Flowers 2018

[LanceMac10]

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Love that Grewia Lance

 

[substratum]

This picture is more about what was hunting among the flowers in a giant basil bush, than the flowers. Earlier, when I was checking on tomato plants, the basils were absolutely covered in bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, and various little colorful flies. When I checked back later, this Green Lynx Spider had snagged a bumblebee for dinner. I'm pretty sure that a Wren relieved him of his bee during the evening hours, though.

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[onlyrey]

Passion Fruit, found these while walking in Tampa Florida. Pretty alien looking flowers. The leaves look like big for bonsai. Has anybody attempted these ?

 

[Tycoss]

My bougs flowers are more pink in early summer, and more purple in the fall. Anyone else seen this? My early summer flush on one:

 

[petegreg]

What wouldn't we keep for flowers? My big chain store bougie, or two?


This funny dwarf pomegranate left to grow is gonna explode with flowers.

... removing fruit...

 

[petegreg]

Posting this fuchsia again. This year allowed to grow free, I noticed one interesting thing. The flowers are reduced in size significantly (at least by 1/3) comparing it to one I brought home this spring from the same source. Reason? Pot grown, number of flowers or both, who knows.

 

[Carol 83]

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Nice Carol

 

[shinmai]

Satsuki “Kogetsu” just a moment ago.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

@shinmai
Really nice. Did you put anything in the State Fair exhibit? A couple of your azaleas could be there, even out of bloom, they are decent enough.

 

[shinmai]

No, I didn't, mostly because there has been some family drama going on and I was expecting to have to travel during the time the fair was on. I did end up being a volunteer babysitter for the exhibit one night. Having a better sense of things, I'm thinking of several possibilities for next year. The aforementioned kogetsu is a beautiful, lyrically curvy tree, and it's in a gorgeous Chuck Iker pot that is perfectly suited to it. I may also get something nice out of some Japanese quince I'm working on, one of which looks like it could be a killer semi-cascade in the right pot. I also have some oddball stuff that might show well, a ninebark for example. We shall see. Did you get to the fair at all to see the trees?

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

No, I didn't, mostly because there has been some family drama going on and I was expecting to have to travel during the time the fair was on. I did end up being a volunteer babysitter for the exhibit one night. Having a better sense of things, I'm thinking of several possibilities for next year. The aforementioned kogetsu is a beautiful, lyrically curvy tree, and it's in a gorgeous Chuck Iker pot that is perfectly suited to it. I may also get something nice out of some Japanese quince I'm working on, one of which looks like it could be a killer semi-cascade in the right pot. I also have some oddball stuff that might show well, a ninebark for example. We shall see. Did you get to the fair at all to see the trees?

No I have been "trapped" at the blueberry farm in Michigan. I'm there right now working on the farm. It is time to do the post harvest fertilizing of the blueberries.

 

[my nellie]

This is a Yucca tree as seen from my balcony.

And this is my Brassolaelia "yellow bird" which is fragrant during late at night!

 

[Mellow Mullet]

A look at some flowers on one of my dwarf crepe myrtles. They are multicolored. Mostly red, but a splash of white and pink.

 

[namnhi]

Purple-white gradient. Very beautiful.

 

[my nellie]

Beautiful big flowers and the color is splendid!
This fringed lip is awsome @namnhi

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[hemmy]

Thunbergia mysorensis
It really dislikes sub-50degF in the “winter”, but it came back a little stronger this year than last.