ok, the rule is, you can list a few you really like, but have to pick ONE that is your favorite. No playing around! Pictures will earn you bonus points.
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I haven't actually seen any of these yet in real life, but they're in my garden.
I love most asiatic lilies I've seen. Have planted Nettie's pride, Blackbird. I really like the shape and size of Baptisia. I planted the shorter white one and a taller maroon one - with a yellow center. I LOVE peonies. I planted one that is green/white. I guess I'll say my all-time favorite right now is the allium shubertii - the clusters are supposed to get up to 12-15 inches wide and are supposed to be beautiful dried. I can imagine!
Whichever one is flowering this week is my fave! Actually, my fave is a dahlia that starts out deep red fading to a pale yellow.As it gets bigger , it gets more yellow. I can't find my pics of it. I may have to take a pic of a painting I did of it to show you. It doesn't bloom for 4 more months
Muddy knees David! Compost is my friend. Every day I enroll in gardening school. Some days it feels like kindergarten!
I like almost all flowers and so I can’t pick just one. About as close as I can get to favorites is I like the perennials better than the annuals I think and I prefer the ones that grow from bulbs and tubers.
And I prefer flowers that have colors other than white but white mixed in on a multicolored blossom is ok.
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Posts: 2889 | Location: Eastern Washington State, zone 6a. | Registered: December 13, 2004
It depends on what part of the yard I'm in & what part of the year!!!! I ahve 400 sq ft of various Irises & I love them. But... when the buddela if in bloom... that's pretty spectacular! And... when the side of my house (27 ft high) is covered in wonderfull fragrent jasmine!!!!!! Or... the lilly bed! we start out w/ daylillys, @16 ft wide & go about 20 ft down the drive to the tangerine tree where we switch to spider lillys. then the orange tree & on the other side, lilliacs w/ asiatic lillys beneath, that section is about 15 ft. Next come the daffodills, 20 ft of them. And... speaking of oranges... when the orange trees are in bloom!!! heaven!!! Or... the fortnight lilly that glows in the moonlight!! Or the ranculus! Or my roses! JFK, Imperial, Double Delight, Perfume delight, Fragrent cloud, Blue angel, Electron.
You want me to choose ?????
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Posts: 726 | Location: SoCal Zone 11. MO Zone 5b | Registered: February 11, 2002
I would have to say pansies. I remember as a child thinking they were magical b/c they were the only things with vibrant color in an otherwise brown and gray winter landscape. They still delight me for the same reason.
~~~To plant is to believe in tomorrow~~~
Posts: 1775 | Location: zone 8b Mobile, Alabama | Registered: January 22, 2007
I'm learning how to use my DH's camera, and I took this picture last week....
My MIL passed away 5 yrs ago. She had a good friend who gave her an amaryllis blub each Christmas. I planted these two next to Mom's kitchen porch, where she like to sit. Now every spring these beauties are an added reminder of my beautiful MIL, and her friend, who now has alzheimer's.
Robin
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Posts: 553 | Location: zone 8, | Registered: February 12, 2003
