Gaillardia, daisy, aster, lily, marigold, rose. The yellow one in the upper left corner is from a bush I think. Don't know what that is.
Transitioning from spring to summer blooms. Lupines are almost gone. Roses and lisimachus have started. Soon the lilies will begin. I love their smell. Trumpets aren't my favs for looks but the smell is heavenly.
Grew some seeds but having trouble finding room between the perennials. Have lots of rudbeckia, hosta, platycodon, coneflowers, asclepias, chives. They seed themselves so I have to remove the heads or that's all I'll have.
Last year managed to grow two twinny peach snapdragons.They survived the winter on the porch and are absolutely gorgeous. I was annoyed because I only got two plants but if they go to seed all will be well. This years' seeds are scabiosa, sahara rudbeckia, cornflowers and a calendula that is tall. I forget the name. They will all be new to me. The other things I tried to grow never germinated. I was excitd because a hotel we stayed at had these gorgeous two color pink/purple African Daisies that had gone to seed and they let me take some seed heads. They never germinated and some Lewisias I bought from Parks didn't either and they cost $5 for the packet. Also trying to raise delphinium. Three germinated but they don't seem to be getting any bigger.Anybody have a green thumb for delphiniums? The ones I stratified according to instruction did not germinate. I got the three from seeds I put in directly.
Hope you are having good gardening luck this year.
I wish I had your ability to garden, pixixil. I don't have a "green thumb"......my thumb is the "kiss of death" to plants.
pixipixil
Jun 23, 2019
You just haven't hit on the kind of plants you can have good luck with. My aunt was a whiz at raising African violets but I had no luck with them. I'm good at plants that can tolerate being over watered. Try growing coleus. They are very easy. So are marigolds and coneflowers.
I wish I were good at begonias and delphiniums, but I'm not. We had a neighbor when we lived in the Catskills who could grow them giant sized.
They were always gorgeous.
nhoward
Jun 24, 2019
Thanks for the suggestion, pixi! I will try those and let you know what happens!
and easy to do
Transitioning from spring to summer blooms. Lupines are almost gone. Roses and lisimachus have started. Soon the lilies will begin. I love their smell. Trumpets aren't my favs for looks but the smell is heavenly.
Grew some seeds but having trouble finding room between the perennials. Have lots of rudbeckia, hosta, platycodon, coneflowers, asclepias, chives. They seed themselves so I have to remove the heads or that's all I'll have.
Last year managed to grow two twinny peach snapdragons.They survived the winter on the porch and are absolutely gorgeous. I was annoyed because I only got two plants but if they go to seed all will be well. This years' seeds are scabiosa, sahara rudbeckia, cornflowers and a calendula that is tall. I forget the name. They will all be new to me. The other things I tried to grow never germinated. I was excitd because a hotel we stayed at had these gorgeous two color pink/purple African Daisies that had gone to seed and they let me take some seed heads. They never germinated and some Lewisias I bought from Parks didn't either and they cost $5 for the packet. Also trying to raise delphinium. Three germinated but they don't seem to be getting any bigger.Anybody have a green thumb for delphiniums? The ones I stratified according to instruction did not germinate. I got the three from seeds I put in directly.
Hope you are having good gardening luck this year.
I wish I were good at begonias and delphiniums, but I'm not. We had a neighbor when we lived in the Catskills who could grow them giant sized.
They were always gorgeous.