Terrestrial (non-aquatic) plants photos

[Leeman75]

I've gotten into gardening outside as a secondary hobby this summer and am loving some of the blooms I've gotten. Thought I'd start a thread kind of like the Wild Life Photos one for those who like gardening land-based plants and flowers. I'll start with a few of my faves this summer all that I planted this year around my house...

 

[StarGirl]

My lily's are the only flowers I have right now.

 

[Leeman75]

My lily's are the only flowers I have right now.
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Those are really pretty!

 

[qldmick]

Picked up these plants for the bathroom yesterday,

 

[FishDin]

Here are a couple that I did not plant.

The Oyster mushrooms on this maple stump in our yard fed us for several months and was still going strong when winter weather came.

This slime mold was on a pile of old leaves.

 

[Leeman75]

Here are a couple that I did not plant.

The Oyster mushrooms on this maple stump in our yard fed us for several months and was still going strong when winter weather came.

This slime mold was on a pile of old leaves.

I have some of the same slime mild growing on mulch in my garden right now!

 

[emeraldking]

Picked up these plants for the bathroom yesterday,

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I love orchids... I've seen them also in a subtropical rainforest in Mexico. Just beautiful...!

 

[Leeman75]

My favorite this summer: Black Mamba Petunias.

Went on a trip a few weeks ago and a it was hot and dry for the 5 days we were gone...they had just about died. After intense watering daily, they are back! Love these beauties!!

 

[StarGirl]

My favorite this summer: Black Mamba Petunias.

Went on a trip a few weeks ago and a it was hot and dry for the 5 days we were gone...they had just about died. After intense watering daily, they are back! Love these beauties!!

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Those are super cool! They are so black, never seen flowers like that.

 

[Leeman75]

Those are super cool! They are so black, never seen flowers like that.

I'm a sucker for Petunias. They were the first plant that I planted as a kid and I get them every year! This is the first tear I've ever seen these. They were so expensive at the 1 garden center I saw them at. But after searching just about every other place within 20 miles, I went back and got the second to last planter of them. They had dozens of planters of them just a few hours earlier that day!!

 

[BigManAquatics]

We got these growing by the front door at work. No clue what, though.

 

[Leeman75]

We got these growing by the front door at work. No clue what, though.

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They look like Hydrangeas before they color up.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Not sure what type of tree, but my neighbor's tree is blossoming now, looks pretty.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Some trees at work in blossom.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Tulips that randomly grow in the middle of my yard.

 

[BigManAquatics]

Took a pic of one of the "flower beds" at work. I like the kind of "frosty" look of the ones in front.

 

[GouramiGirl100]

Cactus blooms from the cactus garden

 

[BigManAquatics]

Random flowers at work

 

[Littlebudda]

Just a few of the different coloured Frangipani that we are currently growing.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Crape Myrtle in bloom
Purple Heart Wandering Jew
Wild flowers
Oleander
Peace lily
Pansies still blooming in 95 degree heat!

 

[Leeman75]

Just a few of the different coloured Frangipani that we are currently growing.

Those are really pretty! I really like the first one!
Enjoying some of our plants today.

 

[Littlebudda]

Geraldton wax bush

 

[FishDin]

Saw this shelf fungi on a dreary, cloudy day. In those conditions, it appeared almost iridescent

 

[qldmick]

Decided to do some plant propagation.

 

[StarGirl]

Our Primrose vine/plant that is probably planted in the 60s. So older than me....lol

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Pansies and petunias...now if I could just get the snapdragons to bloom!

 

[Fishfur]

I'm a sucker for Petunias. They were the first plant that I planted as a kid and I get them every year! This is the first tear I've ever seen these. They were so expensive at the 1 garden center I saw them at. But after searching just about every other place within 20 miles, I went back and got the second to last planter of them. They had dozens of planters of them just a few hours earlier that day!!

I love petunias but I’m picky - I only want the petunias that smell glorious. Only a handful of them still have their scent but it’s worth looking for them. Most of the double flowered ones are scented.

The original petunias must have been moth pollinated because their scent is much stronger at night and can be enjoyed quite a long distance from the blooms.

Decided to do some plant propagation.

Here’s my propagation setup so far and the celery I’ve got rooting, I just trimmed off their water roots and am hoping they’ll root in soil so they’ll grow all winter.

 

[Fishfur]

This is one of several terrariums I have but it’s currently serving to house as many small plants as I can jam into it while my two largest terrariums with the same footprint as this one but a foot of extra height are empty & waiting for me to get the stacked stone walls finished for their backdrops.

Real but very small split stone tiles are playing the part of stone building blocks and I hope to suggest an old stone wall in ruinin a jungle somewhere. It is quite a lot of work and has a way to go.

The lights are on a timer and are around 7500K. I hope they last a long time because replacing them with similar lights will be either very difficult or very expensive.

