Those photo's are lovely! I have always called those kind of roses, cabbage roses do to the look of them and they are my favorite type. :o)

They do resemble cabbage roses a bit, Katkin, but these are much smaller...only about 2 1/2" across, and they bloom in clusters. (I was zoomed way in on them.) The term "cabbage rose" covers a lot of different varieties, but usually cabbage roses are really big. I can see what you mean, though.

This rose is so sweet! But I'm still glad I got rid of most of mine. I just wasn't giving them what they needed. They are all so much happier at Felix's house.

Marcia

sweet rose, marcia. very old fashioned. i, too, have some of those parlor maples from nova, and despite MY attempts to kill them, they're hanging in there. one. tough. plant.

I have only just put mine in the ground a few weeks ago, Michael. I found it languishing in a pot when I was cleaning out the pot ghetto. I'm wondering how much food it needs. It seems to like more water than it was getting. I call call this plant abutilon, and I want mine to get big and full and gorgeous like Nova's. I've given it plenty of room in the center of my big bed, and I'm envisioning it filling out nicely. *fingers crossed*

Marcia

Just for you Marcia,

Camelia

Nasturtiums

Cosmos

Hibiscus

Cinnamon Basil

Culantro

Willy

Absolutely beautiful, Willy! Now THAT'S inspirational! I'm planning to spend time in the yard tomorrow, and I will keep those images in mind. So much left to clean up before I can really get going with my new plantings, but I'll have flowers as pretty as yours for a goal!

Thanks for sharing!

Marcia

Marcia,Climbing Clotilde Soupert Is a gorgeous rose. I'm so happy you kept her. Your flowering maple is so cute makes me wanna cry. I once had one years ago and It died.
Nova gave me one last spring and I have taken care of it but the frost we had earlier in November burned it.
I sure hope it comes back from the roots.
Willy,your plants and flowers are beautiful. My bees would
love to visit your place.
These are all very inspirational.
Felix

Felix, Marcia,
Maybe we should plan a BBQ at my house, this way we can get together to talk about plants, and also meet some other nice people from the forum. Think about it and let me know. I am not familiar with the swaps since I never been to one but an informal get together might work for us. Don't forget I am the official bartender too. LOL. My daughter likes to bake!
Willy

Willy, swaps are just get-togethers where people bring seedlings and extra plants to trade with each other. They can be as large or small, elaborate or simple as the host likes. Ricky does a big BBQ a couple times a year that I've heard is fantastic fun, with lots of people, but I've been to much smaller swaps, too. Sometimes food is served, sometimes folks bring covered dishes, and sometimes it's just an afternoon event with access to cold drinks and plenty of plants and talk.

You can invite folks privately or post an open invitation on this forum, or whatever stirs yer grits, as the sayin' goes. It's all good!

Feel free to drop me a line any time, if you want to chat about swaps or anything else, pretty much. I'm "in the book," haha...mmeara at cfl dot rr dot com.

Marcia

Willy---Nice pictures, very nice indeed.

I was wondering if you are letting the basil go to seed so you can save the seeds? They make a nice ornamental too.

Christine

I don't know about Willy, but at my house, the basil gets to bloom as much as it wants because the bees love it so much. Especially the African blue basil. It looks pretty, I can still harvest leaves, and the bees are happy. Win, win, win.

Marcia

Christine
I am like Marcia, let nature bloom for bees and others. You can use the leaves and the flowers too. I saw an episode of Victory Gardens that the owner of the farm was saying " I don't know why people cut the flowers from basil, which is the best part"
I also have different basils at different stages of growth. I let one of my broccoli raab flower and you should see the bees around it!

Willy

Willy, I had a volunteer plant under my birdfeeder awhile back that was definitely in the brassica family...looked like a cabbagey sort of leaf, but smaller, and sent up a tall spike of cute yellow flowers. I did a lot of hunting and posted here about it, and as I recall, I finally decided it was a wild mustard of sorts. Anyway, I let it pop up anywhere it wanted to as it was cheerful and the bees went crazy for it. I can see why they would like your
broccoli raab.

I love to feed the critters! For me, it has never been about the picture perfect garden, but more about the way everything connects together and brings about a sense of harmony. I know it is only a small pocket in a pretty DIS-harmonious world, but it's MY small pocket and it makes me happy.

Glad the bees at your house are happy, too, and very interesting about the basil flowers. So I can put them right on top of a dish as an edible garnish, eh?

Marcia

OK Here's my not-vegetables! My blooming Amaryllis Flamingo Star and a most fragrant orchid Momilani Rainbow.
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Marcia ~ I love that rose, but don't have it. Glad you didn't get rid of her. Lately when I'm out in my gardens I smell roses, as there are quite a few in bloom right now. ~ Your little maple is cute. I love copperleaf plants. They add wonderful color year round.

Willie ~ What wonderful blooms. I can almost smell the culantro and the basil. What are your blue flowers behind the cosmos? I'm a sucker for blues.

Cindeea ~ Your amaryllis and orchid are both beautiful!

Great pics everyone. Let's see some more.

FlowerLady