I am beginning to like rudbeckias a lot..two years ago I rec'd in a swap or trade .seeds labeled as Double sun gold rudbeckia and it seems it bloomed last year but I only remember maybe 1 or 2 blooms. This year it has done so well and I am loving it. Something is eating the leaves..leaving holes in them but I can't find any insect on it. no sign of slugs so I'm puzzled. I did see a beatle on one of the coneflowers and threw it off last night, should have put it in a covered jar and smothered it. Guess I need to do some spraying later on today. I just went out to pick up newspaper from driveway and take my daily morning walk around to see what new blooms I have today. A new orange daylily will be opening later on today; a gift last Sept. from Gita from MAG group..She also gifted me with some others..Frans hal which has some buds showing so can't wait to see that one bloom too. Buds are on my blackberry lily that Christiane gave me last year too. Blooms are beginning on a Tall garden phlox..that a church friend gifted me several years ago..that is a thrill because I tried so hard to grow phlox and to see it bloom is exciting.
The coneflowers I have are so tall, NOID because I snitched the seeds from the public library's little flower gardens a few years ago..I think because of the height, they may be Magnus variety. Not sure I will be keeping them; want PowWow berry variety, as it is so stunning in color and a lower height.
Has anybody grown PW supertunia "Pretty much Picasso petunias?" I purchased a pot of them about 3 weeks ago and don't have them planted in a container yet, but have been watering them every day because of the 90-102 degree temperatures..I'm disappointed so far, but maybe when I get it planted in a different type of soil, it will look more stunning. If I remember some comments about this variety when it was first introduced, others were disappointed in it. Hard to be disappointed in PW plants..maybe it's just the colors I don't like. Have you seen those ones that look like black velvet and there's one that is yellow and black. Yuck! I laughed at the garden center when one of the employees was helping me; said those black and black and yellow reminded him of Halloween. My thoughts exactly!
