Some OT Pix

threas

17 years ago

Walking around the garden yesterday. This is what I saw.

Beautyberry

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Toadlily

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Monkshood

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Poor Pink Favorite- no leaves, one bloom

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Yellow NOID

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Poinsettia from Xmas '08- not really part of the garden, but I'm excited how beautiful it grew over the summer. Started the dark treatment to color it up on Oct. 1st.

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PKponder TX Z7B
17 years ago
I love the Beauty Berry! I've never seen Monk's Hood before, it's a neat plant!

That poinsettia is going to be stunning! What color is it?

The brugs are beautiful too ;-)

Pam
givelittle_getlots
17 years ago
Theresa what a beautiful toadlily wow and the beauty berry is very pretty to the eye.

Could you explain the DARK treatment pretty please? I put my 2 poinsettia's out into the ground in the spring and was amazed that they actually made it and started to grow. I hope they will be ok if I dig them out and take them in. I guess the dark treatment is to fool them into getting ready to bloom for x mas?

thanks

Lucy
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tommysmommy
17 years ago
Hi Theresa, love the toadlily. My neighbor pointed one out in her garden last week and I was so impressed by how orchid-like their blooms are. Hope you're enjoying the last gasp of summer!
Diane
karyn1
17 years ago
My Beauty Berries are in full color now but they got so overgrown that I'm letting DH chop them back and take branches to the shop. The monkshood you sent me are just beginning to open. I didn't realize that they were such late bloomers. Your brugs look great.
threas
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you!!!

The beautyberry much more vivid than the camera shows &
the monkshood is purple. It always photographs blue.

Pam,
The Poinsettia is red.
Here it was this Jan.

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Lucy,
I learned about keeping the poinsettias on the houseplant forum. There was a link to learn how to do the dark treatment. Link below.

Diane, I love the toadlilies too. This was the first year for me to grow them. I was surprised how small the blooms are.
It's a shame the brugs are doing better now after waiting all summer. Oh well!

Karyn,
My BB is overgrown too. I hacked it back in the spring and it still went wild, but those purple berries! I wish they were edible, there's so many!LOL
I'm glad the monkshood is doing well for you. Yeah, it's a late bloomer.

Theresa

Here is a link that might be useful: Reblooming Poinsettias
givelittle_getlots
17 years ago
thank you Theresa...going there to check it out now.

Lucy
siam_cannas
17 years ago
Great pics Theresa, nice to seee you here. i havent been seeing much posts from you lately. nice to see you :)
threas
Original Author
17 years ago
Siam, I'm usually lurking. Don't always have time to respond.
Thanks for missing me!!LOL

Theresa