COMMENT 318324
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2012-09-10 12:30 PM |
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Zowie wowie! Those are some beautiful flowers nice pics too
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COMMENT 318333P
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2012-09-10 12:49 PM |
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Brightened mine :-D. Thanks.
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COMMENT 318343
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2012-09-10 01:15 PM |
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Mine too, thank you :) Super pretty!
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COMMENT 318365
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2012-09-10 02:06 PM |
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Beautiful!
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COMMENT 318382
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2012-09-10 02:55 PM |
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Great color! (Suggestion: Next time focus on the flower and crop it later.)
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BULLSEYEB
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2012-09-10 03:02 PM |
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Yowza! Those are some pretty Zinnias! The first photo reminded me of crepe paper flowers that I have had my students make. :) Thanks for a little bit of extra color to brighten my day!
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SBJULES
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2012-09-10 03:14 PM |
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Our zineas are very showy this year too. Yours are outstanding.
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HATTIE
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2012-09-10 06:56 PM |
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thanks for the beautiful day-brighteners!
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FLICKA
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2012-09-11 07:13 AM |
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Beautiful flowers, love zinnas and dalihas. My "State Fair" zinnas have grown to 3 & 4 ft high, massive amount of super bright flowers all summer. They last a long time in the garden and as a cut flower, my new favorite.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-09-11 07:28 AM |
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... my 'Cut & Come Again' and 'Fireball' zinnias have given me loads of pretty cut flowers this year. Starting flowers from seed was a big improvement over starting them from jumbo paks. (they spray those with a growth retardant to keep them short on the nursery shelves)
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AGENTSME
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2012-09-11 09:56 AM |
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Nice!!! Thank you!
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SCEPTIC
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2012-09-11 11:11 AM |
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Beautiful flowers - much more beautiful because you grew them from seeds. Thanks!
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COMMENT 318611
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2012-09-11 12:07 PM |
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Thanks so much for sharing -- you did a great job with your gardening to produce those from seed! Nice!
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COMMENT 318714
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2012-09-11 02:46 PM |
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OP, here. Thank you for all the lovely comments. The one rudbeckia is named "Hot Chocolate." Edhat didn't add name.
I LOVE my flowers.
@SEEDLADY I never knew about the retardant. Did have to take back some butterfly weed (Home Improvement Center), which had been sprayed so as NOT to attract egg-laying monarchs! Tsk.
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SEEDLADY
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2012-09-12 10:38 AM |
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714--good point. The growth hormones most commonly used are produced from naturally occurring fungus. Their effects on plant growth vary depending on concentration used. Too much can lead to a stunted plant which will never grow naturally. This has been my experience with commercially-grown bedding plants over and over again. Most ornamental color bedding plant crops (pansy, violas, petunias, snaps, marigolds, etc) are sprayed; I doubt if the butterfly weed (Asclepias) was; though it is possible. Don't give up--you can grow butterfly flower from seed--Island Feed & Seed can get it for you if it's not in their rack. :-) seedlady
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