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From universally beloved ace commentor / photographer Ozark Hillbilly:
I took some nice pics this year. Here are a few.
Top pic: Zinnia (there is something particularly striking about this pic)
Bee Balm (this is a favorite pic, not sure exactly why)
Close up of Hydrangea blooms (I like the weave of stems in the background)
I do not know this flower, it came in a wildflower mix and is not native to the Ozarks
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What’s going on in your garden(s), this week?
WayneL140
I agree, there really is something special about that first picture. Beautiful stuff.
raven
What a guy! Do ya’ll know about these fuckers? They are all over the place HERE.
Like it or not, Joro spiders are here to stay
satby
Wonderful O.H! Hope you’re doing ok.
Baud
Very nice, OH.
vigilhorn
@raven: We saw these spiders all over in Japan a few years ago. Luckily, they seem to prefer spinning their webs several feet above face level.
raven
@vigilhorn: They are fairly high up but you still walk into them if you aren’t careful.
Lapassionara
Lovely photos. That butterfly is amazing.
NotMax
@raven
raven
@NotMax: My wildlife biologist friend said the small males bite.
rikyrah
Good Morning Everyone ???
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
mrmoshpotato
@vigilhorn: Obligatory
mrmoshpotato
Great photos. Thanks for sharing, OH.
debbie
Beautiful! Coreopsis is one tough flower. They are about the only thing that thrives in blazing hot, humid weather surrounded by nothing but brick walls and cobblestones. Everything else wilts, but those little faces shine!
Van Buren
Very nice pix to peruse while drinking coffee and fending off a puppy who thinks coffee time is play time.
Ken
Gorgeous flowers. “Bee on Cosmo” is a great name for either a drink or a band.
NotMax
@Ken
Or a direct to video quickie porno mash-up of The Andy Griffith show and Seinfeld.
;)
Baud
OT politics
Caught a promo for today’s Meet the zpress with Chuck Todd. The special name they’ve given this episode is “Crisis of Confidence.”
NBC, where the B stands for propaganda.
Charluckles
Is that last one some type of cleome? It looks a lot like the Rocky Mountain Bee Plant that always pops out when I plant those wildflower mixes.
CaseyL
Good morning! The flowers are lovely, but my fave has to be the one with the butterfly.
It feels a little strange, being in the same time zone with the East Coasters. I normally come in long after the conversations have gone on for a while, in the morning threads.
JPL
@Baud: Meghan McCain is on the panel this week, because of course she is.
I’ll watch CBS Sunday morning and then turn of the TV.
JPL
Ozark, Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
Gvg
Nights are getting down to 60’s now and my roses have started blooming. Tomatoes are finally fruiting but so far every one of them has been chewed up by pests or had some sort of rot. The roses are great however.
we have had a very rainy late summer and quite a few things rotted. The foxgloves survived to bloom however. First time I have raised them successfuly from seed, last spring.
it is time to start the fall seeds.Many seed trays to fill.
Kristine
Beautiful photos to start the day. Thank you, OH.
My area of NE Illinois has been bumped up to the worst drought level. My bur oaks have been dropping acorns and brown leaves for weeks. But one Rose of Sharon is still blooming, as are the mums, and the fragrant sumac’s a glossy green explosion in the absolute worst location in my yard (afternoon sun reflects off light colored house plus clay soil with embedded garden stones). Thinking about next year’s changes.
OzarkHillbilly
@Charluckles: You may be right.
Betty
@Baud: If people weren’t concerned, NBC is there to make sure they become concerned.
sab
I habe one tray of little cherry tomatoes that I never repotted, but the tough little guys are still alive. What are my chances of getting any fruit if I bring them inside now with a grow light?
OzarkHillbilly
@sab: Try it out and let us know.
sab
@OzarkHillbilly: Will do.
Kay
I tried the “cold sowing” method recommended by Ozark (in a plastic milk jug) last year for Shasta Daisies (a big white perennial daisy) and it was a success. I now have a 6 foot long daisy border. I’ll divide them with a spade because I need about 20 more feet of daisy :)
I like shasta daisy because the chalk white daisy is a great white but the foliage is also good- a deep green that would be a good looking plant even without the flowers.
Spanky
@sab: Chances are extremely high that you’ll learn something, and hopefully we will too.
FelonyGovt
Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing.
OzarkHillbilly
@Kay: I think that was Satby. I know it wasn’t me.
SFAW
WTF? Outside of Baud, who doesn’t love Ozark?
satby
@OzarkHillbilly: @Kay: I don’t do exactly that; I cut the bottom of the jug off entirely and put it over the plants as a dome greenhouse. But now I have to try that too ?
SFAW
My meager attempts at growing stuff is showing some meager results: some beefsteak tomatoes (only one ripe so far), a couple dozen Romas (gotta make some sauce soon), a few jalapenos, and a few tomatillos.
Contrast that with our friends from Maine, who visited this past week. The husband says he’s given away a hundred or so tomatoes of various types, and made a few quarts (or was it gallons?) of sauce. His garden is not large, but it’s very productive. [No, he’s not the kind of guy to play “yeah, yours is nice, but let me tell you about MY garden” games.]
And I don’t do flowers, that’s Mrs. SFAW’s bailiwick
ETA: The aforementioned friends brought us a bunch of tomatoes when they came down. They were excellent.
waratah
I cannot find a favorite OH they are all beautiful. I might be partial to the butterfly because my butterflies do not stay long enough to catch a photo like yours. I have taken shots and have been surprised to find bees.
There go two miscreants
Great Spangled Fritillary sounds like an oath that Perry White would let loose!
(Nice pix too!)
MagdaInBlack
I found some violets pushing up thru cracked asphalt at the back of the lot at work, so I pried one small one out and am attempting to establish it in my small bowl terrarium like thing. We shall see. I have moved them with a soil ball, but i only got the little rootlets and base. Wish the little guy luck. I figure they’re gonna come along and spray it at work, so why not try a rescue.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: Everybody else.
LiminalOwl
Ozark, thanks for a beautiful start to the morning.
@There go two miscreants: I like that idea and plan to adopt it.
WaterGirl
@Charluckles: I thought ‘cleome’, too, when I saw it.
SFAW
@OzarkHillbilly:
1) I doubt that’s true
2) If it somehow is true, you know what efgoldman would say in response, right?
WaterGirl
Ozark, these flowers are stunning!
Is there a special name for zinnias that have all the little stick-up petals in the center?
Jeffery
Think the thing labeled yarrow is candytuft. The unknown wild flower looks to be fiddleneck.
I am using LeafSnap app to identify the plants.
OzarkHillbilly
@SFAW: Fuck ’em.
wombat probability cloud
@Jeffery: Good morning. The “yarrow” in the photo is definitely a mustard-family plant (with four petals per flower), but I’m not sure which one. Thanks for the beautiful photos!
OzarkHillbilly
No, it isn’t. It’s yarrow I grew from seed. 2-3′ tall with very feathery foliage when it first comes up.
eta and prolifically reseeding and colonizing the “meadows.”
OzarkHillbilly
@WaterGirl: Probably, but I don’t know.
wombat probability cloud
@OzarkHillbilly: PS – The last image looks to be that of lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia), which should have beautiful, arching flowering branches called “scorpioid cymes,” though not visible in this photo.
OzarkHillbilly
@wombat probability cloud: I just looked at some other photos that show foliage. We have a winner! Lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) it is!!!