Hallson Gardens

I'm having zone envy- I can only grow T. Hirta, or at least that is the only one I have dared to try. I love it though- loaded with blooms this year. Any other hardy ones that I could try?

Alexandra.....just opening up.
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All are lovely Pat- especially Cherry Cheeks. I just wanted to add to the color discussion though that I am noticing a real difference in having deeper intense colors this year. I wonder if the intense heat wave that we have been having contributes. I have pinks that look red and yellows that look a...

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I won't get too carried away with the hybridizing though, there are so many to choose from that are already perfected. I have to get out this morning now and take some photos before the heat melts them all. I love them in the morning when the sun rises.

Lynette

In my hosta bed. Isn't he just adorable? Try to forget how he will be munching my plants in no time flat . Oh well I still melt when I see babies no matter what havoc they may cause later.

I almost gave up because in my climate it takes me three years to see a bloom so I made this cross three years ago and then forgot about them. I got four plants that survived our winters and all have buds. This was the first one- sorry I don't know the exact cross but I think this was out of a Salte...

Kind of looks like Janice Brown

Lovely stand of Lupins and I love the way you framed them in the shot.

Wow- what great detail. Wonderful shot.

We get a lot of the ruby throated ones. But the cool story is that we have had the same one return for the past 5 or 6 years and he guards the feeder by sitting on my clematis cage just a few feet from me and just below the feeder. I call him the "old man" and he looks kind of scruffy and fat(from h...

As always, your plants are astounding Andi. Keep them coming..

Thanks OED, I needed to be reminded of that. I have heard about them carrying parvo and dormant rabies. Since we have our pointer and malamute living in the house with us we are terribly attached and wouldn't want them getting ill. My sister has a live trap I could borrow. Maybe I'll just move him a...

I don't know what to do with this one. We had a coon have a litter up the tree by our front porch. This weekend she took off and moved them and left this poor little guy behind. He has been spending his days just curled up waiting and comes down occasionally to nibble on the cat food left out on the...

Here is a picture of the ones that I found this last weekend. I have never seen a white one so that was very cool. Anyway, I don't know about helping them to colonize but my Minnesota wildflower book says that they need their own special fungus that grows on their roots to survive. The reason is tha...

That eryngium is so cool looking. I planted a bareroot start last month and it is starting to grow now- hopefully it will live.

Love those- they look so frilly.

Here's your payback Lucy et. al. I finally have a clump of my own blooming. Thanks for getting me through the wait.

Very nice, I've got it too and now I'm kicking myself for not adding Looking Glass this spring.

Ooh, I'm wiping off the drool now. I thought showy pinks were at the top of my list but that Gisella is something else.
Thanks for all the pictures- keep them coming.

I cut about a third to a half off of the stems of my Anabelle every spring. It then sprouts from those stems and from the ground and you have the best of both worlds. Mine get to about 4 to 4 and a half feet high every year. I would plant your Endless Summer on the south side of the house in zone 3(...