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CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | OP |
samplegirl | May 2023 | #1 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #2 | |
MontanaMama | May 2023 | #3 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #6 | |
MontanaMama | May 2023 | #12 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #14 | |
TexLaProgressive | May 2023 | #4 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #7 | |
TexLaProgressive | May 2023 | #9 | |
2naSalit | May 2023 | #5 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #8 | |
2naSalit | May 2023 | #11 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #16 | |
2naSalit | May 2023 | #18 | |
MontanaMama | May 2023 | #13 | |
2naSalit | May 2023 | #17 | |
MontanaMama | May 2023 | #19 | |
2naSalit | May 2023 | #20 | |
Diamond_Dog | May 2023 | #10 | |
CaliforniaPeggy | May 2023 | #15 |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)
Mon May 22, 2023, 07:43 PM
samplegirl (10,686 posts)
1. So pretty
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Response to samplegirl (Reply #1)
Mon May 22, 2023, 07:44 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
2. Thanks so much, my dear samplegirl! ♥
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)
Mon May 22, 2023, 07:52 PM
MontanaMama (22,618 posts)
3. I'll be that rose smells like heaven.
Is that second photo of an allium of some sort? I’m curious.
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Response to MontanaMama (Reply #3)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:26 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
6. I didn't actually get close enough to smell any scent, my dear MontanaMama!
I was mostly intrigued by their looks!
I was using the portrait mode on my iPhone, and it made the stem disappear! It's the head of the agapanthus (Lily of the Nile). ![]() |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #6)
Tue May 23, 2023, 12:04 AM
MontanaMama (22,618 posts)
12. That was my second guess!
Don’t you love portrait mode on the iPhone? I’m still learning but I use it a lot…for better, for worse.
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Response to MontanaMama (Reply #12)
Tue May 23, 2023, 12:57 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
14. I like it a lot, but I can't always get it to work! It's tricky.
That's why I posted these flowers; they mostly worked.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:00 PM
TexLaProgressive (12,090 posts)
4. Lovely photos as usual
The something else might be in allium family like these garlic seed heads
Well I can't get the picture to post and display so here's the website https://permaculture.com.au/store-garlic-next-years-crop/ |
Response to TexLaProgressive (Reply #4)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:29 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
7. Thank you, my dear TexLaProgressive!
It's an agapanthus, or Lily of the Nile. They make gorgeous flowers.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #7)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:49 PM
TexLaProgressive (12,090 posts)
9. I had to to a search yes gorgeous
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:00 PM
2naSalit (78,994 posts)
5. Pretty!
That something else looks like it is some kind of onion. Those will be interesting subjects.
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Response to 2naSalit (Reply #5)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:30 PM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
8. Thanks so much, my dear 2naSalit!
Not an onion, but agapanthus.
When the flower opens, it's breathtaking. |
Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #8)
Mon May 22, 2023, 09:15 PM
2naSalit (78,994 posts)
11. Well...
I can hardly wait to see it!
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Response to 2naSalit (Reply #11)
Tue May 23, 2023, 01:01 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
16. Ah, your wish is my command, my dear 2naSalit!
This is an older photo but the flower shows very well. Enjoy!
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #16)
Tue May 23, 2023, 06:19 AM
2naSalit (78,994 posts)
18. Oh, THOSE things!
I was wondering what those were called last time I was visiting family out there. Almost as ubiquitous as iceplant used to be.
Thanks! They are pretty spectacular looking, and much larger than the onion things I was thinking of. ![]() |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #5)
Tue May 23, 2023, 12:05 AM
MontanaMama (22,618 posts)
13. I also guessed that second pic
was an allium of some sort…great minds! I’ve never grown agapanthus, have you?
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Response to MontanaMama (Reply #13)
Tue May 23, 2023, 06:17 AM
2naSalit (78,994 posts)
17. Nope.
I can't recall ever seeing them outside of California or Arizona. I had to look them up because I didn't know the name, but looking at the pictures of them, those things are everywhere out there in landscaping schemes.
Last time I was out there I was wondering what they were called. The size of the flowerhead is about the size of a cantaloupe. |
Response to 2naSalit (Reply #17)
Tue May 23, 2023, 10:04 AM
MontanaMama (22,618 posts)
19. I see the purple ones
quite often in Oregon. They are very dramatic in a landscape. Not sure I can grown them as a perennial in zone 4.
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Response to MontanaMama (Reply #19)
Tue May 23, 2023, 04:23 PM
2naSalit (78,994 posts)
20. Yeah...
Definitely not zone 4 material! I think they originated in the west Pacific.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)
Mon May 22, 2023, 08:52 PM
Diamond_Dog (29,256 posts)
10. So lovely!
I thought perhaps the stem-less bud was captured while falling?? But you explained why the stem disappeared.
The white flower against the green background, so beautiful and elegant. |
Response to Diamond_Dog (Reply #10)
Tue May 23, 2023, 12:58 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (146,946 posts)
15. Thanks very much, my dear Diamond_Dog!
They just looked beautiful to me too.
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