Showing posts with label Midwest Gardening Flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midwest Gardening Flowers. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2025

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! 

What's BLOOMING with You?


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Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Midwest Gardening 2024: What's Blooming Late July Between the Raindrops!

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Yesterday between the raindrops, as I was trying to get to the car, I took a few shots...of our ABADANZA growing things...All the rain has made everything explode.  I had to up the exposure a bit, but the colors are....


Are just as they are....so vivid... color recipe must be water and clouds for great color in Midwest Gardens. Here the statement is the Baby Tears....crazy...they have been wintering over and I've been sticking bits in my pots.


I think we need to build a platform for the birdbath, everything is HUGE this year...the Giant Sedum is blossoming early and the second year Phlox is really a gorgeous hot pink in color.


Here you can see the nest of Baby Tears along the walkway...the Hostas are all blooming big, thick stems of fragrant flowers. 


I had to dash across the grass...Hubby is replacing our composite decking stairway because of wash out and warpage. He is going to pour concrete. We have to use too much salt in the winter and a rougher surface  will be better and safer, the composite is extremely slick.


On the mound the birdbath is equally hidden. The Tiger Lilies are almost done, they were huge blossoms and also tall. This pot has escaped the bunnies, full of Marigolds, Balsam, and Zinnias all grown from seed in the greenhouse.


Normally this Phlox ( 20 years old at least) is washed out looking, but it is also very vibrant this year. It's in the crappiest dirt corner of this flower bed...so I'm happy it exists.


This is the second pot out on the mound with Marigolds, Zinnias and Balsam. These are thick insulated pots I bought ages ago...and are still holding up. I remember I got them for $6.00 each on deep discount at the end of the season.


You can see the Giant Sedum peeking out at the bottom of the bed, the white Phlox are second year, I'm really going to have to get in there and trim 
some of the excess out.


A few years back...quite awhile actually they replaced our telephone pole and tore out all the Joe Pye Weed around it. I nursed a few sprouts and I now that it has taken at least 10 years to re-mature to blooming status. This is an favorite plant of Monarchs and other butterflies. I'm so happy it has regenerated to this point. 
Sadly in 2027 the entire front easement will be torn up for a very much needed turning lane into our complex. Next year I may attempt to  get some of this moved to the back yard. I know it won't survive the next wave of construction, as the pole will probably be redone again.

We have over  600 households in our community and only three entrances and exits, add  rush hour, add schoolbuses and it's a jam out there. I never make Doctor appointments before 10:00 in the morning, because you might not get out in time.


Lilies were magnificent....but lasted only a day or so with the repeated rains we have had. After years of drought to severe drought in our area...this is a welcome relief, bugs and weeds, love it too. 


My focal points in the planter are supposed to be two spider plants on the end and the Spike in the middle. None of the red Salvia had done a thing and the Spider plants are exactly the same size as 8 weeks ago.
The purple Petunias, are eh...eh..eh...! Thank goodness the Marigolds are bonkers. It is hot and windy here, so I keep trying to find the magic combination. 

Upside with the rain, I haven't had to drag the 80 feet of hose too often, that has been really nice!


Right before I jumped in the car...this is the pot along the driveway...Balsam, Tall Marigolds, and short ones...and an ornamental grass. The Tree Rose of Sharon is starting and everything seems really happy here.

I'm Off to do errands, and dodge between the raindrops! 

HOW ARE YOUR FLOWERS FLOATING?

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