I didn't realize how many different Agastache's there are. I am getting these from mamajacks. Would you like one?
I'll trade ya.
1-Bolero
1-Raspberry Summer
1-Summer Skies
1-Cotton Candy
1-Summer Sunset

I just planted Summer Sunset and Raspberry summer from mammajacks co-op. Its been raining for 3 days. I noticed the first zone listed is mine ( z 6a ) I hope I see them next spring.

I hope so Jo Ann.

You are safe in Z7.I had Tutti Fruity last year.There is one weenie plant now.

Actually I'm in zone 8a this year, right on the edge between two zones and sometimes it changes.

virginiarose said:I didn't realize how many different Agastache's there are. I am getting these from mamajacks. Would you like one?
I'll trade ya.
1-Bolero
1-Raspberry Summer
1-Summer Skies
1-Cotton Candy
1-Summer Sunset

I love, love, love Agastaches! Can't have too many of them!

Thanks, but keep them for yourself in your garden! You'll love all of them! Next year, you'll want more Agastaches!

Here are some photos of my perennials in pots, some in bloom, some not yet:

Lavender stoechas 'Anouk'


Golden Yarrow:


Hostas


Various succulents


Euphorbia characias dwarf


Tri-color Pelargonium


Pelargonium h. Vancouver Centennial


Gaillardias


Salvia subrotunda

Beautiful collection.

Thanks Marilyn, I certainly am excited about growing them.

Tarev, Nice plants, great collection. What kinda Hosta is that? Do you know, also I would love one of those Tri-color Pelargonium , How big will it get?

I need to move some short lilies. They will go in planters while the path is under construction.

I'm loving everyone's container plantings! I really enjoy growing in containers. Most of my containers are cheap plastic pots (because I'm a bit of a klutz and tend to break terra cotta, ceramic etc. Many plants over-winter very well here in Florida unless we have a few back to back winter freezes, which occasionally happens. Some plants that grow as annuals elsewhere are perennial down here.

Virginiarose/Susan: The Pelargonium 'Vancouver Centennial' was a favorite of mine: Zonal Geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum 'Vancouver Centennial')
They grow about 12" - 18" tall and wide. I had a few of them that overwintered for about three years. The cold didn't end up killing them ... it was no water for four months and total lack of care that did them in! I bought mine at a Wal-Mart garden center a few years ago and I'm going to be on the lookout for them again this year! Even when not in bloom, the foliage is really pretty!


A few of my mixed container plantings, some current ... some past:

Mixed container/hanging basket with Coleus, Caladium, Ornamental Oregano and Tradescantia:


Pink Pentas lanceolata, Fountain Grass, Diamond Frost Euphorbia, etc. planted beneath a dwarf Schefflera:


Caladiums and Celosia:


This one is very overgrown - Codiaeum ("Croton"), Rosa 'Sunny Knockout' and Alternanthera:


Philadelphus inodorus (scentless "Mock Orange") and Morning Glory/Ipomoea nil 'Tie Dye':

Lin, all are nice and I really like the composition of the last photo.

tarev, I have some of the Anouk as well. Never thought about trimming it to tree form. I gots ideas now.

plantladylin , Thanks for the information. Love your Container Gardens and your choices. Beautiful.

virginiarose said:plantladylin , Thanks for the information. Love your Container Gardens and your choices. Beautiful.

Do you have a river or a pond on your property? I was wondering from the water in the last pic. Noticed you have a pool too!

Beautiful containers.
I love pelargoniums they are tough and re-root at will here.I am raising 4 cuttings this season.They will go to pots if the weather ever get warm for good.

Thanks everyone.

Marilyn: Our old house (that we will be renting out later this summer after some renovation) has the swimming pool. The new house has a much smaller property, which is a plus in my opinion because as I'm getting older I don't want so much yard work!

I've always loved attracting songbirds to the garden and I have a few feeders out, plus there are trees and shrubs with lots of berries for the birds also. Here in the new neighborhood most of the homes have manmade canals that run behind the properties, so along with the regular backyard birds I get to see Heron's, Egrets and Osprey's on an almost daily basis as well! Someone recently asked me if I missed the pool but we hadn't used the pool in years so I don't miss it a bit. There was much more container grow area with the large screened pool deck and attached covered deck at the old house but in the new house there's a nice large deck that runs the length of the back of the house ... so I have lots of space for plants out there. We are considering screening the deck in the near future so we will be able to spend more time out there during the summer months and not have to fight off mosquito's!

Lovely spot with all the containers. We love our Deck Garden.

plantladylin said:Thanks everyone.

Marilyn: Our old house (that we will be renting out later this summer after some renovation) has the swimming pool. The new house has a much smaller property, which is a plus in my opinion because as I'm getting older I don't want so much yard work!

I've always loved attracting songbirds to the garden and I have a few feeders out, plus there are trees and shrubs with lots of berries for the birds also. Here in the new neighborhood most of the homes have manmade canals that run behind the properties, so along with the regular backyard birds I get to see Heron's, Egrets and Osprey's on an almost daily basis as well! Someone recently asked me if I missed the pool but we hadn't used the pool in years so I don't miss it a bit. There was much more container grow area with the large screened pool deck and attached covered deck at the old house but in the new house there's a nice large deck that runs the length of the back of the house ... so I have lots of space for plants out there. We are considering screening the deck in the near future so we will be able to spend more time out there during the summer months and not have to fight off mosquito's!

Love all your containers on the deck! Love how you have the deck, so inviting, relaxing and comfy! Enjoying all those water birds!

I'd rather have a water canal with "Heron's, Egrets and Osprey's on an almost daily basis" than a pool. Lucky you! I envy you! When DH and I went to FL for vacations, I'd love seeing all the birds, esp. 'the water/shore' ones! I miss seeing them, as we haven't been in FL since early 2006. Love the Brown Pelican!

Marilyn: I never really thought much about Pelican's until a year or two before my dear mother in law passed away in 2004. The Brown Pelican is a year round resident here and when my mother in law was in her later years (95, 96 years of age) and had a bit of dementia, I'd take her for rides along the beach every couple of days. She so enjoyed the Pelicans. She had been in Florida since 1950 but lived in the central part of the state so I guess she had never seen a Pelican or maybe with her memory loss she didn't remember them. She would get so excited to see them flying in formation or even perched on a piling. It made me realize how much we take for granted sometimes. The joy on her face when she spotted a Pelican always made me smile!

Oops, sorry about that folks! I really got off-topic with the last post ... please forgive me.