Gardening, anyone?

BrooksideVT

Love your photos, Jackbirdie. I was on the Oregon coast a few years ago, absolutely loved it. Had I known how gentle the seasonal temperature variations were, I'd probably have dug in and stayed right there!

flaviarose

Jackbirdie, those photos of the coast are lovely. I have a friend who moved to Brookings, so I've seen similar photos. Love the azalea photo. What I love about those kinds of climates are the camellias, we can't grow them here. 70charger, lovely lilies. I once planted a bunch of aziatic lilies that were spectacular the first year, but never came back - the rodents ate them over the winter.

Anonymous

So happy to see a gardening thread! My garden is my sanctuary and my therapy. I love everyone's pictures!

Jazzygirl

Welcome kiki- love your flowers too!

Jackbirdie

Nothing more cheerful than a mess of daisies! Welcome

Jazzygirl

Found this lovely bouquet of flowers today at the growers market for $5. I cannot think of anything better for five bucks!

Jackbirdie

You couldn't spend $5 better. Well done! Lovely

Anonymous

Beautiful! $5 well spent. I can't wait to see what our farmer's market might have this weekend.

Wren44

Really pretty. Makes me want to look for some myself.

Anonymous

Jackbirdie and Jazzy, thanks for the welcome.

My yard right now is a hotbed of hummingbird activity, so I had to share. They are so entertaining! Makes me wish I had a better camera than just the one on my phone, so I could do their colors justice.

Jackbirdie

Kiki- I absolutely ADORE hummingbirds. It's a beautiful shot and it made me smile. When I was recovering from BMX surgery sometimes the only possible thing that could get me out of bed was the chance of seeing a hummer at my feeder. They have become special guardian angels to me.

Jazzygirl

Kiki- love your feeder and hummers. My yard is filled with them too, they like to buzz around my head and so close sometimes that I feel the breeze from their wings. One of my cousins says when that happens, I am being kissed by the divine! I like that!

Wren44

DS family has a feeder that's attached to their dining room window. They come right up to the window to feed and you can get a really close look at their colors.

BookLady1

Love the hummer photo and all the others! I'm sending a few of natives that are surviving on day 6 of 100 degrees. I'm making myself get outside and enjoy the beauty - glad since I caught this butterfly hanging around the Mystic Spires. Jackbirdie I felt the flutter of its wings on my face -more divine kisses. Linda

Jackbirdie

what magic, that butterfly! Beautiful

Jazzygirl

Gorgeous Booklady!

Wren44

Booklady, What is the name of the yellow flowers on the tall stocks? I have some but don't know where they came from or what they are. I suspect they're a wildflower by the way they spread.

BookLady1

thank you! The yellowis Esperanza, or yellow bells. It's a native - really showy and grows 6-8 ft tall and spread then dies back in the winter. Hummingbirds and bees love it and it lives through this horrible heat.

Teka

I enjoy the photos and stories!!

I was able to photograph an adult hairy woodpecker feeding a fledgling suet.

My 1st hummer photo! ;o)

A ruby-throated hummingbird on the right side of the feeder just above the perch.

Jazzygirl

Teka- love the photos. LOL on the cat nip. Water lillies are some of my favorites!

BookLady1

Ha ha! Catnip photo a good start to this day. Love the Water Lilies too - I envy you! Linda

TwoHobbies

Book lady what is that lovely orange and red flower? Something I'm sure that won't grow in Chicago!

Kiki are your daisies blooming now? Do you know what variety that are? I have some early bloomers but I see some that bloomed here later and I'd like to have some later bloomers too. They are a favorite.

Jazzy there is never a better buy than a bouquet of flowers. Those are gorgeous.

TwoHobbies

My limelight hydrangeas are blooming!

Jackbirdie

beautiful hydrangea

Jazzygirl

So pretty TwoHobbies. I love hydrangeas, but cannot grown them here (too hot!)

My flowers from the farmers market are still really beautiful! I love buying flowers for myself on occaison!

TwoHobbies

It's funny because I see you growing a lot of the same plants we do Jazzy , but then there will be something totally different like your cacti. These are a little more heat tolerant but actually I was noticing I need to water them. Ugh! It finally turned summer here with upper 80s and no rain for several days so now I need to water!

Here's some wildflowers from my walk today. I walk around a lake and I do enjoy the changing seasons of wildflowers.

Jazzygirl

TwoHobbies- yes, many things will grow here in the high desert that I was able to have in gardens in other places, but some things just won't make it with the heat (even if you water a lot). Our TX friends here know about that too!

I love your wildflowers. We have many of the same wildflowers here, at least the purple asters and yellow black eyed Susan's. So pretty!

What part of the country do you live in?

Anonymous

Hi TwoHobbies - your limelight hydrangea is gorgeous, and so are the wildflowers! The variety in my photo is "Polaris Shasta Daisy", and they have just this week finished blooming. It's Zone 3 - Hardy (I'm in the Rocky Mountain region). I'll bet a good local nursery could find you something comparable for your region.

Jackbirdie

TwoHobbies- the composition of your wildflower photo was just striking. Just sayin'

TwoHobbies

Jackbirdie most of the time I take a photo and I can't get it to look as it looks to my eye. Of course I'm usually using a cell phone. Thanks for the compliment though.

Thanks, Kiki for the daisy variety. I am in zone 5. I will look into that one.

Jazzy I'm in the Chicago area. Hot summer, cold winter. In the spring you had a picture of salvia, creeping phlox and thrifts and I almost fell over because that is what I have along my walkway! And we have a wisteria too! Although those thrifts have been a bit of a challenge. Our soil is too clay like for them really.