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<\/a><\/p>\nBrother Tim had the great idea of growing vines up Leon\u2019s \u201cPod\u201d sculpture in the driveway bed.\u00a0 He started a pot of morning glory seedlings and we potted them on into a bigger pot under the sculpture.<\/p>\n
I was worried these would never grow and bloom\u2013they took a very long time to get going.\u00a0 I guess they were waiting for warm weather.<\/p>\n Every morning when I left for work, these flowers cheered me on.\u00a0 By the time I got home in the evening, they were gone!<\/p>\n Amazing color and shape.\u00a0 These have always been one of my favorite flowers\u2013I\u2019m not sure why I haven\u2019t grown them at all lately, but I\u2019m glad Tim brought them back to me.\u00a0 And they looked great on the sculpture, too.<\/p>\n These vines wanted to be vigorous, but the pot constrained them.\u00a0 Next year, I will plant them directly in the ground with lots of food and love.<\/p>\n The other vine that I grew up the same sculpture was Eccremocarpus scaber.\u00a0 This one turned out to be a yellowy orange color.\u00a0 \u00a0I like the grace and strength of these vines, but like the morning glories, they need to be planted in the ground and not in a pot, to realize their full potential.\u00a0 Next year!<\/p>\n Close-up of the Eccremocarpus buds.<\/p>\n The Petunias have been amazing all summer\u2013I just cut them all back last weekend to see if I can coax another round of blooms.\u00a0 \u00a0 I liked the Osteospermum flowers, but they didn\u2019t last long.\u00a0 I tried cutting them back, as well, but so far, no new buds.<\/p>\n Poor picture\u2013the phone camera doesn\u2019t like the glow off the very white blooms (but I do!).<\/p>\n I\u2019m very happy with how the Begonia \u201cFunky Pink\u201d plants worked out\u2013I hope they will winter over in the greenhouse as well as the Begonia boliviensis\u00a0 that<\/p>\n Our Easter lily came back with a few fragrant flowers, and one of the Dahlias was back, too.<\/p>\n My Hemerocallis never put on a big show like some I\u2019ve seen, but the flowers are gorgeous for a little while.\u00a0 This on e is in the driveway bed.<\/p>\n Abutilon x suntense blooming in late spring.\u00a0 I ruthlessly pruned these shrubs after blooming to try to give them some shape, as they are very leggy and top-heavy.<\/p>\n Restrepia guttulata blooming in the greenhouse this spring.\u00a0 They outdid themselves this year, with four flowers on each of the two plants.<\/p>\n A few freesia laxa flowers.<\/p>\n I had purchased some miniature Gesneriads last year from an online shop, The Violet Barn.<\/a>\u00a0 It took them about a year to get going, but these two finally started blooming.<\/p>\n Not a great photo, but you can see the color and shape of these miniature violet flowers.\u00a0 They are a gorgeous hue, but they don\u2019t open fully, staying cup-shaped until they dry up.<\/p>\n The roses on the Jeff Tangen arbor bloomed beautifully this year.\u00a0 I believe the red one is a root stock for a hybrid tea, but I like it when it blooms and it pretty much disappears after that.<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n And another.<\/p>\n I was so thrilled when this little beauty bloomed.\u00a0 This is a rose I grew from seed, but I have no idea where the seeds came from!\u00a0 But I love the color, the fragrance is lemony and bright, and the hips, which are on the plant at this writing, are an almost-black burgundy color.<\/p>\n Another view. I hope to make this plant into a bonsai.<\/p>\n An early Impatiens flower from one of the seedlings.<\/p>\n The Epiphyllum hybrid that I\u2019ve had for so long (20+ years) from brother Tim had an amazing, huge flower this year.\u00a0 The photo doesn\u2019t capture the neon nature of this pink flower.<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n The driveway patio pots blooming madly in early summer.\u00a0 At this point, the Dianthus and the Osteospermum are all blooming.\u00a0 Neither hybrid lasted long in the summer heat, but I\u2019m waiting to see if chopping them back and cooler September weather will revive them a bit.<\/p>\n A different view showing the Hakonechloa macra aureola plant that we\u2019ve had for so long.\u00a0 It makes a great foil for the bright annuals.<\/p>\n A better view of the pinks, Dianthus \u201cRaspberry Parfait.\u201d\u00a0 My disappointment in these plants is not because of flower or form, but I just wanted more flowers for longer.\u00a0 This was an unusually hot summer, so I may try them again to see if they do better given cooler conditions.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the last post I did before September was May 27th, I\u2019m adding some photos I took with my phone in June and July.\u00a0 I\u2019ll include some assessments here of the plants I started from seed this year. 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