Blooming in the Backyard.

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I haven't shared any blooming in the backyard yet this year. Still trying to get everything planted, held me up.

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Our porch stairs is always shade, so the Pansies are happy here as our temps warm up.

THRIFTING TIP: I'm purchasing pie pans, cake pans for saucers. Plastic new saucers are now over $2.00 for plastic and clay as high as $7.00. So thrifting is the way to go, usually a $1.00 or less each if purchased in a bunch. And they will last longer.

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Missing from my pots this year are Lime Green sweet potato vines. They just were not available? I use purchased Impatiens, a Geranium to mix with my seeded flowers from the greenhouse.

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Nasturtiums are different this year, two different kinds of seed.

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My trellis rose exploded early this week...this is actual color and not retouched.

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I actually fertilized these roses early and one more time in May. And, it paid off, they are gorgeous. Actual unretouched COLOR! PHEW!!!!

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Backside of the Nasturtiums from the Veggie garden side...great for attracting pollinators.

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We had some serious winds early this week, I put up this temporary trellis around my newly transplanted greenhouse starts. Zinnias, Sunflowers, Cosmos? not sure what else. I'll remove the netting soon, and use some ties to the fence.

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Birdbath planter is a little bit of everything. Same with the long planter, not even sure what is all in there.

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I think this may be hot peppers, not sure, one pot I planted and didn't write down the contents, and honestly it looks like weeds, but was a ring of plants around the outside so we will see what it is? 

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Here is the Tulip/Iris plot I cleaned out planted last year and removed so MANY Day Lilies. This year I've added 2 Foxgloves, 

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Aren't they gorgeous?

and added some transplanted Baby Tears, two grown from roots Phlox,

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 2 BellFlowers in between the Iris and a 

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below Gaillardia ---I purchased another Fox Glove and Gaillardia for here, 

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and that will make this plot quite full.  

The center trellis is a lavender Clematis, which is done for the moment. We should get another bloom.

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Below: Back on the Northwest side, a large pot of Dahlias. I have Dahlias grown from bulbs in all my large pots. Some saved from last year, and two new bags.

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greenhouse grown Marigolds, Sweet Williams Hubby picked out and one purchased Petunia. The Dahlias are going to explode in a few days.

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On the North bed, we haveColumbine done blooming  next to my Rhubarb.

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Our Iris were magnificent, but short lived, heat and too much rain. Some blossoms never opened, just rotted curled up. Staking them was a project.

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My cool sheltered shed garden holds first year home grown perrenials...this is the second year for these Delphiniums, I will try and transplant in Fall. In the background you can see the fence. When we had the roof and gutters done we diverted an overhead gutter to that bed and the bushes have quadrupled in size in two years.

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This Delphinium is huge this year, and really bushed out, hopefully I can split the roots up. We will see. This was a tiny root I purchased in a box of three. this is the only one that made it.  The rest of the backyard isn't photo ready, but soon.

Side Yard and front is next! 

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Midwest Gardening: What's Blooming in Mid October 24

Midwest Gardening: What's Blooming in Mid October 24

Most photos taken the week of October 7th-10th. 

After an extremely wet summer up until September and SUPER HOT,  plants and flowers are actually happiest right now, mid October here in Chicagoland. It's been dry for at least 6 weeks, so watering has been a must.

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I did water these poor Coleus after this photo. 

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My planters under the back eave were magnificent, and are still blooming. White Caladiums (from tubers) and Coleus grown from seed. The Giant Coleus were huge this year, they loved the hot and wet climate we had. 

Impatiens are still prducing some flowers...waiting for frost to end that.

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Over three feet tall, these were gorgeous, no matter where I planted them.

Leaves are already dropping with the dry weather.

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The last pot was the thinnest, but it gets the most sun and wind in this location, probably the reason the plants were smaller.

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I got a second blooming on my 'grown from roots

 Delphinium. This plant will get transplanted next year. This is a fenced area is where I cater to root/tuber starts. 

Rich ground, a fence, and some serious shade actually helps to start new plants/tubers safe from critters.

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Water, water water is all we have done the last month.

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My annuals are still in bloom, Peppermint Zinnias, 4-foot tall Marigolds and lots of other colors of Zinnias. They were ALL really late this year. The Coreopsis are already done, and I have spread their seeds hoping for more next year.

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Zinnia pod, prime for picking for seeds. I select the bigger flowers and let them dry on the stem...then pluck and harvest seeds. 

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Zinnias are wonderful and prolific, also pretty hardy for light frost, perfect for our location.

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This is the second growth of Sage...IT"S VERY HAPPY this year. Lower right is Majoram, which I have to cut back several times in the summer or it will swallow the whole bed.

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Our garden is pretty much finished, but the carrots are super lush and thick. I have 4 varieties, anxious to see what they did. This area gets partial shade during the summer, so we will see.

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Behind the carrots is my ragtag Swiss Chard, hit or miss. 

My broccoli plants  performed ZIP, we had two scant meals. Between being chewed by critters and then attacked by bugs, they were a waste of space. Same for the Brussel Sprouts. I will try a different location next year.

I emptied all the fence and patio pots last week and dispersed the dirt to: the box in the greenhouse, permanent planters, or the compost pile. That's always a big job.  later I will mix in fertilizer and new or composted dirt to freshen the soil.

