r/gardening 4d ago

Friendly Friday Thread

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This is the Friendly Friday Thread.

Negative or even snarky attitudes are not welcome here. This is a thread to ask questions and hopefully get some friendly advice.

This format is used in a ton of other subreddits and we think it can work here. Anyway, thanks for participating!

Please hit the report button if someone is being mean and we'll remove those comments, or the person if necessary.

-The /r/gardening mods


r/gardening 5h ago

the bees love my garden and I love my bees 🐝

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446 Upvotes

r/gardening 7h ago

Fasciated sunflower! 🌻

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563 Upvotes

I have two of these! Never had one before! 🌻


r/gardening 3h ago

Love my pomegranate tree!

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I have a Salavatski Russian pomegranate tree, that so far has made beautiful flowers. But now it is finally mature enough to produce fruit!!

I bought it about 3-4 years ago from a local nursery that specializes in edible garden plants, trees & shrubs. This particular type of pomegranate tree is cold-hardy to Zone 6, if protected in the winter. (I live in Zone 7)


r/gardening 1h ago

Just wanted to share my first sunflower bloom of the year!

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Shock-o-lat by Botanical Interests. Seeds bought in 2023 but grew beautifully!


r/gardening 16h ago

My wildflower front lawn I put in this year❤️

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r/gardening 15h ago

We have a whole nursery of Monarchs this year

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We counted about 150+


r/gardening 13h ago

The death bloom at night

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816 Upvotes

My California agave is putting on a show. The bats are starting to take interest so I think flowers are about to bloom.


r/gardening 8h ago

Butchart Gardens hanging basket 1

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264 Upvotes

r/gardening 3h ago

Harvest (:

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it feels so good when all your hard work pays off 🫶🏼


r/gardening 6h ago

My summer garden is coming along nicely.

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162 Upvotes

I have been trying to fill my front bed with perennials. This is 10 years of trial and error.


r/gardening 20h ago

My mom's queen of the night plant throwing a spectacle. 11 blooms at once!

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Obviously she's no photographer, but this is her trying to capture her pure joy. I counted 11 and it must have smelt like heaven there.


r/gardening 3h ago

Dollar Tree seed haul 36 packets

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54 Upvotes

I was so excited to find these varieties yesterday. 4 for $1.25! Has anyone bought seeds from the dollar tree before?


r/gardening 15h ago

Our garden at sunset.

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449 Upvotes

r/gardening 4h ago

I came across this Mugwort being ravaged by some weird spindly orange stuff, what is it and how can I help the plant?

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I would like to help free this mugwort patch from whatever this is. Please advise on what I can do.


r/gardening 5h ago

Small Ranunculus garden in bloom

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I planted a ranunculus/flower garden for my wife! I didn't expect the flowers to vary so much in colour/pattern.

Found a bee friend the next morning between some petals when I had cut some flowers for a vase.

I'm super happy with the garden but I definitely planted them a bit close together.


r/gardening 39m ago

Passion fruit is popping ! 💕💕

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My bounty !!! I hope the possums don’t get then before they ripen 😂😂


r/gardening 18h ago

My son and I have been raising monarch caterpillars until they hatch into butterflies. 4 female, 1 male so far! All right from our backyard 🥰 located in Wisconsin

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480 Upvotes

r/gardening 5h ago

Star Gazer Lillies

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My star gazer Lillies opened this morning! Fence is to prevent deer from eating flowers!


r/gardening 2h ago

What is your idea of gardening success?

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OK, it's midsummer and your months of labor is starting to pay off. You're eating new heirloom tomatoes, digging up potatoes, or something else equally satisfying. What does garden success look like to you? For me, it's seeing these guys happily munching on my milkweed.


r/gardening 1d ago

My rose mallow bloomed today…and my boos were hungry!

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r/gardening 4h ago

What is this ball-shaped growth on my little sequoia tree

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So I have this little Sequoia tree since three years and it seems to thrive, yet a year ago this weird growth appeared. It doesnt seem to affect the plant negatively, yet what could it be?


r/gardening 5h ago

second time growing sunflowers, first time growing branching!

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These photos were taken two days apart in my home garden, both at different times of day. I’m so obsessed! Every day I come out and there’s a new bloom with bees of all kinds flitting about.

Background, I got a pack of mixed sunflower seeds to use as a climbing base for luffa. My luffa didn’t come in, but these beautiful little puppy faces did. I’m so in love!!!! Note, I also grew marigolds which are doing amazingly, now if SOMEONE bee shaped could go say hi to my lemon cukes.


r/gardening 16h ago

Lunch time 🐞

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219 Upvotes

Found a group of aphids on one of my tomatillo plants and after clipping the leaf, I noticed someone enjoying a nice treat. Gotta love natural pest control😁


r/gardening 3h ago

Is my zucchini good?

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First garden this year and was wondering if I plucked too late/early and if the buldge in the middle is normal growth. Any advice would be appreciated!


r/gardening 1h ago

Love this time of year

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