bethie
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: August Blossoms |
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Here's a few pretties in bloom right now.
water hyacinth
sweetly fragrant peruvian daffodil
a beautiful blue torenia
a tropical hibiscus
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jubabe296
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Wow Bethie those are beautiful pics!!! Thanks for sharing them with us!!! I love them all but the Hibiscus bloom is very beautiful!! It looks like tissue paper!!!
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eileen
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Oh I feel a trip to a garden centre coming on after seeing that beautiful water hyacinth.  I also love the Peruvian daffodil!!! I wonder if Ian's wallet can stand the strain. 
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Simply wonderful.
The Peruvian Daffodil looks very interesting, it looks delicate. Can you tell us something about it Bethie?
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Gizmo
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Just beautiful Bethie!
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glendann
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Oh gosh I love them all .Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.
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Polly
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Beautiful - I also would like more information on the peruvian daffodil. Is is something that would grow here in the cold north?
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cajunbelle
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Beautiful pics Bethie, I love the color of the torenia, I have never seen that color. The water hyacinth is wonderful.
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muddybob
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I'm so envious. I've run out of room for gardens and NEW and EXCITING plants like Peruvian daffodils. Oh,I am gonna go out of my mind if you keep putting up these pictures! I suppose I could get rid of the sheep and horses and use the pasture - oh crap! what am I thinking? Maybe I really have lost my mind!
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| Polly wrote: | | Beautiful - I also would like more information on the peruvian daffodil. Is is something that would grow here in the cold north? |
Polly I read that they are hardy in zones 8 to 10  I just had to do some research after I saw that photo.
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WOW....those are gorgeous!!! 
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bethie
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The Peruvian Daffodil (chymenocallis narcissiflora) is a large bulb. Plant when weather is warm. Can be grown in cold climates-just lift the bulb like you do a tuberose. Sweetly fragrant and hummingbirds like them also.
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Primsong
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Oh wow - I want one too.. wonderful pictures!
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pondlady
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Incredible photos. You are not just a gardener, but a photog as well.
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