Any Of You Grow any Flowers?

[pegasus216]

I have 6 lily plants, and one of them goes wild every year with the flowers that bloom on it. It is so pretty! It is a yellow one, but I also have 3 red ones. Not as many flowers bloom on those, but they are beautiful also. I go out every day to water them, and at night they bloom more, and more.

 

[Dana Jean]

I plant flowers. I have ones that come back and ones that I replant. I have wild butterfly and bee mixtures in 3 raised railroad tie beds to attract those things to my garden. I get hummingbirds every once in a while. Trying to get more of those. I have hanging baskets and bags and containers. I wish I had more.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...my wife has some luck with things green & growing....love her tiger lilies...

 

[Neesy]

Andy is the true gardener in our family.

In our back yard he has planted lilacs, peonies, raspberries, clematis, grapes etc. - you name it! The only problem is that our climate up here is very harsh in winter so the rose bushes he planted did not survive. He had a beautiful garden back in Scotland.

My favourite were those ones that look like Chinese lanterns in the fall:

I do not think they came back this year which is a shame, as I thought they were perennials

 

[Moderator]

I have both perennials and annuals in flower beds, window boxes and containers. Love flower gardens but don't have as much time to attend to them as I would like. The peonies this year are really pretty and the lupines are trying to take over the wildflower garden--and other places they weren't planted in as well. Neesy, the David Austin roses seem to do better in harsh climates like ours in case Andy wants to try some of those, although if you're in a zone 3, he'd need to make sure he mulched them well in the fall. Otherwise, I think of roses here as annuals because they rarely winter over.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

The peony haul this year from the side of the house.

I intend on having much, much more in the future.

 

[pegasus216]

They are beautiful, Lily
I also have 3 red rose bushes. They have bloomed already.

 

[Dana Jean]

I have both perennials and annuals in flower beds, window boxes and containers. Love flower gardens but don't have as much time to attend to them as I would like. The peonies this year are really pretty and the lupines are trying to take over the wildflower garden--and other places they weren't planted in as well. Neesy, the David Austin roses seem to do better in harsh climates like ours in case Andy wants to try some of those, although if you're in a zone 3, he'd need to make sure he mulched them well in the fall. Otherwise, I think of roses here as annuals because they rarely winter over.

The peony haul this year from the side of the house.

I intend on having much, much more in the future.

My mom had these big beautiful peonies at her home. After she died and before we sold the house, I dug up a bunch of starts to take to my house. I fussed over these and after 3 years, they really produced this year. I have the light pink and the dark burgundy ones. Just gorgeous. Then I bought a couple more to supplement my peony harvest as I use these to take to the cemetery if they bloom in time.

 

[Lily Sawyer]

My mom had these big beautiful peonies at her home. After she died and before we sold the house, I dug up a bunch of starts to take to my house. I fussed over these and after 3 years, they really produced this year. I have the light pink and the dark burgundy ones. Just gorgeous. Then I bought a couple more to supplement my peony harvest as I use these to take to the cemetery if they bloom in time.

Dana, the bulbs live over 100 years! They *must* go dormant in the winter with really hard freezes, and they (usually) don't like to be disturbed - you got lucky with the ones you transplanted, and I'm not surprised it took them 3 years to debut. (If it had been iris, they would have bloomed right out of the gate.)

Peonies are my favorite flower. They're just heaven.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I have thousands of flowers on my property. Perennials are the only way to go IMO. No muss, no fuss. Planted a couple hundred more again this year. And they spread like wildfire. Flowers in bloom all spring, summer and fall.

 

[Out of Order]

Lots of flowers, yes. What I'm really looking forward to is a shipment of blue raspberry plants from down south.........

 

[Dana Jean]

Dana, the bulbs live over 100 years! They *must* go dormant in the winter with really hard freezes, and they (usually) don't like to be disturbed - you got lucky with the ones you transplanted, and I'm not surprised it took them 3 years to debut. (If it had been iris, they would have bloomed right out of the gate.)

Peonies are my favorite flower. They're just heaven.

I babied those things. They meant so much to my mom, I just prayed every year that I would see them come up again. BUT, they have a powdery mildew issue at the moment. I must jump on this quickly so I don't lose them. In all the years my mom had them, she never had this problem. It must be where I have them planted.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...my lawn has tons of flowering clover...does that count?.....

 

[HollyGolightly]

Pictures please! I don't do a very good job of gardening. It always sounds like a lovely thought. I love to admire everyone else's gorgeous flowers though. I do have some tomatoes that aren't doing very well this year.

 

[Out of Order]

Try some cow manure on your tomato plants, Holly. They love it!

 

[HollyGolightly]

Try some cow manure on your tomato plants, Holly. They love it!

NO! Really? I think we're just feeding the turtles and bunnies with one plant. The other probably needs to be staked. I'm gonna have to google this manure trick before I try it.

 

[Out of Order]

NO! Really? I think we're just feeding the turtles and bunnies with one plant. The other probably needs to be staked. I'm gonna have to google this manure trick before I try it.

Ideally, you mix it in the soil before planting, but if you go to your local garden center and buy some dehydrated cow manure fertilizer you can mix that in around the base of the plants just like any other type of granular fertilizer. I've had great success using it.

 

[GNTLGNT]

Ideally, you mix it in the soil before planting, but if you go to your local garden center and buy some dehydrated cow manure fertilizer you can mix that in around the base of the plants just like any other type of granular fertilizer. I've had great success using it.

...and spreading it on the Board...

 

[Out of Order]

...and spreading it on the Board...

Fortunately, I have a good supply this year.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Ideally, you mix it in the soil before planting, but if you go to your local garden center and buy some dehydrated cow manure fertilizer you can mix that in around the base of the plants just like any other type of granular fertilizer. I've had great success using it.

Ah - OK then. I was thinking that I might have to find a field of cows and go around with a bucket and shovel and catch some cow poo, and bring it home and sprinkle it on the plants. Your's is a much better plan. See, I have no green thumb to speak of.