Sunflowers and Changing Leaves Fertilizer Friday

It's Fertilizer Friday and everyone is flaunting their flowers so when ya get done here be sure to hop on over to Tootsies place at the bottom and see what she and everyone else is up to.
I finally have sunflowers! I started them in milk jugs in February but maybe I didn't take them out of the jugs soon enough because everyone else has had giants for quite some time now. O'well, I have them so that's all that matters.


This is my Rose of Sharon Minerva. She's never grown more than 2 feet tall but always
has beautiful blooms. I think she's small because of tree roots close by so
we're going to move her and see if she won't finally grow up.

The Hardy Lobelia that some critter chewed up is blooming. I really didn't think it
was going to.

Some little violas that are a pretty pink. How nice since all of the others are
always purple.

Thats all I have for flowers but thought I'd show some of the leaves changing that I
saw on the way back from town yesterday. This is such a pretty part of the drive
home. Changing leaves and a kazillion ferns.

But this is my favorite part - the dark mossy covered trees and a little color from
leaves nearby.

The Rest Of What's Blooming

As promised on Fertilizer Friday I had so many flowers still blooming I'd show the rest in a few days. Guess I'd best do that before they are all gone. Many of these just have a small bloom left but are still blooming even if not at their showiest!
Some Babys Breath that showed up on my bank one day. Of course it's far too big there and I've been going to move it for a couple of years and haven't gotten around to it.

Dianthus

Viola
Germander

Malva Zebrina

Linaria

I can't believe this small Abelia Edward Goucher I started has little blooms - the
big one we move last fall didn't bloom this year. It's probably still getting
settled in, or it's not getting enough sun.

Knautia

Hardy Bachelor Button, I dug this one up, tired of looking at it.

Mum

Speedwell Red Fox

Viola Johnny Jump Up

Snapdragon

Garden Phlox

Another Garden Phlox

And one last one plus a Dandelion for character

Soapwort

Blue Lacecap Hydrangea

Double Rose Of Sharon

Oops wrong place, my Hydrangea on it's way out still looking pretty as a
different color.

A little Primrose I never planted.

More beautiful Snapdragons.

And more, I seem to love Snapdragons more all the time. They bloom non stop all
summer.

Coneflower Doppleganger

Hydrangea Buttons 'n' Bows

Pink Hydrangea, don't know the name.

One of Bob's miniaure climbing roses - that desperately need a place to climb.

Coneflower Magnus

The pretty white Rose I just got Bob at an estate sale. It needed a good home!

The gorgeous yellow Rose that Doris gave him.

One of my many Campanulas that are all blooming.

The Ice Plant is FINALLY blooming, pretty late this yer.

The pretty little white Cyclamen the neighbor gave me is blooming. It is so
delicate. Now the beautiful leaves are starting to show. I'll have to take a
picture of them later.

Bunches Of New Flowers For Fertilizer Friday

It's Fertilizer Friday and everyone is flaunting their flowers so when ya get done here be sure to link over to Tootsies place at the bottom and see what she and everyone else is up to.
I'm going to do something different today
since I just showed close to 60 flowers that were blooming between last FF and
yesterday.
I do, however, have an Aster that is starting to show color. I always thought this was a bush until the other day when reading about them and decided to go look. Well I'll be . . . it's a whole bunch of little bunches that
I was suppose to be dividing every 3-4 years. Wonder how many years I've had it.
Bet I get around 20-30 clumps when I divide it. WoW! Am I gonna have Fall color
in my yard or what next year.


My Delphinium is blooming - for the 2nd time. Me, who's been trying to grow
Delphiniums for 20 years now and only succeeding in killing them faster than the
year before. Now I have one that came back this year (from seed last year) and 2
I bought that haven't died yet. And now one of them is doing this. I think maybe
I've died and gone to (Delphinium) heaven.
I said I was going to do something a little different today. Well I am . . . I'm
going to show flowers I bought yesterday and a couple of days ago. I was in town
and for some reason stopped by Ace Hardware and they had lots of perennials and
the price was right. I only wanted some Asters after discovering I need to
divide mine up and am going to have lots of that one color. But when I started
looking they had soooooo many flowers - so I bought 4. But the more I thought
about it after getting home the more I thought I probably should go back and get
more. I did a few days later and today going to show you what I hauled home.
I'll never get to quit working in the dirt this year if I don't stop this!
This Dahlia only says Dahlia Hybrid so guess it has no name. I hate
when they do that. O'well at least I get to see a Dahlia bloom in my yard this
year. Oh it's sooooooooooooo pretty.

Platycodon Astra Blue Balloon Flower. I know I already have one but it's small and will go
great on the front bank.

Platycodon Astra White Balloon Flower, also for the front bank.

Phlox Scarlet Flame, another bank flower.

Guara Passionate Blush. I had a Guara and just loved it but one year it just didn't
come back. Sure hope this one sticks around.

And this one too. Guara Snow Fountain.

Penstemon Margarita BOP

Nepta Blue Moon Catmint. This one is bushy, it should show up a lot better than my
Walker's Low does. I can't wait to see it next year.

I FINALLY have a daisy! Finally found one that knocked my socks off. Leucanthemum
Superbum Schneehurken Shasta Daisy. I hope that's the right name. My tag fell
through the cracks on the deck (don't ya hate when that happens?) and I looked
this up. I was even at the site where they buy their flowers.

Silene Clifford Moor. I bought another Silene earlier this year and the bloom time is
long so I had to try another one. And this one has pretty varigated leaves which
will be great for a different foliage color in the garden.

Perovskia Atriplicifolia Russian Sage.

Isotoma Blue Star Creeper, another for the front bank.

Pratia County Park. I can't believe this one and the one above are not the same
family.

Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides

Aster Hazy

Aster Dragon

Aster Marie III showing a little color.

Bob's Passion Flower, I don't know if it's going to be a perennial here or not.

Now back to the ones I just bought (threw that Passion Flower in). Only these I'm
going to show now aren't blooming. Still I wanted to finish showing you the
flowers I got, and still have to plant.This is a tiny little Heuchera Canyon Duet. I think I'll have to

put it next to my little tiny Hosta I got earlier this summer. I didn't know
there was a Heuchera this small, only 3 to 6 inches. The bloom may bring the
height up to 12 inches. Yup, teenie weenie just like the Hosta with about 6"
leaves.

Penstemon Blue Buckle - I'm putting the tag with these so you can see what they will look
like.

Penstemon Husker Red Strain

Coneflower Ruby Star

Coneflower Baby Swan White

Coneflower Prairie Splendor