my green thumb
I like seeing people's gardens on their blogs.
I'm envious of their landscape skills and knowledge of botanicals - but that won't hold me back from posting what's going on in my garden...
These little pink things are doing well in my window boxes.
Several astute readers were correct - these look like Zinnias to me.
I've got some of these yellow things in two different areas.
A pink version is growing very tall in another spot.
This vine is doing well. It blooms in the fall.
The pumpkin vine is doing nicely too - but its flowers keep falling off. We don't know what to do about that and suspect it is the dog's fault.
We've got a good crop of this pinkish purple stuff. It all leans to one side looking for the sun.
More pink stuff.
Again with the pink.
The bush that gets clusters of white flowers and smells sweet is healthy looking.
My lemon tree has decent fruit. Although it's a bit cool here right now, I think the crop will be a good one.
I'm envious of their landscape skills and knowledge of botanicals - but that won't hold me back from posting what's going on in my garden...
These little pink things are doing well in my window boxes.
Several astute readers were correct - these look like Zinnias to me.
I've got some of these yellow things in two different areas.
A pink version is growing very tall in another spot.
This vine is doing well. It blooms in the fall.
The pumpkin vine is doing nicely too - but its flowers keep falling off. We don't know what to do about that and suspect it is the dog's fault.
We've got a good crop of this pinkish purple stuff. It all leans to one side looking for the sun.
More pink stuff.
Again with the pink.
The bush that gets clusters of white flowers and smells sweet is healthy looking.
My lemon tree has decent fruit. Although it's a bit cool here right now, I think the crop will be a good one.
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And, as one who is extremely horticulturally challenged, inspiring!
would you post a picture of the dog? please?
Pinkish purple things leaning toward sun = japanese windflowers (they like shade and moist soil).
Again with the pink = yarrow.
The pumpkin flowers are probably falling off because they're male and therefore not interested in turning into fruit. As the vine matures it will start producing female flowers towards the end of the vine, they will hopefully be pollinated by birds and bees and male flowers, and you might just get fruit!
Someone will probably correct me on all those, but that's how it all looks from where I sit.
And yarrow is also known as achillea.
when does the white-cluster bush get its clusters?
I guess that must be pumpkin growing out from under our back deck. I was trying to yank it out yesterday thinking it was a weed. It won the yanking contest, so it's still there. I think I'll leave it alone and see if it produces any pumpkins.
Wish I had a lemon tree.
I dream of living in a house with shingles.
I have never seen a lemon tree before. It's nice
Kim, shingles is PAINFUL.
I am NO green thumb, but appreciate the colours and the flowers.
1. I have been trying to grow Japanese Anemones for years without success.
2. It is not fair that you can grow lemon trees when you get snow.
3. I don't want to scare you but that pumpkin vine looks very Triffid-like..