Countdown to spring! One garden photo per day

I would of....I get very, very soft around Christmas time. Beautiful thoughtful gifts Victor.

Thats the impact you were looking for I bet.

Sure is. Thanks, ladies.

here is a tulip with azalea and the blue stuff i can never remember (and i planted a bunch of it this fall) in front of crimson queen

wood hyacynith?

beauties

Hyacinthoides? Nice shot!

muscari grape hyacyinths

No - not them.

pretty sure just looked them up in a catalog that was at my feet - think the empty package is somewhere here for me to register it in my garden journal - i have been wrong before though

Jadajoy,

Sorry I don't come out to the garage where my computer is until late morning. As Louise said Pam Harper gardens in coastal Virginia, but her books are really applicable to most areas. Her books are some of the best for gardening advice as far as I'm concerned.

Here's one of her books I would really recommend. I don't buy any of my books new, so....
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=6705214&matches=15&wquery=time+tested+plants&cm_sp=works*listing*title

As far as buying lilacs, my favorite place is Syringa Plus. The owner Roger was one of the head gardeners at The Arnold Arboretum, and he knows his lilacs.

http://www.syringaplus.com/

And for largest selection here:

http://selectpluslilacs.com/

You are in about the southernmost zone for lilacs, but you can still get any of the vulgaris ones for your area. For a lilac that will handle the heat try any one of the hyacinthiflora ones, and Lilac Sunday is an especially nice one that blooms into Florida.

Don't think this is all Greek. You'll see when you look at the websites.

Nope.

http://hcs.osu.edu/hcs/TMI/Plantlist/muscari.html

Bill, definitely hyacinthoides, or whatever they might be calling it these days :)

Bill calls it muscari. ^_^

Sugar Dome, Japanese iris.

LOL. Well, at least Bill says he might be wrong. I know some men that would never admit that one.

Spanish Bluebells Bill?

Very pretty, Polly.

Lovely Polly!

Great thoughtful gift ideas Victor! You really have the Christmas Spirit! I love all the garden pics! I usually keep a pot of lavender on the window sill in winter, just so I can sniff it. I didn't get to it this year and I really miss it! So I'n jealous of your salvia Jada! Who is shipping live garden plants this time of year? You can use any od the spring bulbs to plant a layered pot--the later blooming bulbs are planted in the bottom of the pot, and layer up with the subsequent blooming bulbs, with the early bloomers on top. Just have to remember that most need chilling for a few weeks in order to bloom.

all three of you guys are "probably" correct after going to plant files - muscari is what i did plant this year

Thanks. There's an example of what I'm talking about, though Victor. There should be no purple on that flower.

Pixie--that NE seed link you posted is 20 miles away from me--I sent for their catalog as Captain Kirk wants to start seed for his "garden"

I know - it can be frustrating, Polly.

Very. I want my website to be as true to reality as possible. I know a lot of websites are not, and I know they are very frustrating. A person wants the iris they see on a webite to be the iris they see in their garden. or any plant for that matter. But with a new camera in the spring, hopefully it will be better. I was not going to photoshop at first, but if I can get the true colors, then I have decided I will.

Victor, those sound like wonderful gifts! Would we see the effects if you posted pics? Would love to see them.

Thanks GE. Going to amazon to look up her books.i should get good ideas since she is right here in Virginia.

wha, whatever you call those, that pic is stunning!

Polly--Thanks! Have you got me started on another obsession:-)

PV- I got them from Annie's Annuals .com. They are in California so still summer for them. They arrived in great condition. 3" pots but very healthy. That pic was from their website. Hope mine get that big, but it still smells divine for a little plant. Wish I had gotten more. Going to pot up some tulips :-)

Joyce

Hope so Joyce!

minnow daff

From Gilligan??

Triumph tulip

Very nice, WC.

Thanks, I should have had it more in the zone of focus, but I couldn't move back any further without stepping on some tulips! lol!

I think it's perfect with the out of focus one in the back.

http://www.colorchoiceplants.com/bloomerang.htm

Nice Victor ^_^
Getting one?

Probably.

Lovely!! I can feel spring in the air!!


lathyrus latifolius

Oh, yum. Those photos are so good. The lilac makes me want to buy it this very moment!

Daffy Dills

The fragrance on this thread is heavenly!

Thanks for the lilac sites, Polly---have chosen several.