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Love the Iris! So pretty; so delicate!
Blooming in my flowerbed!

Beautiful iris, Orin!

It's hawthorn time here!

I can't help myself, I'm going crazy this time of year. Oh my goodness, the flowers on the ground and the flowering trees!!!

I absolutely love the Empress trees, which have large pale blue-violet bell-like flowers.

The Empress trees we have here are related to the gorgeous Jacaranda mimosifolia trees. How I wish we had them here!

Our Empress trees are pretty sparse and don't bloom as richly. Well, I love them anyway.

The girl standing next to the Empress tree in my picture has just graduated from high school, and she is wearing the typical white hat and some sort of white dress for graduates.

Ann

Yes Ann, flowering trees are gorgeous this time of year. We have a tri-colored beach that just leafed out. One of our neighbors has a chestnut tree that is my favorite in our area. What has been the best surprise was our clematis. Nestled amongst an over exuberant trumpet vine, it is thriving. How anything can survive in something "trump" is a mystery.

My roses were very late this year! They ususlly bloom in mid May; this year didn't bloom until June! Of course the minney roses will than bloom all summer til the frost!

My Naked Ladies are blooming! I didn't take a picture!

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:29 am My Naked Ladies are blooming! I didn't take a picture!

I didn't comment on the pictures of your roses in June, Orin, but they were lovely. As for your "Naked Ladies", do you mean these?

Ann

Ann wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:02 pm

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:29 am My Naked Ladies are blooming! I didn't take a picture!

Colchicum autumnale, Naked Ladies? Photo: Kerstin Waurick.

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I didn't comment on the pictures of your roses in June, Orin, but they were lovely. As for your "Naked Ladies", do you mean these?

Ann

Yes; I decided to take pictures; here they are!

Guess It Will only take 2 at a time!

Some nasty cut my morning glory vine out of my fence and even cut the vine up into short pieces! I'm glad they didn't cut the obe in me planter! They are such a pretty flower!

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:39 pm s-l1000.jpg3fce8a9abed363328738d19224553ae8.jpg



Some nasty cut my morning glory vine out of my fence and even cut the vine up into short pieces! I'm glad they didn't cut the obe in me planter! They are such a pretty flower!

Lovely picture, Orin. Of course I'm happy to see such a gorgeous blue flower! And is it possible that you have such a "riot" of differently-colored morning glories? Amazing!!!

Tell me though, did someone vandalize your vine?

Ann

Ann wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:23 am

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:39 pm s-l1000.jpg3fce8a9abed363328738d19224553ae8.jpg



Some nasty cut my morning glory vine out of my fence and even cut the vine up into short pieces! I'm glad they didn't cut the one in me planter! They are such a pretty flower!

Lovely picture, Orin. Of course I'm happy to see such a gorgeous blue flower! And is it possible that you have such a "riot" of differently-colored morning glories? Amazing!!!

Tell me though, did someone vandalize your vine?

Ann

I'd call it just meen!
Sometimes people just seem to get this mean streak! I just hope it doesn't become a habit!

When the one in the planter gets more blooms; I'll take some pictures!

Hi Ann! I took some pictures of My Morning Glory!
I'm attaching 1; The other went somewhere into
the computers files and I can't find it!
Notice how wet the soil in the planter is? At the
end of the day it was so dry, that it was hard, so
I had to water it again!

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:05 pm IMG_0465.JPG

Hi Ann! I took some pictures of My Morning Glory!
I'm attaching 1; The other went somewhere into
the computers files and I can't find it!
Notice how wet the soil in the planter is? At the
end of the day it was so dry, that it was hard, so
I had to water it again!

What's that metal cage, Orin? It looks quite unbalanced!

Lovely blue flowers, though!

Ann

Ann wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:37 pm

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:05 pm IMG_0465.JPG

Hi Ann! I took some pictures of My Morning Glory!
I'm attaching 1; The other went somewhere into
the computers files and I can't find it!
Notice how wet the soil in the planter is? At the
end of the day it was so dry, that it was hard, so
I had to water it again!

What's that metal cage, Orin? It looks quite unbalanced!

Lovely blue flowers, though!

Ann

An old bicycle basket from an earlier time! I put atop the planter to give more vine time!

Mama's hastas!

another view! There was a Bumble Bee buzzing when I was taking pictures; I tried to snap shot him but I missed!

Look what mysteriously reappeared!

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:01 pm IMG_0466.JPG


Look what mysteriously reappeared!

Orin! More lovely blue flowers and more vine!

I couldn't find any blue emoji flowers, but you know what I mean!

Ann

Ann wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:54 am

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:01 pm IMG_0466.JPG


Look what mysteriously reappeared!

Orin! More lovely blue flowers and more vine!

I couldn't find any blue emoji flowers, but you know what I mean!

Ann

Thanks Ann! +++++++++++++++++++++!

Hi! It's been so dyr this year that the mums are kind of scrawny! I was surprised that petunias were a blume next to my rose though!

orin stepanek wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:29 pm IMG_0473.JPGIMG_0474.JPGIMG_0475.JPG


Hi! It's been so dyr this year that the mums are kind of scrawny! I was surprised that petunias were a blume next to my rose though!

Glad to see your autumn flowers, Orin!

Ann

KayBur! If you like flowers; Have you seen this thread? This is where I should have posted planting the morning glories! My bad!

In leu of flowers around the house this time of year, prowlers around the house caught the attention of these two yesterday to the point of utter exhaustion of one