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In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on July 29, 2025, 11:26 pm The SPEEDWELL, Veronica longifolia, is blooming... https://photos.app.goo.gl/hYqfX1WhG36qFmNBA Back in June, I mentioned that I treated the developing "mopheads", of my Annabelle Hydrangea, H. arborescens 'Annabelle', with gibberellic acid spray, when they were dime-sized, to increase their bloom size. Well, the spraying paid off... https://photos.app.goo.gl/AVJHKjATDNG16ck99 https://photos.app.goo.gl/BejrQvV6KTQeJey16 Here are a few unsprayed flower heads. Notice that they are more compact, as well as smaller.. https://photos.app.goo.gl/BXNiWseF9apFarbTA The KUMQUAT 'Meiwa' is setting flower buds. Hopefully, fruit will set. These usually ripen, in winter. For anyone unfamilar with kumquats, they are a type of citrus fruit... https://photos.app.goo.gl/xq6oKdUX8EvQJrPSA The ORANGE JESSAMINE, Murraya paniculata, is blooming! The blooms on this plant are fragrant, and resemble the scent of orange blossoms... https://photos.app.goo.gl/etBW8CKBH2jUq3sK6 LEMONS are beginning to set. This variety of lemon is called, 'Eureka'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/nUF228wBK1pppQYm8 Back in winter, I posted pics of some COREOPSIS/Tickseed seedlings, I started from seed. Well, they have begun blooming. Most perennial flowers don't flower the same year planted, but this one does. This is a DOUBLE flowered variety... https://photos.app.goo.gl/MSScKjcKMyNfnUv18 The AGASTACHE is beginning to bloom... https://photos.app.goo.gl/EQ36pq466nKmb26M9 The BEAUTY BERRY, Callicarpa americana, is blooming. This plant produces alot of tiny PURPLE berries, in fall... https://photos.app.goo.gl/Aon4orjkdFCMhhNj9 The EVENING PRIMROSE, Oenothera hybrida, is blooming. The cultivar of this one is, 'Sunset Boulevard'... https://photos.app.goo.gl/hh8FYsE8S2N8EJ6j9 - NEW PLANTS - Here are a couple of plants I got from Kelly Grummond, the Cactus Man, in Colorado. Pictured below, are a Ruschia indurata, and a little Yucca thompsoniae.... https://photos.app.goo.gl/efEe1Au7AeUjUa3m7 Below are a couple little BANANA YUCCA, or Yucca baccata, planys I got from an Etsy vendor, Out West. I only ordered one. He throew in a freebie... https://photos.app.goo.gl/6qjqPGLGWSZ4TTzu5 Here is a trio of MYRTLE, Myrtus communis, plants I got. For anyone unfamiliar with Myrtle, it is a subtropical evergreen shrub, not to be confused with Wax Myrtle, which is of the genus, Myrica... https://photos.app.goo.gl/erxC9A99YRfzTuGm6

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Fred SC on July 31, 2025, 5:42 am, in reply to "In My Garden Today" Alvin, your Hydrangea bloom is large. The comparison between those treated with the gibberillic acid and those not is quite evident! Your treatment did the trick! I had Ruschia species for several years , but it finally succumbed to the humidity and rain. It had beautiful pink bloom. Unusual orange primrose. Beauty berry berries are gorgeous in color. Agastache is a nice desert flower of the South West. Your Jessamine is beautiful. Kentucky has a native Jessamine snd a Jessamine County near Lexington. I had Kumquat in Greer but I bet the vortex winters took it out of unprotected? Lemonaide may be in order this winter for you if your lemon produces. I had Yucca baccata in Greer. I mad mature ones in Zkentucky. They grow quite large in diameter! I loved them, mine were some seed I think ZI gathered out in New Mexico or gathered somewhere out there. I hope your new plant additions grow and do well ,

Re: In My Garden Today Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 31, 2025, 11:15 pm, in reply to "Re: In My Garden Today" Thanks, Fred. Actually, I had planned to treat both of the Annabelle Hydrangeas, but the plant on one side of my yard began setting flower buds sooner. I didn't make another spray solution, to treat the other. The gibberellic acid powder has to sit in the water, overnight, before the solution is "ready to use" . So, I wound up being able to make a comparison between flower head sizes. I lost a Ruscia, in the past, over the winter. I don't think they are really hardy to real z6 minimums , even if kept dry. I may only let the plant stay outside, until lows of 20 are expected. That can be as late as December, here. I also have a yellow form of Evening Primrose. I hope to get a pic of them, one evening, or morning, if I remember. The unusual color, is why I chose 'Sunset Boulevard', after seeing it online. I sure do hope to get a few lemons, this winter. I got the plant last, year. This is the first time it is fruiting. It can get too wet for the Rostrata, here, especially, in partial shade. I hope I can get it to live

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