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Re: Flowers in bloom now

Joe Pye Weed is nice, but my summer favorite is definitely the deep royal purple Ironweed, which should start blooming in the next couple of weeks around here.

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I want some, but haven't got them yet. Do they grow/are they easy to start from seeds?

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I haven't grown Ironweed on purpose - it just pops up here on our property from time to time. If I see any & can snag some mature seed, I'll be happy to let you know & send you some. :)

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applestar wrote:Nice! I'm thinking of getting the blue and white MayPop pair from Logee's -- at least they are on my wishlist ....

Joe Pye Weed is in full bloom now:
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Is that variety called 'Big Nate' ? My local paper said to cut all JPW back by 1/3rd the second week in June, and another 3rd at the end of June. Is this what you do to yours also? This is my first year planting JPW, and would like to do the right thing for it next year.

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As far as I know, my JPW is just the species since I bought it at a wildflower preserve native plant sale. I don't do anything and as you can see they do flop over and need to be supported. Pruning like you describe should make them more bushy and perhaps better postured.

I usually just let the flowers die down then dead head, and they will bloom from secondary shoots.

I have a picture somewhere of something like 8-9 tiger swallowtails and 3 monarch butterflies all visiting the flowers in full bloom at the same time.

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Yes I did notice you have them tied back, which was a concern of mine. So you are saying you don't play with them? I have three, and the one in the full sun I might cut back, and leave the other two that are in semi shade alone.

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Cypress Vine, another hummingbird favorite :D
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Though related, these are not as aggressive as bindweed or morning glories and I let them self seed and put up this iron tripod trellis for them to cover.

This year, they are also creeping along this front bed on top of where I am letting some wild strawberries take over but these filigreed leaves are not substantial enough to smother the strawberries. :wink:

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I have it's cousin the red cardinal vine, which is even less likely to re-seed itself.

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My flowers have already come and gone. Here are some pics from spring time.
Martha Washington rhododendron (state flower)
Martha Washington rhododendron (state flower)
Martha Washington rhododendron (state flower)
Martha Washington rhododendron (state flower)
my pink rhody
my pink rhody
dark purple lilac - old heirloom lilac
dark purple lilac - old heirloom lilac
dark purple lilac - old heirloom lilac
dark purple lilac - old heirloom lilac
new plant temporary spot, don't have the name
new plant temporary spot, don't have the name
orange poppies, I have lots, bees love them
orange poppies, I have lots, bees love them
orange poppies, I have lots, bees love them
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The DP lilac is absolutely gorgeous BirdLover!

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Yeah, it sure is. It is a really old bush that looks more like a tree than a bush. I propogate it. I only give the 'babies' to people who I know will love them and take good care of them. I'm sure it's a heirloom lilac. I tried to figure out the name but was unsuccessful. So I just call it my dark purple heirloom lilac.

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I have to laugh at Cypress vine not being invasive-depends on where you live! lol! this is not native, but I don't think we have just a "What's Blooming" thread. Hope I can manage to get the pic of my Angel Trumpet on here:

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Nice plant, Angel Trumpet. I must get that next. :-()

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Smells soooo good when the sun goes down!

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Not exactly in "bloom" but this fothergilla has to be one of my absolute favorite shrubs!
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This little shrub has the most stunning fall color and such fun spring blooms.

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Azaleas and trumpet honeysuckle
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This is my favorite thread so far! All of your arbors are gorgeous and I am so jealous of the beautiful vining plants. I'll have to post what's blooming in my garden after I take pictures tomorrow!

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Looking forward to seeing your pictures! I took some, too. :()

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LEFT: ALternating-leaf Dogwood, Native Azalea, Carolina Allspice
CENTER: Trumpet Honeysuckle
RIGHT: Hawthorn, Highbush Cranberry, Aquilegia

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Taken just this morning!
Anybody know this one?
Anybody know this one?
I wish I knew what this is!
I wish I knew what this is!
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I think #1 is astilbe
#2 I think is Mexican petunia
#4 I guess is know as just plain annual vinca here. Periwinkle is know here to be vinca minor. It's a purple perennial groundcover. Same family though.

I am SO JELLY of that plumeria! It's one of my favorite perfumes!

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Astilbe usually keeps its flower spikes upright, not drooping, and the leaves are serrate:

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#1 is possibly love-lies-bleeding (?)

