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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on September 4, 2024, 11:28 pm The TREE HYDRANGEA, Hydrangea paniculata 'Strawberry Sundae', is blooming, among sweet peas. This cultivar's bloom's are supposed to change from white to red. We'll see.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/rKhJRzWgb8zxuUjo9 Earlier in the summer, I posted that my 'Silas Woods' SAPODILLA was blooming. Sapodilla is a tropical fruit, reputed to taste like ripe pears, sprinkled with cinnamon. Well now, there are several little baby fruits forming. Oddly, since this plant fruits on new growth, additional flower buds are forming, on new growth. I don't think these additional flowers will set fruit, but I'll see.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/nYFBUanCJmaShXih7 The TIGER FLOWER, Tigridia pavonia, is blooming! Like daylilies, these blooms last just for a day. I had to "run and take a pic", while it was open. Funny how SPOTTED flowers, get named after tigers, instead of leopards, or cheetahs... https://photos.app.goo.gl/fAhZEdp6SbpaFsALA The FIELD THISTLE, Cirscium discolor, is blooming in my garden. This "weed" has beautiful purple blooms, even though the leaves are spiny. I let one or two plants stay in my garden, just for the blooms. Believe it or not, this plant is closely related to the edible artichoke plant... https://photos.app.goo.gl/yjQpQKq3s55kUYfRA Uh oh, it's time for another type of HARDY HIBISCUS to bloom in my garden. The cultivar of this one, is: 'Blackberry Merlot', due to its wine color... https://photos.app.goo.gl/j2wqK7NESDeSrgQF9 Any guess as to what this is a leaf from? Hint: it's NOT an Ae Ae Banana... https://photos.app.goo.gl/tqDorjbmLskMh5K57 This CHUCK HAYES plant decided that it wanted to bloom again. Any idea what this fragrant type flower is? https://photos.app.goo.gl/VCpWZcqsTCVL425DA

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SCFred SC on September 5, 2024, 2:21 pm, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, the climbing ZhHydrangea is a keeper. My daughter has a rambling one on an arch in her side garden. Sapodilla in Michigan, who knew! Tiger Flower is nice. Nice gardenia. The variegated Canna eat if outstanding! I have eaten the little thistle hearts once. The hardy Hibiscus is nice.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on September 5, 2024, 10:19 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. The Hydrangea is not the climbing form, although sweet pea vines have grown through it. The climbing form can actually grow on a building, and has "holdfasts", on its stems, like ivy. Unlike Wisteria, though, it doesn't twine around objects. The Tiger Flower came from PDN, last year, although it is blooming for the first time, this year. You nabbed both the Gardenia and Canna, correctly. The Canna variety is Stuttgart. It does have similar variation to its banana relative, AeAe. I also got the Blackberry Merlot Hibiscus, last year, but is blooming for the first time, this year.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SCFred SC on September 6, 2024, 8:06 am, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Alvin, had Stuttgart but I dug it out snd gave it away. Mine was certainly not as starkly variegated as yours, not as white or green. Yours is beautiful.

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on September 6, 2024, 1:46 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" I agree, Fred. Stuttgart can be variable in variegation. Out of 4 roots, 3 show characteristic variegation.

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