tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post1901455830633412314..comments2023-04-04T05:59:31.063-05:00Comments on Down to Earth: September 2011 Bloom DayAbbey Forneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14866614408026320025noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-83586704711533786732011-09-21T15:57:11.983-05:002011-09-21T15:57:11.983-05:00I'm going to Orlando after all. Yay! Turns out...I'm going to Orlando after all. Yay! Turns out the original winner has a schedule conflict and they offered it to me. Woot!Abbey Forneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866614408026320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-5742649486187503322011-09-19T14:01:26.783-05:002011-09-19T14:01:26.783-05:00Update on the mascot contest. Blaze won, but evide...Update on the mascot contest. Blaze won, but evidently three people submitted that name and they did a drawing to see who would win the trip. It wasn't me. Bummer. But thanks anyway to those who voted.Abbey Forneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866614408026320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-39527759906350708332011-09-17T13:41:09.497-05:002011-09-17T13:41:09.497-05:00Your blue pea vine really made a statement! I can...Your blue pea vine really made a statement! I can see everyone else thought so too. I'm gonna have to keep my eye out for that one. Happy GBBD!Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872899189875117518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-25278640625205576362011-09-17T08:43:49.442-05:002011-09-17T08:43:49.442-05:00I can see why the blue pea vine is your favorite r...I can see why the blue pea vine is your favorite right now - that's some really intense blue. Happy GBBD!RBellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144562147128230710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-64424546559160724312011-09-16T10:14:49.108-05:002011-09-16T10:14:49.108-05:00If you voted for Blaze, thank you. He won, and I w...If you voted for Blaze, thank you. He won, and I will be going to Florida next month! Whoo Hoo. I'll take a camera and try to do a little blogging about the trip when I get back.Abbey Forneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866614408026320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-17693842309345543132011-09-15T19:13:46.449-05:002011-09-15T19:13:46.449-05:00Your bloom day pics are beautiful. Hard to believe...Your bloom day pics are beautiful. Hard to believe anything is growing in this heat and drought. I love your blue pea vine. Thanks for visiting the Rambling Wren blog.Steph@RamblingWrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08747425786972900993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-40729438506459672482011-09-15T16:26:58.586-05:002011-09-15T16:26:58.586-05:00Your dry conditions are exactly what we experience...Your dry conditions are exactly what we experience here for the six to nine month dry season we have every year. Right now the grassed area at my place if brown as it has been for months, so the sight of your drying grass didn't look out of place to me at all.<br /><br />You've got some lovely blooms in your garden right now. I love the white Pentas. I have a couple myself and it's nearly always in bloom here. I had to smile when I read that you're happy to have finally found a Blue Pea Vine. It's a weed at my place and I pull out loads of it every year!! I did like the look of that dwarf Plumbago. Now that's something I'll be looking for in the nurseries here.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-63234890195504514272011-09-15T15:25:33.427-05:002011-09-15T15:25:33.427-05:00Love your Bloom Day images. I see that we do have...Love your Bloom Day images. I see that we do have a few plants in common. The Esperanza and Pride of Barbados have done especially well for me here close to Houston, as well.Dorothy/Gardening with Naturehttp://gardeningwithnature.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-49421425500284275962011-09-15T12:24:48.484-05:002011-09-15T12:24:48.484-05:00Yikes...that is dry! Granted, here in Portland, by...Yikes...that is dry! Granted, here in Portland, by the end of summer, pretty much every lawn looks that way too! Love that blue Pea...gorgeous!!!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-26670683116941902812011-09-15T12:00:31.614-05:002011-09-15T12:00:31.614-05:00Hi Ann, I got the blue pea vine in a #5 nursery co...Hi Ann, I got the blue pea vine in a #5 nursery container at Rainbow Gardens in San Antonio in June. I think it cost me $24. When we sketched our backyard plans 3 years ago, we planned for blue pea vine, but I could never find it. When I finally saw it this year, I snagged it, even thought I had already planted an alternate vine in the spot I had in mind. The vine has some of the most true blue flowers in nature and I've been really impressed with the foliage color too. The only trouble is the bottom most leaves turn yellow if the plant starts to dry out. I hope the problem will solve itself once the pea vine has had more time to establish itself and Texas gets back to half-way normal rainfall.Abbey Forneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14866614408026320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482840421768272273.post-17255421425200266492011-09-15T11:34:19.951-05:002011-09-15T11:34:19.951-05:00Where O where did you get the blue pea vine? I lo...Where O where did you get the blue pea vine? I love it. I garden in the hill country southwest of Austin.Annhttp://www.wetweathercreek.comnoreply@blogger.com