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| Garden View Scarlet Bee Balm (monardia didyma) I wish I could get my hair to look like that! 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
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| July 21, 2008! Enjoy your virtual walk through my Oklahoma Zone 7 gardens! Today's photos include Garden View Scarlet Bee Balm monardia didyma, Pink Althea or Rose of Sharon hibiscus syriacus, and yellow Yellow Water Primrose ludwigia grandiflora. If you would like to use one of the pictures or have a comment, please email me from the Ask Gale Page. |
| Garden View Scarlet Bee Balm (monardia didyma) completely hides my air conditioner. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora) will take over your pond if you fail to thin it out, like me. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Garden View Scarlet Bee Balm (monardia didyma) Fabulous! 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Pink Althea or Rose of Sharon (hibiscus syriacus), a tree I grew from seed. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora), a bright beacon in the water garden. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Garden View Scarlet Bee Balm (monardia didyma) at the peak of its bloom. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Seedling Althea or Rose of Sharon (hibiscus syriacus), lovely up close. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora) blooms intermittently during the growing season 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora) is winter hardy. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Is this photo of Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora) blurry or am I going blind? 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Pink with a red center, seedling Althea or Rose of Sharon (hibiscus syriacus) shines in the garden. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |
| Like all hibiscus, the blossoms of seedling Pink Althea or Rose of Sharon (hibiscus syriacus) last but one day. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |














| Yellow Water Primrose (ludwigia grandiflora) roots easily from cuttings. 7-21-08 photo by Gale Chester Whittington |