bright blooms. :)

above was a fun surprise last week (since I like reds) this seedling has a nice little white edge and the bitone effect is nice but it's a little mottled...but I'll keep this one until it makes a nice big clump of happy blooms. :)

above is Siloam Green Creek blooming nicely again this year. and the last pic is Decidedly Happy which I'm actually undecided on right now, first of all I don't like midribs but I really like the bright effect it gave this flower, but I have yet to see it bloom as pretty as pics, I'll give it a few more chances though. :)

Queen for a day....

Siloam Queen Bee really makes a nice bold addition. If you like orange, I know some don't. :) It also has lots and lots of buds. I like to put this in the garden next to other bold colors, or near light and dark plants.

I let the purperilla (sp?) grow where it may in the garden and then weed out at whim when I feel like it's overdoing it. the green vine in front is from a pumpkin I left out last fall. but the most exciting thing in the garden photo to me is in the back left corner. A new Korean Angelica that I have to wait until next year to see it bloom. you can click on the photos for a larger view. :)

rainy days never gonna get me down...

rain this morning but I still got some nice photos. And was glad to see all these bloom the same day. Everyone should grow a nice clump of the first flower, Siloam David Kirchhoff. Second is Siloam Tiny Tim. Below is a seedling, I lost my tags but it's either from one of the above or both. last is one of my faves Siloam Rhinestone showing it's true color. :)

some of Betty's flowers

I went to visit Betty yesterday afternon, a fellow club member who's 85 and still has many many flowers all over her yard. She kept saying how she just couldn't keep the beds as clean as she'd like anymore, but I thought everything looked just fine! the photos above are Crimson Pirate, a really cute little spider type flower, and Carpenter Shavings, another small little thing with blooms all over the place. I want a clump just like this one. :)
Below are photos of Double Fluff, and then a pic of the garden near the house, oh how I'd also like that big animal-faced garden feature.... ha

She and her husband sit out and have morning juice or coffee, and I plan to get back over and find them earlier in the day and take more pics, plenty more going to bloom....

June blooms

Grey Witch! second year in my yard and it came back really well this year, lots of blooms, and in a nice not too sunny place making it bloom just right... so far anyway.. :)

welcome to the yard this year is Tylweth Teg. I really liked the subtle yellow color with more vivid throat, also the roundness of petals... I've been tempted to by Asterisk too in the past, decided on this one. :) the last one is a nice flat red color with a bright green throat I just love when it has multiple blooms, it's a daylily from Henry's reject pile I've posted before...

blooms that escaped the hail damage... :)

every garden needs a clump of Siloam Ury Winneford! nice tall stems above the leaves, great curvy creamy blooms with dark eyes. so nice. :)

the last three pics are Midnight Kenyan Safari again, a coleus with a pretty stripe in the leaves, and Siloam Holy City. :)

hailstorm May 2012

might as well post about the hail that came through here last week, tore up a lot of flowers and worse lots and lots of buds and scapes.... well there's always next summer right? ha