Any Of You Grow any Flowers?

[Kurben]

Now that's interesting. I suited up and waged war with dandelions this year. I fought the lawn weeds and the lawn won.

I never understood what people have against Dandelions. They are nice flowers. I root for the dandelions!

 

[VultureLvr45]

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.

My David Austin rose smells amazing... it is highly fragrant with the old time scent and double the petals also and

 

[GNTLGNT]

Yes, i just read an article how people are growing clover lawns to attract bees for their gardens and it's low maintenance.

...the just call me Mr. Greenjeans....

 

[no bounce no play]

I love flowering plants I have a lot of the same plants y'all have at our old home in the city, I have peonies planted around a white rose of sharon tree, iris and spider lilies around a pink rose of sharon tree, a large old-fashioned pink and yellow lantana out front, and a honeysuckle vine trimmed into a bush shape. I had morning glories and Chinese lanterns on the chainlink fence for a while but they didn't survive My favorite flowers are the wild petunias around the house. They bloom 9 months out of the year. I can't bring any of the wild petunias to the farm because they're intrusive They're interesting... when their seed pods are hit with water, they snap and hit you with a surprising force. Bees love the honeysuckle, lantana, and wild petunias. Our neighbor's pig also loved the wild petunias. After he learned to open their screen door, he could always be found eating my wild petunias lol. He used to help me dig up weeds too

We only have wild flowers on the farm... primrose, daisies, milkweed (they attract butterflies), and assorted others I can't identify. I really like one I can't identify. Does anyone know what this is?


This is a pic of wild petunias if you're not familiar with them.

 

[Moderator]

Wow! It's beautiful. thanks, Neesy.

Christmas cactus - easy to care for and actually does bloom!

The one I have is almost 30 years old and was started with a slip my older daughter brought home from school when she was in kindergarten so is very special to me. It blooms from around the middle of November until March or April and has survived my sporadic watering habits and a cat or two that couldn't resist swatting at the leaves hanging down (it's gotten quite large). The only fertilizer I give it (if you can call it fertilizer) is when I water it with coffee leftover from the morning pot once or twice a month.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

This past winter was extremely hard on our hummingbird bushes, and only one survived. This year we planted about two hundred more Gladiolus all over the place (a good flower to also attract hummingbirds). At the end of every Fall we dig bulbs out of the ground due to overcrowding and store them in hamster bedding for the next year's planting. We also planted a couple dozen assorted Hostas. Are Hostas considered flowers?

 

[Moderator]

This past winter was extremely hard on our hummingbird bushes, and only one survived. This year we planted about two hundred more Gladiolus all over the place (a good flower to also attract hummingbirds). At the end of every Fall we dig bulbs out of the ground due to overcrowding and store them in hamster bedding for the next year's planting. We also planted a couple dozen assorted Hostas. Are Hostas considered flowers?

Hostas produce flowers so would guess they could still be considered that just like any others that only blossom once and then the rest of the time they're just the leaves of the plant.

 

[Dana Jean]

This past winter was extremely hard on our hummingbird bushes, and only one survived. This year we planted about two hundred more Gladiolus all over the place (a good flower to also attract hummingbirds). At the end of every Fall we dig bulbs out of the ground due to overcrowding and store them in hamster bedding for the next year's planting. We also planted a couple dozen assorted Hostas. Are Hostas considered flowers?

My hummingbird bushes died too. I was so disappointed as last year they were huge and had beautiful flowers all over them.

 

[arista]

I am also growing beautiful Zinnia's.

 

[Dana Jean]

I love flowering plants I have a lot of the same plants y'all have at our old home in the city, I have peonies planted around a white rose of sharon tree, iris and spider lilies around a pink rose of sharon tree, a large old-fashioned pink and yellow lantana out front, and a honeysuckle vine trimmed into a bush shape. I had morning glories and Chinese lanterns on the chainlink fence for a while but they didn't survive My favorite flowers are the wild petunias around the house. They bloom 9 months out of the year. I can't bring any of the wild petunias to the farm because they're intrusive They're interesting... when their seed pods are hit with water, they snap and hit you with a surprising force. Bees love the honeysuckle, lantana, and wild petunias. Our neighbor's pig also loved the wild petunias. After he learned to open their screen door, he could always be found eating my wild petunias lol. He used to help me dig up weeds too

We only have wild flowers on the farm... primrose, daisies, milkweed (they attract butterflies), and assorted others I can't identify. I really like one I can't identify. Does anyone know what this is?
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This is a pic of wild petunias if you're not familiar with them.
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I don't knkow what that is. Is it the only one , or did you just take a picture of the single one? If there are lots of them, pick one and take it to a local nursery. They should be able to tell you. And then come tell us.

 

[Dana Jean]

Hostas produce flowers so would guess they could still be considered that just like any others that only blossom once and then the rest of the time they're just the leaves of the plant. View attachment 3397

Hostas get flowers? My hostas didn't produce flowers, but I just planted them last year. Does it take them awhile to give you flowers?

 

[Moderator]

Hostas get flowers? My hostas didn't produce flowers, but I just planted them last year. Does it take them awhile to give you flowers?

Really? Mine always have flowers--they grow long spikes that have blossoms on them. Here's one example:

 

[Dana Jean]

Really? Mine always have flowers--they grow long spikes that have blossoms on them. Here's one example:

No dang it! I didn't get any of that. Where are my flowers? I demand flowers!

 

[no bounce no play]

I don't knkow what that is. Is it the only one , or did you just take a picture of the single one? If there are lots of them, pick one and take it to a local nursery. They should be able to tell you. And then come tell us.

The pic is just of one, there are usually many together like primrose. That's a good idea, thanks I will take one to a nursery

 

[DiO'Bolic]

No dang it! I didn't get any of that. Where are my flowers? I demand flowers!

They will come. And with those flowers comes lots of bees. Lots and lots of bees.

 

[Dana Jean]

They will come. And with those flowers comes lots of bees. Lots and lots of bees.

I think I got the bastid variety that don't produce flowers.

 

[Moderator]

I think I got the bastid variety that don't produce flowers.

They may just not be ready yet. Not all of mine have the flowers--they will, but they haven't gotten that far along for this season yet.

 

[Dana Jean]

They may just not be ready yet. Not all of mine have the flowers--they will, but they haven't gotten that far along for this season yet.

I am walking out there as we speak to investigate.

 

[Dana Jean]

I am walking out there as we speak to investigate.

Nope. I don't see one thing that looks like there could be a flower.

 

[arista]

Dana Jean sometimes it takes a little while.