Yearly Event----Lord Baltimore

[Gary Max]

For several years I have been posting a pic of my wife standing next to this flower.
Today is the first day that several flowers open at the same time.
The flower is a Lord Baltimore----it will bloom till the first frost--as long as we get some rain.
Flowers a 12 inchs across.
Hope you enjoy.

 

[wdcav1952]

Thanks, Gary. I look forward to Margie and the Lord Baltimore each year. I am still amazed by the size of the blooms!

 

[Gary Max]

Thanks Cav----my Puter desk over looks the front yard and I get to watch her all summer---right now we have baby Bluebirds learning to fly---their house sits just in front of the flowers.
Guess I am easy to entertain-----

 

[great12b4ever]

Thanks for sharing that picture, Gary. Margie told LOML about HER Lord Baltimore, and now we get to see it in full bloom.

 

[TBone]

Gary, that's a great picture. Thanks for sharing. Nothing wrong with being entertained by watching bluebirds growing up. We had some last year, haven't seen any this year though.

 

[wdcav1952]

Gary, I am a bird and bloom lover as well. I love sitting on my deck/porch and watching the Am gold finches, hummingbirds and all the others. We have a flock of wild turkeys that is made up of three hens and their collective broods that walks through the back yard and stops by my squirrel feeder each morning to feed on the squirrels' scraps. I wouldn't trade a good view for anything except maybe a better view!!

I may have to look into the Lord Baltimore and see if it can survive in PA.

 

[les-smith]

Those are really nice.

 

[DocStram]

Lord Baltimore

Thanks for posting the annual photo. I wait for it every summer. It's a beauty!!

BTW, is that a bluebird box beside it?

 

[Gary Max]

Yup----we have babbies learning to fly right now.

 

[LEAP]

Beautiful blooms and bride. Its a lucky man who has the time to appreciate watching baby birds grow.

 

[Gary Max]

Thanks Phil-
-we have had a bad couple of days and sometimes I do forget" how good life is".

 

[stevebuk]

the picture is amazing, any chance of knowing the proper name of the plant please, it looks to me rather like an hibiscus.
thank you
steve

 

[Gary Max]

It is the Largest Hibiscus---all I know is ----Lord Baltimore
I bought it off ebay after seeing one in person.
You cut it off at the ground every year when the first frost hits and that's all we ever do.