tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post8666822806810666224..comments2024-03-18T17:43:57.970-05:00Comments on clay and limestone: A Practically Perfect Pinkish Phlox for SummerGailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-32861629291387468472008-07-16T07:59:00.000-05:002008-07-16T07:59:00.000-05:00gardengirl,Pass along plants are the best, usually...gardengirl,<BR/><BR/>Pass along plants are the best, usually from a friend or family member and always bringing good memories along with their bloom. <BR/>PPPP was a gift from a friend....she introduced me to the idea of having a garden in my front yard! Thank you Sarah!<BR/><BR/>I am glad you have phlox to remind you of a friend and for all the lovely creatures it beings into your garden!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-56314260071068136302008-07-15T22:20:00.000-05:002008-07-15T22:20:00.000-05:00We share some favorites Gail. Although I don't ha...We share some favorites Gail. Although I don't have PPPP (I must remedy that,) I've always grown at least one variety of phlox. Phlox was one of the first perennials I ever grew, a pass along from a lovely elderly gardening neighbor who generously shared so many of her plants with me. Pink Phlox always remind me of her and her generosity.garden girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-63456939877182776482008-07-15T11:57:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:57:00.000-05:00IVG,You don't want to let the monarda and phlox du...IVG,<BR/><BR/>You don't want to let the monarda and phlox duke it out! Who would you put your money on?<BR/><BR/>Mantis...I see them on the soffit and fascia each fall so they must be here!<BR/>...imagine how bad it could look if they weren't here! So far, excepting the phlox bug, I've been pretty lucky.<BR/>I have decided that since rose bushes are a perfect lure for japanese beetles that I will leave this one under performing guy for the beetles to eat instead of some other delicious plant!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-77314194273357104112008-07-15T01:03:00.000-05:002008-07-15T01:03:00.000-05:00Hi Gail,I've never heard of that phlox bug, but th...Hi Gail,<BR/>I've never heard of that phlox bug, but then, the only phlox we have is some of the magenta a friend gave us a few years ago, and it's clearly on a conquest mission in the back corner in the back (with the purple and red Monarda), so I think we're going to have to get ruthless with it this year. I'd rather just let it bloom first, then pull it up, but it does need dealt with at some point. <BR/><BR/>As for grasshoppers... absolutely loathe them! They're such indiscriminate punks and can really do major damage. I haven't seen any yet this year, and last year we didn't have as many, due I think to the fact that we now have Praying Mantises living in the garden, and I think they helped keep them under control. And the Mantises are infinitely more interesting! Do you ever see any in your gardens?Iowa Victory Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07220818462081082930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-66158932855485150832008-07-14T21:27:00.000-05:002008-07-14T21:27:00.000-05:00skeeter,I know how you feel and then I buy it anyw...skeeter,<BR/><BR/>I know how you feel and then I buy it anyway and put it over in the holding area where it it easier to water and plant it in the fall. I am soooooo bad! I usually don't plant anything after June but sometimes I do and it means dragging the hose around!<BR/><BR/>You were a good girl!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-74820528612259992072008-07-14T20:41:00.000-05:002008-07-14T20:41:00.000-05:00We ran to Lowes today for Crawl Space vents to kee...We ran to Lowes today for Crawl Space vents to keep a creapy crawly out from under the house and I saw Phlox in their garden center! I was soooo tempted to pick some up after your post but with this drought, it is all I can do to keep the stuff watered in the ground now! I wanted one so badly but came home empty handed instead...Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-54184007619412330942008-07-14T20:39:00.000-05:002008-07-14T20:39:00.000-05:00dp,Sometimes it seems like a sea of green! But th...dp,<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it seems like a sea of green! But thank you...how was the beach or are you still there?