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Oooooooo yeah! I like your answer better!

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I think you're right! *scurries off to the Internet to find out everything I can*

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We literally can NOT get rid of Mexican petunias here in SC!

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Clematis - does anyone know the variety?

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Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. Since I started this spring with absolutely a blank slate, there is still not very much...

Annuals: salvias, petunias, marigolds, nasturtium just opening, zinnias just opening, chamomile

Perennials: spiderwort has been blooming and blooming for six weeks already!, lavender, coreopsis, viburnum, veronica speedwell, bee balm has buds, will bloom pretty soon.

I harvested the chamomile for the third time today, picked about 250 little flowers off it.
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It seems Long Island, NY is having an exceptional year for Viburnums. I have three varieties, and all are doing great. Here's a pic of my hobblebush viburnum (V. alnifolium, also known as V. lantanoides) It's a real shade lover, and even though mine sits in dappled sun it's doing just fine.

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I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in my viburnum. I don't know what V. species I had in Cincinnati,* but when it bloomed it would perfume the whole yard. What I have now is V. nudum var. Winterthur. Nudum is native to the eastern and southeastern US; I got it from a local native plant nursery. But the flowers are only very lightly fragrant, only when you get close to them and the fragrance is not as sweet. The flowers aren't as pretty either, being flat topped umbrels of tiny florets.

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*[It may have been a V. burkwoodii var. Mohawk that I got from the Wayside Garden catalog before I was as committed to native plantings]

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Whirled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata
Amsonia tabernaemontana blue star
Erigeron (fleabane?) -- I'm actually allergic to these, but DH must have thought they were pretty -- you can see he mowed all around it and left it standing in the grass near the shed :lol: He will also almost always leave flowers in the lawn unmowed, especially if there are bees working them.

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I have Sisynchium (Blue-eyed grass) that I discovered I had when I let all the lawn grasses grow out and bloom to find out what kinds of grass we had, and to see -when allowed to grow naturally- just how tall these lawn grasses grow.

When I find one growing (easily recognizable by the flat fan-like growth) it gets a free pass, so here's one forming a rather unsettlingly large clump in the Spiral Garden.
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They are often described as preferring/able to grow in poor, wet soils. I'm guessing mine are S. atlanticum.
Note that they actually belong to Iris family.
Sisyrinchium atlanticum (Eastern blue-eyed grass) | NPIN

Eastern blue-eyed grass
Iridaceae (Iris Family)
Synonym(s): Sisyrinchium apiculatum, Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. atlanticum
USDA Symbol: SIAT
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
A grass-like, clumped perennial, to 20 in. high, with pale-green foliage and flattened flowering stems terminating in loose clusters of pale-blue, six-petaled, yellow-centered flowers.
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The other possibility, I suppose, is that they are
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

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Monarda, Jacob Cline. Quasi native.
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Anise hyssop, coneflower pallida, natives. Bumble bee on hyssop along with tiny native bees.
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Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata
Amsonia tabernaemontana blue star
Erigeron (fleabane?) -- I'm actually allergic to these, but DH must have thought they were pretty -- you can see he mowed all around it and left it standing in the grass near the shed :lol: He will also almost always leave flowers in the lawn unmowed, especially if there are bees working them.
Yellow Baptista has joined the party :wink:
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I thought I'd lost this plant. It hadn't shown up for the last couple of years -- well almost ...LAST year, I saw the round leaves and thought "wait a minute, could this possibly be...?" But it didn't bloom last year. NOW the three plants I planted together for this color effect are in synch. :-()

...it's kind of funny -- in this photo, the yucca flower stalks are not up yet, right? I can't see them. But just today, looking out of the window, I saw that they are up and already about 3 feet tall -- I've no idea when they showed up.

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And a poor picture of the cilantro. Was pretty breezy last night! (Of course AFTER I ran!)
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- Arrowwood Viburnum
- last of the Carolina Allspice blossoms with Arrowwood Viburnum in the background
(I've been WAITING to take this shot :() )
- Iris verrsicolor (Blue Flag Iris)

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zinnias are blooming, bee balm and anise hyssop just starting. And I came back from being out of town between Thurs am and Sun night to find this;
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it is a volunteer from the bird seed. There are more like it (one of them almost twice the size!) that will be blooming soon.

oh and the new england aster has started to boom, even though it seems very early for it. I'll get a picture some time.



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