lily borers out. The caterpillars of that moth Brithys crini (alias Amaryllis borer, Crinum borer or Kew arches) can turn them into a melted cesspool. However, I now have native bee hives and I suspect I cannot use it any more. The moth may win this year.

Thanks. I'm so sorry to hear about the caterpillars. I wonder if we have those here? I'll have to check. I do have some Crinium pedunculatum seedlings that I started from seeds from a generous member. The seeds were so large that I thought they were bulbs. I'll have to be careful where I plant them. I think a border of crinums will be lovely. I want to cut back the leaves of my other crinums before the frost turns them to mush. They are a mess to work with at that stage and a pain to transplant as the bulbs are so large/long.

Found on tonight's walk around the yard
Anemone

Double Peach

Toad Lily - Empress

Panicle hydrangea

Autumn Joy Sedum

Mazus

And this finished it off

ooooh, Ginny, that is one pretty sunset.

We get some pretty good ones out here. A flick of geese flew over but iPhone didn't capture them.

Not a blooming perennial, but it's still worth posting! I must have planted it in the perfect place this year!

Wholly cow - obviously the perfect place

OOOooo, what is it Rose?

Some flowering today.



Sedum


Hippie noids



Roses


Daylilies Retro Afternoon and Crowning Fire



Cathedral Begonia


Pelargonium citrosum is pungently attractive.