Baptisia seed pods & hidden blossoms

Lil...I'll bet that's what happened...otherwise, how could I have all those 
 magnificent seed pods? I'll get new glasses before next spring:-)  And I  
was wrong...these were transplanted from another area along with the now  
departed Buddleias. We've had so much rain recently that I'm worried about 
that  entire bed which was new last year. 
 
Joanie Anderson
35 mi. north of Chicago
zone 5a
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2009 11:26:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
liltovey@hotmail.com writes:

Stronger  glasses seem to be an option Joanie - My blooms almost seemed 
hidden
under  the foliage this year - its an old full stand of them - so maybe 
yours
got  tucked under a bit too.  I almost had to hunt for most of the blooms.  
Like
you I have tons of seed pods. Have you had your plants long? Mine are  7 or 
8
years old.



Lil T.

Georgetown ON

Zone  5

> From: Jeaa0088@aol.com
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:41:41  -0400
> Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09 004
> To:  perennials@hort.net
>
> Hi, Gene!
>
> Sounds like you  garden has been productive this year...are you planning 
any
> more  additions? Did you have tremendous rain this summer? Or was it 
cooler
>  than usual? Any problems? We seem to now have a quorum on the  Perennial
> List:-)
>
> I have a question for everyone: I  wrote that my 3 Baptisia australis now
> have wonderful and huge black  seed pods but I never saw any blooms on the
> plants...is this possible  or do I need stronger glasses?
>
> Joanie Anderson
> 35 mi.  n. of Chicago
>
>
> In a message dated 8/26/2009 5:00:22  P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> genebush@netsurfusa.net  writes:
>
> Must be Old Friends Week...
> Here we are. Hello  Chris, Nancy and Joanie
> Watching my Leucoseptrum, both species and  gold variegated begin bud so 
it
> will not be long before I see  blooms... probably mid-September. I enjoy
> these for the foliage as  much as the blooms. Looks much like hydrangea
> foliage. I have also  been caught up in Deinanthe past couple of years.
> Turtle head in  bloom. Fall blooming anemone, several names forms in
> color now.  Lobelia in blue and red scattered about the garden. Daphne is
> coming  back into scattered fall bloom.
> Got bitten by the native azalea bug a  few years back and I have been
> working on another large raised bed for  those beauties. Talk about
> addictions... sigh.
>
>
>  Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
>  www.munchkinnursery.com
> Garden Writer - Photographer -  Lecturer
>
>
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: owner-perennials@hort.net  [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of  Jeaa0088@aol.com
>
> Subject: Re: Emailing: 8-21-09  004
>
> Hi, Chris, Nancy and gang:
>
> I'm north of  Chicago about 35 miles and we've had a lot of rain and not a
> lot of  sustained hot weather this summer so the garden looks like it did 
 in
>
> June...except for some areas of fungus (daylily 'Happy  Returns' had to be
> cut to the ground a month ago).
>
>  Hosta went berserk this summer with 'Gold Standard' leading the way  and
> even 'Fire and Ice' doing a respectable job; variegated Liriope  muscari 
is
>
> looking its smartest; Brunnera 'Jack Frost' has had  no signs of late 
summer
>
> browning or speckling; Epidemiums are  super happy (Gene Bush's babies!);
> Geranium 'Rozanne' is still going  strong (also Gene's); all lilies did 
very
>
> well; variegated  Hemerocallis 'Golden Zebra' put on good growth and still
>  is
>
> in bloom; newer lilacs suffered mightily (our heavy clay  held onto all
> that
>
> rain) and '08 transplanted  Buddleias died but baby Macleaya held on and,
> oddly, the Baptisia did  not bloom but have magnificent seed pods.
>
> The Japanese beetles  were here in smaller numbers from mid-July to
> mid-August and did their  usual to the roses (but 'Jacqueline du Pre's'
> aroma
>  was
> outstanding!) and Weigela but the tomatoes are spectacular if  late.
>
> All in all, a pretty satisfying year and the garden  still looks fresh and
> lovely. Mother Nature's rain cannot be
>  duplicated with a garden hose.
>
> How did everyone else's garden  fare?
>
> Joanie Anderson
> 35 mi. north of  Chicago
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  In a message dated 8/26/2009 12:40:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>  lindsey@mallorn.com writes:
>
> > Sorry about the attachment. I  finally thought of the name.....Arundo
> donax
> > var.  versicolor. I like it in the meadow because it gets me height out
> >  there. Great place for the critters to hide from predators. It also
>  in
> > great in large flower designs.
>
> Well, that  settles that! A short thread, but I'm glad to see traffic on
> the list.  :)
>
> How is everyone doing out there? What can I do to get  people talking
> again?
>
> Here in Urbana, IL it feels like  fall already. Asters aren't quite
> blooming
> yet, but the  temperatures are low, that fall smell is starting to appear,
> and the  crickets are chirping away!
>
> Some of my new favorite plants are  getting ready to bloom, too. Allium
> thunbergii 'Ozawa' is an *awesome*  plant and I keep trying to get more.
> Although Kalimeris integrifolia  and Kalimeris incisa 'Blue Star' have
> already been blooming for a few  weeks, Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun' still
> hasn't opened (but it's close!)  The asters (like 'Raydon's Favorite')
> are also starting to swell, but  there's no color yet! I saw that the
> various turtleheads (Chelone) are  also open now.
>
> Chris
>
>  http://www.hort.net/gallery/ 4383 online plant photos and growing!
>  http://www.hort.net/gallery/date/2009-08-10/ The latest  additions
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