I hope you like Take Out! The Floral Alphabet Soup is such a treat, and the letter G is no exception with many interesting Grasses including Glyceria, and the ever beautiful Gladiolus, the Geums, some of which have already been shown, but also some things like Grindelia which I have only encountered in the field and have never Grown. And not to mention actual Garden Landscape photos are often exhibited in this letter when I have done this elsewhere, but I know this website has other places for those photographs, so I leave it all in your Good Hands. To start G's I am tossing these in the pot....

Grape Hyacinth, I am looking forward to seeing these soon:



Gaillardia Arizona Sun



Geranium x oxonianum Phoebe Noble (I never took Chemistry from Dr. Noble, but I was there when she was a teacher at UVIC: She once was interviewed about this plant and when the journalist said he had it in his garden she said..."Oh, that is too bad! I mow it with the lawnmower!" Or something like that, I just know she was right about its invasive nature, and I have mine corralled between the deck and the walkway around the upstairs pond. Its a testament to this plant that it grows untended in the drawdown zone of the Arrow Lakes Reservoir. And I did not put it there, btw.



Gate; this is now about 2 years old. It covers my Garden shed, which I may burden you with as well, photographically, later. (The photograph has been treated in a software program).



Please have fun in the Gs they are an amazing Group of Garden Soup Items.

Ok, on to the "G's"!
Geranium elanos zonal blue


Geranium elegance


Grusonia invicta

Cacti and succulents that I've grown beginning with G;

Gymnocalcium stenopleurum...............
Gymnocalcium stenopleurum by longk48, on Flickr

Gasteraloe...............
Gasteraloe by longk48, on Flickr

Gasteria aff.bicolor.............


Graptopetalum bellum.................


Bulbous and tuberous plants;
Galtonia candicans............
Galtonia candicans by longk48, on Flickr

Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus..............


Gloriosa carsonii...............
Gloriosa carsonii by longk48, on Flickr

Gloriosa lutea...............
Gloriosa lutea by longk48, on Flickr

Gloriosa Superba..............


Others;
Geranium phaeum...........
Geranium phaeum by longk48, on Flickr

Geranium phaeum by longk48, on Flickr

Grevillea...............


Gibasis pellucida...............
Gibasis pellucida by longk48, on Flickr

Oh goody, the G's:

Gaillardia



Goldenrod



Goldeneye phlox



Gazania







Geranium



Grape tomato



Golden groundsel



Guajillo



Garlic chives



Globe Mallow

Lilies (that start with G)




<<< gold version

(Lilium henryi used to be separated into the gold, the yellow, and the orange; now grouped / lumped all together...)

Well, a few minutes ago, I finished entering my last 'F's into the Soup Pot, and now I'm ready for the 'G's.
I mentioned a Fern that started with a 'G', so here is the Oak Fern, Gymnocarpus dryopteris with triangular fronds and making a great ground cover.For some reason it exists in Google, but it's not yet in our Database - or maybe the name has changed. A bit more research necessary.


Three Gaillardias:

These double Galanthus or Snowdrops are beginning to poke up their heads right now, 3 inches away from the snowbank, and will bloom this year from early February to well into April.
and you really have to pick a few and savour the fragrance. - (Thank you Robert @robertduval14 for the use of your inspiring face view of Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno')

Galanthus never do very well for me here... plant them and they disappear. What do they need?

Holy cow J! um, just curious, how many lilies do you have? 5-10+ for each letter of the alphabet?

144 different lilies; my first obsession; last summer down to 88.

Tulips with a G

<<< has a delightful scent






Daffodils with a G

HemNorth said:I mentioned a Fern that started with a 'G', so here is the Oak Fern, Gymnocarpus dryopteris with triangular fronds and making a great ground cover.For some reason it exists in Google, but it's not yet in our Database - or maybe the name has changed. A bit more research necessary.

• Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
• Uploaded by HemNorth

You have the genus name misspelled...here is our entry for Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)

Cleavers and nettles in the wild:

Robert, you are so kind to give me the correct name.

And I like your new photo for your Avatar - a very richly coloured Daylily.

Don't be fooled by the color in my avatar...it's been digitally altered.

Good gracious! what an unbelievable take out menu

aka Goat's Beard >



aka Green Cape Hyacinth and syn. Galtonia viridiflora




Butterflies from the realm of G:

Great Spankled Fritillary -
Giant Swallowtail -
Grey Hairstreak -
Green Cloverworm Moth -

jmorth - you keep stringing us along - Wow - What a line-up of G's. Could that be interpreted as a "G"-String??!!

So - a few more:

A blue ginger -







aka Gramma Grass




Ground covers -



Geodes - These rocks make a lot of the border that outlines the garden...

Gaillardia groupies


Geranium gal