@STEVE: Once Again, Thank you, Photography is actually my Biggest Hobby!
@DOUGLAS- Thank you very much. Zinnia's are by one of the easiest flowers to grow. Only need to buy about 5-6 in a Nursery and you'll have beautiful display. Better yet, Zinnia Seeds are by far the easiest to grow by seed & the quickest. If you planted them by seed tommorrow, you'll be able to plant them in less than 2 weeks...u have plenty of time it's only June...Zinnia's last to Frost!
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@JOAN - Your very welcome, That was exactly how I'm learning, little tidbits of information of other's gardening advice and/or tips, so I simply wanted to pass on how easy and carefree these flowers are!
@ERICA - So Touching Thank You! And yes, I do hope it inspires people to plant some flowers....it's rewarding. I would have been the last person friends or family members would have thought I picked up gardening, but I found it relaxing, rewarding and now i love it!
@Kelly: Butterfly Bushes are so beautiful and what's even more Beautfiful is the display of Butterlfies your going to have flying around it through out the summer! Sorry to hear about wishing the deer away.....I'm constantly fighting ground hogs!
@Debbie - Another very sweet comment! Trust me when I tell you, If I could do this so could you!!! These flowers are very easy to maintain. The first year, I bought a book (Ck ebay or amazon, not expensive) "CARE FREE PLANTS- 200 Beautiful Low-Maintenancce Plants Anyone Can Grow" - By Readers Digest. Honestly, it became my Bible! I learned so much from it and still refer to it! GREAT TO HAVE! A must for me! Good Luck with your Gardenia's!
@Pamela - For Starters, Thank you very much another sweet compliment. But how about we make a Barter....I'll help you out with my flowers and you can help me out with my grass that I'm having so many issues with! lol
@JEANETTE & CONNIE: Thank you so much! :)
@Lynne - Thank u so much and I'm glad you found the tidbits helpful!
@Katrina - As for chain linked fences....Zinnia's are a must and once again, so, so easy! As well as sunflowers. Gladiouls, Anything between 4-6 ft). As for the weeds, I wish I could help you there. Alot of people put a small thin mesh tarp a foot or two down from the dirt and cut circles around the spots they are going to plant the flowers, and MANY landscapers sware by it @ it does prevent weeds and grass from popping through, however, i noticed, especially with plants that multiply or bushel up, I feel it prevents their roots from growing giving a less showier display. So honeslty, I ripped all mine out. Sad part is, you really just have to pull them out. I find it so much easier to pull them out once I'm watered and the soil is wet! It's a pain and at times, time consuming, but your flowers will flourish from it! Good luck.
@Becky & @Franzena - Very flattering Thank you!
Thank you everyone for all the great feedback, very happy you enjoyed the photo's!
Your going to love it Deb!!! Such easy to learn, helpful tips that can do wonders to your garden! I learned so much from that one book than I did the countless others! And it also tells you everything about the flower, how to tend to it, and so much more! Let me know how you like it once you've flipped thru it!
Beautiful flowers and photos. Do Lantanas need full sun? I planted some in an area that doesn't get full sun and they are a little slow in blooming. Thanks
They Love Sun Sandra. They do also grow in partial shade....I mostly plant them in sun, but I have a couple that I do put in partial shaded areas just bc I love them so much but honestly, they defintely do not flourish like the one's in full sun do! WARNING on Lantana's & certainly in case some didn't know. On occassion, more towards end of the season, once the little flowers on the Lantana's have bloomed, you will notice what looks like little tiny blueberries.....smaller than a pea. BE
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CAREFUL & SURE CHILDREN most especially, DO NOT eat them, THEY ARE NOT BLUEBERRIES. They are POISONOUS! Simply check them every so often, rip them right off and discard and believe it or not, by doing so, you are also producing a fuller bloom.
Irene....if it's the multicolored small petaled Flower featured on HomeTalks's home page yesterday, the flowers are called Lantana's. Mostly all Nurseries should carry them. If it's another flower your looking the name of, simply caption the photo and I will tell u all the info that you like that I know!
