Maybe having a bunch of leaves down is helping somewhat with the internet connection, who knows?

These canna that I saved from last year are going crazy right now.

Has rained here all day and is still raining........... Had one break of sun about 6 and was rewarded by a beautiful rainbow then down pour again. Supposed to go all night and into tomorrow afternoon. I don't care though you don't have to SHOVEL rain.

So true!

I ended up with some interesting volunteer mums this year.


Spoon-tipped? Never had anything like 'em before. I like them!


.......and I've never before had an orange mum here. At all. (I've always bought a pink, a yellow and a red.)

I have one now. It's not so bad....

(the orange one won't load....I'll try again later.)

Here's the orange one.

Is that a volunteer, Tee? It's beautiful.

This one is from a cutting that I stuck in the ground last fall. The parent plant didn't come back but the cuttings did.





This is another cutting that rooted last fall and came back this year. I'm supposing that it's a parent to my yellow spoon -tipped volunteer. (A parent to the orange one too, I'd bet.)

its cool and weird how they change , I ve got spoon tip also ,i didnt plant them either.I love MUMS...

a mixed boquet i really dont care if I mix em up,might be a new thing...

I love that mix!

......it's like a fresh-cut bouquet, but you don't have to clean up fallen petals all over your tabletops.

Love the mixed border,mums are so welcome this time of year.

chelle ,Ive never planted pink either and I have a pink and lavendar ,Im always curious as to what color i will end up with every year.They must not come true from seed ????

I put mums in the 4 oak barrels I care for at an office we clean,Ive got nice volunteers growing next to the barrels they have not opened yet,as they are shaded .Ill have to take better photos of them. sun going down was very bright

Someone gave me that orange mum last Spring, Chelle, so I don't know much about it. Luv them though.

One last look
http://player.vimeo.com/video/...

Jo Ann,

That was beautiful, brought sunshine and a smile to a rather damp dreary day

Thanks for sharing

Just passing on the "flower-joy"

Jo Ann, that video showed how gorgeous each bloom is...what designer can imagine and create such beauty.

Thanks, JoAnn, that was beautiful!
Especially now, when things are going to sleep...

Anyone who likes to attract Hummers and Butterflies to their garden (who doesn't, I should say!),
can help keep them alive with the information in this thread and the cautionary video.
The thread "The praying mantis was my friend" in Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum
Perhaps this accounts for times when we see fewer of them.

http://www.organicgardening.co...

Thanks! Great article, Tee.