This is one of those rare days when I didn't do any real work in the garden. I watered the vegetables and some containers and I picked some cucumbers. And that is it. But I still walked around everything looking for potential problems and just enjoying the flowers.
Below are some of the Coleus cuttings that I overwintered under a grow light. There are four plants in the 16 inch container.
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| ColorBlaze® El Brighto Coleus |
The Celosia in the fire pit planter have reseeded themselves for two years now. I've included a photo below of the original planting of the First Flame Celosia. You will see that the plants are getting taller and he flowers narrower. I don't know how much of that has to do with growing conditions. I need to raise the soil level in this planter next year which will cover the tiny seeds too deeply. It will be a good year to start with a fresh batch of seed.
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| This Year |
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| 2023 |
The Coreopsis that I planted to replace the dead Lemon Squeeze grass has bulked up and put on a nice show of flowers. This is my first time planting Coreopsis. I like them and next year, provided these survive the winter, I am going to replace two of my least favorite Daylilies in this area with some taller varieties of Coreopsis.
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| Coreopsis Uptick™ Cream |
There are still a couple of late blooming Daylilies looking nice.
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| Orange Smoothie |
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| Sundried Tomato |
Dahlia of the Day: Bloomquist Pleasing
Tomorrow afternoon it is supposed to rain. We need it badly. My 500 gallon rainwater tank that I use to water the raised beds with is half empty. I will need to go out in the morning when it is cooler and get some more cutting back done.
So beautiful! All the pretties.
ReplyDeleteThe coleus in the tall white planter are so very striking to look at.
Some days are like that, just time to enjoy the results of all your hard work. Hope you get rain. It has been a week with none here, so the hoses have come out, as I like everything to have a weekly soaking.