<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-91579442231622503672008-07-14T20:29:00.000-05:002008-07-14T20:29:00.000-05:00Hi Gail,Your summer phlox are lovely. And beautifu...Hi Gail,<BR/><BR/>Your summer phlox are lovely. And beautiful flowers. What a magnificent color surrounded by such greenery! Just lovely. Very summery.DP Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729511776841579464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-60547830001859327772008-07-14T18:18:00.000-05:002008-07-14T18:18:00.000-05:00Layanees, It has felt like that...no summer and si...Layanees, <BR/><BR/>It has felt like that...no summer and since they arrived! I have more butterflies. With the monarda and the phlox I have very happy butterflies.<BR/><BR/>The camera! it's never where you need it to be! We got our son a wrist camera...it straps to his wrist and is perfect for biking or paddling!<BR/><BR/>He wants to put it on the dog to see what he does all day!<BR/><BR/>maybe we ought to get them for gardening!<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-21770302592054427252008-07-14T18:14:00.000-05:002008-07-14T18:14:00.000-05:00Jean,Enjoy your flowers wherever they bloom! Min...Jean,<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your flowers wherever they bloom! Mine are pokey...the zinnias don't seem to want to bloom and I have to admit...I never saw a cosmos except the sulphurs that I got in Texas!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-13827967769115859222008-07-14T17:26:00.000-05:002008-07-14T17:26:00.000-05:00I too had many butterflies with no camera in hand ...I too had many butterflies with no camera in hand this weekend. A summer without phlox would be no summer at all so I am happy to see that they are coming back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-36221801645739851302008-07-14T15:26:00.000-05:002008-07-14T15:26:00.000-05:00That is funny Gail. Maybe they are trying to make...That is funny Gail. Maybe they are trying to make a new holiday!!<BR/>I always started my zinnias, cocmos and sunflowers from seed straight in the ground. Even in our short growing season they have enough time to flower. This year for the first time ever I started cosmos in the house and the were in bloom before I got them in the ground so I just enjoyed them in the house. Shame on me!<BR/><BR/>I think the dyed flowers are pretty but the seem to fade quicker and really look ratty then. Oh well what is one to do? They are out to make a quick buck.Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-64138918011576762992008-07-14T12:11:00.000-05:002008-07-14T12:11:00.000-05:00jean,There is a lot to admire about them...they sm...jean,<BR/><BR/>There is a lot to admire about them...they smell sweet, come in lovely colors and attract butterflies and bees. You have excellent taste!<BR/><BR/>Don't you think it's too bad that cut flowers only come in exotic hothouse varieties..I have to go to the Farmers' Markets to get zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers. This morning they were selling mums that had been died green, pink and orange...did I miss an unusual holiday?<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-27151743440676178342008-07-14T12:08:00.000-05:002008-07-14T12:08:00.000-05:00Cosmo,That does sound like David...what I have rea...Cosmo,<BR/><BR/>That does sound like David...what I have read is that often when a phlox is allowed to go to seed it doesn't breed true...so the offspring might be another color entirely...often the magenta that folks speak of so derisively but that I like...Then subsequent generations will be variations on a pink them, not necessarily magenta! I guess that means don't dead head until you put your bed to bed for the winter.<BR/><BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-41046409914735529192008-07-14T12:02:00.000-05:002008-07-14T12:02:00.000-05:00skeeter,You are so right on...the little orange gu...skeeter,<BR/><BR/>You are so right on...the little orange guys run under the leaves and it is often impossible to spot them or squish them...no pesticides here either!<BR/><BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-10383315175068285312008-07-14T12:01:00.000-05:002008-07-14T12:01:00.000-05:00Frannces,Both are monarda didyma but I meant that ...Frannces,<BR/><BR/>Both are monarda didyma but I meant that David seems to have a bigger flower head then these wildlings. But that is only from nursery photos...I dug David up and threw him out because he was the worse hit!<BR/><BR/>We did stuff like that when we were kids. We used the big grasshoppers as bait to fish when we visited friend's farm! <BR/><BR/>Not now will you catch me catching a grasshopper but I will squash bugs who are squishable!<BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-11236810563873636592008-07-14T11:08:00.000-05:002008-07-14T11:08:00.000-05:00So glad your Phlox has bloomed as I LOVE all Phlox...So glad your Phlox has bloomed as I LOVE all Phlox. I think they are my next to favorite flower. I used to have them and oh boy did the deer ever love the flower as much as I did. I sadly, do not have any now.Jean Merrimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10135474696468199060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-720746222503915012008-07-14T11:02:00.000-05:002008-07-14T11:02:00.000-05:00I have a white phlox that's just getting ready to ...I have a white phlox that's just getting ready to bloom--I think it's "David," but I can't find the tag (I'm keeping better roecords now!) I WISH mine were invasive--I've been coaxing it along for several years, and it's finally starting to establish itself since I moved it to the back. It's in very light shade, behind some Shasta daisies--I hope I get some new plants next year! Good luck with the bugs--it's so hard to control the bad ones when you don't want to hurt the good ones.<BR/><BR/>Happy gardening, CosmoCosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-5371129430720185512008-07-14T09:42:00.000-05:002008-07-14T09:42:00.000-05:00Beautiful Blooms! I dont like bad bugs! I try to r...Beautiful Blooms! I dont like bad bugs! I try to refrain myself from using pesticides in the garden. I fear I will harm the butterflies, bees or other good pollinators. I use the squash method but some times, you just cannot spot all the bad bugs... arggggg.Skeeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08222522533934405029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-7412338786984505902008-07-14T09:40:00.000-05:002008-07-14T09:40:00.000-05:00Hi Gail, are you saying this is a different form t...Hi Gail, are you saying this is a different form than David? Mine do get the big ball head, but I will be looking for an orange bug in their midst. We had huge grasshoppers in Oklahoma, my mother used to tell me if you got to close they would spit tobacco on you! But we could catch them by the hind legs if we snuck up behind them. Why we would want to do that, I cannot fathom. Ours here start small and can get large and do so much damage. Harsh insecticides are the only thing that will kill them, and they eat everything, not picky. I think the rains have brought them out, more lush greenery to chew.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-17224721010561619042008-07-14T08:50:00.000-05:002008-07-14T08:50:00.000-05:00marnie, Check out the link to see what the bug loo...marnie, <BR/><BR/>Check out the link to see what the bug looks like! I am glad it isn't in your garden. I don't know what brought it into mine! The phlox plant bug passes the winter in the egg stage in dead phlox stems, so if your practicing good garden clean up each fall that is probably working. <BR/><BR/>gailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-91756421145975137262008-07-14T08:33:00.000-05:002008-07-14T08:33:00.000-05:00Hi Gail. I have lots of phlox just added some new...Hi Gail. I have lots of phlox just added some new. Hadn't heard of the pest insect that destroys them. Thanks for the tip. I will be more vigilant. <BR/>MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-7609201066975886632008-07-14T08:26:00.000-05:002008-07-14T08:26:00.000-05:00Tina,What do you mean you have a hard time with it...Tina,<BR/><BR/>What do you mean you have a hard time with it? Give me more detail so I can get to the meat of the issue! We can gnaw away at this...you must have phlox...I have the PPPP for you! But summer phlox, you must have some!<BR/><BR/>I would give you some of it but fear the orange bug would follow it!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-40358114333840960302008-07-14T08:23:00.001-05:002008-07-14T08:23:00.001-05:00So glad you have it! I am always envious of garden...So glad you have it! I am always envious of gardeners who grow phlox well as I have a hard time with it in my garden. Yours if pretty!tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415302577518111227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3093185160483906357.post-89204798258004979902008-07-14T08:23:00.000-05:002008-07-14T08:23:00.000-05:00cindy,I have a lot of space...if you garden on a s...cindy,<BR/><BR/>I have a lot of space...if you garden on a smaller lot...you have to be picky! If a plant crowds a more valued plant...you have to be picky. It's just the way it is! Hard though...choices are often between two things you like!<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.com