Grandma's Gardens #10: My Rudbeckias and a few of their friends ...

you yard must be so GORGEOUS filled with all of these colours

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Those rudbeckia are really nice. I have not been able to grow them here, until a friend gave me some last year. Now I have them. They are not as nice as yours though. Yours seem to be bigger. There are a lot of varieties though. I keep looking out for them. Maybe you’ll be able to save a few seeds for me.

-- jroot

I will certainly try … new at this seed collecting. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

How lovely it must be to take a walk around your yards! You do have some very interesting flowers and your flowerbeds show your artistic sense!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Well geez “E” ... that is so nice!!! I did try some new things this year. Some just new to me cuz of my change in sun situation at this house and then also some that I had not heard of; like the Dwarf Mallows. It has been a very exciting and fun summer watching everything bloom. I get so darn excited when a new flower opens!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I like ‘em all, but then you know that already! And look at the buds on that rose!

-- the day you quit learning is the day you quit living.

So should you!! So should we all!
It is always fantastic to see a flower bloom, even if you have seen before!
And then, the new ones that you are expecting and cannot wait to see and then again, the few surprises that we all seem to get!

-- Eklectic, Follow my Bliss, South East Ontario 5a

Yah, my roses are about to explode again … Raspberry heaven for a while. :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

I just love all those plants and the colours….wow .Sooooo nice GramT. :-)

-- Bon,Hastings,Ont.....zone 5a....Always room for one more

Thank you Bon!!!

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

GrandmaT

Enjoyed looking at the your garden flowers, especially the Orange Gerber Daisies. Our Rudbeckia returned in full force this summer.

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-- DougPhoto

Thank you Doug, appreciate your kind words.

Nice pics Doug … yes, your’s did come back in lovely numbers. Beautiful!!! Hey are those Daisies behind your Rudbeckia’s in the second Photo?? Nice “patch” of them!!! I ordered a few this spring and will look forward to them spreading in the coming years.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

G’ma, I’m so glad those Susans turned out OK for you! We’ve got plenty more, if you want some!

-- Living on the square...Metro Detroit

OH they sure did “D” ... I LOVE THEM!!! And hey, if you want to get rid of a few more, I’ll be glad to take them off your hands!!! Just let me know when, I can swing by and pick them up. You are soooo generous. Anything in my gardens you want pieces of??? :-)

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b

Your garden must be a riot of colour….......love the colours of the Rudbeckia & Gerber Daisies

-- Derbyshire------- English Countryside

Hahaha!! Yes Springwood, I think you nailed the color scheme. Interesting that at this home there is no real rhyme or reason to my colors; I have just planted what I love and have wanted to try growing. At the other house the colors were very planned out and I many, many gardens. Not sure why the switch up after all these years, other than maybe I am trying to cram everything into these few beds – LOL!! ... but I can say that I am enjoying this little yard immensly.

-- "A perfect garden is just a garden to be in-perfection. Mornings to work on it and evenings to pause and look at it." Southeast Michigan, Zone 5a/5b