I had surgery on the 15th, so all this had to be at least under control before then.

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Such a jumble of half dead plantings, time to recycle the dirt. I will have hubby bury 6 pots of peppermint in a plastic bag in the compost pile. Saving me $$$$ in Spring when I restart them in the greenhouse. Leaving them in a bag, stops them from spreading where we don't want them. 

Peppermint is my Bee protection, as I am severely allergic. We keep Peppermint pots by the grill, the dining tables, the entrances to the house. That way they don't interfere with their busy bee pollination missions.

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Here's the back porch with all the potted Coleus and some peppermint, this is total shade here.

Jumping to October 18th, I walked around the backyard and took a few more photos for the next post.

Also have a Fall project....NEXT

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Midwest Gardening 2024: What's Blooming on May 31, 2024

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Hi, Gardeners. What a Chicagoland Spring...we actually had some warmer temps this May, so our work load was major for May. Hubby and I are catching up on all the projects we weren't able to do last year. 

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The Greenhouse was stuffed with plants, veggies, and flowers, and I have been diligently planting. Downside of this lovely Spring with

TONS-BUCKETS-DELUGES of RAIN. 

While April was dry---May has been raining at least 4 times a week. 

Here's a short video of the front yard. I'm still learning video and there was some glaring bright sunshine here on Friday so shade your eyes, despite my editing.

Sorry for the abrupt end, finger slipped off. I have a Hydrangea, Rose hiding in all that mess. Plans are to dig this area out and get some proper mulch down again. 

This is what I've planted and blooming in the front. 

Walking towards the back, the Pond has masses of Peonies which have literally exploded and drooping despite support.

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The pond runs clear, all the leaves, petals, and bits have sunk to the bottom. I need to add some more rocks for possible Froggies. It's always a challenge to get the pumps working in Spring, and it finally seems to be working well.

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Of course the Fishing Couple have lost their poles AGAIN. And, I have used all my bamboo in the Pea Pots...hmmmm, I will have to find something!

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On the East side we have the moss covered fence...this should bleach off with the sun here over half the day. This birdhouse is starting to really deteriorate, I will have to give it a face lift. Now the Iris is one that I planted last Fall. I bought a few buckets of Iris at a garage sale, and these were marked Blue...but they aren't but are simply gorgeous anyway.

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Amazing to get such flowering the first year. I did some extensive new planting on this side of the yard last year. I think the Hollyhocks will be awesome. And, I have some HH babies in the greenhouse to keep the displays going for next year. Hollyhocks are Biennial and need to be planted each year to have continual blooming.

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My containers are getting a good start. I did buy Impatiens, but everything else is from the greenhouse except for the Creeping Charlie which wintered over in lots of places in the ground and I'm just digging it up and plopping it wherever for color.

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I have three large pots of Impatiens, Caladiums and Coleus going under the roof edge extension.  We need another layer of paver base over here, to freshen it up.

The paver base covers and area we couldn't keep grass on, and need a firm surface for the lawnmower and heavy carts we use. Nice to have a non-trip surface at our age.

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Coleus, Caladiums, Impatiens and greenhouse Alyssum. The squirrels have already rearranged these, and I had to replant.

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I have very little in the Perennial starter bed. But look at this second year Delphinium...wow...I think it is going to be white, and I will transplant it towards Fall by the pond.

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This gorgeous Colorado Columbine is second year also---and is lovely.  I may leave it here in this shady part of the yard. The soil has been super amended in this bed, full of compost and leaves. It's a great place to let roots and bulbs grow safely with partial shade all day.

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On the north side I call this blooming---we have two huge Rhubarb plants...I'm going to try and can some as we only have one freezer now. Definitely Rhubarb pudding/or pie this week.

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My second year of a new Clematis and it's finally taking off. This area gets a lot of sun. Bunnies have pretty much eaten all my new flower starts here this year. My fifteen Liatris have literally disappeared. I have to really raise everything up in the air. We are sprinkling spraying deterrents but the heavy rains just wash them away.

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Another one of the 'BLUE' Iris...sure matches my insane chives, which are eternal.

We finally fenced the north side with some sweet lightweight metal fences with orange butterflies at the top. Easy construction as we had big beams along this border and it's in the electrical/phone easement and now the fence is easy to remove.

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Not quite in bloom yet. I really trimmed the climbing Rose back this year because it was insane last year. 

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  Result: I think we will have some gorgeous blooms anyway, you can see the clumps of buds. Most of our birdhouses are full of birds, which makes working in the back yard so pleasant! 

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I planted my Greenhouse seed Heirloom Tomatoes 10 days ago and they are already blooming. I dug deep 12-15" holes because the plants were so huge. This is early for tomatoes here in Chicagoland. My Green and Carnival Peppers are starting to bloom also.

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Inside the Greenhouse: We have cool nights and warm/hot days right now when it isn't pouring, but I'll try and post more as we go along with the season. I still have trays and trays of Coleus which I will pass to friends and fill more planters.

It's Sunday and I have to get out and plant more of everything, because we had heavy rains all day yesterday and rain forecasted tomorrow and Tuesday.

 But this is what is blooming HERE in Chicagoland right now!

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