tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post5714679628903327241..comments2024-02-23T19:00:02.184-08:00Comments on The Practical Plant Geek: Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - July 2016Evan Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-47234299983828748422016-07-19T10:15:22.229-07:002016-07-19T10:15:22.229-07:00Hm, I think this comment was meant for my foliage ...Hm, I think this comment was meant for my foliage follow-up post, but ah well. 'Powis Castle' is one I've been wanting to try, and I'm finally developing a space large enough for it to spread. Unfortunately, most gazanias aren't hardy in my climate, though I do want to try Gazania krebsiana.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-58832209414246760152016-07-19T09:28:04.714-07:002016-07-19T09:28:04.714-07:00Love the gray foliage featured today. I used a lot...Love the gray foliage featured today. I used a lot of Artemisia for a few years. 'Powis Castle' seems to have disappeared so this spring I treated myself to a couple and put them in pots. I<br />ll try to send a photo. Another plant you would probably love is Gazania; gray foliage w.beautiful color flowers. Great post. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650756108841439996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-18385528239381370832016-07-18T19:14:58.168-07:002016-07-18T19:14:58.168-07:00My calla isn't like the typical Zantedeschia a...My calla isn't like the typical Zantedeschia aethiopica that most people have, with the plain green leaves. It's a hybrid with white spots on the leaves and blooms later. It also doesn't bloom all that well, at least not in my garden. I think this is it's last year. Yes, I need to dig up that Alstroemeria...as soon as it's done blooming.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-36294391620312949112016-07-18T19:12:26.119-07:002016-07-18T19:12:26.119-07:00Thanks, Mindy!Thanks, Mindy!Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-5538706527700011842016-07-18T19:12:01.966-07:002016-07-18T19:12:01.966-07:00I know, right? Weird parahebe. But it's not li...I know, right? Weird parahebe. But it's not like it's the strangest thing around here. That would be me. I hope your Alstroemeria makes up for it next year with a double dose of blooms.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-33009646315275564512016-07-17T10:32:11.799-07:002016-07-17T10:32:11.799-07:00Your alternate title cracked me up. The truth is, ...Your alternate title cracked me up. The truth is, I expect nothing less :-D Keep it coming!<br />You have late blooming Iris, and early blooming Aster. My white calla lily is long done blooming. Its an odd summer we are having, confusing our gardens. Good luck with the Alstroemeria. I left mine alone for a couple of years to enjoy their gorgeous orange blooms. I wish I hadn't.chavlinesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907844942343152129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-10240932425240224652016-07-17T07:51:35.715-07:002016-07-17T07:51:35.715-07:00SO many great flowers and plants! SO many great flowers and plants! Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07247379600555185331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-67664665379629139032016-07-16T22:38:18.170-07:002016-07-16T22:38:18.170-07:00Wow, Parahebe perfoliata blooming in July? What ki...Wow, Parahebe perfoliata blooming in July? What kind of crazy place are you calling home? My Alstroemeria seems to be taking this year off, a fact that makes me very sad. Your pesky plant looks gorgeous.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-28171470475137083242016-07-16T19:23:03.620-07:002016-07-16T19:23:03.620-07:00That has been my experience with California poppie...That has been my experience with California poppies. The second year, I had much better success with the ones that came from plants that self-sowed, than I did from the seeds I scattered initially.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-72249124730661671992016-07-16T19:00:51.658-07:002016-07-16T19:00:51.658-07:00I'm of the same mind with the Calif. poppies. ...I'm of the same mind with the Calif. poppies. I'm hoping the self-sown seeds from the plants that have come up will be more successful than my hand-sowing.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-11502180580211282652016-07-16T18:56:57.064-07:002016-07-16T18:56:57.064-07:00I celebrate the deer fence anew every time I walk ...I celebrate the deer fence anew every time I walk around the garden, or even look out the window at all the plants I can grow now. But now the rabbits are starting to become a bit of a nuisance. Minor at this point. If they multiply too much, though, I'll have to figure something out. No matter how many plants I have outside, I always have to have my indoor plants, too.