@Lee......It all depends in the area in which you live and/or the climate. I live on the east coast and was told that I had to remove them in which I did. I dug them up....stored them in a shoe box with holes, with hay & stored them in my basement for the winter.....Dahlia's root's are Tubers, not bulbs & multiply each year. The first year, after storage, I replanted them in early May and the Bloom on them was beautiful as ever and lasted all season long, right into frost. However, this
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year I was not so successful....I left them in my garage a month longer than I should have and the cold must have destroyed them because when I went to replant them, the tubers were so brittle they broke in my hand literally and simply by my touch. So this year, I'm back to square one, after replanting new bulbs. However, Ironically, I bought an ANNUAL hybrid Dahlia last year @ shop rite for only a couple of dollars, simply cut the flowers and leaves down just to see what happened and believe it or not, they rebloomed this year. As for the perennials, they do say, that if you do prefer not to go through the process of removing the tubers out of the ground....that if you cover well with mulch and sometimes with plastic bags underneath the mulch, they should be fine. However, I have not tried that yet but I think I'm going to attempt it this year. I am also about to look into Douglas's Link of Information......to get more tips myself for just by seeing his profile pic on many of our similiar interest photo's, :) I can tell you for certain he knows a lot more than I do. I'm only a 3rd year gardener. I tried giving you all the info I had on them! Good luck. Let us know what you decide to do!
Liz, Douglas is a pro & well respected here on HomeTalk. My grandmother used to dig them up each year & store them in the cellar, here in Atlanta. Ergo, you answered my question...I do have to dig & replant each year which is why I have never done Dahlias but I love them!
Lee Anne, it really depends on where you are. If your ground freezes, you'll have to dig them up. I've never had the patience for that, so I would definitely take my chances on a good mulch!
Thank you Douglas. My grandmother (Nanny) taught me to garden & to sew. I still have mint from her garden. I guess if she stored them every winter here in Atlanta, I would have to as well & I am with you... I plant in the spring & clean in the fall & I do not care to dig up & store tube/bulbs. Perhaps if I did not work, but alas... I do!
My Dahlias don't come back if I leave them in the ground here in Colorado Springs - fair enough as cold as it gets! I'm with Douglas on the patience issue, so I allow mine to be annuals and feed the next years beauty that I put in it's place.
@DOUGLAS- Thank you very much. Zinnia's are by one of the easiest flowers to grow. Only need to buy about 5-6 in a Nursery and you'll have beautiful display. Better yet, Zinnia Seeds are by far the easiest to grow by seed & the quickest. If you planted them by seed tommorrow, you'll be able to plant them in less than 2 weeks...u have plenty of time it's only June...Zinnia's last to Frost! ...»
@JOAN - Your very welcome, That was exactly how I'm learning, little tidbits of information of other's gardening advice and/or tips, so I simply wanted to pass on how easy and carefree these flowers are!
@ERICA - So Touching Thank You! And yes, I do hope it inspires people to plant some flowers....it's rewarding. I would have been the last person friends or family members would have thought I picked up gardening, but I found it relaxing, rewarding and now i love it!
@Kelly: Butterfly Bushes are so beautiful and what's even more Beautfiful is the display of Butterlfies your going to have flying around it through out the summer! Sorry to hear about wishing the deer away.....I'm constantly fighting ground hogs!
@Debbie - Another very sweet comment! Trust me when I tell you, If I could do this so could you!!! These flowers are very easy to maintain. The first year, I bought a book (Ck ebay or amazon, not expensive) "CARE FREE PLANTS- 200 Beautiful Low-Maintenancce Plants Anyone Can Grow" - By Readers Digest. Honestly, it became my Bible! I learned so much from it and still refer to it! GREAT TO HAVE! A must for me! Good Luck with your Gardenia's!
@Pamela - For Starters, Thank you very much another sweet compliment. But how about we make a Barter....I'll help you out with my flowers and you can help me out with my grass that I'm having so many issues with! lol
@JEANETTE & CONNIE: Thank you so much! :)
@Lynne - Thank u so much and I'm glad you found the tidbits helpful!
@Katrina - As for chain linked fences....Zinnia's are a must and once again, so, so easy! As well as sunflowers. Gladiouls, Anything between 4-6 ft). As for the weeds, I wish I could help you there. Alot of people put a small thin mesh tarp a foot or two down from the dirt and cut circles around the spots they are going to plant the flowers, and MANY landscapers sware by it @ it does prevent weeds and grass from popping through, however, i noticed, especially with plants that multiply or bushel up, I feel it prevents their roots from growing giving a less showier display. So honeslty, I ripped all mine out. Sad part is, you really just have to pull them out. I find it so much easier to pull them out once I'm watered and the soil is wet! It's a pain and at times, time consuming, but your flowers will flourish from it! Good luck.
@Becky & @Franzena - Very flattering Thank you!
Thank you everyone for all the great feedback, very happy you enjoyed the photo's!
If you click on the photo, in the caption it says 'Lantanas'. Is that the one you mean?
They really are beautiful http://www.flowersgrowing.com/lantana/
http://www.dahliasocietyofgeorgia.com/Southe...
The pointer about putting the aluminum foil cap on the stalks is a good one.