Green Thumb Sunday

More 2007 flowers from seed.

Blackberry lily/Leopard lily (seeds from trade)
I love the one that's getting ready to open.
I'm not sure what you call it but it's like a fern unfurling.

Same going to seed


Spiderflower-Cleome (seeds from trade)
Had fun with these flowers because you can prune them one week
and then the next week you have flowers again.


Zinnia Profusion Apricot Hybred
Hardy plant that flowered late into October. Needed weekly pruning.


Harlequin Sunflower
American Goldfinch loved these and so did the gray squirrels.


Nicotiana sylvestris (Tobacco plant)
Interesting plant. I've seen these in a mass planting on one of HGTV's
Great American Gardens program. I'm not sure if it's right for my size garden.


Dahlberg Yellow Daisy
Pretty little flowers.
Look best if pruned once in awhile but it's a little time consuming.


Dwarf Queeny Mix Hollyhocks (seeds from trade)
Three feet tall and didn't need staking!


Moulin Rough Sunflower
Of course the birds and the squirrels liked these also.
A nice change of color.

Green Thumb Sunday

More 2007 plants for GTS.
Starting Canna plants from seeds is easy and a fun way to try out different kinds without the cost of buying bulbs. The bulbs from these cannas weren't saved because I didn't want to repeat them this year. I have more than enough seeds saved to try again in the future.

Pixie


Pixie (same seed pack as above)Think maybe they got mixed up?
Much shorter and very prolific.



Glauca


Patens

Green Thumb Sunday

I find the garden most rewarding as it continues to change.
One way I can bring change is to start new flowers from seed every year,which I'll be sharing with you for the next couple of Sundays.
I was delighted to find out GTS posts don't have to be current. So these flowers are from last year before I started posts with Blogger.

I had so many cosmo plants (over 50 of them) it was beautuful in my back yard. But it was a little overwhelming deadheading all of them. Yes, I was out of control. Seeds were saved just in case I want to try them again but next time it won't be so many. I did control myself this past summer but of course things change from year to year.



Tetra Versailles

Ladybird Scarlet-dwarf

Orange (very tall unknown)

Mixed-dwarf(from trade)

Bipinnatus Candy Stripe

Polidor