Showcase of 2008 blooms in the garden

if you get yours to grow that big I’ll be able to see them from here!! :)

It will be fun watching yours grow (even if it is just through your updates).

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

Wow I’ve never seen elephant ears before.They are huge.I Love them. Good luck with yours Bullseye.Hope they get this big.

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

While we were working for the basset rescue, we’d go to some kennels where we’d board dogs from time to time. They had an EE just about that size. It was amazing.. They grew it in an area they specially prepped for it, which was really soft soil some 3’x3’x4’, which made it easier to dig up to overwinter.

They said they kept the tuber under the crawlspace of the house till replanting time.

Wish I’d gotten a picture of it. Sure they still have it though.

-- Planting Daylilies in Kentucky, zone 6b

I’ll be posting pics of mine this weekend, along with my cannas and the brug in containers. I leave for work in the wee hours of the morning, come back in the evening, and they’ve grown a few inches to a feet. I guess good potting mix, fert, compost, manure and water does work afterall

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

TLC doesn’t hurt, either!

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

Anxious to see EVERYTHING Bullseye … :-)

-- "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’ll show you mine, if you show me yours

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Well I sure will show ya “mine” LOL!!!! ... have ya checked out my “It’s Done” in my Container Garden Series??? (although in “my garden” the picture once enlarged shows that garden much better.) That is the new bed at the side of the house. Or my Rusty Wheelbarrow … newest “container” in the backyard. Or “A Nice Stroll” ... that shows bits and pieces of my yard as well thus far.

My yard/landscape is so different from yours … I have quite a bit of concrete to contend with, and a much smaller garden area. I have enjoyed seeing all that you have been doing.

All my hanging pots/Containers/baskets are really nice and full now, but I am just waiting for my in-ground plants to begin blooming, then I will do a photo “walk through” of my whole yard. My roses all are peppered with buds and my Stella d’ Oro daylilies are full with buds as well. Just no color yet. But soon … :-)

-- "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

Hey Bullseye,
It is so kind of you to start a new thread for those of us who are on dial up!
Now we might be able to see all of your beautiful pictures (guessing here as per other’s comments)!
And GranT,
I am sure Bullseye was just pulling your leg as we all are aware of the beautiful container garden that you have put together, keeping all of us appraised of what you were doing and how you were doing it!

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

Oh dear did I sound “on the muscle”??? Cuz I wasn’t, I laughed at the comment … I was just “showing mine” ... sorry B if I gave that impression. That certainly was not my intention … oh my, oh my …. :-(

-- "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

no harm GramT :)
Isn’t it wonderful how everyone is so supportive and excited about each other’s gardens?!

Bullseys, the excitement of seeing how much your baby (oh haha and your baby) has grown since the morning must really help with that drive back home!

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

Don’t you just love plants that grow at least an inch or so per day.

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

Debbie….it sure does for both :-)

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

I’d sure love to have the plants Bulleyes has. Those huge leaves Wow

.Can you imagine the fun children would have playing hide and seek.
uh hum…

every adult’s

It a beauty I love it

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

It would be like a make-believe garden Bunting. Thinking that even big kids would love EE’s. Have you thought of giving it a try next year …. starting early indoors. Bet you’d have a great plant with your good soil.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Cannas going nuts

EEs

weigela

castor bean plant

brugmansia

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Getting big!
And that wiegelia is just scrumptious!

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

definitely a success!! Well done

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

Very nice looking plants Bullseye.Can hardly wait to see how big they get.

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

Thanks

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

As promised, look at the size of the cannas now in the black container and the front lawn beds in general

wine and rose

castor bean plant

sunflower

Quince

Dinner plate dahlia

Tropical Hibiscus coming up

Canna Stuggart blooms

Elephant ears

Cannas

Brugmansia NOID

Front lawn

Asiatic Lilies

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Wow!
You’ve got some lovely stuff going on!

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

Amazing that we live in the same province, both in the south of it and most of your plants are weeks ahead of mine!

What are you feeding them?

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

Lots of compost and cow manure, 20-20-20 fertilizer and an every other day watering.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

My garden vegetables so far

Cherry Tomato in Large container

Onions and sweet corn

peppers

cucumber

Brussel sprouts

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c279/ikennedy/IMG_3595.jpg

Zucchini

celery

Lettuce Romaine

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Canna stuggart

Honeysuckle

sunflower giant variety

Echinacea and weigela

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

I don’t normally care much for cannas, but that Stuggart is gorgeous!
And your plants are way ahead of mine!

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

Correction…...The canna with yellow bloom is CLEOPATRA!

dINI….WHEN DID YOU START YOUR STUFF?

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

May 24th weekend. It was just too cold here this year to start earlier.

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

Is there a sweet corn variety I can plant now that is fast growing, and that will have stalks 5ft plus high by August? I am looking to plant some for privacy at the back of the house.

Where can I get it from if possible

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

It’s called a fence ..... joking of course. Cedar hedging always works quite well and grows quickly.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Blooz….perhaps you can’t read or you are choosing to be an arse? We have a fence, but just looking to plant corn along it, and need an early blooming ones.

Refrain from my threads if you can eh? I just don’t like you period!

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Bulleyes

You’ve gone nuts with gardening
.

