blown_dry Hardy annual update. Now with snow. Dec 16 Feb 23 Probably a couple of months still for flowers. 😊
blown_dry Juliarugula The ferny ones are Eschscholzia lobbii a type of CA poppy and the ones with the little round leaves are Clarkia concinna
Juliarugula blown_dry Beautiful! Not commonly grown in Indiana. Every time I visit the west coast I’m fascinated by the difference in flora. It’s really interesting how moving west of the Rockies makes such a big difference. Same with bird species…
Darce I sowed seeds of this double poppy in the snow today I love the color and how ridiculously poufy it is (annual) POPPY ’FROSTED SALMON’
Krista Darce Oh gorgeous! It looks like fluffy pink petticoats, these are going to be gorgeous come spring!
Darce AndreaB Yes! I got it from select seeds - the name is frosted salmon - I have grown it for a couple of years- the blooms are just fantastic https://www.selectseeds.com/annuals/poppy-seeds-plants/peony_poppy_frosted_salmon_seeds.aspx
AndreaB Darce Gorgeous color! I think I ordered a packet of pink ones. New to me this year, so fingers crossed.
blown_dry Here is my 'vintage' aloe. It's also taking the cold weather and wet in stride, but those teeth are not just for show. :/ And my haul from Annie's. I'm so excited. I haven't been well enough to go there in literal years.
Darce blown_dry Oh I get the Annie’s catalog and it is my favourite to browse in the winter months - you got a great collection- I am super envious- it is pricey shipping to the east coast but I am always tempted by the catalog That aloe’s teeth are no joke!
Flowernut blown_dry I love Annie's. I would order from them when they had their summer sale and claim it was my birthday present to myself.😉 I'm in a different planting zone now, so I shop at local nursery's. Beautiful haul, Amanda!
calico20hill I buy from both Annie's and Bluestone. There are wonderful nurseries around Portland but my husband does NOT love nursery shopping and I don't drive in the city. So being able to order on line is worth the postage for me. My goal this year is to actually get the perennial border I was ordering for last season planted . This will be my first real planting into the heavy clay and its been a journey learning about it and fitting the work in between days of scorching sun and days of creek flooding and cold rain. Lots of moles and voles here too so taking time out to make bulb cages for the lilies,etc delayed planting last year.
NCDahlia Santa Rosa Gardens is a good online nursery they ship nationwide. If you are wholesale also Walters Gardens but usually for bulk buying - use have a biz tax ID and u can get from them. They are the ones who make and trademark all the 'Proven Winners' plants you see at lowes and home depot.
Darce I just winter sowed rose seeds collected from my David Austin rose Lark Ascending- it is such a pretty peach colour and the bees just love it- I hope I get some seedlings to sprout - it just covers itself in rose hips ROSE ‘LARK ASCENDING’
MissyWeitzel Darce if it wasn't for dahlias and the fact I hate wearing gardening gloves, I'd go full on English garden rose crazy I think. I have 3 DAs and have been drooling over everything else in the catalog. Good luck with your seeds!
calico20hill Darce Darcy, I have thought about this rose many times and I may still have to have it! I bought "Tottering By Gently" for my Birds and Butterflies garden and Keep wondering if I can fit this one in also!
Darce MissyWeitzel Which English roses do you have ? The temptation to go overboard on DA roses is real lol! I get enraptured by the DA website for sure -every rose there just is so romantic and lush!
Teddahlia Ted and roses are incompatible. When I was still working, I often went to coffee break with two "rose addicts". Both of them were the obsessive-compulsive types that considered the height of entertainment to be wandering through the roses with pruners in one hand and a spray bottle in the other. Enough said.
Darce Teddahlia Ha! Yes there are high maintenance roses (with high maintenance rose obsessive gardeners lol). I def count myself as a rose addict but take a decidedly relaxed- to the point of somnolence-approach. I don’t spray nor water purposely because my hose doesn’t quite reach so they are pretty much dependent on rain. I’ll prune unwieldy or broken branches but I don’t deadhead really as I like rose hips. My extent of benevolence is to just throw some fertiliser on occasionally. They either thrive or don’t survive!