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-82535098032092330512016-07-16T18:54:21.970-07:002016-07-16T18:54:21.970-07:00We have some wonderful native wildflowers in the P...We have some wonderful native wildflowers in the PNW. I'm so happy to have added more this year. I hope you can work them back into your garden. I've had some nice colors from those seeds you gave me. Some that looked almost like tie dye!Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-9146301823565089452016-07-16T12:36:21.108-07:002016-07-16T12:36:21.108-07:00Mmmm...that last photos should put the lie to neve...Mmmm...that last photos should put the lie to never combining pink and orange. I'm actually striving for it but with similar results to yours with the Calif. poppies. I'm hoping they will multiply as the seed heads form the ones that did take burst and scatter. It would be hard to OD on photos as far as I'm concerned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843132106213356234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-40385687506251585032016-07-16T10:50:05.942-07:002016-07-16T10:50:05.942-07:00You must celebrate that deer fence anew every Bloo...You must celebrate that deer fence anew every Bloom Day! You have such wonderful diversity in your collection and your California poppies are far more profuse than mine (now largely gone). Seeing your indoor blooms makes me wonder why I don't have more of those - Streptocarpus plants were among the first I ever collected (back in high school) but I haven't grown one in a long, long time.Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-73778267600067952232016-07-16T09:14:48.114-07:002016-07-16T09:14:48.114-07:00When I first started gardening here, I planted lot...When I first started gardening here, I planted lots of western wildflowers like Nemophila. Then for some crazy reason I decided to change that bed around and pulled them all out. Now I'm sooooo very sorry I did that. I want them back. Dumb move on my part. I need to sow those seeds again. I'm glad to see some of the Nigella sprouted for you. I hope you get some interesting colors.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-25399907486264426022016-07-16T08:48:18.541-07:002016-07-16T08:48:18.541-07:00That shrubby cinquefoil has had way too many name ...That shrubby cinquefoil has had way too many name changes. Potentilla fruticosa, Dasiphora floribunda, Dasiphora fruticosa, and a few in between.Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-5873806495014509502016-07-16T08:45:11.163-07:002016-07-16T08:45:11.163-07:00Thanks, Tamara! You should come see the garden in ...Thanks, Tamara! You should come see the garden in person, sometime, though. It's not nearly as nice as the close-up photos would lead you to believe. Interesting about the California poppies. Mine did have problems in the composted bark mix I topped a lot of beds with. They were more successful in the native soil or where the finer particles in the compost mix had accumulated. Oh, yes! Please do save a few of those hydrangeas for me!Evan Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732413653862912387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-32324972168559181892016-07-16T07:17:00.333-07:002016-07-16T07:17:00.333-07:00You do have a ridiculous number of blooms! And so ...You do have a ridiculous number of blooms! And so many of them are unfamiliar to me, though I didn't know there was a name change on the (former?) Potentilla fruiticosa. I have high hopes for my Penstemon pinifolius to be that big and bloomy. Great post!!MulchMaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848950758103138175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725795560485860373.post-91306063409949607892016-07-15T21:10:11.606-07:002016-07-15T21:10:11.606-07:00Oh my gosh, Evan! SOOO GORGEOUS. Wow. We need to t...Oh my gosh, Evan! SOOO GORGEOUS. Wow. We need to talk. OK, all those "native" wildflower seeds - bummer about the Coreopsis. I hope I didn't get that batch, too...we'll see. The California poppies - I thought I was doing something wrong with those...I've sowed them four or five times in the past and had nothing. Those Hydrangea 'Snow Queen' we have at Joy Creek...do you want me to save a few for you? Wow...you have such an amazing collection. Impressive. Chickadee Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698323800314994028noreply@blogger.com