Your garden wow!!!

its beautiful. wow!!!

I have never seen a yellow canna before. Wow, it is so pretty

I don’t know of a corn that will grow that fast if planted now

But if you wanted it for privacy, your cannas would look so much nicer and prettier, even if you had to buy a few more that are already a couple feet high

I’ve never thought of corn that looked nice and if you get raccoons, they will tear it apart.

Hmm what about sunflowers that are already up at the nursery. They grow pretty fast and if they were planted a couple of weeks ago they would really grow high .

The Big Russians can grow 7-8 feet high. They might get to be 5 feet by Aug if you planted the seeds now

Just some thoughts

carolyn

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

You don’t know me and i don’t know you. Thank goodness! However, i do think you are a very rude and ignornat individual and if you keep this up I shall be reporting you. This is no way to speak to ppl on a Forum any Forum! Life is far too short for your constant criticism.

I wasn’t aware you had a fence at the back of your property. A cedar hedge or similar will give you privacy year round while corn only temporarily.

I shall go to any Forum I wish ‘B’ .... you cannot stop me …. its all public. If you do not care for certain individuals you can always stop posting. Simple.

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Blooz you are a buffoon! You can go to any forum you want, but what am asking is for you to stay out of my threads, if you can’t stick to the question being asked.

Right…you weren’t aware I had a fence because as usual, you dive in feet first. I don’t need your suggestions, they are as useful at t*ts on a bull.

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

I will not tolerate your very rude and ignorant behaviour. Why can you not act your age? You have such an ugly temper …... I feel sorry for your family – not you.

I was told that your have been banned from many forums and now I can see why. Disgusting you are. No need to reply to me cause I won’t be answering you statements.

Now, off to do some gardening!

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

Your imaginary garden that you refuse to post pictures of? Who told you have been banned from forums? You aren’t fooling me here, I know who you are, and the sooner you move on from here, the better, as you aren’t here to garden at all.

Am sure others must be wondering why it seems you are the only one that hasn’t been bothered to post a pic of your garden, but always have something to say about others. My family and I are just fine, and all I can say is that am glad I don’t have to live with you, work with you or associate with you.

You just can’t seem to stay away from me can you? The more you continue to make my business yours, the more rude words you are going to have coming your way.

Notice how am not like that with anyone else on here, but YOU!

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Come on now…Lets have fun gardening and accept that people have different opinions. Please read the posting rules – no personal attacks. We all have a common interest here so lets stick to gardening.

-- Xploreorganics, 5b Canada, LFD 06-20

Everything is looking wonderfull! I cant wait to see more of the Brug. I’m a sucker for them. :)~

I looked everywhere on the weekend for the yellow with red Canna

Either sold out or they have no red in them

Vesseys have one King Humbert but it has no red through it

Would any one know where I can get then? or would I be better off waiting til next Spring to purchase?

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

Bunting, they were sold out here too. Perhaps its too late in the season …

-- blooz 5b - You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~author unkown

More pics of the goings-on in my garden

salvia

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

MATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Bullseye, you have done a great job with your gardens!! Fantastic. You must be very proud of your accomplishments.

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

Bullseyes

What is the tree with the fruit hanging from it??

it doesn’t look like the apple leaves or not like mine

They certainly are way ahead of mine

My blossoms have just finished and I did not see one bee around them

-- NS Zone 5B 200 KM East of Halifax cheers Bunting------Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family.

It’s a SERVICEBERRY shrub

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Look at the size of this echinacea and the sunflower. I only planted 3 echinaceas last summer, and they seem to have multiplied

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Wow Bullseye your gardens are beautiful.I just love all the variety you have in them.Losts of them I have never tried before.But now ya got me thinking.mmmmm maybe one of those over there would be nice. (lol)

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

Nice gardens “B”!!! Those Echinaceas and Sunflowers are going to spectacular in bloom. What color are your Echinaceas?

-- "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

Thank you! The echinaceas are the same colour as my AVATAR

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Pretty in pink! Look forward to seeing them in bloom. :-)

-- "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

The echinacea is just coming thru now, with a couple of blooms as of yesterday. The sunflower is not up to about 6ft

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b

Always wanted to grow sunflowers but didn’t have the sun requirements at the old place and here, don’t have the room … so I have to enjoy them in other’s gardens. My Coneflowers sound about where yours are. Just waiting for some white flowers. The anticipation of the flowers as they bloom is wonderful and at the same time … building my patience levels … hahahaha!!!

Hope you post pics of those sunflowers for sure … and your Coneflowers too. I’ll snap a pic of my Coneflowers too once they bloom. And “B”, I did go out this afternoon and snap a few photos of my circle garden with the Gaillardia’s—so I’ll post them after hubby gets home. :-)

-- "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 have sunflowers growing right out of my @$$, if I eat sourkroat then I literally blow flowers around….........the birds arent the only planters.

seriously….........I feed birds, they eat the seeds, they fly, crap and some of those seeds grow.

no shortage of sunflowers here, they literally grow up in places people around here thought the sun never showed its face.

-- Central northish Ontario

Here is the coneflower blooming

Dahlia

Look at the size of this sunflower, and it’s still going

smaller version about to open

-- Hooked on Gardening.....Ontario zone 5b