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Glorious Morning Glory

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This is a photo of a fading Morning Glory. I took this photo last Sunday in the late afternoon.

Morning glory vines are very vigorous. I’ve spent many years pulling tiny plants out of my back flower bed but each year some come up. This one escaped me until it grew enough to bloom.

The morning glory’s vine flowers bloom in the early morning – often at first light and by the time that the sun is full, perhaps 10 am or so, the flowers begin to die down and close. Each flower only lasts one day.

As I said I captured this one in the late afternoon as it was dying. It was still a beauty.

If you want to see a gorgeous rose pop on over to my photoblog Breath of Life.

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Lovely budding gladiola

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I love gladiolas. They are an old fashioned flower, but so lovely in the garden. This photo is of gladiola buds. I think the flowers were fully open about a day or two later.

I rarely cut the flowers in my garden as I prefer to enjoy them by looking at them from within the house or while in in the garden, but if I were to cut some flowers gladiolas would be a good choice. Especially if they were buds that were just opening like this one. The cut gladiolas would continue to open in the vase and would last about a week.

Do you cut flowers from your garden? What’s your favorite type to bring indoors?

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Pretty in yellow

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My brown eyed susans are still blooming. They aren’t looking quite as nice as the ones in this photo which was taken in early August, but they are still blooming.

Do you grow Brown eyed susan? (rudbeckia) Each year I have to pull out a number of plants as they spread very easily in my garden. I suppose some of the spread is related to reseeding themselves, but most of the spread that I’ve noticed is from underground roots growing outward. New plants come up on these roots and I end up pulling out quite a few each year as a result.

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Small Fuschia flowers

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I really enjoy having some potted fuchsia around in the summer. I usually have one or two in hanging baskets on the front porch and at least one in the garden on the patio.

I think these Fuchsia might be a slightly different variety than I normally get. The flowers are not quite as big as I’ve had on other plants in other years. I guess they are about an inch long, but I think my past Fuchsias were at least a half inch bigger. These smaller ones are kind of cute though.

Do you like Fuchsia plants? What other tropicals do you like growing in the summer?

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Beautiful Hibiscus

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I just love hibiscus flowers. They are so large and colorful. I love the vibrant peachy orange of this one.

For years we grew a tall hibiscus tree indoors in our apartment, but when we moved to the house it died on us. Since then I think I’ve only managed to keep smaller tropical hibiscus plants alive for about two years at the most. Naturally I keep the hibiscus outdoors in the summer and then bring it in towards the end of September when it begins to get cooler during the day and night.

I think this year I’m going to get another humidifier for our house, but the new humidifier will just be in our spare bedroom where we keep our tropical plants during the winter months. The extra moisture in the air should help. I hope!

If you have success keeping hibiscus and other tropical indoor during the cold winter months I’d love to hear how you do it. Maybe one of your tips will work for me.

BTW sorry that my Green Thumb Sunday post is so late. I’ve had a whirlwind of a weekend. See the next post!

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