rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened!

• 07-22-2008 11:24 AM

  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030

  rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact Isn't she pretty? Her name is Darla.   These seeds came from one of our first Swaps...I am pretty sure Sue and Buddy sent them along with those herb seeds. I gave them to Lily and she planted them. Looks like we will have two...she planted them very close and the other shoots are not thriving like the other two. They're a bit over 4' tall or so. Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."

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• 07-22-2008 11:28 AM

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  janetmichel3009 Joined on 11-28-2006 Beijing, China Posts 2,371 Points 370	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact oh so pretty!!! i lov sun flowers. when i was a kid in germany we planted sunflowers in our front yard one year. they grew to be over 2 meters high!! (~7 feet, i think...) Janet
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• 07-22-2008 11:30 AM

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  kle1986 Joined on 10-22-2007 KY Posts 1,673 Points 850	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact Love the picture!!!  I love sunflowers. I did my kitchen in a sunflower theme. Next year I will making a flower bed and cant wait to see how my sunflowers will turn out. Tell Lily she did a good job!!   Kimberly
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• 07-22-2008 11:31 AM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact This was Darla just yesterday afternoon...before she "popped" as my kids say LOL. Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."
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• 07-22-2008 11:44 AM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 7,070 Points 850

  Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact rwbeagles: This was Darla just yesterday afternoon...before she "popped" as my kids say LOL.   Wow I love this pic and the comp. of the second pic above (with the leaf sticking out).  vankelderdogs.dutchbingo.net U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop RA CL1-F CL1-R TT HIC TDI CGC (GSD) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC (All American) Alta-Tollhaus' Bono (GSD)

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• 07-22-2008 11:45 AM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact yeah I have lately been trying to move beyond taking the obvious pictures from the front, I even took the auto focus off and did manual on some...EEK..baby steps...lol. Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."
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• 07-22-2008 11:50 AM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 7,070 Points 850	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact That last one is really neat, so many textures and it's almost like the flower is unfolding/moving.  vankelderdogs.dutchbingo.net U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop RA CL1-F CL1-R TT HIC TDI CGC (GSD) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC (All American) Alta-Tollhaus' Bono (GSD)
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• 07-22-2008 11:51 AM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030

  Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact WARNING...PICTURE OF IMO A BEAUTIFUL SPIDER FOLLOWS... Darla has a "tender", a small pretty green spider that was living on her presumably eating pests before she opened. It was matched perfectly to the green of the bud before she opened...I haven't seen it since she popped....but here's a pic I took of it before, a couple days back... AS I MENTIONED...A PICTURE OF A SPIDER FOLLOWS...           Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."

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• 07-22-2008 12:05 PM

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  Liesje Joined on 03-02-2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts 7,070 Points 850	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact Cool, that spider must be intended to live there, it matches perfectly.  vankelderdogs.dutchbingo.net U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop RA CL1-F CL1-R TT HIC TDI CGC (GSD) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC (All American) Alta-Tollhaus' Bono (GSD)
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• 07-22-2008 12:49 PM

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  Jewlieee Joined on 03-23-2007 MI Posts 5,712 Points 4,170	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact  Yay, I love sunflowers! I just realized that I have one in my yard (didn't come up last year for some reason). It's not in bloom yet but the buds are there! Can't wait.
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• 07-22-2008 12:52 PM

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  brookcove Joined on 09-10-2007 Semora, North Carolina, USA Posts 4,316 Points 335

  Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact I like non-poisonous spiders.  That one looks like a jewel.  Darla has an emerald pendant!  I've got some sunflowers outside my kitchen window.  I can't wait for them to pop!  They are a smallish, multicolored variety.  Not dwarf - I think they'll be about four to six feet tall as opposed to the mammoth that get to be 11 to 13 feet tall!  We've also got watermelon and zucchini - I can't wait for the zukes to ripen.  Yes, I really love zukes and plan to use as many as I can get off them in dog food, too. Becca Shouse Maggie and Zhi (queen bees), Ben, Gus, Cord, Rocky, Ted (BCs), Lu and Tully (Maremma flock guardians) "Protect, Herd, Love" Irena Farm, Semora, NC "We didn't have a phone, and we couldn't call you!" Helen, AIDS orphan. Don't let them die of ignorance - WorldHelp.net "I-Dog Biggest Loser" Official Cheerleader/Mascot Start 09/15/08: 186.4 lbs Current 185.5 lbs

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• 07-22-2008 12:56 PM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact hmm Darla seems to have quite the Court paying homage to her. Her spider is still there along with an UGLY brownish Crab Spider...and the bees have found her now!   Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."
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• 07-22-2008 4:52 PM

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  dubilpie Joined on 09-10-2007 massachusetts Posts 711 Points 70	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact Are sunflowers perennials?  I planted some seeds one year and didn't have any luck. Another year I planted grown plants and our yard groundhog ate them all.  I love sunflowers. Linda Trixie & Molly
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• 07-22-2008 4:55 PM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030	Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact Think the wilds are perennial..and the domestic ones are annual? Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."
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• 07-31-2008 3:23 PM

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  rwbeagles Joined on 09-10-2007 DFW, TX Posts 14,849 Points 2,030

  Re: rwbeagles-our 1st Sunflower opened! Reply Contact This is Darla today...quite a difference eh? I cannot BELIEVE how heavy the center is now...bloated lol. It's hanging over...but I am guessing the seed process is going on now so I haven't trimmed off the head. Dot, our second sunflower opened a few days ago...here she is...not as pretty as Darla...petals are pointier and sparser...different subspecies maybe?   Gina H. dog.community Moderator "Carne Asada, is not a crime."

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