Comments on: Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – November 2009

By: TheGardenAngel

TheGardenAngel — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:30:49 +0000

I bought the Escheveria “Ruby” this summer and fell in love with the flowers. I have mine in a pot. Do they do better in the ground?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:29:08 +0000

What a great group of flowers you have in bloom there! I’ve got to find the Pineapple sage, it seems to be blooming lots of places. My little one picks off all the basil, never letting the plant get very big either. My roses are about done, hopefully the last few buds will get a chance to open.

By: tyziana

tyziana — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:47:59 +0000

Hi Rebecca!
I’m Tiziana, an Italian woman, alive in Sardinia, and I am impassioned of gardening.
It has come me the strange idea to open a blog with some Italian friends with which I share this passion. I have found by chance your blog, visiting other medium of it their links, passing through the blog of Catherine http://agardenerinprogress.blogspot.com and you has struck a lot me the pleasant aspect of your blog that I think I will often visit and I have already inserted him among mine preferred. I am as soon as beginning, I will put also your link in mine. Embraces from Sardinia!! tyziana

By: Dee/reddirtramblings

Dee/reddirtramblings — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:29:38 +0000

Wow! I want that. I really do. Beautiful composition to the photo btw.~~Dee

By: Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer)

Laura Livengood Schaub (InterLeafer) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:50:02 +0000

Oooh, the escheveria pic is my favorite too! I haven’t had any problem overwintering my plectranthus outside (mona lavender! thank you for reminding me of her name!) I just cut it back and tuck it in a corner and it comes back great! My brugmansia was a dismal failure this year though, killed back the the stump and didn’t even start putting out new growth until last month, no blooms for me this year. It’s history! Thanks as always for the visit to your charming garden!

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:24:24 +0000

I absolutely love your pairing of the chrysanthemum with that oxalis. Delightful! The pineapple sage and majestic sage both grow beautifully in Austin too, though not as tall as they get in your garden. Too much heat, perhaps. My S. elegans stayed put at 1-1/2 ft., and S. guaranitica never gets taller than 5 ft. for me.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:19:10 +0000

Ok, those pics make me want to pull up stakes and move! We’re already past the colors and into the relentless browns of late Autumn. Thanks for sharing the beauty!

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:05:59 +0000

That Escheveria is beautiful as well as all the other photos!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:22:40 +0000

Patrick Fitzgerald told me about that Clematis a few months ago and sent me a picture of it’s beautiful red flower. Until then I’ve never heard of it! I must find one this Spring!! Would love to see pictures of yours in bloom!

By: Claire Brown

Claire Brown — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:37:06 +0000

I love those sages, mmm, maybe I could get away with growing one……
Do you get Raymond Evison Clematis there? – i’ve got one flowering now called Rebecca?

By: Fern @ Life on the Balcony

Fern @ Life on the Balcony — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:39:09 +0000

Oooh, I’ve never seen a purple rose like that before. How pretty!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:38:32 +0000

Thanks – it’s my favorite photo of all this month – glad you liked it!

By: Jennah

Jennah — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:21:34 +0000

I love that first picture! Oranges and yellows are some of my favorite garden colors all year.

By: kat

kat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:02:55 +0000

Lovely photos. The Turk’s Cap is a new one for me. I’ll have to look into that one a bit further. At first glance I thought it was an Abutilon.

By: Connie

Connie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:54:22 +0000

Wow, lovely backlight on those succulent blooms! Nice photos…..and beautiful gardens.