Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

[Smart Red]

Carol, your marigolds look like they are ready to party -- so gay and bright! At my place, I don't think I could get a photo of sedum without gads of butterflies all around. Yours are beautiful. Mine are well past their prime right now. Even the butterflies have deserted them. I suppose someone will need to clean up the sedum bed soon. Sigh!

 

[digitS']

- a thistle-type flower, I can't remember the name!

Mountain bluet?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_montana

Steve

 

[journey11]

I think they (the Autumn Joy Sedum) make for good structural interest through winter, even when they're all brown and dead. I wouldn't hurry to clean them out, @Smart Red .

 

[journey11]

o.k. waiting patiently....

Here it is. Shaped kinda like a big, round pumpkin. A little taller than they are wide. I'm hoping they'll get a little bigger since they seem to still be green and growing. The second one is the biggest, but it looks like something took a few nibbles out of it.

 

[Carol Dee]

Gourd Art
Lots of ways to decorate them. Have a look.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gou...X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCN2ekoj-_McCFUIWkgodOVUDqQ

 

[frontiergirl53]

Mountain bluet?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurea_montana

Steve

Yep, they called them bachelors button when we were there!

 

[journey11]

Gourd Art
Lots of ways to decorate them. Have a look.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gou...X&ved=0CB0QsARqFQoTCN2ekoj-_McCFUIWkgodOVUDqQ

Wow, those are so amazing! I will have to see how they do those intricate cut outs. Could my humble gourds aspire to be something so fabulous?

 

[thistlebloom]

This is a pic taken earlier in the year when I went to Scotland- a thistle-type flower, I can't remember the name!

That's Mountain Bluet, (Centaurea montana ).
I have them and they are pretty happy to reseed all over. I can send you some seed or volunteers next year if you like.

eta- Oh, oops, I see Steve already answered that. Sorry.

 

[frontiergirl53]

I would love some seeds! We can trade some! @thistlebloom

 

[thistlebloom]

Okay! I'll have to wait for next years blooms because I hurried up and deadheaded this year to thwart the reseeding.