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Blooms on 7/7 Tuesday

6 years ago

It is so so hot here today. I need to water and pull weeds. Water I will have to but much later, weeds - nope ))

Had my SIL visit today and these are some of her picks:


Forever Redeemed



Yellow Titan



Mama's Cherry Pie - have never seen it with so many (many for MCP that is)



Lake Of Fire



Deliverer



2 Sues



This seedling



Orange NOID, and it's FFO



and zinnias :) Which were supposed to be dwarf. Not very dwarf-y they are not, but I do like them too of course. And portulaca are my favorite annuals.



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  • 6 years ago

    Now for some seedlings I liked today, all out of Red Friday

    1 - First time blooming this year but planted long ago

    2 - same thing, moved it from the shade and it's blooming for the first time this year, this is FFE (Bombay Silk x Red Friday cross)

    3 - this tall dark purple

    Another one with its FFO today - Dacquiri

    And a couple more

    Navajo Princess, low bc and short scape but it's so cute

    and my pleated NOID

    Thanks for looking!

  • 6 years ago

    How pretty! Forever Redeemed is always such a lovely colorful bloom. that Lake of Fire is quite pretty in that color; Mine was always a mauve with darker toward red eye. It was a great bloomer, but it mine would hve shown that that purple color instead of the instead of the usual, I would have kept it. DEliverer and Two Sues are bothnice clumps, and I really like that first seedling.

    kay

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  • 6 years ago

    I adore two of your seedlings, 2 has a really great form and 3 is such a great purple! Two Sues looks really good today, I added it this spring, hope for blooms next season.

    Sherry

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  • 6 years ago

    Deliverer free of splotches! You are fortunate. Navajo Princess' scape height varies from year to year here.

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  • 6 years ago

    I'm liking the reds today. Forever Redeemed is so much darker for you than it is for me. I love the floriferous Deliverer clump. Your first red seedling grabs me, and so does the tall dark purple.


    Debra

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  • 6 years ago

    I like the look of the seedling out of Bombay Silk in your picture. The tepals are curved and stuck out at the top. Maybe just a fluke, but I like it like that. It looks fun..... The first seedling, is very pretty too with it's more traditional form......I really like your Zinnia and Portulaca hardscape "well". I think the combination of those 2 plants in that structure is superb...............Maryl

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  • 6 years ago

    Thank you, everyone!

    Kay, I am sorry, forgot to note that the color on Lake of Fire is not true. I tried different angles and it's still not as red (or rather burgundy red) as it is in real life. I quite like it, nice big blooms.

    Sherry thanks for liking my seedlings! Maybe 2 Sues will still send up a scape. It's a great one!

    Mantis, oh Deliverer does have spots, mostly on sepals. I did a close up too but my camera washes it out. Oh I remember that about Navajo Princess, this year though mine only has one scape :)

    Thanks Debra, I like Forever Redeemed a lot! The tall dark purple sdlg also has good stats.

    Maryl, I found out that that look is indeed a fluke. Next year it won't have this form. Thanks for liking my annual arrangement, I was concerned that the zinnias are too tall for everything else.

    Thanks Kate! Yes zinnias are great, and bloom for a long time. It's my DH's project, it is for the statue of Mary. Since we can't have roses there for her, the next best thing is portulaca, it has 'rose' in its other name, which I forgot, moss smth or other :)