Bored??? What a way to start my morning...........thanks, Roselee. It looks beautiful, as always.

You can't bore me with pictures of your beautiful garden, but you are welcome to keep trying. Thanks for posting. Your pictures always inspire me.
Jim

Sort of like a shopping trip. Oh, I want some of that, yes, I'll take seeds etc.

I like your attitude, Kathy !!! Yeah, shopping spree !!!

Just beautiful! Everything looks so good! Is the fragrant mistflower a tall plant?

Beautiful, even the accidents are beautiful in your garden.

My eye was drawn to the pot you made and how good it looks.

Roselee, is your Porterweed hardy, or does it reseed?

Thanks always to everybody for looking and for commenting.

Pam, the fragrant mistflower Eupatorium havanense is a compact 3' by 3' in my garden. It dies to the ground each winter. The blue one is rangier and gets about 4' x4'. I really like both of them.

Carrie, I believe the porterweed will be an annual for me, but it readily reseeds. I bought it last fall at the Botanical Gardens plant sale and kept it in the greenhouse. The mother plant died, but a lot of little plants came up in the pot.

If you look it up on the "D" garden they talk mainly about two varieties; Stachytarpheta jamaicensis and Stachytarpheta urticifolia, although there are more. I think mine is S. urticifolia. I see it in all the butterfly houses that I've visited.

S. urticifolia is said to be invasive in Florida and grows to 5' ir 6' there, but since it freezes back here I don't anticipate any problems with it. As Shirley and I have both said we need strong so called 'invasive' plants to make it in our yards!

I'm counting on it to reseed, but am saving some flowering stalks to be sure. I think it will look nice coming up around the pots of roses, sort of like an all summer blooming larkspur; and being a butterfly and hummingbird nectar source is a real plus.

This is why I would be interested in it.........for the hummers. They seldom use the feeders as at my house, they really prefer "nature's own". Thanks for clearing this up for me as I saw it was hardy only to zone 9 (far away from me.........LOL).

I just love your cottage garden Roselee. Love the natives and drought plants. I was suprised to see your black foot daisy blooming all the way into Nov. Mine dried up a while ago. Like the shrimp cocktail too. I am hoping the one Jim gave me will make it thru the winter. Will move that guy into my garage when it gets a lil more cooler. Is your fragrant mist flower the same as greg's mistflower? Mine is not white though, its lavender and I do not recall any fragrance to it. Enjoyed loking at your garden.
Indu

hi all. sprained right hand. not bad but can not type easily.

mist flower not the same as greg's ...

ty :-) talk later.

Gee Roselee! Sorry about your hand and hope it's better soon.
Jim

Oh my, talking too fast with your hands?

One handed typing is hard to do............hope you are better really soon.

I thought everyone typed with one hand. It's the one handed gardening that would do me in.
Jim

That, too, Jim................LOL>

i hit bob ;-) & broke bone in hand. on the way to see hand dr.

jim u made me laugh. one hand typing is not easy as letters are worn off the keys ...lol.

thanks all.

I hope it isn't broken (BTW, how is Bob...LOL), and that it will mend quickly. At least it is at the close of the busy season, and not the beginning.

Poor Bob! I don't know how he puts up with it! Ha!Ha!
Jim

jim, he has a hard jaw! broke my 4th meta tarsal. out patient surgery wed. to put screws. bone heals quickly after that.

yes carrie! sure glad i got stuff already in greenhouse :-)

hunt & peck typing would be easy if i could see letters ... lol

Sorry, Roselee!!

Omar

OH Man!! at least it wasn't your picture taking finger!
Make Bob type for you!! :)

OMG! Did you really mean wednesday? That is almost a week!

That is a long time............any particular reason for waiting that long?

It's the only day the dr. does surgery, plus primary dr. has to do a physical and issue okay even tho surgery is done under local anesthesia. hand is in a partial cast so it doesn't hurt much. after the bone is pinned the hand can be used, tho i probably won't be digging any holes for awhile. if not pinned it never heals as the break can't be stabilized. i never knew all that ... :-)

".....i never knew all that ..."

I didn't either, but I must say, you found a hard way to learn. Hopefully you will be back to digging and planting soon.
Jim

melva u r right ... lol

very small skipper on Fortune's Eupatorium ...

Fortune's Eupatorium not quite in full bloom ...

Beautiful, everything so pretty and lush. Whats a little wind.

Today is Roselee's surgery..............wish her well, everyone !!!!

Good Luck, Roselee, and Happy Thanksgiving! No cooking or dish-washing tomorrow? You'll be completely spoiled by the time your hand heals.
Jim

Oh I so hope that it went well and she'll be back to doing whatever it is she wants to do!