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  • april1964
    april1964 Member Posts: 223
    edited July 2019

    I moved this from one flower bed to another but I'm not sure if it's a weed or not... do you know what it is? should I leave it or remove it? thank you!

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  • MCBaker
    MCBaker Member Posts: 1,555
    edited July 2019

    By definition, a weed is an unwanted plant. If you like it enough to transplant it, it is not a weed.

  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2019

    It's pretty enough to keep. The leaves look like they could belong to a bulb. It would be worth showing a photo to a garden person to get an ID.

  • april1964
    april1964 Member Posts: 223
    edited July 2019

    thank you both for your input !!

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited July 2019

    April,I think it could be Bachrlor Button. My mom used to have them. I love it.

    Does anyone know what this green and white plant is that is now blooming little fuschia blooms(at the bottom)? I bought one of those pot fillers at Lowe’s or Walmart and it had 5 plants but didn’t list them. I thought it was so pretty with a spider plant and various green and white foliage plants and the yellow begonia. I’m really loving it with the surprise blooms on it.

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  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited July 2019

    Adding aclose up. I realized you can’t see the bloom very well in the other picture.

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  • april1964
    april1964 Member Posts: 223
    edited July 2019

    2hobbies, is it a type of succulent ?


  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited July 2019

    I am not good at identifying plants.

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    I'm trying to get a hummingbird moth pic this summer. They fly during the daytime, hovering briefly at flowers to sip nectar.

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    The bush green bean plants are in bloom.

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    The scallions are delicious.

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    We covered the 3 grape tomato plants in the support cages with a plastic net. Damn deer!

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    Almost squished by a fallen apple tree limb.

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited July 2019

    Teka - gardens & planters look amazing ❤️

  • SUPer52
    SUPer52 Member Posts: 122
    edited July 2019

    TwoHobbies, I'm not sure, but that pretty plant with the fuschia flower might be a variegated baby rose plant.

  • TwoHobbies
    TwoHobbies Member Posts: 2,118
    edited July 2019

    Yes it’s a succulent. Super52, I think you may be correct. It sure looks like that. I will be bringing it infor winter and hoping I can keep it alive in my south bay window.

    Teka, do the green beans do well in containers? Your flowers are beautiful. I love those speckled petunias. I saw them at the garden center this year.

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited July 2019

    TwoHobbies,

    Yes, the bush green bean plants are doing well in the plant boxes.

    The chipmunks, red squirrels and gray squirrels don't bother the plants.

    However, the chipmunks kept uncovering the seeds until sprouted. They ate none, but kept me busy!

    A young woodchuck grazing near our bedroom window.

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited July 2019

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    Always have to watch where you plant things here. So far so good. I got a few wire baskets and turned them upside down over the plants that the deer like.

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited July 2019
  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited July 2019

    That is gorgeous! Is it trumpet vine?

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited July 2019

    Yes. It was growing all over the fence at my clients site parking area

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited July 2019

    Jazzy..very pretty ...also interesting because the Trumpet Vines are all in flower here at the moment , and it's winter ...yours is flowering in the summer ...

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited July 2019

    Jimson blooming here. Georgia Okeefe loved to paint these

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited July 2019

    I managed to sprout 3 apricot trees! The have moved to my front porch for now.

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited July 2019

    Go little apricot trees 🌳

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited August 2019

    My......

    *old fashion hydrangea bushes with white flowers*

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    *wild bee balm plants with lavender-pink flowers*

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2019

    Beautiful blooms Teka

  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Teka - Wow...I love this picture...such love is poured into these...thank you for sharing.

    Gumdoctor

  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited August 2019

    Jazzy and Gumdoctor, Thank You!!

    I love this tranquil thread. I spent many long winter nights scrolling through the pages.

    A butterfly sipping nectar from hummingbird mint flowers.

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    So far no sighting of a hummingbird moth.

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2019

    Teka - that is stellar. Lots of hummingbird moths early in the season.

    The rufous hummingbirds are migrating down now. They are aggressive & chase all the others away from the backyard feeder 😁

  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited August 2019

    Rock garden perking up with summer rains

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  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 3,044
    edited August 2019

    Gorgeous photos 🤗

    Here's one of my hanging pot I made this week..I love a splash of yellow to brighten my day !

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  • SUPer52
    SUPer52 Member Posts: 122
    edited August 2019

    Such beautiful pictures! I'm inspired to get out today in this sunny but cooler than usual August weather and do some much needed work in my gardens, which are looking a bit tired and neglected as well as sparse from all of the nibbling that a beautiful doe and her two adorable fawns have been doing all summer long!

    I have never heard of a hummingbird moth, but I will have to keep my eye open for them. I Googled them and found that they are in my area, so maybe I will be fortunate enough to see one. We built our house on 11 wooded acres, so I do get to see all kinds of beautiful birds, butterflies, moths and other wildlife, including the occasional brown bear, oh my!! I have been on the lookout for any luna moths; a few summers ago there was one outside our kitchen door one night, but I have not seen one again since. It was absolutely gorgeous! The picture is not that great since it was taken through a window at night. I'd love to see one again.

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  • april1964
    april1964 Member Posts: 223
    edited August 2019

    super52, I saw this strange looking moth last year and took this picture of it with my phone... a few minutes later it was gone... i haven’t seen one since then

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  • SUPer52
    SUPer52 Member Posts: 122
    edited August 2019

    April1964, That's the same kind-the luna moth. You got a great shot of it!

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