But even my stubborn Christmas cactus likes this room - it has decided to grace me with a few buds. I think it has white flowers but I’d love to find a yellow along with a couple different shades of pink and plant them all in a single basket with the colours all mixed up.

Poor terrarrium doesn’t look like it will eventually but it’s still nice to see them all in there.

The other images show one of the partially completed stacked stone walls.

 

[Thunder_o_b]

A few from me.

 

[Fishfur]

A few from me.

What’s that pink one at top right? Pretty little thing. And are those purple ones from Muscari - ( grape hyacinth)?

 

[Thunder_o_b]

What’s that pink one at top right? Pretty little thing. And are those purple ones from Muscari - ( grape hyacinth)?

Actually *blush* I do not know the names of most of he flowers I photograph.....

I believe the purple ones are crocus.

 

[ProudPapa]

Here is a picture of Salvia sinaloensis that I bought at a local garden center a few years ago. I like blue flower, and it has one of the prettiest, and closest to true blue, that I've seen. It lasted for a number of years, but then a very hard freeze abut two years ago was too much for it. I only saw it there that one time, and haven't been able to find it again.

 

[Fishfur]

Here is a picture of Salvia sinaloensis that I bought at a local garden center a few years ago. I like blue flower, and it has one of the prettiest, and closest to true blue, that I've seen. It lasted for a number of years, but then a very hard freeze abut two years ago was too much for it. I only saw it there that one time, and haven't been able to find it again.

Very pretty. I like blue flowers too.

Actually *blush* I do not know the names of most of he flowers I photograph.....

I believe the purple ones are crocus.

Too bad.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

My favorite pansy...I think it is called the solar flare, or some variation of that type of pansy

 

[Fishfur]

My favorite pansy...I think it is called the solar flare, or some variation of that type of pansy

Does it have any scent? So many pretty pansies are scentless but a few still have some.

Though the flowers are not all that large, there’s an orange pansy that I think is lovely called Padparaja. It is scented, though you’d likely need to grow a lot of them if you wanted to catch the scent at any distance.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

Does it have any scent? So many pretty pansies are scentless but a few still have some.

Though the flowers are not all that large, there’s an orange pansy that I think is lovely called Padparaja. It is scented, though you’d likely need to grow a lot of them if you wanted to catch the scent at any distance.

It is not scented. It looked like it might not make it for a while, but the very short cold snap we had helped it along due to the rain that fell. We are still having an exceptional drought. I would love to find some that are scented!

 

[Fishfur]

It is not scented. It looked like it might not make it for a while, but the very short cold snap we had helped it along due to the rain that fell. We are still having an exceptional drought. I would love to find some that are scented!

I’m a scent junkie - I care far less for the colours and much more for glorious fragrance!

 

[Thunder_o_b]

A few more from me.

 

[Ghostly]

A few more from me.

What is the second picture? I don't think I have ever seen that one before.

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Winter time, everyone indoors

L-R Meyer lemon, bird of paradise, the small 3 are monkey puzzle, dragon fruit and two Persian limes, taller is avocado, right of the tank is golden kiwi and another Persian lime

 

[qldmick]

Grafted flowering gums

 

[Thunder_o_b]

What is the second picture? I don't think I have ever seen that one before.

Not sure, I was walking in the woods and thought it looked cool

 

[BlueRaccoon]

Here are a few of my house plants! Nothing special. I'm just proud I have kept these ones alive, haha.

 

[fishywoo]

I'm not sure where I originally posted this, but the plant I have potted indoors that had the mushroom in it, (forgot the name again), well that mushroom is long gone, but it's actually flowering! I'm so stoked!

 

[Thunder_o_b]

More from the wild.

The first one really struck me, as if saying "I am here, I am alive!"

 

[fishywoo]

More from the wild.

The first one really struck me, as if saying "I am here, I am alive!"

If the fourth one a tiger Lily? Or is that just considered a water lily? Beautiful photos!

 

[Thunder_o_b]

If the fourth one a tiger Lily? Or is that just considered a water lily? Beautiful photos!

I believe it was a tiger lily.

Thank you.

 

[Fishfur]

My zygocactus (Christmas cactus) are just about in full bloom. Red one first , pink one is not far behind it though the white one is already done. I’ll post the pink one when it’s looking its best and another of the red one when it’s all open.

 

[Rose of Sharon]

A few pics of our holly bushes...not sure what kind they are, a pinecone covered with peanutbutter and bird seed for the little tweeties in an evergreen, and a pic of a Thanksgiving cactus I was given as a present

 

[BPSabelhaus]

Nicotiana Rustica
Ceremonial tobacco grown from seed from the Midewewan nation. I grew it over summer, collected seed for next year and gifting. Grew some in the Aerogarden to see and this is the first flower