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: Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
2010-06-12 00:42:00

Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
2010-06-12 00:42:00

Mood: busy

Photography: Flowers

These are currently blooming here at Fieldhaven.

These red and white striped petunias in the barrel garden.

So are some orange marigolds and yellow snapdragons.

This blue lobelia is growing in the rain garden.

Torenia is one of my favorite flowers. This one is white with hot pink lips.

'Oceana' blue salvia is new this year; I haven't grown it before. I love blue.

This feverfew is in the strip garden at the edge of the patio, one of my herb gardens. Those "daisies" are no bigger than my fingernail.

At the end of the driveway is a big rock with a yucca plant and several other plants forming "the white garden." These are white marigolds.

Tags: gardening, illinois, nature, personal, photography

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red_trillium

June 12 2010, 09:14:27 UTC 11 years ago

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Neat to see your flowers! :)

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

June 12 2010, 17:46:56 UTC 11 years ago

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I'm glad you enjoy these. This year, my annuals are growing like mad. Okay, almost everything is. I've rarely had to water them all spring because it has rained so much.

endlessrarities

June 12 2010, 15:52:39 UTC 11 years ago

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They're all looking very good!

I'm amazed the slugs and snails aren't snacking on your marigolds. Marigolds are banned in my garden. Which reminds me, I have to move some pubs around. I've some young poppies getting munched by my slimy friends...

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

June 12 2010, 17:44:45 UTC 11 years ago

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>> I'm amazed the slugs and snails aren't snacking on your marigolds. Marigolds are banned in my garden. <<

I plant marigolds as a pest deterrent, not idle decoration. This means I buy the ones that have the strongest, sharpest scent; if they have little or no smell, I don't buy them. Sometimes the other plants crowd them out, but I rarely lose marigolds to pest consumption. Most pests dislike the smell. I happen to like it.

This is just one of many instances where modern breeding has removed some essential feature from a plant in pursuit of some marketing goal. With marigolds, people wanted more variety of color and shape; and some people actually wanted scentless marigolds because they thought the flowers stank. So now the shelves are crammed with defenseless tasty pest chow decked in colorful petals.