I read an article today in the newspaper that suggested planting zinnas now, will bloom in a month making fine fall flowering vistas.

Have you tried this one????......It really lights up my gardens!!....Cascadia magenta rim petunia....

Also got into fence basket hanging this year.....Did ten of them....All along my front patio fence....

Wow Chuck! Those are beautiful!

First time I tried this one this year.....Nice ,bright red....

Wow that is red! What's the name of it?

Red begonia....Lots of reds.....Gotta check on which one......It IS beautiful and eyecatching!!

Xeramtheum said:Thanks! Can't believe that's a Pelargonium! When I first saw it I though it might be the Brazilian Shrimp Plant, Justicia nodosa.



And yes, that's Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury'. The leaves aren't as colorful in full sun as they are in bright dappled shade.

I love Hibiscus acetosella 'Haight Ashbury but was only able to find it one year. It is a plant not offered much even online.

This is the one I found 3 yrs ago. I tried to winter it indoors but it did not survive. I think indoors it would have needed more humidity.

Hibiscus Mahogany Splendor I tried this one year. Seed from Summer Hill seed. Not the same but might do in a pinch. I still have one wintered over in the greenhouse. Looked bad this spring but is coming into it own this summer.

Couple pics of annuals from my gardens....Containers, baskets, in the ground....

Chuck, you certainly have the magic touch with annuals. Just stunning.

There are lots of annuals mixed in this 4th garden bed I have.... 2 var.Petunias, 3 var.Million bells, 3 var. Verbenas, 2 Marigolds and a few more... Using other plants I added in Creeping Jenny, Couple small white mums for this fall, 3 echis, two bl. eyes. sus., a benson holly, 2 helen's flowers, 2 flash spirea(didn't catch them in full bloom), 2 ornamental grass(one on left is slow), Angelic. sedum and a small Double Pink Echi around the corner....Waiting for the echis to get taller and fuller at the top since this is their first year!!!!....Happy Gardening to all!

Cleome spinosa in containers.





And cleome serrulata in the ground.

Really awesome pictures, everyone!!! It's wonderful that gardeners do so much work to create such splendor. I won't repeat all the wonderful things that I've seen here, but I would like to show my favorite annual......Lisianthus. I grow these from seed under lights starting in early December. They don't bloom til late July, but they last a very long time on the plant or in a vase.

Those are beautiful! I didn't know they came in red too!

Thank you. I've also had them in lime, yellow and apricot.

Wow .. where do you get the seeds from?

Some from e bay and some from swallowtail gardens

http://www.swallowtailgardense...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html...

They are beautiful. I usually grow them too but I knocked over my seedlings three times this year so after the third time I figured I wasn't supposed to have them this year.

I think I'm going to try to have the patience to harvest seeds this year. Don't know if it's worth the effort because many things don't reproduce true to the host.