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Friday, September 4, 2009

Fertilizer Friday - September 4

It's the first Friday of September and school is back in session here.  The weather has gotten cooler and the evenings shorter.  The deck was covered in pine needles yesterday, a big sign that fall is around the corner.  I swept the first big pile of many more to come this fall and winter.   They are the long Ponderosa pine needles that tangle and get caught in everything below them.  One morning after a good wind I'll  take some pictures of just how many fall at a time.  Luckily Sweet Pea loves sweeping them up, and asks me to leave the job for her.  Funny how I can't get her to clean her room but she will clean outside.  Sounds like a future gardener for sure!
Anyway, here are some flowers blooming today:

Rose 'Iceberg' lots of buds still coming.  It'll probably bloom for at least another month.

Dahlia

Cosmos 'Sensation Mix', I think this is my favorite color.

The Sunflower was blowing a bit in the breeze as I was taking pictures.  I love how it turned out with the sky behind it.  I couldn't tell there was a honeybee on it until after I loaded the pictures onto the computer.

The Littlest Gardener picking one of her many bouquets was trying for one flower and ended up with a whole bunch.

Luckily she left some in the ground.

Phygelius 'Yellow Sovereign' is the color of butter.

Variegated Wallflower (Erysimum) has bloomed for many months.  I just love how the flowers change colors.  It stayed on the shorter side and has been great at the front of the border.

Zinnia 'Green Envy' is one I've shown a lot, but I just like it so much I can't help it.

Zinnia 'Apricot Blush' has huge flowers on it.  You can see Echinacea 'Tiki Torch' in the upper right corner.

Each Friday Tootsie Time hosts Fertilizer Friday.  Visit her to find more flowers blooming!
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38 comments:

  1. I'd show that Green Envy more than you if I had it. Everything looks grand! Love the way the littlest gardener picks a bouquet!! Please come see my chrysalis!! Bring your friends!!

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  2. I thought I had it bad with so many fir needles but yours are a lot bigger. A real pain inside and out!
    I'm going to have to get the Wallflower - that's great with a long blooming time and my color too. Wonder why my Phygelius isn't blooming - maybe different type?
    Love the way The Littlest Gardener picks a bouquet - she has the right idea!!!
    Loving the weather!!!!!

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  3. Each time you post pictures, I think to myself, these are the prettiest yet!!! I am not familiar with the wall flower - that is very unique. The Littlest Gardener is so sweet. You two remind me a lot of me and my mom when I was small. Because I was the youngest child, we spent a lot of time together and had such fun. Thanks for sharing on my blog about you two counting stars. I'll think of you both the next time I look up at the night sky! Have a great weekend.

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  4. Beautiful flowers...I wish we could grow dahlias around here.

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  5. Oh I love the varigated wallflower. I have never tried wallflowers. I like the sunflower against the blue too.

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  6. Your flowers are still looking good. We are shutting down here with sedums being our only bloomers and a few stray roses. My whole zinnia bed is starting to fall over. Have to collect seeds soon. Beautiful shots of some beautiful flowers. Sweet Pea is so sweet.

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  7. I really like seeing the different flowers you grow Catherine. That wallflower is gorgeous. I've only seen that in yellow and orange.

    That white rose is just stunning.

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  8. You still have a lot blooming in your garden. I bought that 'Iceberg' rose this spring and I just love it! Mine've also still got a lot of buds and I hope tha they will last for long. Love to see that smile of your doughters face to, she's so cute!

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  9. Are your dahlias dinner plates? If so what do you have them staked up with? Mine keep falling over

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  10. With a name Sweet Pea she is bound for being a gardener.

    The photos are stunning.

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  11. Hi Catherine. I really like your Rose 'Iceberg'. It is so pure and pristine. I love how Sweet Pea likes to help out (outside).

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  12. So many lovely flowers, and an especially beautiful photo of the Cosmos.

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  13. Tell me the truth, now. What magic do you cast on your plants that they bear such fantastic blooms? I cannot choose one single bloom - they are all charming!

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  14. Your photography is amazing. My favorite has got to be your precious daughter with that big stalk of flowers and big smile!

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  15. A striking contrast of colours- the sunflower and the sky. And a bonus honeybee thrown in too! Great photos.

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  16. I am just loving that zinnia...sunflower...okay all of it!!! your littlest gardener is so cute...I have one that loves to pick a million petals off the flowers, put them in a shoe and call it fairy feet dust!
    thanks for linking in...happy weekend!

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  17. What a super picture of the littlest gardener!

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  18. I am going to have to try growing Zinnia Green Envy. It is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing. You are a great photographer.

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  19. Catherine, that Sunflower against the blue sky is one of my favorite photos! Your rudbekia make such a pretty contrast with your blue house, and your littlest gardener is as cute as she can be. It's always an enjoyable visit here. :-)

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  20. Absolutely beautiful! Nuff said! :)

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  21. Hi Catherine. Dont know if you do tags or not, but I named you for one. "7 things you dont know about me" Play along if you are interested.

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  22. All of your flowers are so bright and colorful and your photos really show them off. I especially love that white rose. It is stunning and bright. I may need to find one of those. I just love it!

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  23. Your photos are so wonderful Catherine...my favorite is the sunflower AFTER the Littlest Gardener's photo...how adorable is that!!

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  24. I had not heard of the Phygelius 'Yellow Sovereign' so I Googled it. What an amazing plant!! I have a yellow wallflower and it is not as interesting as that variegated one you have. wow!!

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  25. Beautiful photos as usual, Catherine! It's so nice to see everyone's garden when you've been away for a while! And especially since going out in mine means seeing a lot that should be done, but I'm not quite able to do it yet! Soon, I hope. I've noticed a fall feel in the air as well :)

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  26. I do like 'Green Envy' and must give it a whirl. Sweetpea is a little treasure :)

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  28. Your blog is wonderful! I love all the beautiful photos and all of your plants look so healthy. I don't think I have ever seen a prettier sunflower photo. You're very talented. :)

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  29. All very beautiful blooms and wonderful photos. The sunflower shot is gorgeous with the blue sky behind.
    The little princess is adorable :)
    Phygelius is new to me. It's beautiful!
    Love the white rose and dahlia.
    Yes, that's my favorite cosmos color too :)
    Oh my, and that green zinnia...gorgeous!! And so is the orange.
    Your garden is still very colorful.

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  30. Loved that peach zinnia!! and all the rest of course. It is amazing that you have sooooo much variety and colors still blooming late into the fall.

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  31. wow just amazing. though we grow zinnia alot but never seen a peach one. thanks for sharing these wonderful blooms with us

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  32. Another grand display! I love stopping by and gazing into your garden from afar! Thanks for sharing your many splendors. Like your daughter, I have many little kids in the neighborhood picking tiny bouquets for their mommies :)

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  33. Your photos are magnificent. The rose is simply stunning.

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  34. First I see 'Iceberg' and it made my heart stop...amazing !!
    Then all the other flowers like that beautiful sunflower,dahlias and wallflowers.
    Stunning pictures !!

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  35. Sling those pine needles on the compost heap.

    Your cosmos look fresh a s a daisy, mine are running out of steam.

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  36. Can't believe seasons are changing already. Where has the time gone? We're still in heat wave mode, but the trees are shedding their leaves, so they know... Cute littlest gardener. Lil bro dug a hole in the garden as big as a bucket and made his own swimming hole. What a mess...


    SG

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  37. What beautiful flowers photos. I love Iceberg and cosmos are always a delight. So many blooms, what a picture it must be. The youngest gardener looks so pleased with her lovely bunch!

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