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Post by thunder on Jul 18, 2012 6:11:42 GMT -5
Indonesian Impatiens before the heat wave. We have seven of these hanging pots around the front porch.  |
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Post by mouse on Jul 18, 2012 6:16:10 GMT -5
Indonesian Impatiens before the heat wave. We have seven of these hanging pots around the front porch. what a beautiful condition they are in... |
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Post by beth on Jul 18, 2012 14:46:14 GMT -5
Very nice pots, Thunder. Love the color.
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Post by Jessiealan on Jul 19, 2012 9:27:13 GMT -5
We have had a lot of rain for 2 days and my flowers look better. I have 3 rose bushes that were almost dead from the heat but now the leaves are nearly all back with buds here and there. We had been watering them but that is not enough to take the place of hard rain. I will try to get a photo or 2 soon.
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Post by beth on Jul 19, 2012 15:32:33 GMT -5
We had a squall yesterday evening. Some of my annuals (petunias, etc.) that were in the ground are now uprooted and scattered. I stopped on my way into the house and stuck a few bsck and patted loose soil and mulch around them. Need to give them a little more tlc before dark. it's another hot day.
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Post by mouse on Jul 22, 2012 3:21:11 GMT -5
yesterday be cause it was fine i did some very necessary work in the garden...removing dead heads and slime petals and leaves
i also came across a few snails laying their eggs and remioved them also
my arch way of roses had dozens of rose heads which were rotting on the stems and the plant its self was looking dreadful growing brown and withered and rotting...am hoping i have saved it..its looking very iffy so have cut back hard to try and save it
all the canterbury bells have also been drasticly cut back...as have other plants which had grown to leggy and thin
the only things doing well this year..the clematisis..astilibes and the sweet peas..the rest is disaster
no use taking photos as i still cannot get photo bucket to work for me
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Post by beth on Jul 23, 2012 0:14:00 GMT -5
My neighbors have an archway of roses with huge white flowers. Their blooming season lasts only about 3 weeks and is just now ending. I think the heat hurt them this year. They looked a bit shabby and brown around the edges. I love climbing roses.
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Post by mouse on Jul 24, 2012 4:20:04 GMT -5
these last couple of days of sun has invigorated the garden and at last the beans are begining to pod
have dug up some irises which were beging to look folorn and put some in a large pot to increase ready for re[planting next year
my arch rose looks slightly healther for a good shearing am keeping all things crossed for its rejuvination
and have actually got a feww bean pods growing..so we may get a few picking off...the potatos also look better for some sun..perhaps we are in for catch up time
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Post by beth on Jul 25, 2012 0:39:24 GMT -5
Mouse, I'm thinking these are yours from last year. Correct me if I'm wrong. They're beautiful!  |
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Post by mouse on Jul 26, 2012 5:31:25 GMT -5
Mouse, I'm thinking these are yours from last year. Correct me if I'm wrong. They're beautiful! actually those roses[drambuie] are on the fence..the arch ones are pink ...last year it was just a mass of flowers..and would have been this year had the weather not intervined..instead they became a waterlogged mass of buds slimy and horrid this was the arch one last year  |
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Post by beth on Jul 26, 2012 16:47:36 GMT -5
They were gorgeous, mouse.  Mouse's Red Roses |
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Post by mouse on Jul 27, 2012 2:00:15 GMT -5
They were gorgeous, mouse. Here are mine just coming into bloom. Smaller flowers but an abundance and blooming until first frost. There are several bushes. think you have posted the wrong picture beth..those red ones are mine from last year with the creamy fox glove at the front..that rose has been awful as well this year the leaves are all spotted and yellow and mildewy with the rain and the damp in fact looking at those pics makes me realise just how bad things have been this year |
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Post by beth on Jul 27, 2012 10:43:18 GMT -5
Oh Mouse! I'm sorry, I did! Was in a hurry and didn't even notice the foxglove. It's lovely, too. I went into my Pictures library, saw red and thought they were mine. I'll bet my newer ones are in email. I'll add therm as soon as I find them  . In the meantime, I'm very glad yours got posted. They do look a lot like mine. |
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Post by mouse on Jul 28, 2012 2:33:55 GMT -5
no problems Beth..i found it quite funny...will look forward to your posting of yours
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Post by beth on Jul 30, 2012 23:58:43 GMT -5
First, the Rose of Sharon ... hidden in a border until last summer. There have been - tops - 5 blooms open at one time.  |
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