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Chief
05-03-2007, 03:59 PM
Here's a preview of what's coming this summer....mass plantings of every imaginable color of petunias...

And this is the back yard...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010013_edited.jpgRhodies, petunias, and a couple of different lavender
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010015.jpg Bee Balm!! Note the giant ornamental rhubarb...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010016_edited.jpg Verbenias and rhubarb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010014.jpgpetunias
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010002.jpg Peas!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010018_edited.jpgmore bee balm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010021.jpg Boss Hogg and English Daisies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010019.jpg Geraniums and other annuals (Boss Hogg waiting patiently for hazelnuts...)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/P1010017_edited.jpgAgainst the back are three yellow raspberries that my Sister in Law gave us, and all of the plants are petunias...
Chief
05-03-2007, 04:07 PM
And a selection of pics from early last year while I brought those flowerbeds out another 2 feet...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/restinghorse.jpg My horse at rest
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/beebalm4.jpg HOT RED BEE BALM I moved it out of that pot, separated it, and planted it in a big bed by itself (see above)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/bluewave.jpgblue wave petunias. Those got 2' high and covered the whole bed...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/freshlytilled.jpgI hand dug those beds, sifted out all of the rocks, and then layered it all back in with compost, peatmoss, and compsted manure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/marthawashington1.jpg A couple of my Martha Washington geraniums

;D
karma
05-03-2007, 09:28 PM
Nice Chief.
Chief
05-04-2007, 05:45 AM
Wait till they bloom! In a month you won't see any soil around those plants....
karma
05-04-2007, 01:11 PM
Went to my local Freddies to check out the sale, I only walked out with a lotus vine!! I guess petunias aren't grabbing me this year?? So I hit the seed racks and came home with some Godetia, Nasturtuim variegated Alaska mix and Lobelia Dwarf rosamond seeds. I don't know what's wrong this year, could be I have to much already??
psumom
05-04-2007, 06:39 PM
You have outdone yourself again. Gorgeous!! I am going to have to google 'bee balm'. I never heard of that.
Chief
05-04-2007, 06:53 PM
I think it's in the Mint family. The leaves have a very strong aroma when you crush the leaves, and the flowers are pretty spectacular. My sister in law used to brew tea from bee balm.

I also have some low-growing lemon balm in the front flowerbed, and I think that is in the same family...
psumom
05-04-2007, 07:50 PM
I think it's in the Mint family. The leaves have a very strong aroma when you crush the leaves, and the flowers are pretty spectacular. My sister in law used to brew tea from bee balm.

I also have some low-growing lemon balm in the front flowerbed, and I think that is in the same family...
yes! I thought they looked like mint tea. Mint tea, fresh brewed is very popular locally. Everybody brews it.
Chief
05-04-2007, 07:54 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/SeniorChieftain/Summer%20Flowers/beebalm3.jpg

That's a closeup from last summer, so you can see how spikey the flowers are. They look kind of dull until the sun hits them and they immediately become irridescent....
karma
05-31-2007, 05:08 PM
Needing an updated photo, are they in bloom yet??
Chief
05-31-2007, 06:25 PM
Not yet. They bloom later in the summer. They are over four feet high though...
karma
06-01-2007, 04:57 PM
See I don't do annuals. Want to hear a funny, some lady in the store today asked me if I was the lady that was in the Columbian today that supposed stole some baskets some place. Both the lady behind the counter and I looked really puzzled at her?? Then the lady behind the counter stated I should give her my website so she could see what I grow as I politely told this lady, no. If I bought home any baskets I think my DH would shoot me! Now I have to find that story to see what I didn't do? ;D