WARNING: Super boring post if you think flowers are dull.
But I have a ton of gorgeous flowers around my house and want to know what they are and how take care of them. Any input is very welcome.
So:
What are their names??
Do I prune them??
Should I water any in particular?? All of them?
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| Yellow Thingies |
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| Purple climbing flowers. |
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| Purple flowery bush. |
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| Ugly bush. My mom says they were beautiful peonies at one time. |
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| Ewww. Should I cut these off? My mom said I could. |
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| Beautiful Purpley Pink Flower/Horribly Sandal-Tanned Foot |
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| If I had to guess it would be something with "bush" and "asian" in the name. |
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| My favorite. |
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| A tree-looking bush with berries on it. |
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| I feel like this is an easy one to figure out. But I have no idea. |
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| Extra large bush. Should I cut this down a little? |
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| This plant was meant to be there, right? |
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| Cute little baby tulip-looking things. |
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| Purple teardrop plant. |
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| Super huge beautiful flower. |
9 comments:
I know almost all of them!
#1-Day Lily, Pull dead lilies out- they'll keep blooming,
#2- clematis
#4-peony- cut the brown heads off.
#6-asiatic lilies- watch out, bunnies love to eat theses. :(
#7- maybe some kind of rhododendrun
#8- more asiatic lilies
The berry bush, I have no idea
The ones low to the ground are Hastas, they LOVE shade
The all green that you said "is supposed to be there, right" is a day lily. You can see the buds on the long stems. Leave it alone. :)
The little purple ones MIGHT be Columbine.
The tall light purple ones are Hastas as well. They bloom in the middle of summer like this.
Hot pink, more asiatic lilies.
And that's all. Hooray for homeownership teaching us about plants!!! We must have almost the same exact plants- all of them will come back every year, which is NICE! And water them ALL!!!!!
Well done, Heather! I'm going to add a few tidbits...
#2 There are a few different types of clematis. Some bloom on old dead branches, and others bloom best when you cut the branches off. Usually you can experiment and see what works best. Cut it down this fall and just see what happens in the spring, or leave it alone entirely.
#4 For now, "deadhead" the peonies (which means, cut the old blooms off). In the fall or really early spring, cut the plant down to the ground. Peonies come from bulbs and will turn into a bush year after year. They are some of my favorite flowers of all time.
Regarding the berry bush, figure out what it is pronto. Take a branch into a garden store (a real one) and ask until you find an answer b/c berries can be dangerous for little ones. If it's poisonous, rip it out. More than likely, it's not a big deal.
Looks like you have lots of lilies and hostas of all kinds. Wonderful! You can deadhead the lilies, but I can't remember what to do about the hostas come autumn.
Enjoy your beautiful yard!
Thanks so much heather!! You're AMAZING!
I was wondering why our asiatic lilies were going away so quickly. DANG BUNNIES!
Thanks Rebecca! I love advice. I really really do. :)
What beautiful flowers!
I don't know their names so I'm glad your friends do.
MOM
ah man...they all beat me to it! I knew most of them too.
Just a side note on the peonies (they ARE beautiful and big in the late spring)....if you cut any to bring inside or give to someone, make sure you hang them upside down for a bit (15 min-20 min)...to get the ants off, otherwise there will be ants all over inside!
Sarah M
I knew alot of their names, but not all. I know that you have awesome flowers around your place. I absolutely love the asiatic lilies. I thought maybe the orange ones were tiger lilies...?? Randy would love to have a purple clematis, but I keep telling him that we don't have a good place for one as they need to climb. It's good advice to check out the bush with the berries on it.... for the kids' sake.
I remember Mark Saying that his mother or mother in law knew what every plan was... but I think you have all of them already. The hostas will turn into dead brown leaves in the fall. You can clean them up before the first snow fall and simply pull all the dead stuff off by hand. They grow new and usually just a little bigger every year. After they get too big, you can actually divide them and give some away, or plant in other shady spots. We have divided our Day Lily too (when you feel it is getting overgrown).
YOu do have awsome landscaping! I'm jealous of a few of them!
Granpa F
I thoroughly enjoyed your post. It's exactly how I would describe the plants in my yard as well. The berry ones look a lot like my winter berry bushes, but you have more berries, so maybe not.
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