Take pix. Have a great visit.I have the best friends from the garden websites who visit. There isnt a lul in conversation when we are together.
If you are thinking of Siberiand give PollyK a look for next year. She has some neat ones.
I have Pennywhistle,really taller thn opthers and it looks fantastic no matter where its planted,just rises above everything in a clump of teeeeny blue flowers

blooms this morning






This McKennas giant never went into winter dormancy.Its the biggest ever in 4 years




The above is a trellis I made from a xmaswreath wire frame and a couple of rebars and cable ties. 3 years and its doing what I hoped. There is a short clem on it Vagabond.
This is waht it looked like when I made it

Love the trellis, have you got clematis growing one it? What kind of Alliums are those and how long do they actually bloom.

Those are Globemasters. They have been in bloom for a month from first opening.This is my first year for them.they are going out of bloom,I will leave the tops because they lookm so interesting.

here's the bunch from today
http://smilebox.com/playBlog/4...

That is sweet, where did you get the bear statue. I have some stuff I want to get from 'Mary's Garden Patch', she has some Alliums that ship in fall, I like the star shaped ones too!
How big are the Globes on those and how tall are they?

The bear was a xmas gift from SIL to DD the first year we moved here. SIL's business is in the hills south of here. There is a lot of bear carving down there as many tree people live there and sell firewood too.
The globemasters are large,my guess balls are over8 inches dia.
Yes alliums ship and are planted in fall. These have 1 stem per bulb and I expected the plants to be tall like 50 inches but mine are barely 3 feet.

Yes, I thought they were all 4-5 feet because the man across street had them in his yard and the globes were as big as gazing balls and I know they were 4 feet tall.
I was looking at some on the internet and I saw some beautiful Alliums called 'Purple Sensation' and I fell in love but cannot find anyone who sales them.
I would not have considered buying any at all except yours are so nice and not to big. I found there is a lot of different ones out there and some only 8 inches tall.
I really wanted some of the star kind but taller at least 3 ft, and Mary's has one variety that says it gets up to four feet. They are just round balls but would still make a statement, 'Gladiator Allium.'
If this is your Globemasters first year, then it might not be full grown, they might surprise you next year! I would not mind having some of the Globemasters, if I could find the star kind like yours.

Its early for fall bulb orders,wait until July. J Scheepers has Purple Sensation thats where I goyt mine. The tall large globe alliums you saw must be another variety.

OK, great!!

Love the trellis, what a great way to reuse and old item. That clem. is going to be gorgeous when it blooms. Enjoyed the smilebox too.
Here are a few from my gardens.



Some of my first iris, Trillium, Heuchera


Noid Clem.





Shade Garden


Red Poppy


Blue Iris.





White and Yellow Iris. noid


I bought this at a garage sale. Not sure were i'm going to place it but will be growing that clem. that was the banner a few weeks ago.

nice plants

I like the form doll, Interesting thing to put into the garden.

Lots of beautiful blooms going on now,great stuff Ladies,



Visited chelles place sat. morning,Just gorgous,sereen,I loved it....

I forgot my camera,and I forgot it yesterday too

i love that dress form or whatever ? Bust ?... Its great...

Im going out now to shoot some photos,Ive got clem`s blooming and a lot of other stuff..

Another warm one and watching "Beryl"

take care, susan.

temps have been in the 90s here, too, and very dry.

karen

It was almost 100 here today! It is windy too. We so need rain!

same here, clint. temps have been in the 90s, no rain in weeks.

karen

Sorry for those who haven't had any rain, we had 3/4" yesterday morning with thunderstorms, May has been super wet but we needed it cause we had no rain in April
The humidity today was CRAZY felt like August