Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Lemons and Flowers
I just wanted to give you all a little update on how the Meyer lemons were doing. They ended up having lots of blooms and lots of little lemons formed but then fell off. I had started to get worried but it finally stopped dropping fruit and kept some. There are 8 or 10 on there. I don't know, I have actually counted but I am very pleased with them. They do grow REALLY slo-w-ly though.
I also took a picture of my one "mammoth" sunflower. It turned out to be one of two because while I was down in the garden taking this picture I saw that one other bud had reached above the tomatoes.
This last picture is of the 4 o'clock's. I was given a few seeds from a friend and they have definitely multiplied. These are on the end of the house with the massive patch of lemon balm but they will also overtake the front flower garden before the summer is over. I have the yellow and pink. One year I had some lovely ones that were kind of stripey but like most flowers they seem to go back to their primary colors when left to live naturally. My morning glories all do the same thing too, eventually I end up with just purple.
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You said the other day that the Mammoth sunflower was not actually very huge. Now I see what you mean. But it's still good-looking.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the "4-o-clocks". Do they have another name?
4 O'clocks are called that because they open in the afternoon. Here is some info on them.
Deletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabilis_jalapa
Wow, even I learned something. You can make an edible dye from the flowers! Humm...something to look up and see if I can find out how.
DeleteSo cool to be growing Lemons!
ReplyDeleteI think your sunflower variety is better than mine and you have it so early too
ReplyDeleteYour sunflower is lovely. I noticed that my first one had opened. I didn't even know it was close. It had self seeded from last year and germinated early in April. I was sure a frost was going to kill it, but the frost never came. Now it is just huge, where my others are so tiny still.
ReplyDeleteLemons do take ages don't they, months and months! Still its worth it in the end and once they start fruiting they tend to keep on doing in for a reasonable amount of time which is nice....
ReplyDeleteI so want to try a Meyer lemon after hearing all about them but have yet to find any over here in South Wales...do keep us posted on yours!
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