Seeds and a Mystery Plant

BY SKEETER

I have mentioned before how I do not have luck when scattering seeds in my Georgia Gardens. Last year, I scattered many packets and containers of seed with little to no luck. I decided to try a different route this year. The plan was to add plants instead. Seedlings started to pop up before I got around to finding plants for this area. As you can see the only seeds to work for me is Black-eyed Susan. When everything else fails, they always shine.

This plant starting popping up as well. The Saint and I argue if it is a weed or plant that came from the seed packets. I told him to keep his hands off it as I wanted to see what would happen.

It is a very tall plant standing about 4 feet tall. It has branched off and has yellow blooms on the top of each branch.

It has very large green leaves and is healthy and happy even during these hot drought conditions.

The yellow blooms come and go daily. 

It has fuzzy buds.

Japanese Beetle and Aphids like it.

Here is a yellow bloom. Sorry so dark but as I said, the blooms come and go quickly. I spotted this bloom in the evening.

A pretty little bloom.

Do any of you know the name of this plant? Or Weed?

It is enjoying the Susan's, Lily, Gladiola and Balloon Flower.

Only 3 Gladiola's came back this year. Either the Vole's got them or the bulbs do not like to return with our mild winters.

Susan mingles with Balloon Flower, SEEDS AND A MYSTERY PLANT, In the Garden...
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A Vase of Flowers

By Skeeter
I have missed a lot of things blooming in my Georgia Garden this summer with my constant coming and goings. Some flowers do not last long therefore some things are missed during bloom time when away. I was happy to spot this Gladiolus blooming since I lost most of the bulbs to the Voles last winter. This pretty pink was a pleasant surprise as I had no idea I had any of this color.
Here was another nice surprise in the garden as well. This is one of 3 Gladiolus of this color I discovered a few days ago. These all came up by the Free Lilies given to me by our neighbor! The bulbs must have been in the clumps of soil holding the lily roots in place this spring. It was very hot during lily planting so I left the root balls intact the best I could for fear of the roots drying out in the heat. Unbeknownst to me I planted Gladiolus bulbs with the lilies! I think I shall move these Glads to a place where I can enjoy them better next year. Hopefully, the Voles will not find them.
It is now too hot to enjoy sitting in the garden so I decided to bring a bit of the garden inside to enjoy. I cut a few of my pretties and put them in a vase. I don't cut many flowers as I prefer them to be outside for the Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds to enjoy but I could not resist a small vase full yesterday while pulling some weeds.
Gladiolus, Balloon Flower, Salvia, Butterfly Bush, Statice and Rudbeckia make a pretty arrangement in the living room. I posed the vase on the coffee table for this photo op but the flowers must remain high up, away from kitty paw's. My girls (cats) love to nibble them so I must keep them at bay. Another reason why the flowers are best left to the yard then inside my house.
As I turned on the computer to write this today, sprinkles of rain started to fall. I was happy to see the rain drops as we so desperately need them to feed the gardens and lawn as things are drying out in this heat. This little Hummingbird was happy to see the rain drops as well and opened her feathers to take a bath! This little Hummer was having the best time with the rain drops. I watched her until she flew off into the Butterfly Bush for a sip of nectar. From inside my climate controlled cool house, I can see the flying jewels and A VASE OF FLOWERS, In the Garden...



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Gladiolus and Daylilies and Non-Gardening Husbands

From In the Garden

When is a daylily not a daylily? Well, when it is a gladiolus of course! Mr. Fix-it and I ventured out to Guthrie Highway and The Tin Barn for a blackberry picking jaunt and daylily purchasing trip at the Tin Barn. I thought it would be fun if he picked out a daylily he really liked and I too would pick one. Keep in mind that Mr. Fix-it does not garden. He does enjoy the garden but does not garden and claims to know nothing much about gardening.

Mrs. Oakes, our local daylily breeder, gave us a handful of orange flags so we could flag the plants we liked. I always purchase seedlings since they are the most economical way to increase my daylily holdings. For $10 I can get a very large clump of great looking daylilies. I would like named cultivars but at $10 per fan I think that it is not the smartest move for me so we go the thrifty way and buy only seedlings. To the fields we went on our venture to get the right un-named daylily.I picked a tangerine looking daylily with orange petals. It was in a separate field from where Mr. Fix-it was looking for his daylily. He picked his 'daylily' much faster than I picked mine. When Mr. Fix-it and I found one another again he mused that he was not sure if he flagged a daylily since the 'lily' had flowers all up and down the stem. Ha! I knew right away what he had done. Mrs. Oakes' daylily beds had gladiolus interspersed in and amongst the daylilies. I must say these glads were brilliant and most pretty. No wonder he flagged one! All is well that ends well though. Mrs. Oakes kindly gave us the gladiolus-no charge-and Mr. Fix-it found himself a nice tall raspberry colored daylily too after quite a bit of ribbing from me. You know how it is when husbands make really silly mistakes? Non-gardening or not! Poor guy. To be fair to him though now that I look at the pictures of the two plants I can kind of see a resemblance. Kind of:)

What kinds of flowers have you or someone you know confused the identification before?

in the garden....

P.S. We now have nightly lessons on flowers in the garden. Nah, just kidding. ;-0