Ooooo. Beautiful
So, this spring we replaced the front lawn with a wildflower meadow. It’s filling in nicely. At the moment it’s mostly baby’s breath but some cornflowers and poppies are, well, popping up.
Lady of Shalott
Hibiscus
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I don’t have enough space for wild flowers but I love the look of Cosmos plants among other wild flowers.
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Bit late posting this, but hollyhocks did really well this year. Picture is from just before they got mauled by wind storm. 
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You are far more dedicated to your roses than I do. If lucky, my roses may get a spray or two of wettable powder/micronized sulfur a season.
I try to keep my roses organic 
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Rosa rugosa
Rosa glauca
Rosa multiflora
Of these 3, each has distinct advantages. Rosa rugosa is very vigorous and makes big edible hips. Rosa glauca is very weak growing but has the most distinctive leaf and stem color. Rosa multiflora makes the most flowers and while the flowers are small, they smell simply heavenly.
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I have some hollyhock seeds I never got around to planting. Would it be okay to direct sow some now, or maybe start some in pots to transplant in early fall? I know they won’t bloom this year, but would like to get a nice stand of them going like you have. I’m in 7a so have a good amount of growing season left.
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You should be able to plant now. Hollyhock is a biennial, they don’t bloom until their second year. In their second year they bloom, set seed and die.
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Should be fine either way. hollyhocks are prolific self-seeders. Mine will be naturally dropping their seeds in a few more weeks, which will germinate and grow some this year between now and fall, and then next year they’ll do their flowering thing. So if you direct sewed now, they should be in good shape to flower next year.
I like the fact that we can change soil ph to get different colors on hydrangeas.
My potted one has alkaline soil and the blooms are lovely pink.
My inground one gets some acidic soil so they are blue and purple!
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Such a pretty, delicate flower.
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Love Gayfeathers. In my backyard, groundhogs love them,too. Eat them down to the ground.
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About 5 years ago, I manually pollinated my favorite daylilies with each other, saved the seed, and grew new plants. Here are some of the results. Not that special, but I like them.
Kalanchoes are like the old Timex commercial - they take a licking and keep on ticking. This was my first time growing them. The historic heat didnt phase them a bit.
The first dahlia of the year, as of today.
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