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Post by binnylou on Jun 4, 2023 7:52:07 GMT -5
We’ve had the wild columbine for years. MIL had it growing just outside the kitchen door. I brought home some seed pods and it’s been here since.
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Post by gianna on Jun 5, 2023 10:44:05 GMT -5
There are so many in the front yard and I love it there, but none in the backyard. I'm thinking of saving some seed and putting some in back, and maybe down the hill. But I'm not sure introducing a weedy - though beautiful - very opportunist species would be a good idea. Just saving the seed however would be safe...  |
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Post by datgirl on Jun 5, 2023 10:45:07 GMT -5
Me too on the Columbine. I took some seed from my mom's when I lived in Chicago, when we moved to Mchenry, I was sure to take some of those seeds. They were a blue/purple. They come back every year, but in the last few years, I've had some real pale pink pop up. No idea where they came from.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 5, 2023 11:08:53 GMT -5
datgirl, is your blue/purple Columbine a hybrid? If so, could it be reverting, thus producing the pink?
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Post by datgirl on Jun 5, 2023 12:34:39 GMT -5
binnylou,Not sure. Have no idea of the original seeds. My mom took seeds from her mom way back in the 60's. Don't know if these are ancestors or not. I like to think they are  , but I doubt it. Anyway, just glad they keep coming back.
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Post by raphanus on Jun 11, 2023 6:28:51 GMT -5
My summer lawn is solid zinnias. I struggle to grow veggies in the front now because the zinnias outcompete most everything!
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Post by gianna on Jun 11, 2023 10:17:17 GMT -5
The "annual" Scabiosa are coming into their blooming prime now. Some are in their second year, but others have reseeded. Nice colors - dark pinks, red, and a really dark maroon. And my favorite, lavendar blooms. These seem to be the least likely to reseed. I'd like some whites too, but not yet this year. Too bad the spent blooms are a pain to dead-head or it would probably be a more popular plant here. The feverfew is also coming into it's prime. I did remove a lot of it, but as it matures, there obviously is still much left. And there are seedlings everywhere. It's also made it's way into the backyard, which is nice. But it's also an aggressive re seeder. It could take over.  |
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Post by breezygardener on Sept 17, 2023 15:33:26 GMT -5
The only things that reliably reseed here are Columbines & Garlic chives. I know that Garlic chives are really considered "herbs" rather than "flowers", but they flower so thickly, sweetly, & reliably every late summer/early autumn, & all the pollinators love them.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Sept 17, 2023 15:52:15 GMT -5
Rudbeckia, Nigella, Zinnias, Cosmos, and Marigolds are all reliable re-seeders here. I planted Columbine for the first time this year, and they did not disappoint --- pure white with a deep-blue center. I sure hope to see them again next year. breezygardener, I agree about the chives. The garlic chives re-seed and flower like crazy, while the regular chives have lavender puffball flowers. The pollinators do love them. |
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Post by datgirl on Sept 18, 2023 15:56:23 GMT -5
The Black eyed Susan, Columbine, Garlic chives, Sun Flowers, Cilantro, I let it go to seed for the bees. Love in the Mist,Morning Glory, although I do thin it out when I see it's taking over the fence. Wild Violets are everywhere too.
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Post by breezygardener on Sept 18, 2023 16:46:12 GMT -5
Wild Violets are everywhere too. Yes - we also have lots of wild violets sprinkled throughout our property & blooming in the spring. Both the more common violot-blue & then a really lovely smaller, more-delicate, blue-speckled white type. |
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, but I doubt it. Anyway, just glad they keep coming back.
