Comments on: September blooms http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/september-blooms/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/september-blooms/comment-page-1/#comment-3696 Mr. McGregor's Daughter Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/september-blooms/#comment-3696 LOL - I'm almost choking over that Asclepias's other name. There's no way I could go into a nursery & ask for that with a straight face. ("Excuse me, but do you have ...") I know, I'm so immature. I like that Mina, what ever it's name. It makes a great contrast to the stunning blue of the Morning Glory. <em>Mr. McG's D -- I dare you!!! Our inner 7 year-olds think it's a laugh riot - why do you think we ever bought seeds for that Asclepias in the first place? And Gail assured me that we did, in fact, plant Mina lobata 'Citronella'. There must be a little variation in the seeds to account for the apricot blush - I remember it being all yellow in years past (because I didn't ever love it like I do now)... -kris </em> LOL – I’m almost choking over that Asclepias’s other name. There’s no way I could go into a nursery & ask for that with a straight face. (“Excuse me, but do you have …”) I know, I’m so immature. I like that Mina, what ever it’s name. It makes a great contrast to the stunning blue of the Morning Glory.

Mr. McG’s D — I dare you!!! Our inner 7 year-olds think it’s a laugh riot – why do you think we ever bought seeds for that Asclepias in the first place? And Gail assured me that we did, in fact, plant Mina lobata ‘Citronella’. There must be a little variation in the seeds to account for the apricot blush – I remember it being all yellow in years past (because I didn’t ever love it like I do now)… -kris

]]> By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens http://blog.blithewold.org/whats-blooming/september-blooms/comment-page-1/#comment-3692 Carol, May Dreams Gardens Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:43:52 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/whats-blooming/september-blooms/#comment-3692 Thanks for showing us some Blithewold blooms, Kris. I'm seeing lots of bees, not so many butteflies, some hummingbirds and a few spiders around my garden, plus some praying mantis. The "new" in my garden is Colchicum. I'm not sure what I "miss madly" from last year, though there are a few blooms from last year that are gone this year, by my choice. <em>Carol, I forgot to include Colchicum in my picture list! Those are such a fun surprise. I was thinking I really miss the butterflies but then I looked up yesterday afternoon and there they were! - Though definitely fewer than last year... -kris</em> Thanks for showing us some Blithewold blooms, Kris. I’m seeing lots of bees, not so many butteflies, some hummingbirds and a few spiders around my garden, plus some praying mantis. The “new” in my garden is Colchicum. I’m not sure what I “miss madly” from last year, though there are a few blooms from last year that are gone this year, by my choice.

Carol, I forgot to include Colchicum in my picture list! Those are such a fun surprise. I was thinking I really miss the butterflies but then I looked up yesterday afternoon and there they were! – Though definitely fewer than last year… -kris

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